AUTOMOTIVE FRONT STRUT GUIDE TOP SUPPORT WITH PLAIN BEARING (VERSIONS) Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC B60G15/06 

FIELD: transportation.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to devices for car assembly units vibrations damping, namely to car front struts. The car front strut guide top support contains a bearing, a spring, an outer casing and an inner casing attached to the latter via a circular elastic layer by vulcanisation, the inner casing housing the rod tail. The inner casing is in contact with the spring-loaded spring cup. A plain bearing is made up of two supporting surfaces arranged with a gap accommodating a support element. The said bearing is arranged on the outer casing, while the support element is arranged on the car body, or vice versa. The bearing and support element surfaces form a pair combining metalfluoraplastic and metalfluoraplastic, or metalfluoraplastic and polished metal, or a metalfluoraplastic or fluoroplastic insert is fitted between the bearing and the support element.

EFFECT: longer life of the front suspension, high-efficiency damping, higher comfort.

6 cl, 6 dwg