A bushing assembly for a vehicle including a first bushing with an inner diameter, an outer diameter, and interlocking teeth extending from it and a second bushing with an inner diameter, an outer diameter, and interlocking teeth extending from it. The first bushing and the second bushing are joined by their respective interlocking teeth. An inner sleeve with a first end and a second end is enclosed within the inner diameter of the first bushing and the inner diameter of the second bushing. A first compression cap on the first bushing is threadedly fastened to the inner sleeve, and a second compression cap on the second bushing is threadedly fasten to the inner sleeve.

A method for producing a bearing, in particular a hydraulic axle support bearing, which comprises the following steps: preassembling an inner part in an outer part with an elastomer body which is arranged in between and is reinforced by a plastic cage which at least partially bears against an inner wall of the outer part. The plastic cage is configured to radially protrude over an upper edge and a lower edge of the out part and, at the lower edge of the outer part, to project over the latter. Simultaneously calibrating the outer part and the plastic cage by constricting the outer part and the plastic cage from a respective first diameter to a respective second diameter which is smaller than the respective first diameter. After the constriction, the plastic cage projects over the upper edge of the outer part for the form-fitting axial securing of the outer part.

The bearing assembly includes one or more elastomeric members loaded in a precompression by a shim that includes a shape memory alloy. The shape memory alloy is configured to generate the precompression in the elastomeric members upon a temperature change.

An elastomeric bushing for a bearing. The bushing can, even after installation in the bearing, be pretensioned or calibrated, by displacement of elastomeric material in the interior of the bushing, where the displacement is carried out by different pressing mechanism and tensioning mechanism in the bushing and/or in the surrounding bearing.

A bushing assembly includes an inner sleeve, a bearing, an elastomeric bushing, and an outer sleeve. The inner sleeve includes two pieces. Each of the two pieces includes a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. Each of the proximal end portions includes an external shoulder having an outer radial face and an inner axial face. The bearing is rotationally mounted around the inner sleeve and captured between each of the inner axial faces of the external shoulders. The elastomeric bushing is disposed around the bearing and abutting the outer radial faces of the external shoulders. The outer sleeve is disposed around the elastomeric bushing and extending at least partially over the external shoulders.

A unit mounting in a vehicle, in which a drive unit is attached via a unit bearing to a body-side bearing bracket, which unit bearing is a rubber-metal bearing having a sleeve-shaped bearing core, which is screwed together with the body-side bearing bracket by a bearing bolt guided through the sleeve-shaped bearing core. The drive unit has a unit housing, in which a bearing receptacle is formed for the unit bearing. The housing-side bearing receptacle is formed as a bearing cup open on one side having a hollow cylindrical receptacle space, specifically in particular having a closed bearing base, from which a cylindrical circumferential peripheral wall is raised.

A method of manufacturing a damping device, notably for a steering tie rod, the said device comprising a rod which extends along a main axis and which is intended to be connected to a first mechanical component, a securing portion which surrounds the said rod and which is intended to be connected to a second mechanical component, and a sleeve made of elastomeric material which is arranged between the rod and the fixing bushing so as, through elastic deformation thereof, to allow at least axial movement of the fixing bushing with respect to the rod, in which method the fixing bushing is offset axially with respect to the rod to force the elastic deformation of the sleeve and the introduction of a corresponding preload, then the sleeve is locked so as to keep it, when the device is at rest, in a state of permanent axial elastic deformation and preload.

A bearing bush and a method for producing a bearing bush are provided. The bearing bush includes a core element, an elastomer element, a cage element and a sleeve element. The cage element is at least partially embedded in the elastomer element. The elastomer element elastically connects the cage element and the core element to each other. The core element, the cage element and the elastomer element form a pre-assembly element. One of the sleeve element and the cage element includes a protrusion. The other of the sleeve element and the cage element includes a groove, which is engageable with the protrusion, in an assembled state of the bearing bush. The pre-assembly element is fixed in the sleeve element. The protrusion and the groove form a two-point contact in a cross-section.

A fastening arrangement of a vibration damper of a vehicle includes a rubber bearing with a first bush and a second bush, a fastener where via the fastener one of the first bush and the second bush of the rubber bearing is fixed in three degrees of longitudinal freedom with regard to a wheel support of the vehicle or the body of the vehicle, and a measure disposed on the second bush and on the wheel support or on the body of the vehicle where via the measure a degree of rotational freedom of the second bush about an axis of the fastener is blocked by a positively locking block. The positively locking block is formed by a convexly curved cylinder segment of the second bush and a concavely curved cylinder segment of the wheel support or the body of the vehicle that are engagable into one another.

A device for supporting a component in a vehicle including a support part having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a retaining part at the second end portion for connection to a damping element; a bearing mounting for receiving the component, which has a connection area for connection to a stop element and is arranged a distance from the support part in a radial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis a stop element arranged in the radial direction between the load receptacle and support part, fixed to the connecting portion and comprising a stop surface facing the support part; and a damping element for damping vibrations, fixed to the stop element and support part. In embodiments, the stop element is supported by the damping element movably with respect to the support part in the radial direction and an axial direction with respect to the longitudinal axis.