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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2018
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Eric Holmes, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A ball joint having a ball stud that has a joint ball fixed at one end; a housing that defines a longitudinal axis and has an interior area which receives the joint ball and a socket that is positioned between the housing and the joint ball. The housing has an open end that includes an opening through which the ball stud extends when the joint ball is received within the interior area of the housing. The open end of the housing is formed such that the opening has a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the joint ball. A press-on ring engages with an outer surface of the housing at the open end so as to increase a pull-out performance of the ball joint.