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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1988
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
A shock absorber includes a cylinder, a piston disposed movably in the cylinder to partition the interior of the cylinder into first and second liquid chambers and having two groups of ports affording communication between the first and second liquid chambers, a valve body disposed so as to open and close the port of each group in the piston and a piston rod connected with the piston and projecting from the cylinder to the outside. The shock absorber further includes a liquid path affording communication between the first and second liquid chambers without passing through the piston, first and second valves for generating respectively damping force with liquid flowing through the liquid path and regulator provided in the piston rod and capable of blocking liquid from flowing through the two groups of ports in the piston.