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Patent No.:

US 11168733 B1

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Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 24, 2017
Applicant:

Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;

Inventors:

Günter Reddehase, Brockum, DE;

Janina Altmeppen, Meppen, DE;

Assignee:

ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/06 (2006.01); B62D 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/0642 (2013.01); B62D 7/16 (2013.01); F16C 11/069 (2013.01);
Abstract

A ball joint, particularly for a chassis of a motor vehicle having a housing with a first opening surrounded by a circumferential forming edge. The housing has at an end opposite the first opening, a closing force absorber for absorbing a closing force F required for a deformation of the circumferential forming edge, which closing force absorber extends in a trough-shaped manner toward the housing interior in direction of the first opening. A method for fitting a ball joint, having a counter-holder of a closing device surroundingly received by the closing force absorber during a closing of the housing.


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Reddehase, Günter. (2021). Ball joint, in particular for a chassis of a motor vehicle, and method for fitting such a ball joint (U.S. Patent No. 11168733). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11168733

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