Patent ID: 8028999
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: F16D

Abstract:
1. An axle boot for joint sealing, comprising: a joint housing including an external contour having a plurality of radial recesses; a substantially axisymmetric bellows including an integral connecting collar formed as a single piece, the connecting collar including a plurality of indentations projecting radially inward each indentation adapted to one of the radial recesses; and a plurality of compensating pieces connected to one another by a plurality of ring sections to form a single piece component surrounding an outer circumference of the connecting collar, the single piece component having a cylindrical outer circumferential surface, at least one of the ring sections being elastically deformable sufficient to enable the single piece component to expand to a circumference larger than the outer circumference of the connecting collar, at least one of the ring sections including a meander shape.