Patent ID: 8398008

Claim:
A force transfer system comprising; a hydraulic cylinder having a piston pressurisable by hydraulic fluid; a thrust bearing in operative contact with the piston, the thrust bearing having at least a first and a second slide face for performing a sliding motion, a coupling rod, which connects the thrust bearing with the hydraulic cylinder, the coupling rod being mounted in an articulated manner in order to permit the sliding motion of the thrust bearing, the thrust bearing having a pressure chamber, which is connected by way of at least one bore formed in the piston to the side of the piston pressurized with hydraulic fluid, the thrust bearing having a first thrust element having one side in operative connection with the piston and another side forming a first slide face, a second thrust element having one side forming a fourth slide face and another side for force transfer, and an intermediate element having one side forming the second slide face and acts as mating face to the first slide face and another side forming a third slide face and acts as mating face to the fourth slide face.