Patent ID: 9359801
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: E05F,E05Y,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A damper for furniture, the damper comprising a housing in which a piston connected to a piston rod is received displaceably with respect to the housing, where a fluid flows through a flow channel on or in the piston during a movement of the piston inside the housing, and a connecting element having a seat for coupling to a drive element that may be mounted in the seat is provided on the piston rod on the end section projecting from the housing, characterised in that the piston rod is formed from metal, the connecting element is made of plastic and is engaged on the piston rod, the seat has a cut-out section exposing a face of the piston rod mounted therein wherein the face of the piston rod is positioned to make direct mechanical contact with the drive element wherein there is a direct flow of force in the axial direction from the drive element-to the piston rod when pressure is applied thereto, and the piston rod comprises an annular groove, wherein the connecting element comprises an annular projection engaged with the annular groove.