A ball stud track assembly (110) is provided that includes a ball track (112) and connector portion (114), the ball track (112) comprising a back inner sidewall (128) having a lower portion (136) with a lower portion top surface (137) and an upper portion (134) having a retention ridge (135), an upper retaining arm (138) extending from a front inner sidewall (124) of the ball track (112) and terminating at an upper arm end portion surface (142), and a lower retaining arm (144) extending from the lower portion (136) of the back inner sidewall (128) and having a lower arm top surface (146), the upper arm end portion surface (142), the lower portion top surface (137), and the lower arm top surface (146) extend to form a longitudinal ball channel (113) having a central longitudinal ball channel axis (119), the ball channel (113) configured to receive a ball stud head (116) and allow sliding longitudinal movement, while restricting movement of the ball stud head (116) along axes perpendicular to the central longitudinal ball channel axis (119).
BALL STUD TRACK ASSEMBLY
KUGELZAPFENBAHNANORDNUNG
ENSEMBLE AVEC CANAL D'ARTICULATION POUR GOUJON SPHÉRIQUE
2020-10-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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