US 12,187,368 B2
Steering joint assembly
Marco Scopesi, Arco (IT); Luca Gambini, Arco (IT); Andrea Bortoli, Arco (IT); Davide Deimichei, Arco (IT); and Fabrizio Denei, Arco (IT)
Assigned to DANA ITALIA S.R.L., Trentino (IT)
Filed by DANA ITALIA S.R.L., Trentino (IT)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/348,223.
Claims priority of application No. 20 2022 103 859.7 (DE), filed on Jul. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0010272 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B62D 7/18 (2006.01); B60B 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 7/18 (2013.01) [B60B 27/0036 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A steering joint assembly, comprising an axle beam, a first king pin rigidly mounted on the axle beam, a steering knuckle, and a first spherical plain bearing rotatably connecting the first king pin to the steering knuckle, wherein the first king pin is press-fit into a first blind hole formed in the axle beam.