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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Nhk Spring Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Shigeru Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
NHK SPRING CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 7/00 (2006.01); F16C 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/0633 (2013.01); B60G 7/005 (2013.01); B60G 2204/416 (2013.01); F16C 2326/05 (2013.01); Y10T 403/32737 (2015.01);
Abstract
The ball joint includes a metal ball stud which includes a ball section and a resin housing which rotatably supports the ball section of the ball stud. A limiting member configured to limit molding shrinkage of the housing is embedded in the housing at an interval with respect to an equatorial section of the ball section such that the limiting member is positioned to surround at least the equatorial section of the ball section.