outer member having a concave inner surface in bearing contact with the convex outer surface of the inner member an annular groove provided on one of the surfaces a resilient member filling said annular groove the resilient member being in a substantially compressed state to exert a preloading braking force on the inner and outer members application_number US 56579975 A description referring now to the figures and in particular fig1 and 2 there is shown a spherical bearing 10 in its partially assembled state fig1 and its completely assembled state fig2 the bearing 10 is provided with essentially three parts the first part is the outer member 12 whose outer surface or configuration may be changed to fit the particular application to which the bearing 10 is to be applied the outer member 12 may be provided with an outer cylindrical surface 14 and two radially extending faces 16 the outer member 12 is further provided with a concave inner surface 18 a second operative member of the spherical bearing 10 is the inner member 20 the inner member 20 is provided with a central aperture bore 22 the bore 22 and outer cylindrical surface 14 of the outer member 12 typically provide the attaching surfaces by which the spherical bearing 10 may be operatively attached to an associated apparatus or device not.