Federal-Mogul Technology Limited

Daljit Ohbi

George Robert Schmidt

Roger Jones

Theresa De La Fuente

D J Scott Barrett

Gillian Lavery

A ball joint for a vehicle having a housing partly enclosing a ball member a cover member provided by an annular, partially everted body of steel which at one end surrounds the housing for attachment and at the other is in-turned at to approach the spherical surface of the ball member radially and at about degrees to the member housing axis. This other end 156 supports an elastomeric sealing ring biased by the member against the spherical surface to prevent contaminants being carried by the ball to the housing seat . To tailor the resilience, the cover member is provided with an array of slots . . . at the curved region which are filled with plugs . . . of contaminant excluding elastomer and/or the ball sealing ring is biased against the housing adjacent the seat.

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Luton, United Kingdom

Daljit Ohbi