Patent ID: 8444162

Claim:
A bearing mechanism ( 4 , 5 ) for a transverse leaf spring ( 1 ) for mounted in a region of a vehicle axle of a vehicle, the bearing mechanism ( 4 , 5 ) comprising: an outer bearing shell device ( 30 ); insertion devices ( 9 , 10 ) with at least some regions thereof being encompassed by the outer bearing shell device ( 30 ), and each of the insertion devices ( 9 , 10 ) comprising at least two layer elements ( 9 A, 9 B, 9 C and 10 A, 10 B, 10 C) with different stiffnesses; the insertion devices ( 9 , 10 ), in an assembled state, each being disposed between the outer bearing shell device ( 30 ) and the transverse leaf spring ( 1 ); the outer bearing shell device ( 30 ) comprising a one-piece bearing ring element ( 31 ); and the insertion devices ( 9 , 10 ) being operatively connected, at least in a force locking manner, to the one-piece bearing ring element ( 31 ) and to the transverse leaf spring ( 1 ) via tensioning elements ( 35 , 36 ; 35 A, 35 B, 36 A, 36 B); wherein a coefficient of friction, in defined surface regions of the tensioning elements, is greater than a coefficient of friction in other surface regions of the tensioning elements ( 35 , 36 ).