US Patent Issued to FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS on Oct. 7 for "Socket joint and pressure cup for a socket joint" (Missouri, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,753, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC (Southfield, Mich.).

"Socket joint and pressure cup for a socket joint" was invented by Roger G. Sellers (Arnold, Mo.) and Dustin Schrieber (Waterloo, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure cup for a socket joint and a socket joint having the pressure cup. The pressure cup includes a cup end wall and a side wall extending from the cup end wall to a cup lip edge. The side wall has an outer surface configured to contact an inner bore of a housing and an inner surface configured to at least partially house a stud and a bearing. The inner surface of the side wall ...