Friction damper

A friction damper comprising an outer part (1) having a cavity (10, 11) limited by an internal cylindrical surface (8), a core part (2) telescopically movable in relation to the outer part (1) in the direction of an axis of the cylindrical surface (8) and a friction piston construction group (3) on the core part (2), which group (3) is in frictional engagement with the cylindrical inner surface (8) of the outer part (1), wherein the improvement comprises said friction piston construction group (3) comprising a plurality of friction elements (13) distributed about said axis, the friction elements (13) being formed by skirt segments (13) of a pot-shaped friction piston (3a) which are separated from one another by slots (14) and are integral with a common basic body (12) of the pot-shaped friction piston (3a), said friction elements (13) being stressed by a radially acting spring system (20) into frictional engagement with the inner surface (8), and said radially acting spring system (20) being formed by at least one star spring (20) having a central part (15) and plurality of spring tongues (16), said central part (15) lying on the inner side of the basic body (12) of the pot-shaped friction piston (3a) and said spring tongues (16) acting radially against the skirt segments (13) of the pot-shaped friction piston (3a).