US Patent Issued to ZF Friedrichshafen on Oct. 14 for "Closure element for a ball joint, ball joint for a chassis of a vehicle and method for producing such a closure element and/or such a ball joint" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,409, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Closure element for a ball joint, ball joint for a chassis of a vehicle and method for producing such a closure element and/or such a ball joint" was invented by Thomas Richter (Damme, Germany), Hans Prins (Damme, Germany) and Christoph Gierke (Espelkamp, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a closure element (2, 27, 30, 35) for a ball joint (1, 26, 29, 34) with a first component (12) made of metal and with a second component (13) made of a plastic material, where the second component (13) is designed as a first beari...