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Ball-Joint Assembly
United States Patent
Brandenburg |
Patent Number: 4,360,284
Date of Patent: Nov. 23, 1982 |
| BALL-JOINT ASSEMBLY |
| Inventor: |
Darrell L. Brandenburg,
Anderson, Ind. |
| Assignee: |
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Mich. |
| Appl. No.: |
195193 |
| Filed: |
Oct. 8, 1980 |
| Int. Class: |
F16C 11/00; F16D 1/12 |
| U.S. Class: |
403/133; 403/135; 403/142; 403/140; 403/227 |
| Field of Search: |
403/135, 140, 142, 143, 133, 122, 131, 132, 138,
140, 144, 129, 130, 225, 226, 227 |
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References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS |
| 2443712 |
June 1948 |
Alldredge |
403/138 |
| 3699580 |
October 1972 |
Joseph et al. |
403/138 |
| 4059361 |
November 1977 |
Allison |
403/138 |
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS |
| 2913700 |
October 1980 |
Fed. Rep. of Germany |
403/135 |
Primary Examiner- Wayne L. Shedd
Attorney, Agent, or Firm- Edward J. Biskup |
Abstract
A ball-joint assembly having a two-part hinged plastic bearing member adapted to be
positioned about the ball portion of a ball-stud member and be placed within an aperture formed in a link
having a plurality of upstanding tabs which are adapted to be bent over for maintaining the ball-stud member
and bearing member in the end of the link.
2 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures |
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