Patent · US Expired

Bearing shell for ball-and-socket joints

US6761499B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

18Claims

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Assignee

ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG · DE

Inventors

Manfred Bohne · Bohmte, DE
Stefan Klumpe · Ostercappeln, DE
Dirk Stuntebeck · Süderbrarup, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 27, 2001
Grant date	Jul 13, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 30, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/655
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bearing shell for ball-and-socket joints or ball sleeve joints is provided with an inner hollow spherically designed bearing surface (3). The bearing shell has an outer cylindrically designed support surface with which the bearing shell can be inserted into a joint housing. The bearing shell has a multipart design with at least two shell parts (1, 2), which can be detachably coupled with one another by a clamping device (6, 8). The parting plane between the half shells extends in the direction of the central longitudinal axis (10) of the bearing shell.

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