Patent ID: 9636966
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: B60G,F16F

Claim:
1. A stabilizer bushing that is formed in a tubular shape from a rubber elastic body and fitted onto a stabilizer bar, the stabilizer bushing comprising: a main body member whose outer peripheral surface is held by a mounting member to be mounted at a vehicle body side; and a sealing member that is integrally disposed in communication with an axial end surface of the main body member and elastically fitted to an outer peripheral surface of the stabilizer bar, wherein the stabilizer bushing includes a clipping member fitted onto an outer peripheral surface of the sealing member to provide a fastening force to the sealing member, the fastening force being for elastically fitting the sealing member to the outer peripheral surface of the stabilizer bar, wherein the clipping member includes an opening portion formed to have a partial separation in a circumferential direction and is formed from a metallic material approximately in a C shape having an inner diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the sealing member, wherein the sealing member includes an externally-fitted depressed groove that is depressed on the outer peripheral surface of the sealing member and disposed to extend along a circumferential direction, and the clipping member is fitted onto the externally-fitted depressed groove, wherein the main body member and the sealing member include a slit portion formed to have a partial separation in a circumferential direction in the tubular shape, and wherein the externally-fitted depressed groove of the sealing member includes a positioning portion formed to be engageable with the opening portion of the clipping member, the positioning portion positioning the opening portion of the clipping member in a position having a phase identical to a phase of the slit portion of the sealing member.