Class 403/125 - Interposed concavo-convex component

Subclass of Class 403 - Joints and connections
Definition: Structure comprising an element having a convex and concave
No. of patents: 26
Last issue date: 04/15/2008

Number	Title	Issue Date
7357591	Ball-and-socket joint A ball-and-socket joint has a pivot pin accommodated rotatably and tiltably with a spherical joint area in a bearing shell. The bearing shell is in turn arranged in the recess of a joint housing. A closing ring fixes the bearing shell in the joint housing in the axi...	04/15/2008
7300028	Tripod head A tripod head includes a cylindrical housing 1 having connection member at one end for a tripod, a ball joint (2) rotatably and pivotally arranged in the housing (1), a bearing element (4) for the ball joint (2), having a sliding s...	11/27/2007
7144182	Ball joint construction A ball joint having a housing with a cylindrical cavity that has an open receiving end and a closed retaining end receives a polymeric insert and a non-deformable insert therein. The polymeric insert has a cylindrical outer wall that extends upwardly from a base and...	12/05/2006
7037022	Ball-and-socket joint A ball-and-socket joint, preferably for chassis suspensions and/or steering mechanisms of motor vehicles, is presented, which has a ball pivot pin (1), which is accommodated rotatably and tiltably in a joint housing (8) with one of its free ends with a...	05/02/2006
6921226	Adjustable support apparatus An adjustable support apparatus for, e.g., supporting an instrument. The adjustable support apparatus may include a supporting member, an adjustable member engaging with the supporting member, a fastening member engaged with the adjustable member and an elongated me...	07/26/2005
6868736	Ultra-miniature optical pressure sensing system The fiber optic pressure sensing system includes a sensor housing formed using MEMS processing. The sensor housing has ribs and grooves in both horizontal and vertical directions relative to the surface to allow the membrane to flex in a consistent manner. The flexi...	03/22/2005
6860671	D-ring assembly with a load limiting device A D-ring assembly comprising a D-ring and a load limiting device. The D-ring has a slot therethrough for receiving a seatbelt webbing and for guiding the webbing from the retractor to the torso of a vehicle occupant. The load limiting device functions by absorbing k...	03/01/2005
6776552	Ball joint with spherical rollers A ball joint which uses spherical rollers to reduce the torque friction which tends to inhibit the rotation of the ball within a ball joint assembly. Two sets of spherical rollers are captivated between the ball and two liner rings in the ball joint housing. The bal...	08/17/2004
6386787	Ball joint with compressed pressure shell A supporting joint having a casing and a ball pin held therein comprises, on the pin side, a support having a bearing shell and, oppositely to the pin, a pressure shell. A cutout is provided in the central region of the pressure shell. On the rear side th...	05/14/2002
6234703	Double slotted socket spherical joint A new class of spherical joints is disclosed. These spherical joints are capable of extremely large angular displacements (full cone angles in excess of 270°), while exhibiting no singularities or dead spots in their range of motion. These joints can imp...	05/22/2001
5249766	Tripod head The tripod head contains a cylindrical housing (1), a connecting device (2) which closes the housing (1) off on one side, at least one body (3, 4) which is movably arranged in the housing (1) and at least one fastening device (6, 7) having at least two me...	10/05/1993
5226754	Spherical joint A spherical joint has an upper bearing assembly, a main supporting body, a lower bearing assembly, a linking body for linking the main supporting body and the lower bearing assembly, and an enclosing assembly. Four active hemispherical surfaces are define...	07/13/1993
5115725	Piston and connecting rod assembly An arrangement wherein a concave portion on a support end of a connecting rod is slidably engaged with a convex portion formed in a lower part of a piston, and a retainer ring member supported on a skirt portion of the piston is placed in contact with the...	05/26/1992
5072907	Tripod head The tripod head contains a cylindrical housing (1), a connecting device (2) which closes the housing (1) off on one side, at least one body (3, 4) which is movably arranged in the housing (1) and at least one fastening device (6, 7) having at least two me...	12/17/1991
4993739	Hitch ball A hitch ball (20) with a mating first set of shells (25a and 25b) and optionally a second set of shells (27a and 27b) to increase the diameter of the ball to accommodate various sized hitch assemblies (11) are described. In a preferred form detents (25e a...	02/19/1991
4905577	Line-contact-type spherical bearing for connecting piston to connecting rod A hydraulically-operated piston machine includes at least one cylinder and a piston axially movably guided in the cylinder. The piston is connected to a crankshaft or the like by means of a connecting rod. The connecting rod and the piston each have spher...	03/06/1990
4690323	Swivel bellows assembly A swivel bellows assembly designed to be mounted within a valve housing to provide self-alignment with a valve opening. The bellows assembly comprises a mounting element having a central opening surrounded by a depending, contoured skirt, or wall, a bello...	09/01/1987
4687347	Axial joint arrangement with integrated seal An axial joint arrangement with integrated seal is provided with three successively arranged bearing rings, the upper and lower bearing rings having spherical guiding surfaces which oppose corresponding spherical surfaces of the middle bearing ring. The u...	08/18/1987
4674523	Suspension umbrella with ball joint securing device A suspension umbrella has a crown connected to a holder by means of a ball joint. For arresting the ball joint in different positions the ball joint is equipped with an arresting body which is actuatable by means of a screw spindle arranged coaxially to t...	06/23/1987
4662772	Shift lever tower assembly A shift lever tower assembly includes a spherical inner bearing with a central aperture formed therein for attachment to the shift lever, a spherical intermediate bearing having a hollow interior and inwardly extending projections for cooperating with slo...	05/05/1987
4347014	Hemispherical ball and socket joint A knuckle or swivel joint of the half-ball and socket type comprising a stud terminating in an enlarged diameter half-ball member disposed in the socket member and having a hemispherical recess engaged by the hemispherical convex surface of a retainer bea...	08/31/1982
4273461	Coupling of the ball-and-socket joint type This invention relates to a coupling of the ball-and-socket joint type between two objects. Connected to the one object, which may be a driver's seat in a working vehicle is a joint socket and a joint ball with a gap between them. Connected to the other o...	06/16/1981
4231673	Ball joint and a method for manufacturing the ball joint The ball joint for the suspension system of automobiles, in which as a load-supporting seat, a multi-layer material provided with the synthetic resin layer having self-lubricating ability and abrasion resistance is used on the surface of the back metal, w...	11/04/1980
4157876	Lockable articulated joint This orthopedic appliance for correcting a wide variety of lower extremity deformities comprises: a bar which is scored so that it can be broken to provide a bar of a desired length; lockable articulated joints at both ends of the bar; releasable clips fo...	06/12/1979
4039056	Brake shoe assembly Integrally formed brake shoe for use with cylindrical automotive brake drums in hydraulic brake systems are fabricated by bending and shaping sections of extruded lengths of the material having a T-shaped cross-sectional configuration. Connector pins for ...	08/02/1977
3967907	Ball socket for ball joint A plastic ball socket for a grease lubricated ball joint socket, having a hemispherical inner cup composed of thin, hard, elastic material; an outer cup composed of soft elastic material at least partially containing the inner cup and having elongated rib...	07/06/1976

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Class 403/125 - Interposed concavo-convex component