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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1993
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hidetaka Idosako, Hamamatsu, JP;
Masao Takayama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Somic Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403133 ; 403138 ; 403132 ;
Abstract
A ball joint resiliently positions a portion of its hard-plastic bearing seat a short distance from a load-receiving portion of its housing. A compression load is capable of urging the bearing seat and the load-receiving portion into contact with each other to limit the load absorbed by the resilient member. This permits the resilient member to apply an appropriate bearing preload to overcome manufacturing tolerances in the parts, without requiring the resilient member to support large compression loads.