Patent ID: 11859657
Assignee: FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  F  Y | IPC F

Claim 9:
10. A ball socket assembly, comprising:
a housing having an inner bore extending along a longitudinal housing axis between an open end of the housing and a closed end;
a ball stud having a ball portion and a shank portion, said ball portion being received in said inner bore of said housing, and said shank portion projecting out of said housing through said open end;
said ball portion of said ball stud being supported by an exit bearing which is positioned in said inner bore between said ball portion and said open end of said housing;
said exit bearing including a plastic piece made of a plastic material and a metal piece made of a metal material, said plastic and metal pieces being in an overmolding connection with one another; and
said metal piece having a frustum shape and being at least partially embedded within said plastic piece for reinforcing said plastic piece to transfer increased forces between said ball stud and said housing and wherein the frustum shape is tapering inward toward the housing axis from a wide end thereof adjacent the opened end to a narrow end axially inward and closer to the housing axis.