Befestigung und Verfahren zur Befestigung eines Dichtungsbalges am Gelenkgehaeuse eines Kugelgelenkes

摘要

A sealing bellows (3) with an edge bead (6) is attached to the joint housing (1) to seal a ball joint. The edge bead (6) rests in an L-shaped recess (4) of the joint housing (1) and is partially surrounded by an outer circular ring (8), bent radially inwards, of a retaining ring (5), the retaining ring (5) resting with an inner circular ring (7) on an end face (9) of the recess (4). In order to be able to carry out the fixing of the sealing bellows (3) to the housing (1) in a single manufacturing process, an annular slot (11) is machined into a jacket surface (12) of the L-shaped recess (4), into which annular slot (11) the retaining ring (5) engages with an inner edge (10) of the inner circular ring (7). A tool (14), provided with a cone (15), is used for deforming the retaining ring (5), which tool is driven axially against the retaining ring (5), as a result of which this encloses the edge bead (6). ……