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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
May. 16, 2002
André Diener, Osnabrück, DE;
Reinhard Buhl, Bohmte, DE;
ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG, Stemwede-Dielingen, DE;
Abstract
A two-joint arrangement is presented for the articulated connection of guide elements, preferably of a motor vehicle linkage with a common articulated part. Each of the two joints has a joint housing that is connected to a guide element each and a bearing shell that is accommodated within the joint housing, in which a pivot part which is rigidly connected to the common articulated part is accommodated in a rotatable and pivotable manner. In a first embodiment variant, a pivot part ( ) of a joint ( ) has an opening ( ) running in the pivot part longitudinal axis, which the pivot part ( ) of the other joint ( ) having a screw bolt area ( ) located thereon penetrates whereby a clamping nut is arranged on the free end of the screw bolt area ( ) facing away from the pivot part ( ) of the other joint ( ). Another solution variant provides that both pivot parts ( ) of each joint ( ) have each an opening ( ) running in the pivot part longitudinal axis, which a screw bolt ( ) provided with a widened head area penetrates jointly, which, on its free end facing away from the head area ( ), has a detachable clamping nut ( ) connected thereto. The solution variants disclosed offer the advantage that the individual joints of the two-joint arrangement can be mounted in a simple manner and can be separately replaced.