Ball-and-socket joint
AssigneeSarmac S.A.
InventorMaurice Rusbach
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Abstract
The invention relates to a ball-and-socket joint comprising an upper jaw and a lower jaw, one arranged on one side of a median plane of a ball, and the other disposed on the other side of said plane, and a means for clamping these jaws to lock the joint in a required position, characterized in that it comprises: a part-spherical cup disposed between the upper jaw and the ball; a first guide means limiting displacement of this cup relatively to the upper jaw in a first central plane of symmetry of the ball; and a second guide means limiting displacement of this cup relatively ot the ball in a second central plane of symmetry of the ball, and in that this first and second plane of symmetry are at right-angles to each other.
Claims15
A ball-and-socket joint comprising an upper jaw and a lower jaw, one arranged on one side of a median plane of a ball, and the other disposed on the other side of said plane, and a means for clamping these jaws to lock the joint in a required position, characterized in that it comprises:
- a part-spherical cup disposed between the upper jaw and the ball;
- a first guide means limiting displacement of this cup relatively to the upper jaw in a first central plane of symmetry of the ball;
- and a second guide means limiting displacement of this cup relatively to the ball in a second central plane of symmetry of the ball, and in that this first and second plane of symmetry are at right-angles to each other.
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