US 11,725,691 B2
Hemispherical bushing assembly
Jonathan R. Engelhardt, Saginaw, MI (US); Patrick D. McCall, Saginaw, MI (US); and Joseph B. Rombach, Bath, MI (US)
Assigned to Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US)
Filed by Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation, Saginaw, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/173,627.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/987,095, filed on Mar. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0277943 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. F16C 33/12 (2006.01); F16C 17/10 (2006.01); B62D 5/04 (2006.01); F16H 57/025 (2012.01); B62D 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC F16C 33/12 (2013.01) [B62D 5/0403 (2013.01); F16C 17/10 (2013.01); F16H 57/025 (2013.01); B62D 3/12 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bushing assembly comprising:
a bushing housing having an inner surface that is non-planar; and
an insert member having an interface surface in contact with the inner surface of the bushing housing, wherein the interface surface comprises a non-planar geometry corresponding to the inner surface of the bushing housing, wherein the inner surface is concave and the interface surface is convex, the interface surface pivotable along the inner surface of the bushing housing to accommodate misalignment with a component that the bushing assembly is being mounted to.