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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2007
Applicant:
Lothar Schaumann, Ratingen, DE;
Inventor:
Lothar Schaumann, Ratingen, DE;
Assignee:
TRW Automotive GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A ball joint, particularly an axial joint, having a housing, a bearing shell which is arranged in the housing, and a ball pin with a ball head which is arranged in the bearing shell, is characterized in that the bearing shell is bent open elastically by the ball head so that the restoring force resulting from its deformation applies a prestress onto the ball head which attempts to press the latter out of the housing.