Bearing eye for a leaf spring and leaf spring having a bearing eye

A bearing eye for a leaf spring for sprung support of a vehicle component on a vehicle body of a vehicle, the bearing eye comprising:

• a through opening and a torsion spring therein;
• and
• a first catch,
• wherein the bearing eye provides pivotable mounting of the leaf spring on the vehicle body,
• wherein the torsion spring is twistable relative to the bearing eye and connectable non-rotatably to the vehicle body,
• wherein the first catch projects radially inwardly into the through opening, and the torsion spring has a second catch that projects radially outwards into the through opening, and
• wherein the first and second catches form a locking engagement which, depending on a degree of relative twisting between the bearing eye and the torsion spring, stops the relative twisting
• wherein the first and second catches are each designed as latching noses, and the locking engagement is formed by positive contact between the first catch and the second catch;
• wherein an elastically deformable intermediate element is disposed on a surface of the first catch that contacts a surface of the second catch when the positive contact is achieved between the first and second catches.

A leaf spring for sprung support of a vehicle component on a vehicle body of a vehicle, the leaf spring comprising:

• a first end section having a first bearing for operably coupling the leaf spring to the vehicle body;
• a second end section situated diametrically opposite to the first end section and having a second bearing for operably coupling the leaf spring to another portion of the vehicle body;
• and
• a spring-action section extending between the first end section and the second end section,
• wherein one or both of the first bearing and the second bearing comprises a bearing eye, the bearing eye comprising:
• a through opening and a torsion spring therein;
• and
• a first catch,
• wherein the bearing eye provides pivotable mounting of the leaf spring on the vehicle body,
• wherein the torsion spring is twistable relative to the bearing eye and connectable non-rotatably to the vehicle body,
• wherein the first catch projects radially inwardly into the through opening, and the torsion spring has a second catch that projects radially outwards into the through opening, and
• wherein the first and second catches are spaced apart by a spaced apart distance in a nominal state and, after the first catch moves the spaced apart distance relative to the second catch from the nominal state, the first catch and the second catch form a locking engagement which, depending on a degree of relative twisting between the bearing eye and the torsion spring, the torsion spring applies a spring force counteracting the relative twisting.