Patent ID: 8430217

Claim:
A damper having a damper cylinder, in which a piston plunger is guided via a piston rod, and for adjusting characteristic damper values, the flow of a damper fluid is regulated via regulators disposed inside the damper cylinder, and the regulators regulate the flow of the damper fluid in a first flow direction by first adjusting elements and in a second flow direction by second adjusting elements, the first and second adjusting elements each being embodied as at least one spring element and a predetermining element comprising a plate slidably disposed over the at least one spring element so that a spring rate of the at least one spring element is adjustable for predetermination of a damping behavior by the corresponding predetermining element, wherein the predetermining elements are each adjustable in an unloaded state by a corresponding adjusting element via at least one corresponding drive unit, which is triggerable as a function of signals from at least one sensor unit, and wherein the predetermining elements are each embodied as a slide element movable between two extreme positions which radially above a corresponding at least one spring element embodied as a spring disk and/or spring disk packet are variable, for adjusting the spring rate.