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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wolfgang Kleiner, Wagenfeld, DE;
Klaus Bröker, Wallenhorst, DE;
Assignee:
ZF Lemforder Metallwaren AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/100 ;
Abstract
A ball-and-socket joint preferably for vehicle suspensions or steerings of motor vehicles with a joint housing, with a housing cover closing the joint housing on one side, and with a pivot pin, which is mounted rotatably and deflectably in at least one bearing shell using a spherical bearing surface, is described. The bearing shell is in turn stationarily fixed in the joint housing and an elastic buffer element (,) is arranged on the outside of the joint housing (,) facing away from the pivot pin (,).