Patent ID: 8714861
Filing Date: 2014-05-06
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A sealing assembly of a ball joint for a vehicle comprising: a retaining ring which includes a ring axis and a radial ring flange having a flange upper side and an opposed flange lower side, and a sealing element which rests against the flange upper side and against the flange lower side and is connected to the retaining ring with an interlocking fit, the interlocking fit being configured such that the retaining ring and the sealing element are fixed to each other free of play in the axial and in the radial direction, the sealing element engaging around a radially outer peripheral edge of the ring flange, the ring flange having a radially extending inner portion separated from a radially extending outer portion by a circumferentially extending completely surrounding axial step, the radially extending inner portion and the radially extending outer portion extending substantially parallel to one another, the surrounding axial step being provided within a portion of the ring flange which is configured to include the interlocking fit between the retaining ring and the sealing element and the radially extending inner portion and the radially extending outer portion both having a lower side which is covered with the sealing element, and the flange upper side having an exposed contact surface for a sealing bellows.