Ball joint with improved upper bearing and method of construction thereof

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9316250
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14036119

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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.

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FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC27300 WEST 11 MILE ROAD SOUTHFIELD MI 48034

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Byrnes,, Jr Thomas J St. Charles, US 10 67
Elterman, James Byrnes Mill, US 8 85
Henson, Timmy L Maryville, US 1 18

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