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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2021
Asyst Technologies L.l.c., Kenosha, WI (US);
Scott Fladhammer, Caledonia, WI (US);
Asyst Technologies L.L.C., Kenosha, WI (US);
Abstract
A ball socket assembly is provided that includes a ball socket having a socket base with a plurality of socket legs extending therefrom, the socket legs include ball stud interface surfaces forming a ball cavity for receiving and selectively engaging a ball head of a ball stud, a plurality of slots extending between the plurality of socket legs, a lower abutment wall having a bend line and situated in the socket base, and a flexible securing substrate positioned under the lower abutment wall, the socket assembly further including a mating boss substrate having a first boss inner passage with a first passage inside diameter, a second boss inner passage having a second passage inside diameter, wherein the first passage inside diameter is greater than the second passage inside diameter, a boss transition wall between the first boss inner passage and the second boss inner passage, and a boss bottom.