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Rubber-metal sleeve bearing

US9556903B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims

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Assignee

AUDI AG · DE

Inventors

Thomas Conrad · Treuchtlingen, DE
Friedrich-Oskar Winter · Düsseldorf, DE
Jörg Roland · Hagen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 6, 2015
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 14, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16C2220/48
WIPO fieldMechanical elements
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rubber-metal sleeve bearing includes an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve disposed in concentric relationship to the inner sleeve, and an intermediate sleeve disposed in concentric relationship to the inner and outer sleeves and having first and second elastomer layers to connect the intermediate sleeve to the inner and outer sleeves, respectively. The intermediate sleeve has inner and outer surfaces, each having at least one non-round section, with the non-round section of the inner surface and the non-round section of the outer surface being arranged in offset relationship in a circumferential direction.

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