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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Friedrich Peter Wolf-Monheim, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/06 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01); F16C 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/0685 (2013.01); B60G 7/001 (2013.01); B60G 7/005 (2013.01); F16C 7/026 (2013.01); F16C 11/0633 (2013.01); F16C 11/0657 (2013.01); F16C 11/0695 (2013.01); B60G 2204/416 (2013.01); B60G 2206/141 (2013.01); B60G 2206/7101 (2013.01); B60G 2206/81012 (2013.01); F16C 2326/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control arm including a frame, a mounting structure on the frame, and a ball-and-socket joint on the frame. The ball-and-socket joint includes an insert formed of a resilient plastic material bonded in a complementary receptacle or socket of the frame. A ball portion of a ball-and-socket joint pin is rotatably arranged in the insert. A plastic material coating is provided on the ball portion and a metal coating is provided on the plastic material coating. When placed in the insert the metal coating of the ball portion contacts an inner surface of the insert.