Patent ID: 7325796

Claim:
A bearing assembly for rotatably attaching a first suspension member to a second suspension member, said bearing assembly allowing low-friction rotation of said second suspension member about said first suspension member, said bearing assembly providing a means to maintain low-friction rotation while accommodating imprecisely sized, misaligned, out-of-round or otherwise distorted said second suspension member, said bearing assembly comprised of: an inner rigid bearing means for providing a means of rotation about one or more axes said inner rigid bearing means with an inside surface attachable to said first suspension member and an outside surface isolated from said second suspension member by an elastomer layer said elastomer layer sandwiched between said inner rigid bearing means and said second suspension member said elastomer layer fixed in position relative to said inner rigid bearing means and said second suspension member whereby said elastomer layer may deform to accommodate irregularities and distortion in said second suspension member while isolating said inner rigid bearing means from such irregularities and allowing the friction surface of said inner rigid bearing means to remain undistorted, precise, true and low-friction.