Damper, electronic controller, and method for coupling damper
AssigneeDenso Corporation
InventorsShingo Tada, Minoru Hozuka, Takahiro Kurioka, Kazunori Yoshida, Ryoichi Shinoda
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Abstract
A damper is disposed in a holding hole that passes through, in a passing-through direction, a supported member that is supported by a supporting member. The damper includes a tubular body defining therein a through hole extending in the passing-through direction. The tubular body is elastically deformable between a first form and a second form. The tubular body in the first form has an outer shape that is smaller than the holding hole. The tubular body in the second form has an outer shape that is equal to or greater than the holding hole.
Claims18
An electronic controller comprising:
- a damper;
- a supporting member;
- and
- a supported member, wherein
- the damper is disposed in a holding hole that passes through, in a passing-through direction, the supported member, the damper comprising
- a tubular body defining therein a through hole that extends in the passing-through direction, wherein
- the tubular body is elastically deformable between a first form and a second form due to elastic force of the tubular body,
- the tubular body has a first outer diameter in the first form and a second outer diameter in the second form,
- the first outer diameter is less than an inner diameter of the holding hole, and the second outer diameter is larger than the inner diameter of the holding hole,
- the tubular body in the first form has an outer shape that is smaller than the holding hole,
- the tubular body in the second form has an outer shape that is greater than the outer shape in the first form and is in contact with the holding hole,
- the tubular body has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end in the passing-through direction,
- the tubular body defines a gap extending between the first end and the second end, and
- the gap is larger in the second form than in the first form,
- wherein the supporting member includes a base positioning portion and a distance adjusting portion that protrudes from an end surface of the base positioning portion,
- wherein the base positioning portion and the distance adjusting portion are housed in the through hole,
- the tubular body in the second form is disposed in the holding hole and presses an inner surface of the holding hole, and
- the supported member is supported by the supporting member through the damper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.