Patent ID: 7367742
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: F16C,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A ball-and-socket joint for a motor vehicle, the ball-and-socket joint comprising: a ball-and-socket joint housing with a joint opening, said ball-and-socket joint housing being composed of an electrically conductive material; a bearing shell made of an insulating material arranged in said housing; a ball pivot made of an electrically conductive material, the ball pivot having a joint ball and a pivot mounted rotatably and pivotably with said joint ball in said bearing shell and protruding with said pivot from said ball-and-socket joint housing through said joint opening; an electrode arranged in a wall of said bearing shell at a spaced location from said joint ball, said electrode and said joint ball being electrically insulated with respect to each other via said bearing shell disposed between said electrode and said joint ball, said electrode being electrically insulated with respect to said ball-and-socket joint housing; and an electrode signal connection line connected to said electrode and extending from said electrode through said ball-and-socket joint housing, said electrode signal connection line being electrically insulated with respect to said ball-and-socket joint housing.