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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 1980
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald R Gaines, Farmington, MI (US);
Jon M Smallegan, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
William H Trudeau, Brighton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Gulf & Western Manufacturing Company, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25G / ; F16D / ; F16G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403 27 ; 403272 ; 403305 ; 280 / ; 228178 ; 403 76 ;
Abstract
A replacement torque rod assembly for field and maintenance installation which includes ball joint assemblies, each having a housing rod extending therefrom to position in butting relation after being cut to a dimension to span a predetermined distance for assembly and a telescoping sleeve overlying the abutting ends and welded to said ends to provide a rigid torque rod for field installation.