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Title:
BALL-JOINT DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3168229
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PURPOSE: To provide a ball-joint device, having a small weight high strength, and capable of being manufactured at a low cost.
CONSTITUTION: A ball-joint device 10 is provided with a socket 30 made of thermoplastic synthetic resin, a stud ball 40 having a spherical head 41 to be rotatably fitted to a concave spherical surface 31 of the socket 30 and a housing 12 for housing the socket 30. The housing 12 is provided with a cylindrical socket inserting part 20 formed by drawing a metallic plate, and a bottom wall 21. A plurality of holes 23 are formed in the bottom wall 21. Protrusions 32 capable of being inserted into the holes 23 are provided on the bottom part of the socket 30. The socket 30 is fixed in the housing 12 by caulking the parts where the protrusions 32 are protruded to the outside of the holes 23 in the state where the protrusions 32 are inserted into the holes 23.


Inventors:
Hironobu Sugiura
Application Number:
JP26751892A
Publication Date:
May 21, 2001
Filing Date:
October 06, 1992
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Nippon Barber Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
F16C11/06; (IPC1-7): F16C11/06
Domestic Patent References:
JP62297527A
JP5586115U
JP52129884U
JP6099320U
Other References:
【文献】欧州特許出願公開379392(EP,A1)
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Takehiko Suzue