Patent ID: 6685377
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
A bearing and box arrangement for a ball joint comprising sealing caps made of elastomer having two extremities open, one being of larger diameter to be coupled to an external part of the box and another of smaller diameter to be coupled to a body of a ball pin, wherein a fixing housing is manufactured directly on the bearing and as an integral part thereof, and with the same material, having the shape of extension of the bearing provided in the interior of the box, turned outwards, to receive and fix an opening of larger diameter of one of the sealing caps providing a constant static sealing, in such a manner that said one of the sealing caps directly connects to said bearing element without engaging said box wherein on one of the sides of the ball joint, the housing for the fixing of the sealing cap is constructed as an extension of the bearing and with the same material thereof, during an injection process and, on the other side of the ball joint, the housing for the fixing of the other sealing cap is constructed as an extension of the box and with the same material thereof, during the stamping process in such a manner that said other sealing cap directly connects to said box without engaging said bearing element.