ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,981, issued on March 17, was assigned to SKF Aerospace France S.A.S (Montigny-le Bretonneux, France).
"Ball joint with notched outer ring" was invented by Florent Riviere (Lons le Saunier, France), Justin Esteve (Crancot, France), Lucrecia Osegueda (Montain, France) and Vincent Guyard (Assieu, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball joint having an outer ring and an inner ring respectively including an interior surface and an exterior surface in contact one against the other. The outer ring including two opposite radial front faces axially delimiting the interior surface and two diametrically opposite notches formed on the inte...