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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2020
Applicant:
Zf Friedrichshafen Ag, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/0609 (2013.01); F16C 11/0685 (2013.01); F16C 2220/04 (2013.01); F16C 2326/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for producing a ball joint () and/or a chassis component (), in which a joint ball () is made, in which the joint ball () is placed in an injection-molding die, in which the joint ball () is partially overmolded with a plastic material, and in which the plastic material is hardened to form an injection-molded joint housing () for the joint ball (). A joint housing () is formed using the joint ball without a joint pin (), and the joint ball () has respective pole surfaces () on two sides remote from one another.