Patent ID: 7901140
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: F16C,F16H,F16J

Abstract:
1. A bearing eye for a tensioning system used in flexible drives which is integrally connected to a pivoted lever which on an end face encompasses a roller supported on a traction mechanism, the bearing eye being rotatable relative to a fixed fastening means guided in a longitudinal bore of the bearing eye and at least one plain bearing bush designed as a radial hearing being inserted in an annular gap radially defined indirectly or directly by an inner wall of the longitudinal bore and a peripheral surface of a support part or the fastening means, and the annular gap being scaled on both sides, wherein a respective sealing element is provided at each end of the bearing eye, each sealing element having two entirely planer sealing lips that are incorporated in a rectangular installation space at a respective end of the bearing eye, so as to seal the annular gap on each end of the bearing eye, and wherein a back of the sealing element is positioned on the peripheral surface of the support part and the sealing lips of the sealing element are supported on a support disc and/or a wall of the installation space.