Dust boot, method of manufacturing dust boot, and shock absorber
AssigneeKYB Corporation
InventorsKazuma ANDO, Masahiro MIWA
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Abstract
A dust boot includes a tubular boot body and an annular flange portion linked to an upper end of the boot body. In an outer side of the flange portion, an angle between the flange portion and a line perpendicular to an axis of the boot body is set to be larger than 0° and smaller than 90°.
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A shock absorber comprising:
- a cylinder;
- a rod configured to move into and out of the cylinder;
- a rod-side spring seat installed in the rod;
- a cylinder-side spring seat installed in the cylinder;
- a suspension spring interposed between the rod-side spring seat and the cylinder-side spring seat;
- a rubber bump stopper provided on an outer circumference of the rod;
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- a dust boot,
- wherein the dust boot has
- a tubular boot body provided with an extendable/contractible bellows portion to cover the rod, and
- an annular flange portion linked to an upper end of the boot body and held between the rod-side spring seat and the suspension spring, and
- wherein an angle between the flange portion and a line perpendicular to an axis of the boot body in an outer side of the flange portion is set to be larger than 0° and smaller than 90°.
A dust boot for a shock absorber that includes a cylinder, a rod configured to move into and out of the cylinder, a rod-side spring seat installed in the rod, a cylinder-side spring seat installed in the cylinder, a suspension spring interposed between the rod-side spring seat and the cylinder-side spring seat, and a rubber bump stopper provided on an outer circumference of the rod, the dust boot comprising:
- a tubular boot body provided with an extendable/contractible bellows portion to cover the rod, and
- an annular flange portion linked to an upper end of the boot body, to be held between the rod-side spring seat and the suspension spring,
- wherein an angle between the flange portion and a line perpendicular to an axis of the boot body in an outer side of the flange portion is set to be larger than 0° and smaller than 90°.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.