Patent ID: 7097169

Claim:
An elastomeric bearing comprising, in combination, an outer cylindrical race, an inner race coaxial with said outer race, and a movement axis parallel to said inner and outer races, said elastomeric bearing further including a core portion disposed between said outer and inner races, said core portion having a plurality of resilient laminae and a plurality of non-resilient laminae, said resilient and non-resilient laminae being interleaved with one another, each of said lamina having an axially inner cylindrical portion of a given diameter, an axially outer cylindrical portion of a greater diameter than said given diameter and, lying between said axially inner and said axially outer laminae, an angled portion joining said given diameter laminae to said greater diameter laminae, each of said laminae having a continuous cross section around the entire said given diameter and said greater diameter and of one piece, whereby said elastomeric bearing has comparatively small resistance to torsional movement and great resistance to both radial and axial movement.