Patent ID: 8308176

Claim:
Suspension stop for an automobile, wherein said stop comprises an upper cup, a lower cup and rolling bodies positioned between said upper and lower cups to permit the upper and lower cups to rotate relatively, wherein said upper and lower cups are fitted so that at least an annular space is provided between the upper and lower cups, wherein said stop further comprises a sealing element that is located in said annular space so that said sealing element is in friction contact with each of the upper and lower cups, and said sealing element is mounted so that said sealing element is mobile with respect to at least one of the upper and lower cups, wherein the upper cup comprises a cover associated to an upper washer having a lower bearing ring for the rolling bodies, wherein the lower cup comprises a support associated underneath a lower washer having an upper bearing ring for the rolling bodies, wherein the annular space is positioned between said cover and said support, wherein the annular space has at least one annular groove formed in said support, wherein the sealing element is fitted so that said sealing element is mobile inside said at least one annular groove and, opposite said at least one annular groove, is in friction contact with the cover, wherein the annular space is defined by a portion of the cover with which the sealing element is in friction contact, and wherein said sealing element is mounted so that said sealing element is mobile in the at least one annular groove according to a direction that is normal to said portion.