Bellows seal for ball and socket joints

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Patent

CA 1187913

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE In a ball and socket joint comprising a ball and a socket in mutual swivelling sliding engagement with each other, the ball having a stud integrally formed at one end thereof and projecting outwardly through one end of the socket, the improvement consisting in forming the socket with a diverging frusto-conical flange extending in the direction of the stud and defining an integrally formed retention flange for a flexible oil-resistant seal having a bellows type body pro- vided at one end with an annular band stretched over the periphery of the stud and at the other end with a reinforcing bead stretched over the retention flange. The reinforcing bead is substantially toroidal in shape and provides an elastic restraining force that grips firmly the retention flange without recourse to a spring ring or circlip.

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