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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2021
Filed:
May. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Schaeffler Technologies Ag & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Inventors:
Peter Rumpel, Werneck/Schraudenbach, DE;
Hartmut Krehmer, Erlangen, DE;
Assignee:
SCHAEFFLER TECHNOLOGIES AG & CO. KG, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 1/387 (2006.01); B60G 7/00 (2006.01); B60G 7/02 (2006.01); F16C 27/00 (2006.01); F16C 11/08 (2006.01); F16C 27/06 (2006.01); F16C 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 1/3876 (2013.01); B60G 7/001 (2013.01); B60G 7/02 (2013.01); F16C 11/0609 (2013.01); F16C 11/0614 (2013.01); F16C 11/08 (2013.01); F16C 11/083 (2013.01); F16C 27/00 (2013.01); F16C 27/066 (2013.01); B60G 2202/42 (2013.01); B60G 2204/14 (2013.01); B60G 2204/41 (2013.01); B60G 2204/4104 (2013.01); B60G 2204/62 (2013.01); B60G 2206/11 (2013.01); F16C 2326/05 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bearing bushing for a motor vehicle includes a sleeve, a bolt arranged inside the sleeve, and at least one elastomer element arranged radially between the sleeve and the bolt for supporting the bolt in the sleeve in a damping manner. The bolt has a ball element axially between two distal ends, wherein the ball element interacts with at least two movable ball socket elements in order to change the stiffness of the bearing bushing. This allows the bearing bushing can be switched between at least two stiffness levels.