Patent ID: 11898598
Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A joint comprising:
a housing provided with axially opposite journal openings,
an inner joint portion having an outer surface with a bearing area,
the inner joint portion with the bearing area being arranged in the housing and extending in an axial direction out of the housing through the journal openings,
a bearing body being arranged in and firmly attached to the housing and the bearing body having an inner surface that mates with the outer surface and encloses the bearing area, the bearing body extending axially completely through the housing and axially beyond the journal openings,
the bearing body comprising plastic and being materially uniform in a radial direction from the housing to the inner surface thereof,
the outer surface of the inner joint portion being movably supported on the inner surface of the bearing body such that the inner joint portion and the bearing area are movable relative to the bearing body and the housing,
at least one sealing bellows surrounding the inner joint portion and extending from a bearing-body-side bellows contact area provided on the bearing body to an inner-joint-portion-side bellows contact area provided on the inner joint portion,
at least one sleeve being provided on at least one of the bearing-body-side and the inner-joint-portion-side bellows contact areas and surrounding the inner joint portion, and
the at least one sleeve extending in the axial direction and being made of plastic, the at least one sleeve surrounding the at least one sealing bellows or being surrounded by the at least one sealing bellows, and the at least one sleeve having, at an axial end thereof, a radial limb against which the at least one sealing bellows is axially supported.