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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alfons Nordloh, Visbek, DE;
Volker Grube, Diepholz, DE;
Assignee:
Lemforder Metallwaren AG, Lemforde, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280674 ;
Abstract
A ball-and-socket joint for chassis parts in motor vehicles, in which a joint ball provided on a pivot pin is mounted within a housing in a sliding shell made of plastic, wherein the outer jacket of the sliding shell is tightly enclosed by the inner jacket of the housing. To compensate manufacturing tolerances, a material, which is highly elastic compared with the material of the sliding shell, is arranged in a recess on the outer jacket of the sliding shell (4) at least at points of increased load by the joint ball.