Hybrid ball stud
CA 2277510 A1 · Owner: Kincaid, Jeffrey L. · Inventors: Wasylewski, Neil A.; Kincaid, Jeffrey L.; Mattila, Brian A.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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The present invention provides a ball joint for use in interconnecting a pair of components to accommodate relative angular movement therebetween. The ball joint includes a socket assembly and a hybrid ball stud. The socket assembly, includes a cup-shaped housing defining a cavity therein and an insert disposed within the housing cavity and which defines a spherical ball socket. The hybrid ball, stud includes a standard bolt and a polymeric insert attached to or , encapsulating, the head of the bolt to define a spherical ball or a partial spherical ball. The, polymeric insert is adapted to be retained in the ball socket. The bolt is a high-volume commercially-available component having …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed July 12, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 12, 2019.
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