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

Claim 0:
1. A ball socket assembly, comprising:
a housing having an inner bore extending along a longitudinal housing axis and an open end and a closed end axially opposite the open end;
a ball stud partially received in said inner bore;
an exit bearing supporting said ball stud and positioned in said inner bore adjacent said open end, said exit bearing including a plastic piece and a metal piece in an overmolded connection with one another, and said metal piece having a frustum shape 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; and
said housing being deformed adjacent said open end to overlap the wide end of the metal piece and capture said exit bearing within said inner bore.