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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Zhejiang Ruitai Suspension System Technology Ltd, Ningbo, CN;
Inventors:
George R. Schmidt, St. Louis, MO (US);
Haibin Jiang, Fenghua, CN;
Assignee:
Zhejiang Ruitai Suspension System Technology LTD, Shangtian Town, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/0652 (2013.01); F16C 11/0647 (2013.01); Y10T 403/32762 (2015.01); Y10T 403/32811 (2015.01);
Abstract
In a socket assembly having a housing with a closed end and an open end and an axially slidable and rotatable bearing, a spring washer seated on the axially slidable and rotatable bearing with a protrusion or a recess on the external periphery for engagement with a cooperating recess or protrusion on an inner cavity of the housing to effectively stop movement of spring washer with the axially slidable and rotatable bearing during driving conditions.