Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for supporting an intermediate shaft, such as an intermediate shaft of a gearbox. In an embodiment, the apparatus comprises at least one bearing part for supporting an intermediate shaft and having an outer surface with at least a section that is circumferential; at least one carrier part having an inner surface extending about the outer surface at a first distance from the bearing part; and at least one molded part for decoupling the carrier part from the bearing part, the molded part disposed between the inner surface and the outer surface, and the molded part being frictionally engaged with the inner surface and the outer surface. The invention provides a device that, among other things, can be manufactured cost-effectively.

Abstract: A vibration damper for damping vibrations of a motor vehicle part including a retaining device attachable to the motor vehicle part, a damping mass, capable of vibrating with respect to the retaining device, and a spring device coupling the damping mass capable of vibrating to the retaining device. The damping mass may have at least one anti-loss device and/or path limiting device that may interact with the retaining device to limit a deflection of the damping mass with respect to the retaining device.

Abstract: A shaft bearing for mounting a shaft of a motor vehicle, having an inner sleeve, an outer body which surrounds the inner sleeve thereby forming a gap, and an elastomer body which connects the inner sleeve and the outer body elastically to one another. The inner sleeve may be embedded in the elastomer body and form a receiving opening for pressing in a bearing element. The inner sleeve may have at least one first deformation which is directed radially inwards in such a way that a shear gap is formed between the first deformation and the bearing element. An elastomer bead that may be formed when the bearing element is pressed in may be compressed within the shear gap.

Abstract: A shaft bearing for mounting a shaft of a motor vehicle, having an inner sleeve, an outer body which surrounds the inner sleeve thereby forming a gap, and an elastomer body which connects the inner sleeve and the outer body elastically to one another. The inner sleeve may be embedded in the elastomer body and form a receiving opening for pressing in a bearing element. The inner sleeve may have at least one first deformation which is directed radially inwards in such a way that a shear gap is formed between the first deformation and the bearing element. An elastomer bead that may be formed when the bearing element is pressed in may be compressed within the shear gap.

Abstract: A vibration damper for damping vibrations of a motor vehicle part including a retaining device attachable to the motor vehicle part, a damping mass, capable of vibrating with respect to the retaining device, and a spring device coupling the damping mass capable of vibrating to the retaining device. The damping mass may have at least one anti-loss device and/or path limiting device that may interact with the retaining device to limit a deflection of the damping mass with respect to the retaining device.

Abstract: A vibration absorber for damping vibrations of motor vehicle components. The vibration absorber comprises an absorber mass including a passage, and an elastomeric spring member inserted in the passage of the absorber mass. The elastomeric spring member comprises an outer sleeve connecting the elastomeric spring member to the absorber mass, and an inner sleeve for attachment to the motor vehicle component to undergo vibration absorption. An elastomer body interconnects the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve. The elastomeric spring member also includes a securing element. The vibration absorber includes stops that are spaced apart in an axial direction and that cooperate with the securing element to secure the absorber mass in the axial direction.

Abstract: A vibration absorber for damping vibrations of motor vehicle components. The vibration absorber comprises an absorber mass including a passage, and an elastomeric spring member inserted in the passage of the absorber mass. The elastomeric spring member comprises an outer sleeve connecting the elastomeric spring member to the absorber mass, and an inner sleeve for attachment to the motor vehicle component to undergo vibration absorption. An elastomer body interconnects the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve. The elastomeric spring member also includes a securing element. The vibration absorber includes stops that are spaced apart in an axial direction and that cooperate with the securing element to secure the absorber mass in the axial direction.

Abstract: A device for dampening torsional vibrations, comprising a centering sleeve (1) for the reception of a rotatable element and a flywheel mass (2) is characterized in that, with regard to the objective to be solved, namely the realization of an arrangement having a constructively simple design and a highly dynamic stability, the centering sleeve (1) and the flywheel mass (2) are connected to each other. Furthermore, an arrangement comprising the mentioned device and a flexible coupling (5) is claimed.

Abstract: A flexible coupling for torque-transmitting connection of two elements comprising a supporting body to which are assigned pick-up fixtures which are movably disposed relative to one another, to each pick-up fixture there is assigned at least one elastically deformable layer. Each pick-up fixture surrounds one at least partly spherically shaped elastic layer and a cylindrically shaped elastic layer, and wherein the layers cooperate during the relative movement of the pick-up fixtures. Such a flexible coupling finds use in an assembly.

Abstract: A device for dampening torsional vibrations, comprising a centering sleeve (1) for the reception of a rotatable element and a flywheel mass (2) is characterized in that, with regard to the objective to be solved, namely the realization of an arrangement having a constructively simple design and a highly dynamic stability, the centering sleeve (1) and the flywheel mass (2) are connected to each other. Furthermore, an arrangement comprising the mentioned device and a flexible coupling (5) is claimed.

Abstract: According to the present disclosure, an insert for an airbag housing on a motor vehicle steering wheel is provided that is configured to couple a gas generator thereto for use as a vibration-absorbing mass for damping steering wheel vibrations. The insert includes an annular rubber membrane having an edge that faces the airbag housing and is provided with a surrounding metallic holding sheet for connection to the airbag housing. The insert further includes another edge that is oriented toward the gas generator. The rubber membrane is provided with a receiving element for frictional engagement with the gas generator.

Abstract: An airbag housing on a motor vehicle steering wheel with a gas generator used for damping steering wheel vibrations, the gas generator being connected in a gas-tight manner with the airbag housing by means of an annular rubber membrane extending along the steering wheel axis. The rubber membrane, at an edge facing the airbag housing, is provided with a surrounding metallic holding sheet for connection to the airbag housing and, at another edge oriented toward the gas generator, is provided with a receiving element for frictional and/or snug acceptance of the gas generator.

Abstract: A gas generator having a filter tube for receiving a propellant filling for an airbag on the steering wheel of a motor vehicle, the gas generator being configured as a vibration absorber and being connected to the steering wheel by a gas-impermeable polymer spring element, which has the shape of a hollow truncated cone, and a flange, the connection(s) between the spring element (1), filter tube (3), and/or mounting flange (2) being configured as form-locking snap-on connection(s).

Abstract: A gas generator for an airbag on the steering wheel of a motor vehicle has a container for holding a propellant charge, the gas generator being designed as a vibration-reducing element, and the container being connected to the steering wheel by a mounting flange and a gas-impermeable spring element made of a polymer material in the shape of a hollow truncated cone, the connection between the spring element (1) and the container (3) and/or the mounting flange (2) being designed as a clamping connection (4, 5).

Abstract: A gas generator for an airbag on the steering wheel of a motor vehicle, the gas generator being flexibly supported as a vibration-damper mass, by a gas-tight, annular, polymer spring element, on the airbag housing, and the part of the spring element that acts on the tank for the gas generator being provided with an inner ring, whose outer surface is joined to the spring element by vulcanization, and which is attached to the housing of the gas generator in a form-locked manner, wherein the form-locked connection of the ring (4, 24) to the tank (2) takes the form of a positioning groove (7, 17).