Retention member for ball socket joint

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2006-10-13

2009-12-29

MacArthur, Victor (Department: 3679)

Joints and connections

Split end with laterally movable opposed portions

With separate force-applying means

C403S122000, C362S515000, C362S524000, C362S528000

Reexamination Certificate

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07637685

ABSTRACT:
An adjustment device (10) having a socket (12) attached to an article (14) to be adjusted; a housing (16) remote from the article (14); a shaft (18) moveable along a longitudinal axis (20) in the housing (16), the shaft (18) having a socket end (22) engaging the socket (12); a clutch (24) to allow slippage of the shaft (18), the improvement wherein a friction brake (26) is positioned in the housing (16) and engages the socket end (22) of the shaft (18).

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