Patent · US Expired

Fluid-filled unit of a cylinder and a piston rod, in particular gas spring

US5806840A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 24, 1996
Grant dateSep 15, 1998
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16F9/0227
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gas spring having a cylinder and a piston rod. A piston mounted on a piston rod is provided with flexible tongue, rounded ends of which elastically bear on the inside wall of the housing while the rest of the piston is free from the housing. The flexible tongues assist in preventing partial cylindrical faces of the piston from smashing against the inside wall of the piston housing when the gas spring is vibrating.

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