Patent ID: 8807016

Claim:
A hydraulic cylinder comprising: a cylinder body which has an open end with an opening and an edge extending therearound, which cylinder body also has an inner surface; a piston rod which is movable back and forth in a cylinder space; a close-off member which has an insert part, which insert part protrudes in a fitting manner into the open end of the cylinder body, which insert part has an outer circumferential face, wherein the close-off member also has an integral flange opposing the edge of the cylinder body; coupling means which are operable between the inner surface of the cylinder body and the outer circumferential face of the insert part for securing, in at least one axial direction, the close-off member in the cylinder body, and a clamping ring which is clamped between the flange and the edge at the open end of the cylinder body, wherein the clamping ring is made of a resilient, compressible material, and in that the clamping ring is clamped, when compressed in the axial direction, between the flange and the edge at the open end.