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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG, Dielingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 1/100 ;
Abstract
A bearing shell for ball-and-socket joints or ball sleeve joints is provided with an inner hollow spherically designed bearing surface ( ). The bearing shell has an outer cylindrically designed support surface with which the bearing shell can be inserted into a joint housing. The bearing shell has a multipart design with at least two shell parts ( ), which can be detachably coupled with one another by a clamping device ( ). The parting plane between the half shells extends in the direction of the central longitudinal axis ( ) of the bearing shell.