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Check rail with a ball-and-socket joint

US10967693B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

Stephan Meyer · Worb, CH
Hauke Mehner · Paderborn, DE
Reinhard Jaeger · Coswig, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 6, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60G2206/81012
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a check rail for a rail suspension in a vehicle. The check rail may include a check rail body, and a ball-and-socket joint pan formed in the check rail body, wherein the ball-and-socket joint pan may include a circumferential inner wall and a receiving opening, with a ball-and-socket joint pin with an articulated ball in the ball-and-socket joint pan, and with a plastic injection layer configured to embed the articulated ball in the ball-and-socket joint pan between the circumferential inner wall of the ball-and-socket joint pan and the articulated ball.

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