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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AUDI AG, Ingolstadt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60G 11/22 (2006.01); F16C 27/06 (2006.01); F16C 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C 27/063 (2013.01); F16C 17/02 (2013.01); F16C 2220/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
A rubber-metal sleeve bearing includes an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve disposed in concentric relationship to the inner sleeve, and an intermediate sleeve disposed in concentric relationship to the inner and outer sleeves and having first and second elastomer layers to connect the intermediate sleeve to the inner and outer sleeves, respectively. The intermediate sleeve has inner and outer surfaces, each having at least one non-round section, with the non-round section of the inner surface and the non-round section of the outer surface being arranged in offset relationship in a circumferential direction.