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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yukiho Murata, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Ishii, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Jidosha Denki Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kanagawa-Prefecture, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29450 ; 29898043 ; 403 50 ; 403133 ; 277635 ;
Abstract
A ball joint, which is composed of a ball pin, a retainer connected with the ball pin and an elastic joint seal having first and second apertures for covering the ball pin and the retainer. The ball joint is assembled very easily by pressing the ball pin against the second aperture of the joint seal which has been previously set on the retainer, at a predetermined relative speed higher than 20 cm/s after applying lubricant on the inner peripheral face of the second aperture of the joint seal.