Damper device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025163990-A1
Application number	US-202318842411-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 7, 2023
Priority date	Mar 10, 2022
Publication date	May 22, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A damper device includes: a cylinder; a rod; a piston having an annular groove; and a seal ring. A bottom portion of the annular groove is provided with a deep bottom portion, and a shallow bottom portion. The seal ring is provided with, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, a cylinder contact portion configured to come into contact with an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder, and is provided with, on an inner peripheral surface thereof, a shallow bottom portion contact portion configured to come into contact with the shallow bottom portion, a center of the cylinder contact portion and a center of the shallow bottom portion contact portion are offset in an axial direction, and the inner peripheral surface of the seal ring does not come into contact with the deep bottom portion when the piston moves in a damper braking direction.

First claim

1 . A damper device configured to be attached between a pair of members that are configured to move toward or away from each other, and configured to apply a braking force when the pair of members move toward or away from each other, the damper device comprising:
a cylinder having an opening portion at one end portion; a rod movably inserted into the cylinder through the opening portion; a piston connected to the rod and having an annular groove formed on an outer periphery thereof; and a seal ring mounted in the annular groove and configured to come into pressure contact with an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder, wherein a bottom portion of the annular groove is provided with a deep bottom portion disposed on a side of a damper braking direction, and a shallow bottom portion disposed on a side opposite to the damper braking direction and shallower than the deep bottom portion, wherein the seal ring is provided with, on an outer peripheral surface thereof, a cylinder contact portion configured to come into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder, and is provided with, on an inner peripheral surface thereof, a shallow bottom portion contact portion configured to come into contact with the shallow bottom portion, a center of the cylinder contact portion and a center of the shallow bottom portion contact portion are offset in an axial direction, and wherein the inner peripheral surface of the seal ring does not come into contact with the deep bottom portion when the piston moves in the damper braking direction, and is configured to come into contact with the shallow bottom portion when the piston moves in a return direction opposite to the damper braking direction.

2 . The damper device according to claim 1 ,
wherein a portion inclined at an angle larger than an angle of the deep bottom portion with respect to the axial direction of the piston and an angle of the shallow bottom portion with respect to the axial direction of the piston, is provided between the deep bottom portion and the shallow bottom portion.

3 . The damper device according to claim 1 -or 2 ,
wherein the seal ring has annular protruding portions protruding from the inner peripheral surface at both end portions in the axial direction, wherein the annular protruding portion positioned on the side opposite to the damper braking direction forms the shallow bottom portion contact portion, and the annular protruding portion is constantly positioned in the shallow bottom portion and is in contact with the shallow bottom portion, and wherein the annular protruding portion positioned on the side of the damper braking direction is positioned in the deep bottom portion, and does not come into contact with the deep bottom portion when the piston moves in the damper braking direction.

4 . The damper device according to claim 1 or 2 ,
wherein the shallow bottom portion has a shallow portion and a deep portion in a peripheral direction of the annular groove, and wherein the seal ring is constantly in contact with the shallow portion and the deep portion of the shallow bottom portion.

5 . The damper device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the cylinder has a wall portion extending in a tubular shape, a cross section of the wall portion perpendicular to the axial direction has a cross-sectional shape having a major axis and a minor axis, wherein the piston has a cross-sectional shape having a major axis and a minor axis that is configured to fit with the wall portion of the cylinder, wherein the deep bottom portion has at least a major-axis side deep bottom portion formed in a major axis direction of the piston, and wherein a protruding portion protrudes from a bottom surface of the major-axis side deep bottom portion, and the protruding portion is configured to come into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the seal ring at least when the piston moves in the return direction opposite to the damper braking direction.

6 . The damper device according to claim 5 ,
wherein a plurality of the protruding portions protrude from the bottom surface of the major-axis side deep bottom portion at predetermined intervals in the major axis direction of the piston.

7 . The damper device according to claim 6 ,
wherein an air flow groove having a recessed groove shape deeper than the deep bottom portion and extending in the axial direction, is formed on at least one side portion of both side portions positioned in the major axis direction of an outer periphery of the piston, and wherein the protruding portions are provided at least on both side portions of the air flow groove in the major axis direction of the piston.

Assignees

• Piolax Inc

Inventors

• Saito Jun

Classifications

• F16F2234/02

  cylindrical · CPC title

• F16F2232/08

  Linear · CPC title

• F16F2230/30

  Sealing arrangements · CPC title

• F16F2228/066

  Variable stiffness · CPC title

• F16F2222/126

  using gases · CPC title