Abstract: A closure element (1, 28) for a ball joint (16) in a vehicle. The closure element has a receptacle (2, 29) for accommodating an electronic component (6). To be able to reduce the effort and cost of creating an interface, between the closure element and the electronic component, the closure element (1, 28) has a receptacle (2, 29) which is made of a plastic material and is injection-molded onto one side (3) of the closure element (1).

Abstract: A sealing bellows or bellows for sealing two components (1, 2) movable in relation to one another is presented, which has two edge areas (4, 5), which are located at spaced locations from one another, are connected by a jacket (3) and in which a clamping element (6, 7) each is embedded. The jacket (3) has a plurality of internal diameters (d2, d3, d4) of different values and the internal diameter (d1) of one of the edge areas (4, 5) of the sealing bellows or bellows (8) is larger than the largest of the internal diameters (d2, d3, d4) of jacket (3) of the sealing bellows or bellows (8). Such a sealing bellows or bellows can be used especially for a ball and socket joint of a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A bearing arrangement (4) is provided with a bearing inner bush (10) and an outer bush (5), especially for the central joint (1) of a Watt's linkage. The bearing arrangement (4) is provided with a sealing arrangement (12) surrounding the front-side bearing gap between the inner bush (10) and the outer bush (5). The sealing arrangement (12) comprises an elastic sealing element (14) with static as well as dynamic sealing surfaces. The bearing arrangement (4) has a sealing arrangement (12) designed as a sealing module (12), which can be connected to the bearing inner bush (10), the sealing module (12) also comprising a running surface (15) for the axial bearing of the outer bush (5). The arrangement makes possible the especially economical production of modularly designed, highly loadable bush bearings. Furthermore, undivided, continuous bearing bushes can be used, which improves the ability to be mounted and the precision and the service life of the bearing arrangement.

Abstract: A ball-and-socket joint (1) is provided with a sleeve (2) or a pivot (3) with a partial spherical surface (4) and with a bearing shell (5) surrounding the partial spherical surface (4) in a positive-locking manner with a hollow spherical bearing surface (6). The bearing surface (6) is arranged in a two-part housing (9, 10), whose housing halves (9, 10) have locking elements (15, 16) with detents (17) and locking grooves (18) mutually engaging one another, which lock the two housing halves (9, 10) with one another in a relatively immovable manner in the direction of the longitudinal axis (13) of the sleeve (2) or of the pivot (3) in their final assembled position. The bearing surface (6) for the partial spherical surface (4) of the sleeve (2) or of the pivot (3) is integrated in the inner surfaces of the two housing halves (9, 10) and these (9, 10) are surrounded on their outer surfaces (11, 12) by a metallic ring element (8) in a positive-locking manner.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a ball-and-socket joint (1), comprising a sleeve (2) or a pivot (3) with a partial spherical surface (4) and with a bearing shell (5) surrounding the said partial spherical surface (4) in a positive-locking manner with a hollow spherical bearing surface (6), which is arranged in a two-part housing (9, 10), whose housing halves (9, 10) have locking elements (15, 16) with detents (17) and locking grooves (18) mutually engaging one another, which lock the two housing halves (9, 10) with one another in a relatively immovable manner in the direction of the longitudinal axis (13) of the sleeve (2) or of the pivot (3) in their final assembled position, wherein the bearing surface (6) for the partial spherical surface (4) of the sleeve (2) or of the pivot (3) is integrated in the inner surfaces of the two housing halves (9, 10) and these (9, 10) are surrounded on their outer surfaces (11, 12) by a metallic ring element (8) in a positive-locking manner.