Patent · US Expired

Bearing assembly for supporting components to permit limited rotational movement

US6637736B2 · kind B2 · utility

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9References

7Claims

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Assignee

ContiTech Vibration Control GmbH · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Eller · Gehrden, DE
Jörg Hahnkamm · Seelze, DE
Ulrich Lantermann · Weidenhahn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 3, 2002
Grant date	Oct 28, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 3, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB62K25/30
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A bearing assembly permits limited rotational movement of component parts and includes a bearing body and a deflectable rotational body attached to the component part. The rotational body is disposed at a distance from the bearing body so that the bodies conjointly define a space therebetween. An intermediate element is disposed in this space and is connected to the bearing body and the rotational body. The intermediate element includes an axial component and a radial component and these components extend one into the other to form a layer so as to prevent a direct contact of the bodies with each other even under a dynamic loading of the bearing assembly while at the same time facilitating a limited rotational movement of the rotational body and the component part relative to the bearing body.

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