Joints and connections – Articulated members – Pivoted
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-15
2008-04-15
Stodola, Daniel P. (Department: 3679)
Joints and connections
Articulated members
Pivoted
C403S122000, C403S133000, C403S135000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10477673
ABSTRACT:
A ball-and-socket joint has a pivot pin accommodated rotatably and tiltably with a spherical joint area in a bearing shell. The bearing shell is in turn arranged in the recess of a joint housing. A closing ring fixes the bearing shell in the joint housing in the axial longitudinal direction of the pivot pin by at least one surface pair. Corresponding to a first solution variant, an intermediate element made of an elastic material may be arranged between the corresponding contact surfaces of the surface pair on the bearing shell and the closing ring. As an alternative an insert element may be arranged between the outer contour of the bearing shell and the bottom area of the recess, wherein at least one intermediate element made of an elastic material is arranged between the outer surface of the insert element and the corresponding inner surface of the recess. The requirement imposed on the dimensional accuracy of the ball-and-socket joint components can be substantially reduced due to these solution variants, which contributes to a reduction of the manufacturing costs.
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Bröker Klaus
Noe Helmut
McGlew and Tuttle , P.C.
Mills Daniel J.
Stodola Daniel P.
ZF Lemförder Metallwaren AG
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