Patent ID: 9709087
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: F16C

Claim:
1. A product comprising: a first linked element that has a first opening with a coaxial counter bore, the counter bore being coaxial with the first opening; a collar that has a second opening with a section that is shaped like part of a sphere, and that has a countersunk section extending into the coaxial counter bore; a stud that has a head that is ball shaped and that is engaged with the section that is shaped like part of a sphere, and a shank extending from the head through the second opening of the collar; a fastener engaged with the shank, the collar and the first linked element compressed between the head and the fastener; and a second linked element having a race within which the head is engaged, wherein the coaxial counter bore includes a longitudinal wall that extends into the first linked element from an external surface of a first side of the first linked element, and that is parallel to an axis extending through a center of the head and the shank, and the coaxial counter bore includes an angled wall at an end of the longitudinal wall opposite the external surface, and the countersunk section of the collar is engaged against the longitudinal wall and the angled wall.