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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2004
Applicant:
Joachim Spratte, Osnabrück, DE;
Inventor:
Joachim Spratte, Osnabrück, DE;
Assignee:
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A ball and sleeve joint for a motor vehicle has a housing () and a ball sleeve () which extends out of the housing () on both sides. The ball sleeve (), has a through hole () and a bearing area () and is mounted with the bearing area () in the housing (). Two joint parts, which are rotatable and pivotable in relation to one another, are formed by the ball sleeve () and the housing (). A sensor (), which interacts with a signal transmitter () arranged at the other joint part, is arranged at one of the joint parts. Both the sensor () and the signal transmitter () are arranged between the through hole () and the housing ().