Patent ID: 7458726

Claim:
A bearing comprising: (a) at least one bearing bushing; and (b) at least one rubber body surrounded by said at least one bearing bushing; wherein said at least one bearing bushing comprises at least one longitudinal parting line having a plurality of edge profiles provided at adjacent longitudinal edges of said at least one bearing bushing, said edge profiles comprising a plurality of tines and tine recesses engaging respectively into one another; wherein each respective tine along one longitudinal edge dips into an associated tine recess on another longitudinal edge during production of the bearing and is plastically deformed by a selected amount; wherein said at least one bearing bushing comprises an inner shell and an outer shell, each shell having a corresponding parting line disposed so as not to overlap one another in a radial direction; wherein the inner shell and the outer shell are connected with one another in a connecting process wherein first and second metal strips respectively forming the inner shell and the outer shell are pressed together with one another via a reduction in respective diameters of the inner shell and the outer shell; and wherein during the connecting process. each respective tine increasingly dips into the associated tine recess.