Patent ID: 9683624
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: F16F

Claim:
1. A closure package for closing off a damper tube of a vibration damper, comprising: a main body configured to be sealingly disposed in the damper tube and having an opening defined therein through which a piston rod of the vibration damper can be sealingly guided, said opening having a sealing contact surface defined therein; a guide bushing disposed in said opening of said main body and configured to guide the piston rod therein, said guide bushing having a central bore defined there through and a circumferential collar disposed at a first end side thereof, which collar extends radially outward from said bushing and defines a planar end surface that forms an axial termination of said guide bushing, wherein an outer diameter of said collar is smaller than a diameter of said sealing contact surface of said main body; at least one seal unit disposed in said opening of said main body and configured to form a seal against an outer surface of the piston rod, said at least one seal unit comprising: a closure plate disposed in said opening of said main body adjacent said outer sealing element and configured to hold said seal unit in place in said main body, wherein said outer sealing element of said seal unit serves as a support ring for said closure plate and is disposed between said rod sealing element of said seal unit and said closure plate.