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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. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mannesmann Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16D / ; F16C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
192 / ; 192 98 ; 403135 ; 403140 ;
Abstract
An articulation head for a clutch-release rocker arm of a friction clutch of a motor vehicle is sealed with respect to dust and abraded material by means of an elastic sleeve. The sleeve is clamped between flanges of a ball shaft and a bearing shell. Consequently, the articulation head is particularly unsusceptible to wear and can be moved virtually without noise.