Ball and socket joint assembly
CA 2128453 A1 · Owner: Maughan, Garth B. · Inventors: Maughan, Garth B.
Overview
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A bearing set for a ball socket joint comprises an outer bearing and an inner bearing with a head of a ball stud engaging a spherical inner seat face of each of the bearings. A compression pre-load is applied when the inner bearing is inserted into a cavity of the outer bearing a cylindrical outer, wedge surface of the inner bearing having a greater diameter than a corresponding diameter of an inner skirt defining the cavity of the outer bearing. The bearing set is subjected to additional compression pre-load when the bearing set and ball stud are inserted into a socket and the socket is closed. The two-piece bearing set promotes easy joint assembly results in a, joint that is extremely …
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- Filed July 20, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 20, 2014.
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