A seal guide unit for guiding and sealing a piston rod of a vibration damper having a first guide element and a second guide element fixedly connected to the first guide element and arranged coaxial to the first guide element, and a radially moveable piston rod seal arrangement arranged coaxially between the two guide elements and is at least indirectly surrounded in circumferential direction by at least one guide element, including a defined radial annular gap, and comes in at least indirect axial contact with at least one guide element. The piston rod seal arrangement includes a piston rod seal and a sliding element which encloses the piston rod seal in circumferential direction and axially limits the piston rod seal at least on one side. The sliding element has a lower friction coefficient than parts of the seal guide unit adjoin the piston rod seal arrangement.

A device having two glands leading a piston rod the glands being located at one side of a piston, whereas an inner gland divides the chamber inside the closed cylinder into a working chamber limited axially by an inner surface of a bottom and into a lubricating chamber limited axially by the inner surface of the outer gland. The working chamber has a flow zone shaped as the cylinder with its inner diameter increased, placed adjacent to the inner gland, as well as the compression zone, whereas the inner diameter of the cylinder is slidingly fitted with the outer diameter of the piston.

A method of manufacturing a shock absorber includes inserting a floating piston into a tube, disposing oil into the tube, and inserting a piston-rod assembly into the tube. The piston-rod assembly has a piston coupled to a rod. The method includes inserting a rod guide assembly into the tube. The rod guide assembly includes a sintered metal rod guide having a seat and a seal disposed in the seat. The rod extends through the seal. The method also includes deforming a wall of the tube into engagement with the sintered metal rod guide to provide a piston-cylinder assembly and inhibit axial movement of the rod guide assembly relative to the tube. The method further includes pressurizing the piston-cylinder assembly and forming a flange portion of the tube over an upper surface of the sintered metal rod guide.

A monotube damper assembly includes a housing defining a main compartment extending along a center axis between a first end and a second end; and a hydraulic rebound stop (HRS) assembly disposed within the housing adjacent to the first end and including an HRS sleeve having a tubular portion and a flange portion extending radially outwardly from the tubular portion at a first axial end thereof and configured to engage a corresponding ledge for locating the HRS assembly in the main compartment and preventing the HRS assembly from moving toward the second end, the tubular portion defining a plurality of recesses each extending axially from a second axial end of the tubular portion opposite the first axial end and having a depth that gradually decreases along a length of the tubular portion toward the flange portion An HRS assembly for a monotube damper assembly is also provided.

Sealing device for a cartridge of a shock absorbing fork, provided with a screen of metallic material and with an elastomer coating, in turn comprising a radially outer portion which forms a static seal on a cartridge housing and at least one radially inner lip which makes a sliding contact on a moving element of the cartridge, wherein an additional lip forms a seal on a surface of the housing, thus sealing a cavity (V) of the elastomer coating.

A piston cylinder device (1) comprising a cylinder (2) with a first and a second end and a guide (6), such that a pressure chamber (8) is formed in the cylinder. A piston (12) is moveable in the pressure chamber (8). The guide (6) is fixedly secured to the cylinder (2) by a lock ring (7). A sealing means (9) is arranged to seal between the guide (6) and an inner wall of a tubular wall (3) of the cylinder (2) to prevent fluid leakage from the pressure chamber (8) to the surroundings. The piston cylinder device (1) is provided with a material weakening zone (13) arranged in the inner wall of the tubular wall (3) of the cylinder (2) axially between the lock ring (7) and the second end (20) of the cylinder (2), the material weakening zone (13) being arranged to be deformed or sheared against the lock ring (7) at a predetermined level of impact of the piston (12) against the guide (6). A leakage gap (14) is arranged to interrupt the sealing means (9) upon deformation or shearing of the material weakening zone (13) such that gas from the pressure chamber (8) is allowed to leave the pressure chamber (8) through said leakage gap (14) to the surroundings.

[Problem] To provide a method for manufacturing a sealing device having high pressure-resistance and high durability. Provided is a method for manufacturing a sealing device to be provided between a shaft and an inner surface of a shaft hole in which the shaft is provided, the method comprising: a step for forming an atmosphere-side rigid ring by forming a through-hole in a rigid body by a punching-out process; a step for causing a reinforcement ring for reinforcing an elastic ring to contact the elastic ring in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the shaft, wherein the elastic ring is made of an elastic body, is attached to a liquid-side rigid ring made of a rigid body and disposed inside the shaft hole, is disposed radially inward of the liquid-side rigid ring, and has formed thereon a seal lip that slidably makes sealing contact with the shaft; and a step for causing the atmosphere-side rigid ring to contact the reinforcement ring in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the shaft so that a surface contacted by an end surface of a punch during the punching-out process of the atmosphere-side rigid ring is positioned on an opposite side to the reinforcement ring.

A shock absorber has a rod that is retractably inserted in an axial direction inside the cylinder, a piston that is provided at a tip of the rod and partitions the inside of the cylinder into an extension-side chamber and a compression-side chamber, a rod guide that is provided at an open end of the cylinder and axially supports the rod, a subcylinder that is provided on the rod guide and forms an annular gap between itself and the cylinder, and a subpiston that is provided on an outer periphery of the rod closer to a base end thereof than the piston, that has an outer periphery in sliding contact with an inner periphery of the cylinder, and that is capable of leaving and entering the annular gap.

Provided is a sliding bearing capable of reducing the number of components and reducing costs. This sliding bearing (1) is provided with; an upper case (2); a lower case (3) combined with the upper case (2); and an annular dust seal-integrated center plate (8) that has a dust seal part (6) for covering a gap between the upper case (2) and the lower case (3), is disposed between the upper case (2) and the lower case (3), and enables relative rotation between the upper case (2) and the lower case (3). The dust seal-integrated center plate (8) is integrally formed with the lower case (3).

A piston cylinder device (1) comprising a cylinder (2) with a first and a second end and a guide (6), such that a pressure chamber (8) is formed in the cylinder. A piston (12) is moveable in the pressure chamber (8). The guide (6) is fixedly secured to the cylinder (2) by a lock ring (7). A sealing means (9) is arranged to seal between the guide (6) and an inner wall of a tubular wall (3) of the cylinder (2) to prevent fluid leakage from the pressure chamber (8) to the surroundings. The piston cylinder device (1) is provided with a material weakening zone (13) arranged in the inner wall of the tubular wall (3) of the cylinder (2) axially between the lock ring (7) and the second end (20) of the cylinder (2), the material weakening zone (13) being arranged to be deformed or sheared against the lock ring (7) at a predetermined level of impact of the piston (12) against the guide (6). A leakage gap (14) is arranged to interrupt the sealing means (9) upon deformation or shearing of the material weakening zone (13) such that gas from the pressure chamber (8) is allowed to leave the pressure chamber (8) through said leakage gap (14) to the surroundings.