Patent ID: 6827342
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B60G,F16F

Abstract:
A shock absorber comprising:a damping element having a container tube; an air spring comprising a rolling tube and a concentrically arranged outer tube which is connected to said rolling tube by a spring bellows so that said rolling tube can move axially with respect to said outer tube, said spring bellows and said rolling tube bounding a gas chamber filled with a gas under pressure, said rolling tube being fixed on said container tube; and a compression stop cap which is received on said container tube between said container tube and said rolling tube, said stop cap having at least one axially extending web with a thickened end which supports said rolling tube concentrically with respect to said container tube, wherein said thickened end has a convex contact surface facing the container tube and a convex support surface facing the rolling tube.