Damper

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11199241-B2
Application number	US-201816491657-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2018
Priority date	Mar 10, 2017
Publication date	Dec 14, 2021
Grant date	Dec 14, 2021

Abstract

A damper includes a first passage and a second passage in parallel, a first damping force generation mechanism of the first passage, a case member in which a portion of the second passage is formed, an annular disc disposed to face a bottom part in the case member to be able to be bent by a working fluid in the case member, a first chamber communicating with a first cylinder chamber and a second chamber communicating with a second cylinder chamber which are provided by the disc partitioning the inside of the case member, a first through hole provided in the bottom part of the case member to communicate with the second chamber, a bypass passage provided in parallel to the first through hole and configured to allow communication between the first chamber and the second cylinder chamber, and a second damping force generation mechanism provided in the bypass passage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A damper, comprising:
a cylinder in which a working fluid is sealed;
a piston slidably fitted into the cylinder and configured to partition an inside of the cylinder into a first cylinder chamber and a second cylinder chamber;
a piston rod in which one end side is connected to the piston and an other end side extends to an outside of the cylinder;
a first passage in which the working fluid flows out from one of the cylinder chambers due to movement of the piston;
a second passage provided in parallel to the first passage;
a first damping force generation mechanism provided in the first passage to generate a damping force;
an annular case member having a bottomed cylindrical shape which penetrates a shaft-shaped member and has at least a portion of the second passage formed inside, wherein a recess is formed on a bottom part of the annular case member;
an annular disc which is disposed above the recess and penetrates the shaft-shaped member and is disposed to face the bottom part of the annular case member to be able to be bent so as to enter the recess by the working fluid in the annular case member;
a first chamber communicating with the first cylinder chamber and a second chamber communicating with the second cylinder chamber which are provided by the annular disc partitioning the inside of the annular case member;
a first through hole provided in the recess formed on the bottom part of the annular case member and configured to communicate with the second chamber;
a bypass passage provided in parallel to the first through hole and configured to allow communication between the first chamber and the second cylinder chamber; and
a second damping force generation mechanism provided in the bypass passage and configured to open a valve thereof when a pressure inside the first chamber reaches a predetermined pressure to generate a damping force.

2. The damper according to claim 1 , wherein the annular disc is of a floating type which is biased by a spring means.

3. The damper according to claim 1 , wherein the annular disc is of a clamp type which is partially clamped.

4. The damper according to claim 1 , wherein
the second damping force generation mechanism is disposed outside the annular case member to face the bottom part, and
a second through hole is provided in the bottom part to face the second damping force generation mechanism.

5. The damper according to claim 4 , wherein the first through hole is provided on an outer side of the second through hole in the bottom part.

6. The damper according to claim 4 , wherein the first through hole is provided on an inner side of the second through hole in the bottom part.

7. The damper according to claim 1 , wherein
valve opening of the first damping force generation mechanism is adjusted by a pressure of a case chamber, and
an introduction orifice is provided between the first passage and the case chamber.

8. The damper according to claim 7 , wherein a plurality of the introduction orifices are provided in series.

9. The damper according to claim 1 , wherein the recess has a shape in which a width in a radial direction of the recess becomes smaller as a depth increases.

10. The damper according to claim 1 , wherein the recess has a stopper surface recessed in an axial direction of the annular case member.

11. The damper according to claim 10 , wherein a cross section of the stopper surface in a plane including a central axis of the bottom part of the annular case member has a constant arc shape regardless of a circumferential position.

12. The damper according to claim 1 , wherein the first through hole is formed at a deepest bottom position of the recess.

Assignees

• Hitachi Automotive Systems Ltd
• Hitachi Astemo Ltd

Inventors

• Yamashita Mikio

Classifications

• F16F9/50 Primary

  Special means providing automatic damping adjustment, {i.e. self-adjustment of damping by particular sliding movements of a valve element, other than flexions or displacement of valve discs}(F16F9/53 takes precedence); {Special means providing self-adjustment of spring characteristics} · CPC title

• F16F9/3235

  of cylinders (F16F9/483 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16F9/348 Primary

  Throttling passages in the form of annular discs {or other plate-like elements which may or may not have a spring action}, operating in opposite directions {or singly, e.g. annular discs positioned on top of the valve or piston body (F16F9/341, F16F9/3415 take precedence)} · CPC title

• F16F9/3482

  the annular discs being incorporated within the valve or piston body (F16F9/3484, F16F9/3485 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16F9/512 Primary

  Means responsive to load action, {i.e. static load} on the damper or {dynamic} fluid pressure {changes} in the damper, {e.g. due to changes in velocity (F16F9/504, F16F9/516 take precedence; non-automatic damper adjustment from a distance using servo control, the servo pressure being created by the flow of damping fluid F16F9/465; self-pumping fluid springs in vehicle suspensions B60G17/044)} · CPC title