Vibration damper and a bearing support for a vibration damper

US5641152A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Fichtel & Sachs · DE

Inventors

• Manfred Angles · Oerlenbach, DE
• Gunther Handke · Euerbach, DE
• Robert Pradel · Schweinfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 9, 1995
• Grant date: Jun 24, 1997
• Expiry date: Nov 9, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60G2204/4602
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vibration damper between a vehicle body and/or a vehicle axle, comprising a cylinder in which a piston rod is guided so that it can move axially, whereby the piston rod is connected by way of a first connection to a bearing, and the cylinder is connected by way of an additional connection to a corresponding bearing, whereby the vibration damper runs through at least one bearing and has a self-locking closure by way of at least one radially movable flexible tab. The at least one radially movable flexible tab, by way of its end surface, forms a support for the vibration damper at the bearing in question for one direction, whereby the flexible tab(s) is/are accessible in the release direction, and an elastic clamping body is provided for the opposite direction, so that the vibration damper is restrained by way of the end surface and the clamping body.