BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINT COMPRISING A SENSOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MEASURING LOADS, AND METHOD FOR MEASURING WEAR

摘要

Ball-and-socket joint, for example for a system of axes of a motor vehicle, the ball and socket joint comprising a steering joint housing (3), in whose interior a spherical shell (2) is arranged, in the spherical shell (2) the ball (1) of a ball pivot is received in a slidingly movable manner, the ball and socket joint comprising further a sensor device for the measurement of forces or loads, characterized in that the sensor device by means of a sensor arrangement is positioned in the region of the spherical shell (4) of at least two pressure - or force sensors (6) for measuring the between the joint ball (1) and socket (2) is formed or contact pressures forces acting.