.~.~.~.~> Including tapered bushing or inner and outer sleeve for cylindrical bushing
DEFINITION
Classification: 267/269
Including elastomeric material:
(under subclass 260) Spring device including a portion formed of rubber or a material which exhibits similar characteristics.
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30, for a leaf-spring combined with a rubber spring which is employed to cushion the parts of the vehicle. The patents classified in this subclass generally disclose a bushing whose cushioning effect on the vehicle parts is negligible compared with that of the leaf-spring (i.e., the bushing is intended to impart "give" to leaf spring end about an axis).
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384, Bearings,
220+, and 297 for nonmetallic sleeves on liners for supporting the ends of an oscillating rotary shaft.