Method of manufacturing ball joint with a threaded domed cover plate
AssigneeFederal-Mogul Motorparts LLC
InventorsJohnny Parris, Dustin Schrieber, Glen C Parker
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a vehicle suspension component includes inserting a cover body into an aperture of a housing, the cover body being disposed about a central axis concentric with the aperture of the housing, the cover body having a convex side and a concave side and an outer perimeter disposed about the central axis, the cover body defining a threaded bore concentric with the central axis, and deforming the cover body into retaining engagement with the housing by pressing against the convex side until the cover body is at least partial deformed and the outer perimeter is expanded compared to a pre-deformed state of the cover body.
Claims20
A method of manufacturing a vehicle suspension component, the method comprising:
- inserting a rod into a housing so that a ball portion disposed at a first end of the rod is seated within the housing and pivotable relative to the housing and a second end of the rod extends from the housing;
- inserting a cover body into an aperture of the housing defined by a first end of the housing, the cover body defining a threaded bore of a first diameter;
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- deforming the cover body such that a perimeter of the cover body is deformed into retaining engagement with the housing and a thread of the threaded bore is at least partially deformed.
A method of manufacturing a vehicle suspension component, the method comprising:
- inserting a rod into a housing so that a ball portion disposed at a first end of the rod is seated within the housing and pivotable relative to the housing and a second end of the rod extends from the housing;
- inserting a cover body into an aperture of the housing defined by a first end of the housing, the cover body being disposed about a central axis, the cover body having a convex side and a concave side and defining a threaded bore of a first diameter concentric with the central axis;
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- deforming the cover body by pressing against the convex side until a perimeter of the cover body is deformed into retaining engagement with the housing and a thread of the threaded bore is at least partially deformed.
A method of manufacturing a vehicle suspension component, the method comprising:
- inserting a rod into a housing so that a ball portion disposed at a first end of the rod is seated within the housing and pivotable relative to the housing and a second end of the rod extends from the housing;
- inserting a cover body into an aperture of the housing defined by a first end of the housing, the cover body being disposed about a central axis, the cover body having a convex side and a concave side and defining a threaded bore of a first diameter concentric with the central axis;
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- deforming the cover body by pressing against the convex side until a perimeter of the cover body is deformed into retaining engagement with the housing and a diameter of the threaded bore is at least partially reduced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.