IP Library Granted Patent US 11,162,554
Granted Patent B2
US 11,162,554 · App. 16/484,031 · Granted Nov 2, 2021

Hydraulic damping device

Inventors: Gota Nakano (Gyoda, JP); Kazunari Maeda (Gyoda, JP); Hiroshi Endo (Gyoda, JP); Seiryo Konakai (Gyoda, JP)
Assignee: Showa Corporation
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Patent No.
US 11,162,554
App. No.
16/484,031
Granted
Nov 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The hydraulic damping device includes: a cylinder storing fluid; a piston configured to form a channel through which the fluid flows along with relative movement of a rod relative to the cylinder in a specific direction; a valve having elasticity, the valve being configured to open and close the channel in the piston; a movement permitting part configured to permit the valve to move between a contact position and a spaced position, the contact position being a position where the valve contacts the piston, the spaced position being a position where the valve is spaced from the piston; a restricting part configured to restrict bending of the valve at the spaced position; and an imparting part having elasticity, the imparting part being configured to impart, to the valve, a load that is uneven in a circumferential direction of the valve and directed toward the piston.

Claims (18)

1. A hydraulic damping device comprising:

a cylinder storing fluid;

a piston configured to form a channel through which the fluid flows along with relative movement of a rod relative to the cylinder in a specific direction;

a valve having elasticity, the valve being configured to open and close the channel in the piston;

a movement permitting part configured to permit the valve to move between a contact position and a spaced position, the contact position being a position where the valve contacts the piston, the spaced position being a position where the valve is spaced from the piston;

an imparting part having elasticity, the imparting part being configured to impart, to the valve, a load that is uneven in a circumferential direction of the valve and directed toward the piston; and

a restricting part separate from the imparting part, the restricting part being configured to annularly contact the valve at the spaced position to thereby restrict the valve from moving farther from the spaced position relative to the piston radially inside of the valve,

wherein the imparting part comprises multiple held parts having different circumferential widths therebetween, and

each of the multiple held parts protrudes radially inward and is configured to apply the load to the valve.

2. A hydraulic damping device comprising:

a cylinder storing fluid;

a piston configured to form a channel through which the fluid flows along with relative movement of a rod relative to the cylinder in a specific direction;

a valve having elasticity, the valve being configured to open and close the channel in the piston;

a movement permitting part configured to permit the valve to move between a contact position and a spaced position, the contact position being a position where the valve contacts the piston, the spaced position being a position where the valve is spaced from the piston;

a restricting part configured to restrict the valve from moving farther from the spaced position relative to the piston; and

an imparting part having elasticity, the imparting part being configured to impart, to the valve, a load that is uneven in a circumferential direction of the valve and directed toward the piston,

wherein the imparting part includes a contact portion, an inner protrusion and multiple held parts, the contacting portion being configured to contact the valve and including a plurality of outer protrusions extending radially outward, the inner protrusion protruding radially inward and located between adjacent two of the plurality of outer protrusions, the multiple held parts having different circumferential widths therebetween, and

each of the multiple held parts protrudes radially inward and is configured to apply the load to the valve.

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 23, 2021
From: SHOWA CORPORATION; HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
To: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058195/0590 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2019
From: NAKANO, GOTA; MAEDA, KAZUNARI; ENDO, HIROSHI; KONAKAI, SEIRYO
To: SHOWA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049978/0851 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-045483 · Mar 9, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190390731A1 · Dec 26, 2019