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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sabine Lack, Schweinfurt, DE;
Gunther Braun, Geldersheim, DE;
Assignee:
Mannesmann Sachs AG, Schweinfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
18832219 ; 18832111 ; 403269 ;
Abstract
A vibration damper, especially for a motor vehicle, with at least one tubular structural component part, an axially displaceable piston rod which is guided out of the tubular structural component part, a fastening element which is fixedly secured with the piston rod and which can be fastened with a wheel suspension or a body of a motor vehicle, and a protective tube which is arranged at the piston rod and encloses the tubular structural component part. The protective tube is connected with the piston rod in a positive engagement and/or in a frictional engagement in its region facing the fastening element.