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A bushing assembly for use in a suspension of an automotive vehicle. The bushing assembly is comprised of inner and outer cylinder members which are coaxial and spaced from each other. An elastic member and a rigid sleeve member are disposed between the inner and outer cylinder members. A sliding me

A bushing assembly for use in a suspension of an automotive vehicle. The bushing assembly is comprised of inner and outer cylinder members which are coaxial and spaced from each other. An elastic member and a rigid sleeve member are disposed between the inner and outer cylinder members. A sliding member is disposed between the inner cylinder member and the rigid sleeve member in order to reduce torsion spring effect of the elastic member. The sliding member is prevented from its axial displacement upon contacting with a radially outwardly extending retainer section formed in the inner cylinder member. Additionally, a generally cap-shaped seal rubber is provided to accomplish seal between the end section of the rigid sleeve member and the end section of the inner cylinder member. The seal rubber is located outside the inner cylinder member retainer section and spaced from the outer peripheral part of the inner cylinder member retainer section, thereby reducing resistance in relative rotation between the inner and outer cylinder members maintaining effective seal.

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A bushing assembly comprising: inner and outer cylinder members which are disposed coaxial and spaced from each other; an elastic member disposed between said inner and outer cylinder members; a sliding member disposed between said inner cylinder member and said elastic member to reduce effect of to

A bushing assembly comprising: inner and outer cylinder members which are disposed coaxial and spaced from each other; an elastic member disposed between said inner and outer cylinder members; a sliding member disposed between said inner cylinder member and said elastic member to reduce effect of torsion spring of said elastic member; a rigid sleeve member disposed between said sliding member and said elastic member, said rigid sleeve member including an outer flange extending outwardly, said outer flange having a radially outwardly extending section; an annular seal rubber disposed between said rigid sleeve member outer flange and said inner cylinder member, said annular seal rubber having an inner peripheral section in contact with said inner cylinder member at outer peripheral surface to maintain seal, and an outer peripheral section securely supported by said rigid sleeve member outer flange; and means for spacing inner surface of said seal rubber from members disposed inside said seal rubber.