US 12,065,012 B2
Chassis link
Thomas Abram, Paderborn (DE); Olga Kasper, Paderborn (DE); Stephan Meyer, Bielefeld (DE); and Vojtech Drtina, Liberec (CZ)
Assigned to BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH, Paderborn (DE)
Filed by BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH, Paderborn (DE)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/113,255.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 104 477.7 (DE), filed on Feb. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0264533 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. B60G 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 7/001 (2013.01) [B60G 7/005 (2013.01); B60G 2206/124 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chassis link comprising:
a link body,
a ball joint socket at one link end of the link body, the ball joint socket comprising:
a cylindrical portion, wherein the ball joint sock and the cylindrical portion are integral,
an outwardly directed flange, wherein the flange is joined to a first web of the link body, the flange has two flange portions, a first flange portion having a first width, a second flange portion having a second width, and the first width is different from the second width, wherein a second web of the link body is joined to the cylindrical portion.