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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans-Peter Bauer, Altdorf, DE;
Assignee:
Suspa Compart Aktiengesellschaft, Altdorf, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ; F16F / ; F16J / ; F16J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
267 6411 ; 18832111 ; 267120 ; 267 6428 ;
Abstract
A fluid-filled unit of a cylinder and a piston rod, in particular a gas spring, has a housing, which has an end closed by a plug. A ball socket of a ball-and-socket joint is formed in this plug. The design may additionally be such that the filling with compressed gas of the housing takes place in the vicinity of the plug.