Patent ID: 7037023
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: B60G,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A ball-and-socket wheel guide joint for motor vehicles, the joint comprising: a housing with a cavity open on at least one side and on at least another side; a joint ball having an equator defined as a maximum diameter perpendicular to an axis; a bearing shell inserted into said housing with said joints ball mounted therein, said bearing shell is homogeneous and circles said equator in a conforming contact there between which extends below and above said equator and forms an assembly unit together with said joint ball accommodated therein, said assembly unit being movably mounted in said cavity along said axis; a first collar and a second collar defining a limited free path of said movably mounted assembly unit, said first collar and said second collar forming end stops in said cavity of said housing, said bearing shell is free to slide with said joint ball from a bottom position contacting said second collar to a top position contacting said first collar path; and a compensating element arranged between said bearing shell and an inner surface of said cavity, said compensating element biasing said bearing shell in said cavity under a slight radial pretension.