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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Inventors:
Rainer Haubs, Voerde, DE;
Sebastian Goldmann, Bochum, DE;
Assignee:
Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/603 (2015.01); F16C 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05F 15/603 (2015.01); F16C 11/0604 (2013.01); F16C 11/069 (2013.01); F16C 11/0652 (2013.01); Y10T 403/32557 (2015.01);
Abstract
A ball-and-socket joint as an engagement point for a driving element, having a ball head and a socket with a bearing opening, wherein the ball head has a pin for limiting the pivoting of the ball head in the bearing opening, wherein the ball head together with the pin is at least partially arranged in the bearing opening, and wherein at least one damping element is arranged in the bearing opening in such a manner that contact of the pin with the socket is prevented during the pivoting of the ball head.