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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Federal-mogul Motorparts Llc, Southfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
Roger G. Sellers, Arnold, MO (US);
Dustin Schrieber, Waterloo, IL (US);
Assignee:
FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC, Southfield, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/0623 (2013.01); F16C 11/0609 (2013.01); F16C 11/0642 (2013.01); Y10T 403/32704 (2015.01); Y10T 403/32737 (2015.01);
Abstract
A pressure cup for a socket joint and a socket joint having the pressure cup. The pressure cup includes a cup end wall and a side wall extending from the cup end wall to a cup lip edge. The side wall has an outer surface configured to contact an inner bore of a housing and an inner surface configured to at least partially house a stud and a bearing. The inner surface of the side wall includes a curved bearing surface that is configured to contact a spherical bearing by including a curvature that is oriented substantially axially.