Patent 7473036 was granted and assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen on January, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A bearing housing with at least one bearing for the vibration damper, where the bearing has a bearing input part and a bearing output part, which are able to rotate with respect to each other during operation. The bearing has an assembly lock, which prevents the bearing input part from rotating with respect to the bearing output part during installation in a vehicle.