Ball joint

Claim 1

A BALL JOINT COMPRISING A SOCKET HAVING A WALL FORMING A CYLINDRICAL CHAMBER THEREIN WITH AN OPENING AT ONE END THEREOF, A STUD HAVING A SEGMENTAL SPHERICAL BALL HEAD IN CHAMBER AND A SHANK EXTENDING ROTATABLY AND TILTABLY OUTWARDLY THROUGH SAID OPENING, A BEARING IN SAID CHAMBER HAVING UPPER AND LOWER AXIALLY SPACED ANNULARLY SHAPED AXIALLY SPLIT BEARING MEMBERS SLIDABLE IN SAID CHAMBER AND SEATED ON THE BALL HEAD ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE MAJOR DIAMETER OF THE BALL HEAD TAKEN PERPENDICULARLY TO THE AXIS OF SAID SOCKET CHAMBER, THE OPPOSED SPACED ENDS OF THE BEARING MEMBERS WHICH FACE EACH OTHER BEING SPACED AXIALLY AT ALL PORTIONS THEREOF, EACH OF SAID BEARING MEMBERS HAVING A SEGMENTAL SPHERICAL INNER SURFACE ENGAGING THE BALL HEAD IN BEARING RELATION THERETO AND A CYLINDRICAL OUTER SURFACE ENGAGING SAID WALL OF SAID SOCKET, ALONG THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BEARING MEMBER, EACH OF SAID BEARING MEMBERS HAVING A PORTION THEREOF EXTENDING ABOVE AND BELOW SAID MAJOR DIAMETER OF SAID BALL HEAD SUFFICIENTLY TO PROVIDE A MECHANICAL INTERLOCK BETWEEN THE SURFACE OF THE BALL HEAD AND THE INNER SPHERICAL SURFACE OF ITS RESPECTIVE BEARING MEMBER, AND RESILIENT MEANS CONSTANTLY BIASING ONE OF SAID BEARING MEMBERS TOWARD THE BALL HEAD AND THE OTHER OF SAID BEARING MEMBERS.