Oiles Corporation

Yoshihiro Harada

Masamitsu Kojima

Takeshi Yamaguchi

Atsushi Arai

Yoshiteru Igarashi

A damper () has silicone-based unvulcanized rubber () interposed between a housing () and a shaft () which are disposed in such a manner as to be relatively rotatable about an axis (A) in (R) directions with respect to each other, and rotational energy between the housing () and the shaft () is absorbed through the deformation of the silicone-based unvulcanized rubber ().

Damper and automobile seat having the damper

A damper () includes: a fixing member (); a rotator () which is rotatably supported by the fixing member () and forms a gap () with the fixing member (); a silicone-based unvulcanized rubber () disposed in the gap (); and a one-way clutch means () which, in a lateral rotation (R) of a rear seat () in a lowering direction, is adapted to transmit the lateral rotation (R) in the lowering direction to the rotator () so as to cause the rotatorto undergo rotation about an axis X, and which, in the lateral rotation (R) of the automobile rear seat () in a raising direction, is adapted to inhibit the transmission of the lateral rotation (R) in the raising direction to the rotator ().

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Fujisawa, Japan

Yoshihiro Harada