Spring and socket joint
AssigneeFederal-Mogul Motorparts LLC
InventorsDustin Schrieber, Seth Englebright, Saugat Timilsina, Roger Sellers
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Abstract
A socket joint and spring for a socket joint that has a plurality of fingers extending from a radially extending mounting flange. The finger has opposing spring surfaces separated by an edge portion. The edge portion of the finger extends to the radially extending mounting flange, and the finger extending from a junction end at the radially extending mounting flange to a distal end. The finger has an axial shift bend toward the junction end and a load bearing tip toward the distal end. In one implementation, the finger is configured as a flex lever arm extending from a center point of the axial shift bend to the load bearing tip.
Claims16
A spring for a socket joint, comprising:
- a radially extending mounting flange;
- and
- a finger extending from the radially extending mounting flange, the finger having opposing spring surfaces separated by an edge portion, wherein the edge portion of the finger extends to the radially extending mounting flange, the finger extending from a junction end at the radially extending mounting flange to a distal end, wherein the finger has an axial shift bend toward the junction end and a load bearing tip toward the distal end, wherein the edge portion has a U-shaped segment, wherein the edge portion has a first bend edge segment and a second bend edge segment, wherein the first bend edge segment and the second bend edge segment join the finger to the radially extending mounting flange at the axial shift bend, and wherein the U-shaped segment extends between the first bend edge segment and the second bend edge segment.
A spring for a socket joint, comprising:
- a radially extending mounting flange;
- and
- a finger extending from the radially extending mounting flange, the finger having opposing spring surfaces separated by an edge portion, wherein the edge portion of the finger extends to the radially extending mounting flange, the finger extending from a junction end at the radially extending mounting flange to a distal end, wherein the finger has an axial shift bend toward the junction end and a load bearing tip toward the distal end, wherein the radially extending mounting flange is seated between a bearing and a backing bearing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.