US Patent Issued to STABILUS on Oct. 27 for "Ball socket for a ball joint" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,716, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to STABILUS GMBH (Koblenz, Germany).

"Ball socket for a ball joint" was invented by Jonathan KeBler (GroBholbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball socket for a ball joint is provided, including a base body with a recess for receiving a ball head of the ball joint, wherein the recess includes a support region for supporting the ball head and a cylindrical insertion region for inserting the ball head in an insertion direction into the support region, and a securing element, wherein the securing element includes a connecting region and two retaining legs connected to one another by the c...