US Patent Issued to FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS on Sept. 1 for "Socket joint spacer" (Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,616, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to FEDERAL-MOGUL MOTORPARTS LLC (Southfield, Mich.).

"Socket joint spacer" was invented by Seth Englebright (Festus, Mo.) and Roger Sellers (Arnold, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spacer for a socket joint includes a plurality of dimples to help promote a more strategic telescoping crush when installed. The body of the spacer has a plurality of radial vectors extending radially from the inner diameter to the outer diameter. The body includes a first set of dimples with one or more dimples projecting in a first direction from the body, and a second set of dimples with one or more dimples proj...