Patent ID: 6158754
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: B62D,Y10T

Abstract:
A wheel joint assembly for a motor vehicle, comprising:a wheel carrier having a wheel side and a non-wheel side, said wheel carrier including a clamping jaw portion with two limitedly elastic clamping jaws on said wheel side providing a slotted area;a clamping bolt traversing the clamping jaws, a tightening torque of said clamping bolt determining a strength of a clamping joint including said clamping jaws and said clamping bolt;a ball-and-socket joint with a pivot pin inserted into said wheel carrier, said pivot pin having an end piece and a joint ball, said clamping joint fixing said end piece of said pivot pin of said ball-and-socket joint inserted into the wheel carrier, said joint ball being arranged opposite the end piece and mounted in a housing accommodating the joint ball movably in all directions, and said housing being connected to another component of the motor vehicle;a clamping protector covering said slotted area of said wheel carrier, said clamping protector being inserted into said slotted area of said wheel carrier and being sealingly fixed in said slotted area with material of said clamping protector undergoing plastic deformation in at least some areas.