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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2007
Filed:
May. 31, 2002
Applicants:
Peter Thurmann, Koblenz, DE;
Stephan Enders, Koblenz, DE;
Inventors:
Peter Thurmann, Koblenz, DE;
Stephan Enders, Koblenz, DE;
Assignee:
Stabilus GmbH, Koblenz, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Object-support column includes an end unit, a guide tube which has a nominal diameter, and end having an end diameter which is smaller than the nominal diameter, and a transition-length portion extending from the nominal diameter to the end diameter, the end being connected to the end unit. A pneumatic tube surrounds the guide tube and the end unit, the pneumatic tube having a conical section with a diameter reduction surrounding the end unit. Alternatively, a guide portion of the guide tube may be supported radially on the inner wall of the pneumatic tube.