Title:
SHOCK ABSORBER
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/179683
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A shock absorber (A) is provided with: a hard-side damping element (FH) that applies resistance to a flow of a liquid moving between an expansion-side chamber (L1) and a compression-side chamber (L2); a solenoid valve (V) that can change the opening area of a bypass passage (B) which bypasses the damping element to connect the expansion-side chamber (L1) with a compression-side chamber (L2); a soft-side damping element (FS) that is provided to the bypass passage (B) in series with the solenoid valve (V); and a tank (T) that is connected to the compression-side chamber (L2), wherein the hard-side damping element (FH) has an orifice (22) and hard leaf valves (20, 21) arranged in parallel with the orifice, and the soft-side damping element (FS) has an orifice (52) having an opening area larger than that of the orifice (22).
Inventors:
SHIMAUCHI SODAI (JP)
AWANO KOICHIRO (JP)
UEMURA MASASHI (JP)
AWANO KOICHIRO (JP)
UEMURA MASASHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2020/008379
Publication Date:
September 10, 2020
Filing Date:
February 28, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
KYB CORP (JP)
International Classes:
B62K25/20; F16F9/34; F16F9/46; F16K3/26; F16K31/06
Foreign References:
| JP2017002983A | 2017-01-05 | |||
| JP2018004023A | 2018-01-11 | |||
| JP2015102100A | 2015-06-04 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ISHIKAWA Ken (JP)
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