Patent ID: 6131937
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: A01B

Abstract:
A side strut for a lower steering arm of a tractor, comprising:a single-action hydraulic cylinder with a piston and a cylinder housing;first attaching means coupled with said piston;a telescopic unit including a guiding housing and an adjustable telescopic element in said guiding housing;a setting unit including a threaded spindle;second attaching means coupled with said threaded spindle, wherein said hydraulic cylinder, telescopic unit and setting unit are arranged adjacent each other on a common longitudinal axis; anda first portion of the telescopic element projects into the guiding housing, first and second guiding rings with a pressure spring therebetween are positioned on said first portion, said first guiding ring arranged towards an end face of the first portion in the guiding housing and being supported against a stop ring secured to the telescopic element or being fixably connected to the telescopic element, and said second guiding ring arranged remote from said hydraulic cylinder supported against a stop at the guiding housing, said end face of the first portion arranged towards the hydraulic cylinder being supported against a supporting face which delimits the guiding housing towards the hydraulic cylinder;a second portion of said telescopic element connected to the first portion, said second portion projects away from the hydraulic cylinder out of the guiding housing towards the second attaching means and, at its end projecting from the guiding housing includes a bore with inner threads for receiving the threaded spindle.