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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2013
Applicant:
Federal-mogul Products, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
James Elterman, Byrnes Mill, MO (US);
Thomas J. Byrnes, Jr., St. Charles, MO (US);
Timmy L. Henson, Maryville, MO (US);
Assignee:
Federal-Mogul Products, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/06 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01); F16C 33/20 (2006.01); B62D 7/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 11/0604 (2013.01); B60G 7/005 (2013.01); F16C 11/0623 (2013.01); F16C 11/0633 (2013.01); F16C 11/0685 (2013.01); F16C 33/201 (2013.01); B60G 2204/416 (2013.01); F16C 11/068 (2013.01); F16C 2208/02 (2013.01); F16C 2208/04 (2013.01); F16C 2208/60 (2013.01); F16C 2220/04 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49648 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 403/32631 (2015.01); Y10T 403/32737 (2015.01);
Abstract
The ball joint includes a housing and a stud with a spherical bearing surface disposed in the housing. The bearing has a concave spherical bearing surface which is brought into sliding abutment with the spherical bearing surface of the stud. The bearing is of a monolithic piece of fiber-reinforced polyamide material and includes carbon fibers which extend circumferentially about the concave spherical bearing surface.