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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Joachim Spratte, Osnabrück, DE;
Michael Klank, Osnabrück, DE;
Inventors:
Joachim Spratte, Osnabrück, DE;
Michael Klank, Osnabrück, DE;
Assignee:
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A ball pivot () of a ball and socket joint for a motor vehicle, with a pivot () and with a joint ball () connected thereto. A recess () with a magnet () arranged therein is provided in the ball pivot (). An intermediate space (), which is filled with a nonmagnetic material () for fixing the magnet (), is formed between the jacket surface () of the magnet () and the inner wall () of the recess ().