Patent ID: 8870459

Claim:
A self-adjusting bushing bearing for engagement with a bearing shaft where said bearing shaft comprises either a ball shaft with a ball at an end thereof or a cylindrical shaft, comprising: a bearing housing; a bearing sub-assembly received inside of said bearing housing, said bearing sub-assembly being adapted to receive said bearing shaft; said bearing sub-assembly comprising at least two bearing segments each having a cylindrical surface outer periphery and held together by at least one springy element comprising a compressed O-ring having a solid cross section which is substantially circular prior to compression and which when compressed has an oval-shape, said O-ring being engaged at its outer periphery with an inner surface of the bearing housing and engaged at its inner periphery with said cylindrical surface outer periphery of the bearing segments, said O-ring compressing the bearing segments toward one another, and said O-ring by said engagement at its outer periphery with the inner surface of the bearing housing preventing rotation of the bearing sub-assembly relative to said bearing housing; and said sub-assembly bearing segments being spaced from each other by a gap when assembled to receive said bearing shaft.