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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2016
Federal-mogul Motorparts Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Glen C. Parker, St. Peters, MO (US);
Kurt R. Bretz, Albers, IL (US);
Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
The socket assembly includes a housing with an inner bore which extends along an axis from a first end to an second end. A ball portion of a ball stud is received in the inner bore, and with a shank portion of the ball stud projects through the second end. A backing bearing is disposed in the inner bore and has a bearing surface which is in surface-to-surface contact with an outer surface of the ball portion for enabling relative rotation between the housing and the ball stud. The backing bearing also has a lubricant opening which extends therethrough and a plurality of lubricant wells which are spaced around the bearing surface from one another for holding a lubricant. The backing bearing lubricant grooves which are formed into the bearing surface and extend from the lubricant opening to the lubricant wells for filling the lubricant wells with lubricant.