DAMPER WITH VEHICLE HEIGHT ADJUSTING FUNCTION

Title:

DAMPER WITH VEHICLE HEIGHT ADJUSTING FUNCTION

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/021798

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

A damper with a vehicle height adjusting function comprises a damper main body and a vehicle height adjusting mechanism. The damper main body includes: a cylinder; a ring-shaped head member for sealing one end of the cylinder; a piston rod pivotally supported on the inner circumference of the head member and movably inserted into the cylinder in an axial direction; and a piston held by the piston rod and partitioning the inside of the cylinder into two pressure chambers. The vehicle height adjusting mechanism adjusts the length of the damper main body in the axial direction and has: a partition wall member defining a jack chamber in one of the pressure chambers and stretchable in the axial direction; and a pump for supplying and discharging a working fluid to/from the jack chamber.

Inventors:

HANAWA NOBUMICHI (JP)
YOSHIMOTO TSUTOMU (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2012/068319

Publication Date:

February 14, 2013

Filing Date:

July 19, 2012

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

KAYABA INDUSTRY CO LTD (JP)
HANAWA NOBUMICHI (JP)
YOSHIMOTO TSUTOMU (JP)

International Classes:

F16F9/46; F16F9/32; F16F9/50

Foreign References:

JP2004359180A	2004-12-24
JPH0399923A	1991-04-25
JPS6379208U	1988-05-25
JP2004262392A	2004-09-24
JPH09263283A	1997-10-07
JP2006170258A	2006-06-29
JP2010149551A	2010-07-08

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