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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2004
Yasunori Yokota, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yasunori Yokota, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nippon Thompson Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A ball-stud joint having a flange on a stud thereof, the flange having a sloping side for making it easy to locate centrally the stud relatively to a lower die jig. The ball stud is comprised of a ball fit for pivoting movement into a major body, a stud having a plain end adapted to be formed into a rivet head to joint the stud with any counterpart, and a flange formed integrally around the stud to provide a surface coming into abutment against the counterpart. The flange has a sloping side extending radially outwardly from a flat surface facing on to the ball to an outside periphery of the flange in such a way that the sloping side comes into engagement with a slantwise bearing area on a lower die jig when the plain end of the stud is formed into rivet head.