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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2008
Jochen Kruse, Osnabrück, DE;
Frank Budde, Steinfeld-Mühlen, DE;
Frank Nachbar, Lemförde, DE;
Stefan Schönhoff, Belm, DE;
Jochen Kruse, Osnabrück, DE;
Frank Budde, Steinfeld-Mühlen, DE;
Frank Nachbar, Lemförde, DE;
Stefan Schönhoff, Belm, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A connector piece for the articulated connection of structural elements of a chassis of a motor vehicle. The connector piece has a main body, formed from at least one metal sheet, which has at least one bearing or joint and includes a housing connected to the main body and an inner part which is fitted within an inside space of the housing and can move relative to the housing. The housing comprises a housing portion that surrounds the inside space and includes at least two sheet-metal strips that are arranged adjacent one another, in a longitudinal direction, and are bent between their ends, in opposite directions transverse to the longitudinal direction, such that the metal strips partially surround the inside space on different sides.