US 12,215,737 B2
Chassis component with a joint inner part
Artur Berger, Bohmte (DE); and Thomas Richter, Damme (DE)
Assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Appl. No. 18/002,872
Filed by ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/067073
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/008238, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 208 490.4 (DE), filed on Jul. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0241941 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. B60G 17/019 (2006.01); F16C 11/04 (2006.01); F16C 11/06 (2006.01); G01B 7/30 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 11/06 (2013.01) [B60G 17/019 (2013.01); F16C 11/045 (2013.01); G01B 7/30 (2013.01); B60G 2204/1162 (2013.01); B60G 2401/172 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chassis component comprising:
a joint inner portion;
a structural component with a joint holder, wherein the joint inner portion is fitted and able to move in an articulated manner in the joint holder and wherein a section of the joint inner portion extends out of the joint holder; and
a measuring device configured to determine a relative position of the joint inner portion with respect to the structural component, wherein the measuring device comprises a first measuring element and a second measuring element, and the first measuring element is arranged on the structural component and the second measuring element is fixed onto the section of the joint inner portion that extends out of the joint holder;
wherein an annular holding section of the second measuring element is configured to be pushed and/or pressed onto the section of the joint inner portion and/or onto an outer circumference of the section of the joint inner portion.