The aerospace industry uses spherical plain bearings in wing flaps, engine mounts, and hatches and joints. Spherical plain bearings are also used in helicopters, trains and automobiles. Specialized ...

Ball joints act like hinges and connect the suspension control arms to the steering knuckles with a rotating, spherical stud and a socket, giving the wheels a wide range of movement -- from side ...

According to the principles of kinematics the universal joints of a driveshaft belong to the family of spherical crank mechanisms. They arise from the planar four-bar linkage (Fig. 2.1a) if the axes ...

The Carrera GT was originally recalled after it was determined that the spherical joints that connect the wishbones on the ...