US 12,447,785 B2
Chassis component for a vehicle with a hollow metal base body and method of manufacturing such a chassis component
Gordon Kirsch, Kirchhundem (DE)
Assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Filed by ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/403,152.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2023 200 057.1 (DE), filed on Jan. 4, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0217290 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. B60G 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 7/005 (2013.01) [B60G 7/001 (2013.01); B60G 2204/416 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chassis component for a vehicle, the chassis component comprising:
a hollow base body made of metal and extending along a central longitudinal axis, wherein at least one axial end section of the base body is a deformed end section configured to seal the base body; and
at least one joint housing made of plastic, wherein the at least one joint housing is injection-molded or cast onto the deformed end section of the base body, wherein an outer side of the deformed end section has a plurality of ridges and a plurality of depressions configured to form an interlock with the plastic of the at least one joint housing;
wherein the deformed end section has a plurality of folds distributed circumferentially around the base body and which extend parallel with and/or radially to the central longitudinal axis, wherein individual folds are formed by wall sections of the end section pressed together.