US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Nov. 4 for "Rear toe link including inner ball joint with press-fit stud" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,319, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Rear toe link including inner ball joint with press-fit stud" was invented by Collin R. Lockhart (Waterford, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball joint for a rear toe link includes a ball joint housing including a cylindrical wall, a first surface extending between the cylindrical wall at a first end thereof, and a bore in the first surface. A stud includes a head, a shoulder extending from the head, and a shaft extending from the shoulder. The shoulder is inserted into the bore in the first surface of the ball joint housing and the head is a...