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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Uwe Forthaus, Duesseldorf, DE;
Lothar Schaumann, Ratingen, DE;
Harald Walter, Duisburg, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
THK RHYTHM AUTOMOTIVE GmbH, Deuesseldorf, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/0666 (2013.01); F16C 11/06 (2013.01); F16C 11/069 (2013.01); F16C 11/0628 (2013.01); F16C 11/0671 (2013.01); F16C 11/0685 (2013.01); F16C 11/0695 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49853 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49863 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49872 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49918 (2015.01); Y10T 403/32631 (2015.01);
Abstract
A joint housing of a ball joint comprises a sheet-metal part for accommodating a ball head, which is substantially rotationally symmetrical with respect to a joint axis and includes a circumferential wall portion, wherein the circumferential wall portion includes a housing opening at an axial end, through which a joint pin can extend, wherein the sheet-metal part is formed with two layers at this axial end of the circumferential wall portion.