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US 2015/0204378 A1Published application
Pivot linking device and method for linking mechanical parts
AssigneeAirbus Operations GmbH
InventorsOlivier TEULOU, Pascal Peries
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Abstract
A device including a ball, cage housing the ball and a centering lug, wherein the centering lug has a generally annular form with a radially outer annular periphery and a radially inner annular periphery, the outer annular periphery is integral with the cage and the inner annular periphery is inserted in a groove in the outer periphery of the ball, and the centering lug is elastic and arranged to hold the ball along a predefined axis in a rest position.
Claims12
A pivot linking device comprising:
- an at least partially spherical ball and a cage with an inner housing containing the ball, and
- a centering lug having a generally annular form comprising a radially outer annular periphery and a radially inner annular periphery, wherein the outer annular periphery is held in a fixed position within the cage and the inner annular periphery is in a groove in the periphery of the ball, wherein said centering lug is elastic and arranged so as to hold the ball along a predefined axis in a rest position.
A method for production of a pivoting linking device comprising:
- separately producing a ball, a centering lug and two cage parts;
- mounting the centering lug on the ball;
- assembling the two cage parts to form a cage housing the ball, and holding the centering lug at the level of a junction between the two cage parts.
A pivot linking device comprising:
- a ball having a curved outer surface and a groove in the outer surface extending around the perimeter of the outer surface;
- a cage including an inner surface in sliding engagement with outer surface of the ball, wherein the ball is held within the cage, and
- a centering lug having including a radially outer portion held in a fixed position within the cage and a radially inner portion extending into the groove of the ball, wherein the radially outer and inner portions are integral and elastic and configured bias the ball towards a predefined axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.