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Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 01, 2020
Applicant:

Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;

Inventors:

Masayuki Kamon, Kobe, JP;

So Yukizaki, Kobe, JP;

Junichi Karasuyama, Kobe, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 17/02 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); F16C 11/06 (2006.01); F16C 11/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 17/0283 (2013.01); B25J 9/0006 (2013.01); F16C 11/06 (2013.01); F16C 11/106 (2013.01); F16C 2322/59 (2013.01);
Abstract

A spherical joint of the present disclosure includes a ball member and a socket having an inner circumferential surface configured to spherically contact the ball member. The socket includes a cage part forming the inner circumferential surface and having an opening, and a bar-shaped connecting part provided to the cage part. A fastening member is disposed at the cage part so as to reduce a space of the opening in the extending direction of the connecting part and such that a gap is formed between the fastening member and the ball member. The opening is formed in a part of the inner circumferential surface other than a part where the largest load is applied.


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