Patent · US Expired

Radial bearing and trouble support having the radial bearing

US5704597A · kind A · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Metzeler Gimetall AG · DE

Inventors

Manfred Hofmann · Hettstadt, DE
Kai Brauer · Bad Camberg, DE
Thomas Gentner · Eppelheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 14, 1996
Grant date	Jan 6, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 14, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16F1/387
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A radial bearing, particularly for a torque support in motor vehicle engines, includes an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve which is coaxial with the outer sleeve and is constructed as a bush core. The inner sleeve is provided on its outer periphery with at least one radially orientated elastomeric body and at least one rubber end stop. The rubber end stop is active only after a predeterminable spring deflection of the elastomeric body. The inner sleeve also has two mutually opposite elastic carrying bodies, through which the inner sleeve is elastically mounted on the outer sleeve. If there is a radial introduction of force, three linear characteristic curve ranges with different rigidity are present one after the other.

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