Patent ID: 8579067

Claim:
A gas spring with a center longitudinal axis, comprising: a cylinder filled with a fluid having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a piston displaceably arranged in the cylinder, the piston dividing the cylinder into a first cylinder chamber remote of the first end and a second cylinder chamber proximate to the first end; a piston rod coupled to the piston, the piston rod projecting through the first cylinder chamber; a guiding and sealing device guiding the piston rod out of the second end of the cylinder concentric to the center longitudinal axis, the piston rod being sealed by the guiding and sealing device; a first connection element with a first socket housing at the first end of the cylinder; and a second connection element with a second socket housing at a free end of the piston rod for receiving a ball head, wherein at least one of the first and the second socket housings comprises a ball socket having a longitudinal extension and a transverse dimension, the longitudinal extension being greater than the transverse dimension.