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US 9,309,945 B2Granted
Shock absorber
AssigneeHitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
InventorsAtsushi Maeda, Masaru Kouyama, Mikio Yamashita, Fumiyuki Yamaoka
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Abstract
A shock absorber has an inclined surface that is inclined to a moving direction of the free piston in at least one of a free piston contact surface of a free piston with which an elastic body is in contact and a housing contact surface of a housing with which the elastic body is in contact. A shortest distance between the free piston contact surface and the housing contact surface is changed by movement of the free piston.
Claims20
A shock absorber comprising:
- a cylinder in which a working fluid is enclosed;
- a piston which is provided in the cylinder and configured to partition an interior of the cylinder into two chambers;
- a piston rod which is connected to the piston and arranged so as to extend to an exterior of the cylinder;
- a first passage to which the working fluid flows out from one of the chambers of the interior of the cylinder with movement of the piston;
- a damping force generation mechanism which is installed in the first passage and configured to generate a damping force;
- a housing;
- a free piston which is movable in the housing;
- a second passage which communicates between a space formed by the housing and the free piston and one of the chambers of the interior of the cylinder, and in which the working fluid flows with movement of the piston;
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- at least one elastic body which is disposed between the free piston and the housing,
- wherein at least one of the free piston and the housing is formed so that the at least one elastic body is compressively deformed in both a moving direction of the free piston and a different direction from the moving direction;
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- wherein at least one elastic body includes a first elastic body that undergoes compressive deformation when the free piston moves in a first direction, and a second elastic body that undergoes compressive deformation when the first piston moves in a second direction opposite the first direction.
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A shock absorber comprising:
- a cylinder in which a working fluid is enclosed;
- a piston which is proven in a cylinder and configured to partition an interior of the cylinder into two chambers;
- a piston rod connected to the piston and arranged so as to extend to an exterior of the cylinder;
- a first passage to which the working fluid flows out from one of the chambers of the interior of the cylinder by movement of the piston;
- a damping force generation mechanism which is installed in the first passage and configured to generate a damping force;
- a housing;
- a free piston movably installed in the housing;
- a second passage Which communicates between a space formed by the housing and the free piston and one of the chambers of the interior of the cylinder, and in which the working fluid flows with movement of the piston;
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- at least one elastic body which is disposed between a free piston and the housing,
- wherein at least one of a free piston and the housing is formed so that the at least one elastic body is compressive deformed in both a moving direction of the free piston and a different direction from the moving direction, and
- wherein an inclined surface is formed on both a free piston contact surface of the free piston and a housing contact surface of the housing, the inclined surface being contact with the at least one elastic body, and the housing contact surface being in contact with the at least one elastic body.
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A shock absorber comprising:
- a cylinder in which a working fluid is enclosed;
- a piston provided into the cylinder and configured to partition an interior of the cylinder into two chambers;
- a piston rod connected to the piston and configured to be provided so as to extend to an exterior of the cylinder;
- first and second passages to which the working fluid flows out from one of the chambers of the interior of the cylinder when the piston moves in one direction;
- a damping force generation mechanism installed in the first passage and configured to generate a damping force;
- a housing in which a flow passage corresponding to at least a part of the second passage is formed;
- a free piston movably installed in the housing and configured to partition an interior of the housing into an upstream side and a downstream side;
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- at least one elastic body disposed between the free piston and the housing,
- wherein the free piston includes a moving region where the at least one elastic body moves in the moving direction of the free piston in a state where the at least one elastic body is in contact with both the housing and the free piston at a position separated from a downstream side end, and a moving direction deformation region where the at least one elastic body undergoes elastic deformation in the moving direction of the free piston on the downstream side end within the moving region of the free piston.
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A shock absorber comprising:
- a cylinder in which a working fluid is enclosed;
- a piston slidably fitted into the cylinder and configured to partition an interior of the cylinder into two chambers;
- a piston rod connected to the piston and configured to extend to an exterior of the cylinder;
- first and second passages to which the working fluid flows out from one of the chambers of the interior of the cylinder by movement of the piston;
- a damping force generation mechanism installed in the first passage and configured to generate a damping force;
- a housing in which a flow passage corresponding to at least part of the second passage is formed;
- a free piston movably installed in the housing and configured to partition the second passage into an upstream side and a downstream side;
- an elastic body disposed between the free piston and the housing;
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- a passage area varying mechanism installed in the second passage and configured to make a passage area of the second passage adjustable,
- wherein at least one of a free piston contact surface of the free piston with which the elastic body is in contact and a housing contact surface of the housing with which the elastic body is in contact includes an inclined surface that is inclined to a moving direction of the free piston, and a shortest distance between a portion that is in contact with the elastic body within the free piston contact surface and a portion that is in contact with the elastic body within the housing contact surface is changed by movement of the free piston.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.