to one of the control elements by a relative displacement of the cylindrical component and the rod element with respect to one another application_number US 21537708 A description fig1 a c show a vehicle seat with a backrest 1 and a seat part 2 which is shown in various height positions the lowest seat position of the vehicle seat in fig1 a shows a folded together scissors type seat frame with an air spring 3 designed as a gas spring and with a control device 4 or height adjustment device the air spring 3 is connected by a lower end to a base of the vehicle seat or a body part or another element not shown that is fixedly connected to the body and is connected by an upper end to at least one part of the scissors type seat frame the seat is arranged on rails 5 6 such that it can be displaced in the forward and backward direction fig1 b and 1 c show the first seat frame part 7 and the second seat frame part 8 wherein both the control device 4 and a spring type damping element 3 a are attached by first ends 3 b and 4 a to the bottom of the first seat frame part 7 and by second upper ends 3 c and 4 b to the second seat frame part 8 when the vehicle seat is moved in the upward direction in fig1 c both the damping element.