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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:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 17, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Leonardo Cadeddu, Crema, IT;
Assignee:
Bendix Italia, Crema, IT;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403133 ; 403135 ; 403140 ; 403143 ;
Abstract
A socket (21) for retaining a pivot-forming spherical head (3) of a rod (1) in a cavity (5) is of substantially cylindrical shape having an annular groove (9). It consists of a first part (23) of hemispherical shape matched to the spherical head (3) a second part (25) of cylindrical shape matched to the shape of the cavity (5) and a third part (27) of substantially frustoconical shape, the free end (29) of which has a diameter larger than that of the cavity (5), longitudinal slots (31) being made in the second and third parts (25, 27), and the socket (21) being produced from an elastic material, such as a hard thermoplastic.