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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 1994
Filed:
Feb. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshiaki Shimizu, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hiroshi Iizuka, Hamamatsu, JP;
Assignee:
Rhythm Corporation, Hamamatsu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403140 ; 403136 ; 403134 ; 403133 ;
Abstract
A ball-and-socket joint comprising a ball stud having a ball end, a bearing into which the ball end is inserted, and a socket, the ball stud and bearing being fixedly connected to the socket by radial inward deformation of an upper end of the socket. The bearing is provided at its lower portion with a plurality of slits and a plurality of projections. The projections are pressed against the socket and deformed elastically and compressedly by the radial inward deformation of the socket.