Patent ID: 7455154

Claim:
A shock absorber with a shock absorber body ( 10 ) having a cylinder ( 11 ), a piston ( 43 ) moveably guided in a receiving space ( 11 . 1 ) of the cylinder ( 11 ), when the piston ( 43 ) is moved an air pressure generated in the receiving space ( 11 . 1 ) exerts a braking force that acts on the piston ( 43 ), and for air pressure reduction the receiving space ( 11 . 1 ) has at least one opening ( 16 ) that produces an air-carrying connection between the receiving space ( 11 . 1 ) and the environment, the shock absorber comprising: one of the piston ( 43 ) and the cylinder ( 11 ) having a receptacle ( 16 . 3 ) into which an insert piece ( 16 . 2 ) is press-fitted in a frictionally engaging manner, and the opening ( 16 ) is provided between the insert piece ( 16 . 2 ) and a wall of the receptacle ( 16 . 3 ) touched by the insert piece ( 16 . 2 ); the opening ( 16 ) formed by a groove in the wall of the receptacle ( 16 . 3 ) that extends in a direction of a central longitudinal axis of the receptacle ( 16 . 3 ) and has a region oriented toward the receptacle ( 16 . 3 ) that is covered by the insert piece ( 16 . 2 ); and a bellows section ( 44 ) having a cylindrical part spaced apart from an inner wall of the cylinder ( 11 ), and a region encompassed by the cylindrical part is associated with a pressure chamber of the cylinder ( 11 ).