Abstract: A jack comprising a casing consisting of two flanges connected by a tubular element in which is sliding a piston connected to a rod itself slidably mounted to extend through one flange, the ends of the tubular element which is oval in cross-section as well as the piston being fast with the flanges, respectively, through a double crimping, namely a crimping of the ends of the tubular elements onto the flanges and a crimping of the flanges onto these ends.