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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
Michael Hahn, Wallenhorst, DE;
Thomas Herrmann, Belm, DE;
Michael Hahn, Wallenhorst, DE;
Thomas Herrmann, Belm, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A joint arrangement, for a vehicle, is provided with a joint (), which has a joint housing () and a pivot pin () mounted movably in relation thereto. The arrangement also includes a rod (), which has a cavity () and is connected to the joint (); a sealing bellows (), which defines an interior space () and in which the joint () is arranged at least partially; and a gas-permeable connection (), which connects the cavity () of the rod () to the interior space () of the sealing bellows () and has at least one groove (), which is formed in a front side () of the joint (), which said front side faces the rod (), opens into the interior space () and has a radially outer end (). The groove () with its radially outer end ends at a spaced location from the outer circumferential contour of the front surface ().