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Tandem type rod end

Granted 12 Feb 2008 · no office action yet

Assignee: THK Co., Ltd.

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Inventors: Toshihisa Sakamoto, Tetsuhiro Nishide · Examiner: Cathron Brooks · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/274,128
filed 29 Mar 2007
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US D561576
granted 12 Feb 2008

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a side elevational view thereof…

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view thereof, the side opposite that shown in FIG. 1 being identical thereto;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof, the bottom plan view being identical thereto;

FIG. 3 is an end view thereof, the end view opposite that shown in FIG. 3 being identical thereto; and,

FIG. 4 is a perspective view thereof.

This article is related to a tandem type rod end that constitutes a steering damper for a vehicle.

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D08/400

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