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Dental magnetic attachment
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United States Patent 6709270
Publication Date: March 23, 2004
Inventors: Honkura; Yoshinobu (Aichi, JP);Arai; Kazuo (Aichi, JP);Takeuchi; Yasuhiro (Aichi, JP)
Assignee: Aichi Steel Corporation (Tokai, JP)
Application Number: 162583
Filing Date: June 6, 2002
Abstract:
A dental attachment is disclosed which provides an improved connection force and fitting between an implant and a keeper. A keeper has a main body with a attracted face, a screw part that is located at the back face, a conical tapered shaft, and a projecting ring part. The projecting ring part has an inclining inner face and an acute angle pointed end. An implant has a screw hole part, a conical tapered hole part which has about the same inclining angle of the tapered axle part, and an inclining end face. When the keeper and the implant are connected, the tapered shaft and the tapered hole part are fitted closely and at the same time, the inner face of the acute angle pointed end and the inclining end part are in contact and at least the acute angle pointed end of the projecting ring part is elastically transformed toward the diameter.