US 12,215,739 B2
Ball joint
Tomoya Hirano, Hamamatsu (JP)
Assigned to SOMIC MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/792,671
Filed by SOMIC MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/040433
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/152941, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-012667 (JP), filed on Jan. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0043146 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F16C 11/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 11/0642 (2013.01) [F16C 11/0638 (2013.01); F16C 11/068 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A ball joint comprising:
a receiving-side member including a cylindrical receiving-side member body opened at both ends, and a closing member fixed to the receiving-side member body at one end portion thereof by swaging and closing the receiving-side member body at the one end portion;
a cylindrical sliding member housed and held in the receiving-side member; and
a ball-side member including a ball part rotatably held by the sliding member, wherein
the sliding member includes a groove formed at an end portion facing the closing member,
the closing member includes a projection inserted into the groove,
the height of the projection is less than the depth of the groove, the width of the projection is greater than the width of the groove, and the projection contacts the sliding member at a width smaller on an inner side than on an outer side relative to the groove.