ELASTOMERIC SLIDE BEARING

摘要

PURPOSE: To compensate an axial play without a remarkable torque increase by improving the actuation characteristic of an elastomeric sliding bearing for use in the travel gear portion of an automobile. CONSTITUTION: A disk 9 is loosely fitted between a sliding surface 5 provided on the flange projection 4 of an inner sleeve 1 and an elastomeric body 3 surrounding an outer sleeve 2 and is supported on one side against the sliding surface of a flange projection 4 provided at the inner sleeve 1. The elastomeric body 3 has a cutout 10 in its surface making contact with the disk 9 and forming an axial bearing surface 6, so that the axial rigidity of the elastomeric body 3 is reduced in an edge zone that is in contact with the disk 9.