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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2006
Tsutomu Yoshimoto, Toyko, JP;
Tsutomu Yoshimoto, Toyko, JP;
Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A both-side rod type damper () is arranged in a storage chamber () formed inside an inner tube () and an outer tube (), rods () and () of the damper () are coupled so as to move by the same quantity in accordance with the extending or retracting operation of a front fork, a bearing () for slidably supporting the rod () is provided at a cylinder end, the bearing () is movable by a predetermined quantity in a radius direction and an axial direction of the rod relative to the cylinder, and the bearing () moves toward the inside of the cylinder to communicate the oil chamber Rwith the storage chamber () when the pressure of the storage chamber () is higher than the pressure of the oil chamber Rin the damper (), and the communication is shut down when the movement is made to the opposite side thereof.