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Patent No.:

US 10836228 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 16, 2017

Ball joint, and stabilizer link using same

Applicant:

Nhk Spring Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Shigeru Kuroda, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

NHK SPRING CO., LTD., , JP;

Attorney:

Day Pitney LLP

Primary Examiner:

Laura Freedman

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 7/00 (2006.01); F16C 11/06 (2006.01); B29C 45/16 (2006.01); B62D 7/16 (2006.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29L 31/04 (2006.01); B29K 105/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 7/005 (2013.01); B29C 45/1671 (2013.01); B60G 7/00 (2013.01); B62D 7/16 (2013.01); F16C 11/068 (2013.01); F16C 11/0619 (2013.01); F16C 11/0638 (2013.01); F16C 11/0647 (2013.01); F16C 11/0657 (2013.01); F16C 11/0685 (2013.01); F16C 11/0695 (2013.01); B29C 45/14754 (2013.01); B29C 2045/14762 (2013.01); B29K 2105/02 (2013.01); B29K 2995/0049 (2013.01); B29L 2031/04 (2013.01); F16C 2326/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

This ball joint is provided with: a ball stud, one end being fastened to a suspension device/stabilizer, and the other end having a ball part; a housing that rotatably supports the ball part of the ball stud; and a ball seat provided so as to be interposed between the housing and the ball part, the ball seat having an inner spherical part for accommodating the ball part. The ball seat is provided to the housing by insert injection molding. The inside diameter dimension of the inner spherical part formed by separate injection molding is set to a dimension corresponding to the anticipated amount of molding shrinkage of the resin during the insert injection molding.

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