US 12,305,696 B2
Joining arrangement having a receiving means and a ball joint
Eduard Japs, Herford (DE)
Assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed by HELLA GmbH & Co. KG, Lippstadt (DE)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/866,229.
Application 17/866,229 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2021/050120, filed on Jan. 6, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 100 918.6 (DE), filed on Jan. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349441 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F16C 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 11/0623 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A joining arrangement comprising:
a receiver; and
a ball joint that comprises a joint pin with a joint ball and comprises a joint socket for receiving the joint ball,
wherein the ball joint is spread open resiliently into the receiver,
wherein the receiver has a guide element with a guide region that extends in a guide direction,
wherein the joint socket is, via at least two locking arms, spread open resiliently into the guide element in a preselectable setpoint position transverse to the guide direction within the guide region; and
wherein the joint socket comprises at least one positioning rib on a side of the locking arms along the guide direction, by means of which rotation of the joint socket against the guide element is prevented.