Patent ID: 9440676
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: B62D,F16C

Claim Text:
1. A tie rod assembly with integrated safety tip, which comprises: (a) a tie rod having a threaded shaft at a proximal end and a body at a distal end, the body having a spherically expanded, substantially empty interior, the body having a truncated top and a truncated bottom, the truncated body having hole at its truncated top and a hole at its truncated bottom, wherein both holes are in alignment transverse to the longitudinal extent of the tie rod; (b) a tie rod pin having a distal end that extends through the truncated bottom body hold and terminated with a threaded distal end, an intermediate spherical section movably nested within the substantially empty, spherically expanded truncated tie rod body, and a distal end that extends from the spherical section through the truncated top body hole and being terminated with a plate being larger in diameter than the hole that penetrates the upper truncated body so that the tie rod pin is restrained from pulling through the tie rod body.