Patent ID: 7238114
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: F16D,F16J

Abstract:
1. A joint comprising: a joint portion; a shaft; a boot connected to the joint portion and having an inside diameter defined by a diameter line, the boot having an aperture that at least partially engages a portion of the shaft; and a protrusion and an indentation disposed about the inside diameter of the aperture; wherein the protrusion and the indentation respond to compression of the protrusion relative to the shaft by causing a portion of the boot to move into the area defined by the indentation prior to compression and the portion of the protrusion extends beyond the diameter line such that the portion of the protrusion that extends beyond the diameter line is equal to or less than a volume of the indentation provided on an opposing side of the diameter line when the boot is not connected to the shaft.