US 12,247,611 B2
Ball joint and manufacturing method therefor
Yoon Geon Lee, Gyeongju-si (KR); and Jae Hyung Lee, Busan (KR)
Assigned to ILJIN Co., Ltd., Gyeongju-si (KR)
Appl. No. 15/999,732
Filed by ILJIN CO., LTD., Gyeongju-si (KR)
PCT Filed Feb. 16, 2017, PCT No. PCT/KR2017/001701
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 20, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/142322, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 4, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2016 0019767 (KR), filed on Feb. 19, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0291525 A1, Sep. 26, 2019
Int. Cl. F16C 11/06 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 11/0638 (2013.01) [F16C 11/0642 (2013.01); F16C 11/0685 (2013.01); B60G 7/005 (2013.01); B60G 2204/416 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ball joint comprising:
a ball stud including a ball and a stud;
a bearing coupled to the ball stud to wrap an outer circumferential face of the ball;
a ball casing configured to accommodate the ball and the bearing therein;
an insert filled in the ball casing and engaged with the ball casing and the bearing; and
at least one anti-rotation blade radially extending from an outer face of the bearing,
wherein the ball casing has, on an inner face of the ball casing, a support step formed to protrude radially inwards and configured to fix the at least one anti-rotation blade,
wherein the ball casing has a cylindrical shape with two open faces facing opposite to each other in an axial direction, and the support step is formed at an upper end edge of the inner face of the ball casing, and
wherein the at least one anti-rotation blade is configured to come into contact with an inner face of the support step of the ball casing so as to prevent the bearing from rotating when an external pressure is applied to the bearing.