Devices on motor vehicle shock absorbers for changing the damping characteristic

摘要

The object set is achieved according to the invention by the fact that, simultaneously with a horizontal impact, blasting caps (4) attached to the shock absorber tube (1) and/or the working piston (2) blow open the wall of the shock absorber tube without a delay or blow away parts of the working piston; solenoid valves (5) mounted in the shock absorber tube and/or the working piston open; predetermined breaking points (9) provided on the working piston and the piston rod break at a defined compressive or tensile load or the wall of the shock absorber tube is opened mechanically from outside by means of a spike (6). <IMAGE>