Patent ID: 7695212
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: B60G,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A ball and socket joint for a motor vehicle, the ball and socket joint comprising: a housing having a wall, a bottom and an opening; a ball pivot including a joint ball and a pivot, said ball pivot being mounted with said joint ball rotatably and pivotably in said housing with said pivot extending through said opening out of said housing; an electronic component arranged in said housing; a bearing shell arranged in said housing, said bearing shell accommodating said joint ball; a component bracket arranged in said housing and carrying said electronic component, said component bracket being fastened to said bearing shell; an electrically conductive connection arranged in said housing and electrically connected to said component, said electrically conductive connection extending out of said housing from said component through said opening; an annular closing element, which surrounds said opening and which has a through opening, through which said electrically conductive connection extends, said annular closing element being fastened to said wall; and a sealing bellows, which extends from said closing element to said pivot and is fastened to said closing element, said through opening of said closing element being sealed by said sealing bellows.