Patent ID: 9011009
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: B60G,F16C

Abstract:
1. A bearing for an end link of a vehicle suspension system, comprising: a first bearing race defining a well; a second bearing race having a bearing race surface, one of the first bearing race and the second bearing race defining a catch trough for capturing and retaining contaminants, wherein the catch trough includes a curved surface connected to a canted passage, wherein the catch trough is radially outward from the wiper seal, and wherein the curved surface is at a closed-ended area of the first or second bearing race that is distally located from an opening connected to the canted passage; a wiper seal having a main body disposed in the well and supported radially inwardly, and a tail extending angularly radially outwardly from the main body and engaged against the bearing race surface.