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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2001
Hideaki Ishii, Yamanashi, JP;
Takahiro Tokunaga, Yamanashi, JP;
Tokico Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A protective boot having a bellows portion, a cylindrical portion, a guide-bore-side mounting portion, a thick-walled portion, a thin-walled portion, a pin-side mounting portion and an air passage groove. In an operation for mounting of the protective boot, the pin-side mounting portion is inclined radially inward through the thin-walled portion while being slidably moved along the sliding pin, to thereby effect an escape of air contained in an annular space between the sliding pin and the boot through the air passage groove. The thick-walled portion prevents the pin-side mounting portion from bending radially inward to an undesirable extent. Thus, the operation for mounting of the protective boot can be smoothly conducted.