Subaru Corporation

Keisuke Ueki

Hiroo Kawano

Yasushi Morita

A strut mount cap is provided on an upper surface of a strut mount, and is configured to close a hole housing a fastening component for the strut mount and a shock absorber. The strut mount cap includes a cap body configured to close the hole, an annular water stop lip provided on an outer periphery of the cap body and in elastic contact with the upper surface of the strut mount to prevent water from entering the hole, a press-fit tube provided on a back side of the cap body and held on an inner peripheral surface of the hole by being press-fitted into the hole, and a check valve configured to open the hole when an internal pressure in the hole is equal to or higher than a preset pressure, and close the hole when the internal pressure is lower than the preset pressure.

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Tokyo, Japan

Keisuke Ueki