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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Shigeru Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Shuji Ohmura, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeru Kuroda, Yokohama, JP;
Shuji Ohmura, Yokohama, JP;
NHK SPRING CO., LTD., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A ball stud has a flange that outwardly projects in a radial direction of a stud portion. The flange has a concave portion that has a curved shape from a root to an outer circumferential portion in cross section. The concave portion is concave with respect to a straight line connecting an end on the root side and an end on the outer circumferential portion side of the curved shape. A dust cover has a lip to be abutted on a sealing portion and the flange of the ball stud. The lip is formed with a side lip portion. The side lip portion has a shape corresponding to the curved shape of the concave portion of the flange so as to be abutted on the concave portion.
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