Linear damper and steering device

A linear damper including

• an inner chamber forming body formed in a tubular shape and having, inside a tubular portion, an inner chamber where fluid is liquid-tightly housed,
• a relative displacement body slidably fitted in the inner chamber forming body and formed displaceable relative to the inner chamber forming body, and
• a flow control valve provided for at least one of the inner chamber forming body or the relative displacement body to allow the fluid to flow while limiting a flow of the fluid, and
• the linear damper being arranged between two attachment target objects linearly displaceable relative to each other to damp external force received due to relative displacement by limiting the flow of the fluid, comprising:
• a return elastic body configured to provide elastic force to the relative displacement body and elastically receive the external force,
• wherein the inner chamber forming body has an elastic body housing portion configured to house the return elastic body in the inner chamber forming body with communicating with an outside, and
• the return elastic body is housed in the elastic body housing portion.