IP Library Granted Patent US 11,098,736
Granted Patent B2
US 11,098,736 · App. 16/070,761 · Granted Aug 24, 2021

Cylinder housing, actuator, and cylinder housing manufacturing method

Inventor: Huy Hung Ha (Koga, JP)
Assignee: SANOH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
F15B15/1428B60R21/38F15B15/1438F15B15/19F15B2215/30
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Patent No.
US 11,098,736
App. No.
16/070,761
Granted
Aug 24, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cylinder housing 12 includes a cylindrical cylinder portion 21 which extends in the direction of a center axis line Z and a bent portion 22 which is bent with respect to the cylinder portion 21 and extends inward in a radial direction from an end portion of the cylinder portion 21 , the cylinder portion 21 includes a first cylinder portion 25 and a second cylinder portion 26 which is located on the side of the bent portion 22 in the first cylinder portion 25 and is connected to the bent portion 22 , a thickness B of the second cylinder portion 26 is equal to or larger than a thickness A of the first cylinder portion 25 , and a thickness C of the bent portion 22 is larger than the thickness A of the first cylinder portion 25.

Claims (31)

1. A cylinder housing of an actuator for lifting a bonnet hood in the event of a collision,

wherein the actuator includes

the cylinder housing fixed to a vehicle body of a vehicle and extending in a center axis line direction,

a piston portion accommodated in the cylinder housing to be slidable,

a rod portion extending forward in a sliding direction of the piston portion from the piston portion and protruding from the cylinder housing, and

a drive source of the actuator,

wherein the cylinder housing includes

a cylindrical cylinder portion extending in the center axis line direction, and

a bent portion bent with respect to the cylinder portion and extending inward in a radial direction from an end portion of the cylinder portion,

wherein the cylinder portion includes

a first cylinder portion, and

a second cylinder portion which is located on the side of the bent portion in the first cylinder portion and is connected to the bent portion,

wherein a thickness of the second cylinder portion is equal to or larger than a thickness of the first cylinder portion, and

wherein a thickness of the bent portion is larger than the thickness of the first cylinder portion,

wherein the thickness of the second cylinder portion is larger than the thickness of the first cylinder portion, and

wherein a length of the second cylinder portion in the center axis line direction is equal to or larger than an outer diameter of the second cylinder portion.

2. An actuator for lifting a bonnet hood in the event of a collision, comprising:

a cylinder housing fixed to a vehicle body of a vehicle and extending in a center axis line direction;

a piston portion accommodated in the cylinder housing to be slidable;

a rod portion extending forward in a sliding direction of the piston portion from the piston portion and protruding from the cylinder housing; and

a drive source of the actuator,

wherein the cylinder housing includes

a cylindrical cylinder portion extending in the center axis line direction, and

a bent portion bent with respect to the cylinder portion and extending inward in a radial direction from an end portion of the cylinder portion,

wherein the cylinder portion includes

a first cylinder portion, and

a second cylinder portion which is located on the side of the bent portion in the first cylinder portion and is connected to the bent portion,

wherein a thickness of the second cylinder portion is equal to or larger than a thickness of the first cylinder portion, and

wherein a thickness of the bent portion is larger than the thickness of the first cylinder portion,

wherein the thickness of the second cylinder portion is larger than the thickness of the first cylinder portion, and

wherein a length of the second cylinder portion in the center axis line direction is equal to or larger than an outer diameter of the second cylinder portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 17, 2018
From: HA, HUY HUNG
To: SANOH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046375/0725 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2016-007756 · Jan 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210088057A1 · Mar 25, 2021