Ball socket connector

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1997-07-23

1998-11-10

Kim, Harry C.

Joints and connections

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403141, 403142, F16C 1106

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058333835

ABSTRACT:
A ball socket connector particularly adapted for connecting a gas spring shaft with a vehicle so that the gas spring may be used to hold open the vehicle's truck lid, deck lid, hood, lift glass, hatch door (in hatch type vehicles) or the rear door or gate (in minivan or sports utility type vehicles). A manually slidable plate, which is mounted on and slidable with respect to the connector body, retains the ball on a ball stud in an internal cavity in a connector body. The ball stud projects from the internal cavity through an elongated open slot in the connector body so as to permit the ball socket connector to provide four degrees of freedom of motion between the gas spring and vehicle.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4084913 (1978-04-01), Schenk
patent: 4200405 (1980-04-01), Bauer
patent: 4225261 (1980-09-01), Marx
patent: 4311405 (1982-01-01), Hawley
patent: 4499785 (1985-02-01), Bennett et al.
patent: 4527925 (1985-07-01), Bauer et al.
patent: 4595310 (1986-06-01), Ausprung
patent: 5626433 (1997-05-01), Iwamoto

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