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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1998
Hans-Gerd Oellers, Mönchengladbach, DE;
TRW Fahrwerksysteme GmbH & Co. KG, Dusseldorf, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a damper for vehicle components, particularly motor vehicle components such as steering tie rods and antiroll bar struts, with an elastic unit that is loaded in substantially axial direction of the component. To create a damper that will require little space but exhibit high reliability and a long service life and to permit a modular assembly from structurally simple and inexpensively producible parts for different applications, the elastic unit comprises at least two elastic elements,that are reciprocally, substantially pressure loaded and are disposed inside a housing (,) between the housing (,) and a coupling element (,) which transfers compression forces in substantially axial direction. The elastic elements (,) counteract an inclination and a coaxial offset of coupling element (,) with respect to the longitudinal axis of housing (,).