Patent ID: 7325289
Filing Date: 2008-02-05
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for manufacturing a ball and socket joint having a ball pivot comprising a pivot pin with an essentially spherical ball head arranged or made integrally in one piece on one side, a bearing shell, a plastic film as a thin-walled ball socket with a joint surface surrounding said ball head at least partially, and a lubricant introduced between the surface of said ball head and said joint surface of said thin-walled ball socket, the process comprising the steps of: a) filling said thin-walled ball socket with said lubricant; b) introducing said ball head of said ball pivot into said thin-walled ball socket filled with said lubricant; c) introducing said ball head, provided with said thin-walled ball socket, into a housing; and d) filling up of at least part of a free space between said thin-walled ball socket and said housing with a material to form said bearing shell.