Federal-mogul Wiesbaden Gmbh

Glyco-metall-werke Glyco B.v. & Co. Kg

Stephan Deusser

Klaus Kirchhof

Philippe Damour

Bjorn Tobias Jost

Rene Birnbaum

Philippe Damouri

A radial-axial bearing element includes a sliding bearing shell and at least one thrust washer. The sliding bearing shell has a plurality of notches that are disposed spaced apart in the circumferential direction, and the thrust washer has a plurality of corresponding connection pieces that are disposed in the corresponding notches. The notches and connection pieces have contact surfaces that rest against each other to form a positive connection. At least two of the connection pieces and notches are disposed in an outer first region and are disposed parallel to each other.

Flange bearing with parallel notches facing each other

A bearing bush that can be installed without any auxiliary components and ensures a secure fit has a backing which comprises at least one layer, an overlay (,), on its inner surface and at least one flange (,) in the form of a circumferential closed bead provided at a distance from the bush ends. The bearing bush is suitable, inter alia, for flexible joints and pedal bearing systems. The method of producing such a bush takes as its starting point a prefabricated bearing bush (,), the inner surface of the backing (,) of which is exposed in at least one area (,) spaced from the bush ends. An internal mandrel is inserted into the bearing bush (,) and the bearing bush is held around its outer surface, at least one gap (,) being left opposite to the exposed area (,). The bearing bush is then compressed in the axial direction, the material is thereby displaced into the gap (,) to form the flange (,).

Bearing bush with center flange

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Stephan Deusser