Method of making a self-aligning rod end bearing

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MAKING A STRENGTHENED BALL AND SOCKET TYPE SELF-ALIGNING ROD END BEARING OF THE CHARACTER DESCRIBED, AND COMPRISING: (A) FORMING A BLANK WITH A SHANK AND A SPHERICALLY ENLARGED HEAD AT ONE END THEREOF, (B) FORMING SAID BLANK INTO A SOCKET MEMBER BY FLATTENING SAID SPHERICAL HEAD SO AS TO STRENGTHEN AND ELONGATE THE SAME FROM SAID END AND TO HAVE A FLAT FACE, (C) FORMING A BORE IN SAID FLATTENED HEAD ON AN AXIS NORMAL TO SAID FACE, (D) PLACING A BALL PART WITHIN SAID BORE AND WITH ITS PERIPHERY PROJECTING FROM SAID FACE, (E) AND COINING THE MEMBER IN AN AREA SURROUNDING THE BALL PART THROUGH THE AXIAL ENGAGEMENT OF AN INWARDLY DISHED DIE APPLYING PRESSURE AXIALLY AND RADIALLY INWARDLY, CAUSING THE SAID AREA SURROUNDING THE BALL PART TO FORM RADIALLY INWARD FROM THE BORE INTO AN INDEPENDENT CIRCULAR BEARING SURFACE TO ENGATE THE BALL PART.