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US 2007/0003360 A1Published application
Grease actuated ball and socket joint
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorSteven Ditzler
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Abstract
A socket assembly including a housing having a bore; an insert member disposed in the bore, the insert member defining a socket; and a cap attached to the housing proximate an inlet of the bore and having an opening to receive a connecting member that extends into the socket.
Claims25
A socket assembly comprising:
- a housing having a bore;
- an insert member disposed in the bore, the insert member defining a socket;
- and
- a cap attached to the housing proximate an inlet of the bore and having an opening to receive a connecting member that extends into the socket.
1 more element
A socket assembly comprising:
- a cylinder having a bore;
- a piston disposed in the bore and having a socket, the cylinder and piston together defining a reservoir, the piston adapted to moved axially within the bore when a fluid is introduced into the reservoir;
- and
- a cap attached to the cylinder and having an opening through which a connecting member extends to be received by the socket.
1 more element
A machine comprising:
- a frame;
- a connecting member coupled to the frame and including a ball;
- and
- a movable attachment coupled to the frame by a socket assembly including
- a cylinder coupled to the movable attachment, the cylinder having a bore and a backing member affixed to the cylinder at an end of the cylinder distal to an inlet of the bore;
- a piston disposed within the cylinder and having a socket that receives the ball, the piston and the cylinder together defining a reservoir within the bore, the piston adapted to move axially within the bore when a fluid is introduced into the reservoir;
- and
- a cap attached to the cylinder proximate the inlet of the bore and having an opening through which the connecting member extends.
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A socket assembly comprising:
- a cylinder having a bore, an inner surface, an open end and a closed end;
- a piston disposed within the bore, the piston having a first end and a second end defining a socket, wherein the inner surface of the cylinder, the closed end of the cylinder, and the first end of the piston together define a reservoir within the bore, the piston adapted to move axially within the bore when a fluid is provided to the reservoir;
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- a cap attached to the cylinder proximate the inlet of the bore and having an opening to receive a connecting member that mates with the socket.
1 more element
A method of adjusting a socket assembly, said method comprising the steps of:
- utilizing a socket assembly to connect a movable attachment to a vehicle frame having a ball coupled thereto, the socket assembly including
- a cylinder having a bore;
- a piston disposed within the bore, the piston defining a socket that receives the ball, wherein the cylinder and the piston together define a reservoir within the bore;
- and
- a cap attached to the cylinder to retain the ball within the socket;
- and
- introducing a fluid to the reservoir to move the piston axially within the bore.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.