Patent ID: 9429186
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: F16C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for mounting a joint housing on a carrier element with the following steps: providing a joint housing of a ball joint that includes: 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 folded layers at the axial end of the circumferential wall portion; providing a carrier element with an assembly opening; axially introducing the sheet-metal part of the joint housing into the assembly opening, until the circumferential wall portion thereof adjoins an edge of the assembly opening; plastically deforming the sheet-metal part such that it is positively or non-positively fixed at the carrier element.