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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Nhk Spring Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeru Kuroda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
NHK SPRING CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/06 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/0638 (2013.01); B60G 7/005 (2013.01); B60G 2204/416 (2013.01); Y10T 403/32737 (2015.01);
Abstract
A ball joint comprises: a ball stud which includes a stud part on one end side connected to a structure and a ball part on the other end side; a housing which oscillatably and rotatably supports the ball part of the ball stud; and a ball sheet disposed between the housing and the ball part. The ball sheet includes a recessed/protruding part formed of at least one of a recessed portion and a protruding portion on a surface facing the housing. The housing includes a fitting part having at least one of a protruding shape and a recessed shape each of which fits to the recessed/protruding part.