Patent ID: 6758622
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: B60Q,F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
A ball socket comprising:a face plate having a ball stud receiving opening; a socket body having a socket cup with an undercut portion defining a chamber; a plurality of arms extending from the face plate to a location past the chamber; a mounting screw having a head rotatably disposed within the chamber of the socket, wherein the plurality of arms form a socket cup, wherein the plurality of arms have an upper portion, a middle portion and a bottom portion, and wherein at least the upper portion and the middle portion deform in response to a moment force applied to the plurality of arms during insertion of a ball stud; a plurality of support legs depending from the face plate, each of the plurality of legs having an upper portion, a middle portion and a bottom portion, the plurality of legs providing structural stability to the socket; and wherein the upper portions of the plurality of arms extend further into the ball stud receiving opening in the face plate than do the upper portions of the support legs.