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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2014
Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
KYB Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An actuator unit includes two chambers defined in the cylinder; a supply passage allowing a working fluid discharged from the pump to be supplied to the two chambers; a discharge passage allowing the two chambers to communicate with the tank; a direction control valve configured to selectively communicate each of the two chambers with one of the pump and the tank; a control passage that branches from the supply passage on a side of the pump rather than the direction control valve so as to communicate the pump with the tank; a variable relief valve provided on the control passage, the variable relief valve opening so as to allow the working fluid to flow from the supply passage toward the tank when a pressure in the supply passage reaches the valve opening pressure; and a center passage that communicates the tank with an interior of the cylinder.