ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,696, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).
"Joining arrangement having a receiving means and a ball joint" was invented by Eduard Japs (Herford, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joining arrangement having a receiver and a ball joint, wherein the ball joint comprises a joint pin with a joint ball and comprises a joint socket for receiving the joint ball, and wherein the ball joint is spread open resiliently into the receiver. According to the invention, the receiver has a guide element with a guide region which extends in a guide direction, wherein the joint socket is, by means of at lea...