Patent · US Expired

Plastics joint

US3999871A · kind A · utility

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13Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 17, 1975
Grant dateDec 28, 1976
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Expiry dateJun 17, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/32262
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pivotal mounting, especially for an automobile sun visor, comprising a one-piece plastics sleeve having a generally cylindrical bore, the radially inner surface of which, when viewed along the axis, has a first number of radial undulations spaced around its circumference, in combination with a generally cylindrical member which is a one-piece plastics moulding and lies substantially coaxially within the bore, the radially outer surface of the member, when viewed along the axis, having a second number of radial undulations spaced around its circumference, both numbers being greater in value than one, and being different, the arrangement being such that each set of said undulations can register firmly with the other at a third number of relative angular positions of the sleeve and the member, the third number being greater than the first and second numbers.

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