Patent ID: 8235622
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A or bearing arrangement comprising: a ball and socket joint pin having a ball joint head; a joint shell comprising a joint shell circumferential wall defining a cavity having a joint shell opening, said ball joint head being pivotably arranged within said cavity; a ball and socket joint housing comprising a joint housing circumferential wall defining a receiving space having a housing opening, said joint housing circumferential wall comprising a joint housing hole; a border comprising a border circumferential wall having axial barriers at opposing ends and said border circumferential wall defining a cavity, said joint shell being fixed within said cavity of said border, said border circumferential wall comprising an elongated hole, said border being arranged within said receiving space between said joint shell and said ball and socket joint housing, said ball and socket joint pin extending through said joint shell opening and said housing opening; a fastener, at least a portion of said fastener being fixed within said joint housing hole, said fastener extending through said joint housing hole such that said fastener is slidably received within said elongated hole and said border and said joint shell are movable in said ball and socket joint housing in an axial direction and rotation of said border within said ball and socket housing is prevented.