Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Barnes Group Inc.

Darrell Quander

Steven J Reilly

Kaoru Hirotani

A fluid cylinder mechanism () equipped with a cylinder () having a base end () and an open end (), and a piston () having a flange portion () disposed inside the cylinder and a rod portion () that passes through the open end of the cylinder, in which a space inside the cylinder is partitioned by the flange portion of the piston into a first pressured chamber () on a side of the base end and a second pressurized chamber () on a side of the open end, is characterized by including: a first flow path () that permits flow of a fluid from the first pressurized chamber to the second pressurized chamber; a second flow path () that permits flow of the fluid from the second pressurized chamber to the first pressurized chamber; and an opening and closing means () for opening and closing the second flow path.

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