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Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 13, 2023
Applicants:

Hitachi Astemo, Ltd., Hitachinaka, JP;

Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Nao Kadota, Hitachinaka, JP;

Yuka Kubotera, Hitachinaka, JP;

Takashi Nakagawa, Hitachinaka, JP;

Dustin M. Schroeder, Raymond, OH (US);

Masayuki Tsutsui, Raymond, OH (US);

Assignees:

HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD., Hitachinaka, JP;

HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 13/00 (2006.01); B60G 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 13/007 (2013.01); B60G 15/065 (2013.01); B60G 2202/312 (2013.01); F16F 2224/0216 (2013.01); F16F 2230/0023 (2013.01); F16F 2230/007 (2013.01); F16F 2230/30 (2013.01);
Abstract

A shock absorber includes a cylinder, a sleeve provided so as to surround the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder, the cylinder formed of a different material from a material for the cylinder, first and second springs provided along the outer circumferential surface of the sleeve, and a slider provided between the first spring and the second spring, and capable of being displaced in an axal direction. The materials for the cylinder and the sleeve are a combination of materials that causes corrosion due to a contact of either one of those with the other one of those. A corrosion inhibitor is provided which suppresses an occurrence of corrosion on the cylinder or on the sleeve. In one embodiment, the materials are metals.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kadota, Nao. (2026). Shock absorber (U.S. Patent No. 12546377). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12546377

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