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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 3/08 ; F16M 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16F 3/08 ; F16M 1/300 ;
Abstract
A shock absorber for an automobile which exhibits a vibration damping effect in a wide range of a frequency, while suppressing generation of frictional noise. The shock absorber for the automobile has a buffer member interposed between parts. The buffer member has a laminated structure including a plurality of vibration damping layers each having a peak of loss tangent tan&dgr; in a range of a frequency which is different from others and surface layers made of thermoplastic resin.