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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:
Oct. 20, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akira Mizusawa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Nifco Inc., Yokohama, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403 71 ; 403141 ;
Abstract
A ball joint consisting of a plastic one-piece molding comprises two halves having substantially the same shape and each consisting of a shell having a semi-spherical recess and a mounting portion provided on the shell for mounting the ball joint on a work. The two halves are coupled together by a hinge and are capable of being joined together face to face by bending the hinge such that one half of a ball portion of a ball stud is received in the recess of each shell. The two halves can be mounted in a face-to-face joined state in a mounting hole of a panel.