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US 2008/0087127 A1Published application
Retention member for ball socket joint
AssigneeValeo Sylvania LLC
InventorsSanders R. Brott, James W. Acker
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Abstract
An adjustment device (10) having a socket (12) attached to an article (14) to be adjusted; a housing (16) remote from the article (14); a shaft (18) moveable along a longitudinal axis (20) in the housing (16), the shaft (18) having a socket end (22) engaging the socket (12); a clutch (24) to allow slippage of the shaft (18), the improvement wherein a friction brake (26) is positioned in the housing (16) and engages the socket end (22) of the shaft (18).
Claims6
In an adjustment device:
- a socket attached to an article to be adjusted;
- a housing remote from said article;
- a shaft moveable along a longitudinal axis in said housing, said shaft having a socket end engaging said socket;
- a clutch to allow slippage of said shaft, the improvement comprising:
- a friction brake positioned in said housing and engaging said end of said shaft
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.