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Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 16, 2022
Applicant:

Tennant Company, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Inventor:

Eric Sam Nortrup, Golden Valley, MN (US);

Assignee:

TENNANT COMPANY, Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/0623 (2013.01); F16C 11/0609 (2013.01); F16C 11/069 (2013.01);
Abstract

A torque transmitting ball joint can include a spherical ball, a stem extending from the spherical ball, one or more pins coupled to the spherical ball, and a socket. The socket can define an opening sized to contain the spherical ball within the socket and one or more slots sized to accommodate a pin of the one or more pins. The one or more pins can be contained by the one or more slots and can translate within the slot as the spherical ball rotates relative to the socket about a pivot center. At least one of the one or more pins can abut a sidewall of its slot and transmit torque from the stem to the socket via the spherical ball when the stem and spherical ball rotates relative to the socket.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Nortrup, Eric. (2025). Torque transmitting ball joint (U.S. Patent No. 12209609). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12209609

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