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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Thorsten Scholtz, Rheinbreitbach, DE;
Markus Deisinger, Siegberg, DE;
Ralf Schumacher, Cologne, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
GKN Driveline International GmbH, Lohmar, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D 3/84 (2006.01); B29C 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A bellows for a joint arrangement may include pleats, an axis and a joint end, a zone of the joint end being produced by blow molding and forming a receiver for a retaining ring. The receiver, in the proximity of the pleats, has a plurality of outward-pointing bulged portions that form a recess and at least one inclined receiving edge.