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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1994
Gu/ nther Handke, Euerbach, DE;
Edward W Silye, Macomb, MI (US);
Toivo Raabis, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Thomas Achard, Troy, MI (US);
Matthias Raulf, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Fichtel & Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle vibration damper having a piston disposed on a piston rod within a cylinder of the damper unit, is provided with a mechanical limit-stop for resisting and limiting movement of the piston rod out of the cylinder. The limit stop can preferably comprise a spring disposed about the piston rod, which spring can have a stop member connected to each end thereof in a reclosable manner. The stop members can comprise a guide surface for guiding movement of the piston rod within the limit stop, and the limit stop, comprising the spring and stop members, can be disposed within the cylinder, about the piston rod, in a free-floating manner.