Patent ID: 7000744

Claim:
A vehicle shock absorber comprising: a piston rod; a cylinder head having a bore with said piston rod in sliding engagement within said bore; a scraper proximate to said cylinder head and including a hole with said piston rod extending through said hole, said scraper removing debris from a portion of said piston rod as said piston rod moves within said hole, said scraper having a first diameter at said hole, and an opening of a second diameter spaced away from an outer portion of said scraper, said second diameter being larger than said first diameter, a ledge defining said hole at an outer edge of said scraper, and said opening extending from said ledge, to provide an open end at an inner edge of said scraper; and a primary seal received within said opening, said primary seal being in sealing contact with an outer peripheral surface of said piston rod, said primary seal extending to said inner edge of said scraper and to said open end, said primary seal is further in sealing contact with a surface on said cylinder head.