Patent 7234693 was granted and assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen on June, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Bearing for a motor vehicle, with an inner part 1 with an outer surface 7 having a first undulated contour 10 extending in a longitudinal direction L, an outer sleeve 2 surrounding the inner part 1 and having an inner surface 11 with a second undulated contour 14 extending in the longitudinal direction L, an undulated elastomer body 6 disposed between the two corrugated contours 10, 14 and extending in the longitudinal direction L. The elastomer body 6 connects the inner part 1 with the outer sleeve 2. The two undulated contours 10, 14 do not run equidistant relative to each other.