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.

A hydraulic mount, in particular for mounting a motor vehicle engine, includes a mount core, a supporting spring comprising an elastomer material, a working chamber delimited by the supporting spring, and a compensation chamber separated from the working chamber by an intermediate plate. The working chamber and the compensation chamber may be filled with hydraulic fluid and connected to each other by a flow transfer duct. The mount core may have a first mount core part and a second mount core part operationally connected to each other by an elastomer body for high-frequency vibration decoupling. The elastomer body has a first elastomer body portion configured to absorb at least a static mount load acting on the mount core, and a second elastomer body portion configured to absorb at least a transverse force acting on the mount core.

A weight applicator including a weight applicator head and at least one actuator is disclosed. The weight applicator head is adapted to carry a wheel balance weight and has a weight application surface with a weight retaining region and a leading rotation region. The at least one actuator is coupled to the weight applicator head for manipulating the weight applicator head in at least one direction. The at least one direction has a radial component. The leading rotation region is oriented to extend radially further than the weight retaining region.

A damper unit for use in a vibration-reducing assembly for a steering wheel is disclosed. An elastomeric damper element is molded on an inner sleeve and includes a plurality of elastomeric ribs forming a radially outer engagement surface, and a plurality of elastomeric support studs, which are mutually spaced in a circumferential direction are flexible in all directions transverse to said axis. Methods for making a damper unit and a damper assembly are also disclosed.

A stabilizer adhesive bearing for a vehicle stabilizer may comprise an annular sleeve having a resilient inner contour for coaxial arrangement on the vehicle stabilizer. The resilient inner contour of the annular sleeve may comprise on a side facing the vehicle stabilizer a three-dimensionally structured surface with an adhesive receiving volume. The three-dimensionally structured surface has a maximum roughness depth (R.sub.max) greater than 45 m and a core roughness depth (R.sub.K) of at least 65% relative to the maximum roughness depth (R.sub.max) of the three-dimensionally structured surface. The maximum roughness depth (R.sub.max) is a total of the reduced tip height (R.sub.pk) and the reduced groove depth (R.sub.vk). Further, the reduced tip height (R.sub.pk), the reduced groove depth (R.sub.vk), and the core roughness depth (R.sub.K) may be determined in accordance with EN ISO 13565-2: December 1997.

A wideband vibration suppression device utilizing properties of a sonic black hole, comprising: a vibration absorber (101) comprising a uniform portion (1011) of a fixed thickness and a conical portion (1012) integrally connected to the uniform portion (1011), the conical portion (1012) extending from the junction in such a manner that the thickness thereof gradually decreases from the thickness (d1) of the uniform portion (1011) to a predetermined thickness (d2); and a damping layer (102) attached to the conical portion (1012) of the vibration absorber (101).

A damper includes a damper tube (a pressure tube or a reserve tube for a mono-tube or a double tube damper respectively) including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The damper includes a base member. The base member includes a cup portion at least partially enclosing the first end of the damper tube, and a sleeve portion extending from and integral with the cup portion. The sleeve portion surrounds a length of the damper tube. The sleeve portion is attached to the damper tube. Further, the damper includes a knuckle engaged with the sleeve portion such that the sleeve portion is disposed between the knuckle and the damper tube.

A spring-damper assembly includes a damper, a coil spring disposed axially about the damper and directly or indirectly engaging an upper spring seat and a lower spring seat. A spherical support is disposed about and coupled to the damper or strut and is in contact with the upper spring seat or the lower spring seat, respectively. The spherical support allows relative movement between the spherical support and the associated upper or lower spring seat to provide a self-aligning feature for minimizing side forces exerted by the coil spring on the damper or strut. In one exemplary embodiment, a layer of material is disposed between the spherical support and the associated upper or lower spring seat to facilitate relative movement between the spherical support and the associated upper or lower spring seat.

A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat frame, a seat pan, and a plurality of vibration isolators interposed between the seat frame and the seat pan for limiting transmission of vibrations from the seat frame to the seat pan.

A modular CRFM upper bracket assembly providing a universal carrier operatively associating an isolator to a bracket. The isolator may be over-molded with the universal carrier or press-fit thereto. The bracket provides a carrier opening with interior threading, while universal carrier provides exterior threading dimensioned and adapted to engage the interior threading, whereby the elevation of the universal carrier, and thus isolator, relative to the bracket is adjustable through selective engagement of the threading. Thereby, the gap between the top of a vibratory object to be isolated and the bottom of isolator is also adjustable, which is advantageous for accommodating different frame tolerance variations and meeting system vibrational requirements.