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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2003
Applicant:
Eric Holmes, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventor:
Eric Holmes, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A ball-and-socket joint for motor vehicles provided, with a joint ball and a pivot pin, a housing part formed of a shaped metal tube having a top end with an opening and having an opposite end with a pivot pin opening through which the pivot pin protrudes and with a molded material molded on a portion of the housing, the molded on material forming functional surfaces on each of an inside and an outside of the housing part.