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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2002
Neil Alan Wasylewski, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Gregory Paul Kiselis, Livonia, MI (US);
Paul Eugene Beshears, Jr., Plymouth, MI (US);
David Robert Helebrant, Taylor, MI (US);
Neil Alan Wasylewski, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Gregory Paul Kiselis, Livonia, MI (US);
Paul Eugene Beshears, Jr., Plymouth, MI (US);
David Robert Helebrant, Taylor, MI (US);
Automotive Components Holdings, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A low insertion force snap together automotive coupler for the suspension of a vehicle includes a spherical bearing insert having a first end, a second end, a pocket adapted to engage a ball stud that is integrally formed onto a suspension component, and an axially extending annular flange. The coupler further includes a receiver adapted to receive the spherical bearing insert after the spherical bearing insert has been placed to a ball stud and to engage the flange to secure the spherical bearing insert within the receiver. The pocket within the spherical bearing insert is shaped such that an axial force tending to pull the ball stud out of the pocket will result in a radial force exerted upon the flange, thereby causing additional force to keep the flange engaged within the receiver.