Patent ID: 8137021
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A ball and socket joint for a motor vehicle, the ball and socket joint comprising: a bearing shell; a ball pivot accommodated rotatably and pivotably in said bearing shell; a housing; a closing ring in said housing, said bearing shell being fixed in said housing by said closing ring; and a metallic deformation element integrally connected to said closing ring, at least a portion of said deformation element extending from said closing ring in an axial direction towards said housing, said deformation element being elastically deformed during assembly of said ball and socket joint, said housing comprising a housing inner surface in contact with said closing ring, said housing inner surface comprising: a housing inner radial surface; a housing inner axial surface disposed radially inward of said housing inner radial surface; and a housing inner angular surface extending between said housing inner radial surface and said housing inner axial surface, said housing inner angular surface engaging said deformation element such that at least a portion of said deformation element is elastically deformed radially inwardly.