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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:
Jan. 30, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoichi Inoue, Kiryu, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsuba Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Gunma, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403134 ; 403288 ; 403 50 ; 2772 / ;
Abstract
The waterproof device includes an elastic seal member for covering a joint section rotatably connecting a pair of rods. On both ends of the seal member are provided covering sections for waterproofing the sides of both rods, between which covering sections are located a displacement offsetting section. This displacement offsetting section includes thick and thin strips formed toward both ends in a manner to alternately locate thick and thin strips. The strips are formed on the peripheral surface of the displacement offsetting section at regular intervals.