Patent ID: 6962330

Claim:
A vibration damper comprising: a damping element comprising a container tube, a fastening part, and a piston rod; a pneumatic spring comprising an outer tube for connecting to a mass whose vibrations are to be damped, a rollover tube fixed to said container tube and sealing off a gas space between said container tube and said rollover tube, and a spring bellows between said outer tube and said rollover tube, said spring bellows bounding a spring space filled with a pressurized gas and communicating with said gas space between said rollover tube and said container tube; and a support ring which is stamped and formed from sheet metal installed between the rollover tube and the container tube, said support ring supporting and centering the rollover tube on the container tube, said support ring having radially resilient spring tongues which are mounted against said rollover tube, said supporting comprising: an inner circumferential area which is mounted on said container tube, an outer circumferential area comprising said spring tongues, and a middle area which connects said inner area and said outer area to form an S-shaped profile.