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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
Dirk Mählmann, Vechta, DE;
Benjamin Ziebart, Wallenhorst, DE;
Dirk Mählmann, Vechta, DE;
Benjamin Ziebart, Wallenhorst, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
Joint arrangement for a vehicle, with a joint (), which has a joint housing () and a pivot pin () mounted movably in relation thereto; a rod (), which has a cavity () and which is connected to the joint (); a ring element arranged between the joint and the rod; a sealing bellows (), which defines the 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 (), wherein at least part of the gas-permeable connection () is formed by at least one groove, which is formed on the ring element and opens into the interior space () of the sealing bellows ().