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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2015
Showa Corporation, Gyoda, JP;
Fukoku Bussan Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyoshi Nagamachi, Gyoda, JP;
Shinichi Sutou, Tokyo, JP;
SHOWA CORPORATION, Gyoda, JP;
FUKOKU BUSSAN CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A dust cover is provided in a cylindrical shape in an axial direction of a suspension apparatus configured to dampen a shock, and is extendable and compressible in the axial direction, or can be bent. A dust cover has a plurality of peak sections provided in the axial direction and configured to protrude outward in a radial direction, a plurality of valley sections provided in the axial direction and configured to protrude inward in the radial direction, and a plurality of connection sections provided in the axial direction and configured to connect the peak sections and the valley sections. At least one of axial concave sections and axial convex sections, which are formed in the axial direction, are provided in at least any of the peak section, the valley section, and the connection section.