Damping valve and shock absorber

Abstract

A damping valve (V) of the present invention includes: a valve seat member (3) including a port (3a) and a valve seat (3c) surrounding an opening downstream of the port (3a); a movable body (10) movable in a direction toward and away from the valve seat (3c); a facing member (9) facing the movable body (10) while being immovable with respect to the valve seat member (3); a contact body (12) provided to be displaceable toward the movable body (10) with respect to the facing member (9) to come into contact with the movable body (10); and a pilot passage (P) causing pressure upstream of the port (3a) to act on the contact body (12) so as to press the contact body (12) against the movable body (10).

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.