Patent · US Expired

Tie rod ball joint construction

US4332500A · kind A · utility

11Cited by
2References
17Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 2, 1979
Grant dateJun 1, 1982
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 2, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/32565
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A joint assembly having a socket member, a stud member, and restrainer elements constructed and arranged to prevent the socket and stud members from pivoting relative to each other in one plane containing the longitudinal axis of the stud member while permitting the members to pivot in a plane at a right angle to such one plane and containing such axis and permitting the stud member to rotate on such axis with respect to the socket member.

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