Damping device

A damping device for damping pressure surges in hydraulic circuits, the damping device comprising:

• a damping housing surrounding a damping chamber and including a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet and a fluid receiving chamber extending between said fluid inlet and said fluid outlet and forming said damping chamber, parts of said fluid receiving chamber extending in a direction transverse relative to a flow through direction from said fluid inlet to said fluid outlet, said fluid receiving chamber immediately adjoining said fluid inlet and said fluid outlet, said damping housing including a pot-shaped base part and a flange-shaped cover part, said base part having a disk-shaped central recess forming said fluid receiving cavity and having a peripheral boundary wall in which said fluid inlet and said fluid outlet extend, said cover part engaging and being fixed to said boundary wall of said base part and having an engagement piece extending into said central recess in a flush manner;
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• a guide element being in said damping chamber, being formed integrally with said cover part and projecting from a cover boundary wall on said engagement piece, said guide element being contacted by fluid flow from said fluid inlet toward said fluid outlet in said damping chamber and changing speed of the fluid flow in regions of said damping chamber.