Pivoting bearing

A pivoting bearing comprising:

• a tubular joint housing forming a cylindrical interior space;
• a metallic internal part;
• an elastomer body accommodated with said metallic internal part in said interior space, said elastomer body surrounding a portion of said internal part and being arranged thereon;
• a first side stop ring;
• a second side stop ring, said elastomer body being axially pretensioned in the axial longitudinal direction of the pivoting bearing by said first side stop ring and second side stop ring connected with the elastomer body in a firmly adhering manner;
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• a spring lock washer inserted into a radial depression of said interior space of said joint housing, said spring lock washer being in contact, via a lateral surface thereof directed toward a center of the interior space, with an axial outer side of said first side stop ring cooperating with said spring lock washer, said axial outer side of said first stop ring having a recess, said first stop ring having a radial limiting surface of said recess with an axial extent overlapping an axial extent of an inner peripheral surface of said spring lock washer, said recess receiving said spring lock washer in the mounted state of the pivoting bearing with said spring lock washer arranged extending into said radial depression a radial engagement length with a free space between said inner peripheral surface of said spring lock washer and said radial limiting surface being less than said radial engagement length.

A pivoting bearing comprising:

• a tubular joint housing with a housing inner surface forming a cylindrical interior space, said housing inner surface having a radial depression extending radially to define a radial dimension and having an axial dimension;
• a metallic internal part;
• an elastomer body accommodated with said metallic internal part in said interior space, said elastomer body surrounding a portion of said internal part and being arranged thereon;
• a first side stop ring connected with the elastomer body in a firmly adhering manner, said first side stop ring having an axial outer side having a radially extending recess with a radial limiting surface extending axially with an axial dimension, and having a radial outer side in contact with said housing inner surface, said recess extending from said radial outer side to said radial limiting surface;
• a second side stop ring connected with the elastomer body in a firmly adhering manner, said housing having a projection projecting into said interior space and in contact with said second side stop ring to hold said second side stop ring against movement in a second side axial direction;
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• a spring lock washer, said radial depression receiving said spring lock washer, said washer having a thickness and an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface with a distance between said inner peripheral surface and said outer peripheral surface defining a spring washer radial dimension, said spring lock washer having a portion extending out of said radial depression in contact with said radially extending recess with said elastomer body axially precompressed in the axial longitudinal direction of the pivoting bearing between said first side stop ring and said second side stop ring, said axial dimension of said radial limiting surface and said thickness of said spring lock washer being in overlapping axial regions whereby said inner peripheral surface of said spring washer is prevented from moving in an axial direction beyond said radial limiting surface, said spring lock washer radial dimension being greater than a distance of said radial limiting surface to said housing inner surface and greater than said radial dimension of said radial depression.