IP Library Granted Patent US 7,882,746
Granted Patent B2
US 7,882,746 · App. 12/103,202 · Granted Feb 8, 2011

Device with a receptacle for a lever

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Patent No.
US 7,882,746
App. No.
12/103,202
Granted
Feb 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device ( 1 ) with a receptacle ( 9 ) for a lever ( 2 ), which can at least pivot in the device ( 1 ) about a rotational axis ( 3, 14, 15 ). The receptacle ( 9 ) is spaced in the radial direction relative to the rotational axis ( 3, 14, 15 ) and can pivot with the lever ( 2 ) about the rotational axis ( 3, 14, 15 ).

Claims (18)

1. Device comprising a receptacle for a lever, which can at least pivot in the device about a rotational axis, the receptacle is spaced apart in a radial direction relative to the rotational axis and can pivot with the lever about the rotational axis, the receptacle has at least one first ball, which is separate from the lever such that it can rotate in an arbitrary directional sense about a center thereof and on which the lever is supported in the receptacle on a force of gravity side.

2. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the lever is supported for longitudinal movement on the first ball along a longitudinal axis of the lever parallel to a pivoting axis in the device.

3. Device comprising a receptacle for a lever, which can at least pivot in the device about a rotational axis, the receptacle is spaced apart in a radial direction relative to the rotational axis and can pivot with the lever about the rotational axis, the receptacle has at least one first ball, which can rotate in an arbitrary directional sense about a center thereof and on which the lever is supported in the receptacle on a force of gravity side, wherein the lever is supported for longitudinal movement on the first ball along a longitudinal axis of the lever parallel to a pivoting axis in the device, the receptacle has at least two second balls, which are arranged spaced apart from each other on a peripheral side relative to the first ball about the longitudinal axis and on which the lever is supported at least in directions perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.

4. Device according to claim 3 , wherein the second balls oppose each other and hold the lever therebetween.

5. Device according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the balls is supported in a spring elastic way on the receptacle.

6. Device according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the balls is supported in a spring elastic way on the receptacle, with the at least one of the balls being supported on a bolt and the bolt is supported by at least one spring elastically on the receptacle.

7. Device according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the second balls is tensioned against the lever.

8. Device according to claim 7 , wherein the at least one of the second balls is tensioned in a direction of the other of the second balls in a spring elastic way against the lever.

9. Device according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the balls is supported in a spring elastic way on the receptacle and can be tensioned against the lever.

10. Device according to claim 3 , wherein at least the second balls can be tensioned in a spring elastic way against the lever without play.

11. Device according to claim 3 , wherein the lever contacts the second balls so that the lever can move longitudinally in parallel with the pivoting axis.

12. Device according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the balls is supported so that it can rotate about a center thereof on several ball bearings in a dome-shaped receptacle.

13. Device according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the balls is supported so that it can rotate about a center thereof on several ball bearings in a dome-shaped receptacle, and the dome-shaped receptacle is formed on a bolt.

14. Device according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the balls is supported so that it can rotate about a center thereof on several ball bearings in a dome-shaped receptacle and that the dome-shaped receptacle is formed on a bolt, and the bolt sits rigidly in a housing of the receptacle.

15. Device according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the balls is supported so that it can rotate about a center thereof on several ball bearings in a dome-shaped receptacle and the dome-shaped receptacle is formed on a bolt, and the bolt can be displaced in a direction of the lever relative to the receptacle.

16. Device according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the balls is supported so that it can rotate about a center thereof in a dome-shaped receptacle and the dome-shaped receptacle is formed on a bolt.

17. Device according to claim 3 , wherein at least one of the balls is supported so that it can rotate about a center thereof in a dome-shaped receptacle and the dome-shaped receptacle is formed on a bolt, wherein the bolt is held in a spring elastic manner in a housing of the receptacle.

18. Device according to claim 3 , wherein the lever is a pivoting articulated shaft section connected in an articulated way by a joint to a second articulated shaft section, in which the rotational axis is at least one pivoting axis of the joint, about which the first articulated shaft section can pivot.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 037732 FRAME 0347. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE APP. NO. 14/553248 SHOULD BE APP. NO. 14/553258. Recorded Oct 11, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 040404/0530 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG; SCHAEFFLER VERWALTUNGS 5 GMBH
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0228 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 5, 2016
From: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES GMBH & CO. KG
To: SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 037732/0347 →