US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Aug. 12 for "Ball joint for a chassis of a vehicle, and method for producing such a ball joint" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,519, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Ball joint for a chassis of a vehicle, and method for producing such a ball joint" was invented by Artur Berger (Bohmte, Germany) and Thomas Richter (Damme, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball joint (1, 37) for a chassis of a vehicle has an inner joint portion (4) and a one-piece slide bearing (10) made of plastic. A joint ball (35) of the inner joint portion (4) is fitted so that it can swivel in a ball-bearing section (16). The slide bearing (10) has a holding section (12, 38) for the arrangement of a sensor element (13, 39). In ord...