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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2014
Kyb Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Takahisa Mochizuki, Gifu, JP;
Naoki Ito, Gifu, JP;
KYB Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A shock absorber includes a vessel externally mounted to the outer tube, a reservoir provided inside the vessel to communicate with the bottom chamber, a discharge passage that allows the rod-side chamber to communicate with the reservoir, and a damping valve provided in the middle of the discharge passage, wherein the discharge passage has a connecting member that connects the vessel and the outer tube, a cylindrical gap provided between the outer tube and the cylinder, an installation hole provided in the outer tube and opened to the cylindrical gap, a first bottom passage that has one end communicating with the bottom chamber and the other end connected to one end of the connecting member, and a second bottom passage that has one end communicating with the installation hole and the other end communicating with the middle of the first bottom passage, and the damping valve is installed in the installation hole.