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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2008
Applicants:
Günther Handke, Euerbach, DE;
Alexander Miller, Litzendorf, DE;
Inventors:
Günther Handke, Euerbach, DE;
Alexander Miller, Litzendorf, DE;
Assignee:
ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A protective pipe for a piston-cylinder unit comprises a pipe body having at one end a bottleneck-shaped base which is axially and radially supported at least indirectly at a piston rod of the piston-cylinder unit. A surface region of the bottleneck-shaped base has an accumulation of material which increases radially inward starting from its outer edge.