IP Library Granted Patent US 8,991,570
Granted Patent B2
US 8,991,570 · App. 13/560,009 · Granted Mar 31, 2015

Cylinder apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,991,570
App. No.
13/560,009
Granted
Mar 31, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cylinder apparatus includes a flow path which is provided in a valve member and through which a fluid circulates when a rod is moved; a disk valve which opens and closes the flow path; and a spring member which presses the disk valve in an axial direction. The spring member includes a first spring which comes into contact with the disk valve in a state in which the disk valve closes the flow path, and a second spring which comes into contact with the disk valve in a state in which the disk valve opens the flow path.

Claims (30)

1. A cylinder apparatus comprising:

a cylinder in which a fluid is enclosed;

a valve member which is fitted in the cylinder and divides the inside of the cylinder into at least two chambers;

a rod, an end of which extends to the outside of the cylinder;

a flow path which is provided in the valve member and through which the fluid circulates when the rod is moved;

a valve which opens and closes the flow path; and

a spring member which presses the valve in an axial direction,

wherein the spring member comprises:

a first spring which comes into contact with the valve in a state in which the valve closes the flow path; and

a second spring which does not come into contact with the valve in the state in which the valve closes the flow path and comes into contact with the valve in a state in which the valve opens the flow path.

2. The cylinder apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the spring member is a plate-like spring which includes a plurality of elastic legs in a circumferential direction that are bent toward the valve, and

some of the plurality of elastic legs constitute the first spring, and others constitute the second spring.

3. The cylinder apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the spring member is constituted by one plate-like spring, and

the first spring has a flexural angle toward the valve that is greater than that of the second spring.

4. The cylinder apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the spring member is constituted by one plate-like spring, and

the first spring and the second spring have the same flexural angle toward the valve, and a length of the first spring is greater than that of the second spring.

5. The cylinder apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a spring constant of the second spring is greater than that of the first spring.

6. The cylinder apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a width of the second spring is greater than that of the first spring.

7. The cylinder apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first spring is constituted by a plate-like spring including a plurality of elastic legs in a circumferential direction that are bent toward the valve,

the second spring is constituted by a plate-like spring including a plurality of elastic legs in the circumferential direction that are bent toward the valve, and

the spring member is constituted by overlapping the first spring and the second spring.

8. The cylinder apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first spring is constituted by a coil spring, and

the second spring is constituted by a plate-like spring including a plurality of elastic legs in a circumferential direction that are bent toward the valve.

9. The cylinder apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the valve member constitutes a piston that is fastened to the other end of the rod.

10. The cylinder apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the valve member constitutes a base valve.

11. The cylinder apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the spring member is clamped to the valve member.

12. The cylinder apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein both of an inner periphery and an outer periphery of the valve are lifted.

13. The cylinder apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the valve is a check valve that is opened when a piston speed is equal to or less than 0.05 m/s.

14. The cylinder apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the valve is a check valve which does not generate a substantial damping force.

15. The cylinder apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the valve is a disk valve.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 056299/0447 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2012
From: ASHIBA, MASAHIRO; YOSHIDA, TADASHI
To: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 028657/0691 →