Link joint
US5819337A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 27, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/7194
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The object of reducing the assembly costs in the course of producing an adjusted, angularly movable coupling between a pull rod and a plunger rod by means of a constructively further improved link joint, as well as the production costs for the connecting element itself, is attained in that the has a connecting element formed as a one-piece shaped body, which encloses the pull rod and the plunger rod in the manner of a cage and is made of plastic, in which the passages for receiving the pull rod and the plunger rod are arranged in such a way that both rods rest against each other with their external surfaces. The pull rod and the plunger rod are clamped together at their intersecting point by a clamping screw and the plunger rod is additionally clamped with the shaped body in a manner which assures their position.
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