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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2005
Nobumichi Hanawa, Tokyo, JP;
Nobumichi Hanawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A front fork, which is interposed between a vehicle body and an axle to restrain a change in vehicle attitude, comprises a fork body () including a reservoir chamber () partially filled with gas and performing an expansion and contraction operation, a reservoir tank () partially filled with gas and communicating with the reservoir chamber () through a flow path () in which hydraulic oil flows, an on-off valve () switching between opening and closing of the flow path (), and a relief valve () accepting flow of hydraulic oil from the reservoir chamber () toward the reservoir tank () when a pressure of the reservoir chamber () reaches a predetermined pressure.