Patent ID: 7451860

Claim:
A device for amplitude-dependent absorption of shocks of a wheel of a vehicle, said device comprising: at least one working piston within an absorbing housing; a piston rod connected to said piston, said piston dividing said absorbing housing into two absorbing spaces; and a hydraulic element interacting with said piston in parallel for affecting small amplitudes; wherein, said hydraulic element has a space with a dividing element, said space being associated via hydraulic means with said absorbing spaces; said dividing element comprises foamed elastic material, and fills said space substantially completely when not in a compressed state or slightly compressed state; elastic deformation of said foamed elastic material produces damping of vibrations with small amplitudes; said space is divided into two partial spaces by a solid dividing disk, with a separate dividing element in each of said partial spaces; one of said partial spaces is connected with an upper one of said absorbing spaces; the other of said partial spaces is connected with a lower one of said absorbing spaces; and said dividing disk is immovable in an axial direction of said piston rod.