A bearing bush for supporting a motor vehicle part includes an inner tube made of a metal, a sliding sleeve made of a first plastic material and mounted rotatably on the inner tube, and an elastomer bearing which surrounds the sliding sleeve and has at least a first elastomer body and an outer sleeve. A sliding layer made of a second plastic material is applied to an outer circumferential surface of the inner tube, the first plastic material and the second plastic material forming a tribological pairing either of two different polymers from the groups of polyamides, polyoxymethylenes, polyketones, fluoropolymers, polyethylene terephthalates or polybutylene terephthalates, or the tribological pairing being formed from polyketone against polyketone, wherein the polymers of the tribological pairings each are present in a continuous thermoplastic polymer phase.

According to one embodiment, a bearing features an elastomeric portion having an opening therethrough, a member disposed within the opening of the elastomeric portion, and a separation feature disposed between the member and the elastomeric portion. The member comprises a conical body portion arranged such that an interior diameter of the conical body portion is smaller than an exterior diameter of the conical body portion. The separation feature prevents contact between the member and the elastomeric portion.

According to one embodiment, a bearing is situated between a pitch link and a swashplate or a hub. The bearing comprises an outer housing having a first opening therethrough, an intermediate housing adjacent the housing inside the first opening and having a second opening therethrough, and an inner housing adjacent the intermediate housing inside the second opening and having a third opening therethrough. The inner housing comprising a first inner surface and a second inner surface defining the third opening. A first member is adjacent the first inner surface inside the third opening having a fourth opening therethrough. A second member is adjacent the second inner surface inside the third opening having a fifth opening therethrough coaxial with the fourth opening.

A rotary actuator where a thrust bearing ring is positioned at an inside of a tube assembly accommodating oil, thereby reducing abrasion and damage caused by rolling friction and improving rotary power of an axle load by increasing hydraulic pressure of a piston. The rotary actuator includes the tube assembly, a piston, an axle load assembly, and a thrust bearing ring. The tube assembly is provided with a tube spiral portion where a spiral is formed at an inner circumference surface, and is formed of a first passage where oil flows into and out and a second passage spaced apart from the first passage by a fixed distance.

A centralizing bushing assembly includes a bushing housing having axial ends and an opening extending therethrough along an axial axis. The opening can have a pocket extending outwardly from the axial axis within the bushing housing and have internal shoulders axially facing each other. A bushing ring can be positioned within the pocket of the bushing housing between the internal shoulders. The bushing ring can have a split for allowing collapsing of the bushing ring radially inward and have an inner diameter for slidably engaging an axially movable shaft extending through the bushing housing along the axial axis and also have an outer shoulder. A resilient biasing member can be positioned against the outer shoulder of the bushing ring for radially biasing the inner diameter of the bushing ring radially inwardly in a centralizing manner about the axial axis for engaging and centralizing the shaft slidably positioned therethrough.

A bearing sleeve assembly includes a rigid inner element having a cylindrical inner diameter bore and an outer surface that is non-cylindrical. Also included is a rigid outer element spaced radially outwardly from the rigid inner element, the rigid outer element comprising a cylindrical member with a uniform cross-section that forms a ring with an inner-diameter surface and an outer-diameter surface, the outer element's inner-diameter surface and the non-cylindrical outer surface of the inner element defining a non-uniform annulus therebetween. Further included is an elastomeric core disposed between the rigid inner element and the rigid outer element within the non-uniform annulus, the elastomeric core having a first thickness at a first location and a second thickness at a second location, the first thickness being greater than the second thickness.

An elastic bushing (1), particularly for use in the goods transport vehicle sector includes: a cylindrical tubular element (2) made of self-lubricating material, and an intermediate ring (3) made of an elastically deformable material, wherein the tubular element (2) and the intermediate ring (3), at one end (2′, 3′) thereof, are respectively provided with stop collars (4, 5). The elastic bushing (1) further includes an outer ring (6) made of plastic material adapted to deform, on assembly, to allow the bushing (1) to be forced into a respective assembly seat (100), wherein the outer ring (6) has along its side wall a reinforced annular section (16) and at least one gradual coupling surface (26) between the reinforced annular section (16) and the end (6″) of the outer ring opposite the stop collars (4, 5).

A bearing with a core and a sheath which surrounds the core, wherein the core is supported against the sheath by at least one elastomer or a plurality of elastomers, wherein at least two functional chambers which contain a working fluid are formed between the core and the sheath, and wherein the functional chambers are bounded at least partially by the elastomer or elastomers, characterized, with respect to the problem of configuring a bearing in such a way that a drop in rigidity of the bearing is as small as possible at low temperatures, in that at least one equalizing chamber is provided for an equalizing fluid, from which the equalizing fluid can be diverted into the functional chambers, wherein the equalizing fluid in the equalizing chamber is separated from a gas-filled space or a plurality of gas-filled spaces by a movable or elastic separating element.

A cylindrical elastomeric bearing including a plurality of elastomeric layers arranged about a central bore. The elastomeric layers are characterized by a middle portion having a first thickness and two outer portions having a second thickness, the second thickness being greater than the first thickness, the one or more elastomeric layers being tapered between the middle portion and the outer portions. One or more shim layers, each of the plurality of shim layers being arranged between two of the plurality of elastomeric layers. The shim layers are shaped to fit with the elastomer layers.

A spherical bearing which extends from and connects to a deformable component includes an outer member and an inner member. The inner member is pivotable relative to the outer member about an axis. The inner member has an opening formed therein that defines a plurality of coplanar contact surfaces shaped to accommodate and contact the component. The plurality of contact surfaces are movable to accommodate deformation of the component positioned within the opening.