Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Kazutaka Otsu

Jinghong Yu

Kirk S Rhoades

Toshiyuki Yamaguchi

A suspension damper including an actuator and a static fluid damper is provided. The actuator includes a first housing and a second housing positioned within the first housing and coaxially aligned with the first housing along an axis of the actuator. The second housing defines a passage. A piston is slidably positioned within the passage of the second housing to define a first chamber and a second chamber. A divider is positioned between an inner surface of the first housing and an outer surface of the second housing to define a third chamber and a fourth chamber. The static fluid damper includes a first damping chamber, a second damping chamber, and a third damping chamber. A separating member is positioned within the third damping chamber to define a gas chamber. First and second flow passages provide fluid communication between the actuator and the static fluid damper.

Suspension damper

A rear body structure for a vehicle includes a gusset for reinforcing a body floor, each rear wheel house, and a damper support member disposed on the body floor adjacent to the wheel house. The gusset has a first portion connected to the wheel house, a second portion connected to the body floor, and a third portion connected to the damper support member and an upper end portion of a damper with the damper support member disposed between the third portion and the upper end portion of the damper. With this arrangement, a force applied from the damper to the damper support portion can be efficiently distributed through the gusset to the wheel house and the body floor.

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Dublin, OH, United States of America

Kazutaka Otsu