Patent ID: 6234704
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: F16C,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
A ball stud comprising:a ball head portion;a stud portion;said ball head portion integrally formed on one end of said stud portion;a buckle portion included in at least a portion of said stud portion;said buckle portion buckling under an appropriate amount of external longitudinal stress;said buckle portion having alternately arranged furrowed portions and raised portions extending in an axial direction along said portion;said furrowed portions having minimum diameters that are smaller than a remainder of said stud portion;said raised portions having maximum diameters that are larger than a remainder of said stud portion by displacement of material from said furrowed portions; anda number of said furrowed portions and said raised portions being effective to provide a desired buckling strength.