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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:
Jul. 09, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1984
Applicant:
Inventor:
John A Rose, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
O & S Manufacturing Company, Whitmore Lake, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
277-1 ; 2772 / ; 74 181 ; 403 51 ; 403134 ;
Abstract
In a ball and socket joint comprising a ball and a socket in mutual swivelling sliding engagement with each other, the ball having a stud integrally formed at one end thereof and projecting outwardly through one end of the socket, the improvement consisting in forming the socket with an annular groove circularly disposed at the edge of the open end of the socket for fitting and retaining therein the beaded end of a flexible oil-resistant seal having a bellows type body provided at one end with an annular band stretched over the periphery of the stud.