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Pivot joint
Assignee: CHIN CHING INDUSTRY Ltd
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Filing: 1996-11-04
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Granted: 1998-06-30
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Expires: 2016-11-04
Abstract
Abstract A pivot joint including a mounting frame, a pivot bolt inserted through a hole on the mounting frame, and a lock nut screwed up with the pivot bolt to hold the mounting frame and the pivot bolt together, permitting the pivot bolt to be turned about its longitudinal center axis, wherein the pivot bolt has a collar stopped against the mounting frame at one side opposite to the lock nut; two washers are mounted around the pivot bolt and retained between the mounting frame and the lock nut; a plurality of corrugated plate springs are mounted around the pivot bolt and retained between the washers.
Inventors
- 👤 Fu-Gen Ching
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 22:19
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F1/00; G06F1/16; G06F1/1613; G06F1/1615; G06F1/1616; G06F1/1633; G06F1/1675; G06F1/1681; E; E05; E05D; E05D11/00; E05D11/08; E05D11/087; E05Y; E05Y2999/00; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S248/00; Y10S248/917; Y10S248/919; Y10S248/922; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/32; Y10T403/32254; Y10T403/32262; Y10T403/32418; Y10T403/32541
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
128 words
A pivot joint having a mounting frame, a pivot bolt inserted through a hole on said mounting frame, and a lock nut threadedly engaged with said pivot bolt to hold said mounting frame and said pivot bolt together, permitting said pivot bolt to be turned about its longitudinal center axis, wherein said pivot bolt has a collar stopped against said mounting frame at one side opposite to said lock nut; two washers are mounted around said pivot bolt and retained between said mounting frame and said lock nut; a plurality of corrugated plate springs are mounted around said pivot bolt and retained between said washers; and said collar of said pivot bolt having an outer diameter that becomes gradually smaller toward said washers and said corrugated plate springs.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
128 words
A pivot joint having a mounting frame, a pivot bolt inserted through a hole on said mounting frame, and a lock nut threadedly engaged with said pivot bolt to hold said mounting frame and said pivot bolt together, permitting said pivot bolt to be turned about its longitudinal center axis, wherein said pivot bolt has a collar stopped against said mounting frame at one side opposite to said lock nut; two washers are mounted around said pivot bolt and retained between said mounting frame and said lock nut; a plurality of corrugated plate springs are mounted around said pivot bolt and retained between said washers; and said collar of said pivot bolt having an outer diameter that becomes gradually smaller toward said washers and said corrugated plate springs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The pivot joint of claim 1 wherein the outer diameter of said two washers becomes gradually smaller toward said collar of said pivot bolt.
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