# US 10,502,257 B2 · Dust cover

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- Number: US 10,502,257 B2
- Document ID: US10502257B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/764,338
- Filed: 2016-09-06
- Published: 2018-09-27
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2015-10-05
- Assignees: Nok Corporation
- Applicants: Nok Corporation
- Inventors: Norihito Sato
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10502257B2

## CPC

- F16C 11/0671: {allowing operative relative movement of joint parts due to flexing of the sealing means}
- F16C 11/0676: {allowing operational relative movement of joint parts due to sliding between parts of the sealing means}
- F16J 3/041: {Non-metallic bellows}
- F16J 3/042: {Fastening details}
- F16C: SHAFTS; FLEXIBLE SHAFTS; ELEMENTS OR CRANKSHAFT MECHANISMS; ROTARY BODIES OTHER THAN GEARING ELEMENTS; BEARINGS
- F16J: PISTONS {(specially adapted for dampers F16F9/32)}; CYLINDERS; SEALINGS

## Abstract

A dust cover that allows a dust lip part thereof to offer sealing performance stably for a long period of time. A sealing part 130 includes an inner peripheral sealing part that can slide relative to an outer peripheral surface of a shaft part, and a dust lip part 132 that can slide relative to an end surface of a knuckle 400, wherein an annular protrusion 135 that protrudes radially outward is formed at an end of the sealing part 130 on the other end side, and at least one of inner and outer peripheral surfaces of the dust lip part 132 extends toward the other end side from recessed parts 132a and 132b of the sealing part 130 being recessed toward one end side with respect to an end surface 135a of the annular protrusion 135 on the other end side.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A dust cover for use in a ball joint including a ball stud having a spherical part at one end of a shaft part thereof, a socket that has a bearing for the spherical part and supports the ball stud in a rotatable and swingable manner, and a coupling member that couples with the shaft part on a side of the shaft part opposite to the spherical part,
the dust cover comprising:
a deformable body part;
a fixed part provided on one end side of the body part and fixed to the socket; and
a sealing part provided on the other end side of the body part and provided slidably relative to the shaft part and the coupling member,
the sealing part including:
an inner peripheral sealing part that can slide relative to an outer peripheral surface of the shaft part; and
a dust lip part that is configured to be inclined radially outwardly and toward the other end side, and that can slide relative to an end surface of the coupling member, wherein
an annular protrusion that protrudes radially outward is formed at an end of the sealing part on the other end side, and
an outer peripheral surface of the dust lip part extends toward the other end side from a recessed part of the sealing part being recessed axially toward the one end side with respect to an end surface of the annular protrusion on the other end side, wherein the dust lip part extends axially toward the other end side to a greater extent than the end surface of the annular protrusion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The dust cover according to claim 1, wherein an annular groove is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the dust cover at a portion where the sealing part is provided, and
the annular protrusion is a portion of the dust cover between an end surface of the sealing part on the other end side and the annular groove.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The dust cover according to claim 1, wherein an inner peripheral surface of the dust lip part extends toward the other end side from a recessed part of the sealing part being recessed toward the one end side with respect to the end surface of the annular protrusion on the other end side.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The dust cover according to claim 2, wherein an inner peripheral surface of the dust lip part extends toward the other end side from a recessed part of the sealing part being recessed toward the one end side with respect to the end surface of the annular protrusion on the other end side.