Patent ID: 7900756

Claim:
A push-type gas spring for mounting between two relatively movable parts, comprising: a pressure tube having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end filled with pressure medium, the pressure tube having a first end surface; a pressure tube connector element for mounting the pressure tube to one of the two relatively movable parts; and a piston rod axially movable in the pressure tube and extending through the first end surface of the pressure tube; a piston rod connector element for mounting the piston rod to the other of the two relatively movable parts; the gas spring further comprising: a pressure tube tension element extending axially alongside the piston rod and connecting the pressure tube with the pressure tube connector element comprising at least two axially oriented sidepieces configured to spread apart, the pressure tube tension element connected to a pressure tube receptacle at the end of the pressure tube opposite the pressure tube connector element, the pressure tube receptacle connected to the two axially oriented sidepieces of the pressure tube tension element, and a piston rod tension element extending axially alongside the pressure tube and connecting the piston rod with the piston rod connector element comprising at least two axially oriented sidepieces configured to spread apart, connected to each other at one end by a piston rod receptacle and at the other end by the piston rod connector element.