Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light articulation ball-joint and method of manufacture of such a ball joint
- Patent Title (中): 轻型接头球接头及其制造方法
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Application No.: US12285569Application Date: 2008-10-08
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Publication No.: US07845875B2Publication Date: 2010-12-07
- Inventor: Benjamin Julliere
- Applicant: Benjamin Julliere
- Applicant Address: FR Saint-Vallier-sur-Rhone
- Assignee: SKF Aerospace France
- Current Assignee: SKF Aerospace France
- Current Assignee Address: FR Saint-Vallier-sur-Rhone
- Agency: Dowell & Dowell, P.C.
- Priority: FR0758159 20071009
- Main IPC: F16C11/00
- IPC: F16C11/00

Abstract:
The light articulation ball-joint comprises a metal inner ring and a metal outer ring, provided respectively with a spherical outer surface and a spherical inner surface. The ball-joint also comprises a first contact layer, applied to the spherical surface of one of the rings, and a second contact layer, applied to the spherical surface of the other ring. According to the invention, the first contact layer has a hardness which is less than the hardness of the second contact layer and a thickness which is greater than the thickness of the second contact layer, the first contact layer further being adapted to release particles of solid lubricant by friction with the second contact layer.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090154990A1 Light articulation ball-joint and method of manufacture of such a ball joint Public/Granted day:2009-06-18
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