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Ball-end pin with plastic flange
   
Document Number
US Patent 7090424
Issued Date
August 15, 2006
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Inventors
Barbosa; Heitor Teofilo (Sao Caetano Do Sul,BR)
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Abstract
A ball-end pin with plastic flange is employed in steering or suspension systems of automotive vehicles, manufactured in two discrete parts, namely, the ball-end pin itself and the flange. The flange is made of plastic material by injection process, one providing its external circumference with a channel for the fixing of the smaller diameter opening of the protection cover of the ball joint, and it may be injected directly on the ball-end pin or injected separately, in which case its central orifice must have a certain conical shape and longitudinal protrusions. The ball-end pin is constructed by stamping process and during the process the same will be provided with a conical section with longitudinal grooves that eliminates the use of the machining process. The assembling of the flange on the ball-end pin may be performed in two ways: by injecting the plastic material directly on the ball-end pin; or by molding the flange separately, also by injection process, in such a way that it will be sufficient to couple the flange to the ball-end pin and the two parts will be firmly fixed to each other without any rotational or longitudinal movement.
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Owner
Dana Industrial S/A (Sao Paulo,BR)
Published
August 15, 2006
Application Number
10/190,473
Filed
July 9, 2002
US Classification
403/51   403/122 403/50
Int'l Classification
F16B   7/10   (20060101)  
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Priority Data
Aug 21, 2001 [BR] 0104813
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403/50   403/51   403/76   403/90   403/115   403/122   403/130   403/132   403/133   403/134   403/222   277/634   277/635   277/636   464/173   464/175   74/18   74/18.1   74/18.2  
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