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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joachim Frey, Schorndorf, DE;
Peter Gonnheimer, Weinstadt, DE;
Assignee:
DaimlerChrysler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
267 6427 ;
Abstract
In a rolling sleeve-type gas spring, particularly for a vehicle support structure, wherein the gas spring includes a cylinder, a piston received in the cylinder with an annular space formed therebetween and a rolling sleeve mounted to the piston and the cylinder and having a meniscus portion extending into the annular space from within the cylinder for containing gas under pressure in the cylinder, a second rolling sleeve is connected to the piston and the cylinder and extends into the annular space from without for preventing soiling of the surfaces of the piston and the cylinder defining the annular space.