F16J 15/3224
Capable of accommodating changes in distances or misalignment between the surfaces
Official title: capable of accommodating changes in distances or misalignment between the surfaces, e.g. able to compensate for defaults of eccentricity or angular deviations
F16J15/3224 (Capable of accommodating changes in distances or misalignment between the surfaces) appears on 222 US grants and 201 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in F16J- Granted patents
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