Patent ID: 6336329
Filing Date: 2002-01-08
Classification: B60T,F16D

Abstract:
A hydraulic cylinder for a hydraulic system in a motor vehicle with a cylinder housing comprising a cylinder compartment and a piston that is sealed tight and guided for axial movement inside the cylinder compartment, the piston having a cup-shaped bushing that is closed towards the cylinder compartment and contains an insert body with an essentially spherical cavity holding a spherical head that is integrally connected as a single part with a swiveling piston rod that extends to the outside of the cylinder housing, comprising the improvements that the insert body and the piston rod are combined into a pre-assembled unit and that the pre-assembled unit is inserted into the bushing and fastened by means of a snap connection, wherein the bushing has at least one inward-pointing portion at the end that faces in the direction of the piston rod.