Double cardan universal joint ball and socket seal
CA 2175642 C · Owner: Mayhew, Roger D. · Inventors: Mayhew, Roger D.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
An elastomeric seal for a ball and socket centering apparatus of a double cardan constant velocity universal joint has slits radiating from a hole in which the ball is received which create fingers that flex to wipe against the ball and retain grease in the seal as the joint is rotated through an angle.
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed May 2, 1996 and granted February 4, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 2, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by May 2, 2018.
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