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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2012
Frank Nachbar, Osnabruck, DE;
Dirk Adamczyk, Bermatingen, DE;
Frank Nachbar, Osnabruck, DE;
Dirk Adamczyk, Bermatingen, DE;
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Abstract
A connecting assembly for a vehicle, with a structural component () having a connection area (), a joint () having a bearing element () and an inner joint component () fitted and able to move in the latter and which extends outward the assembly, in an axial direction (). The bearing element () together with the connection area () form an insert, and a cast element () is produced by casting around and enclosing the insert. The structural component () and the inner joint component () extend out of the cast element (). The insert has a closing component () that engages with a mutual interlock with the structural component () to form, together with the structural component (), a joint holder () that secures the bearing element () with an interlock, in the axial direction ().