Damper device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9285010-B2
Application number	US-201214232032-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2012
Priority date	Jul 19, 2011
Publication date	Mar 15, 2016
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016

Abstract

A damper device includes a protruding portion located outside a closing portion of a cylinder body facing a piston body and forming a flow path communicating inside and outside of the cylinder body; a plug body including a shaft portion inserted into the flow path from an outside of the cylinder body; and an urging device of the plug body. An insertion length of the shaft portion of the plug-like body into the flow path against urging of the urging device increases by change in pressure due to a movement or a relative movement of the piston body in a direction separating from the closing portion of the cylinder body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A damper device comprising:
a cylinder body and a piston body, arranged to apply a braking force to act on a movement or a relative movement of an object to be braked by attaching at least one of either the cylinder body or the piston body to the object to be braked,
a closing portion closing the cylinder body;
a protruding portion forming a flow path, communicating inside and outside of the cylinder body, and protruding outside from the closing portion of the cylinder body;
a convex portion formed by the closing portion protruding inside the cylinder body;
a concave portion formed by the closing portion at a side opposite to the convex portion, the concave portion having the protruding portion therein;
a concave part in which the convex portion formed inside the cylinder body is housed, formed in the piston body;
a plug body including a shaft portion inserted into the flow path from an outside of the cylinder body; and
an urging device arranged between the closing portion and the plug body,
wherein an insertion length of the shaft portion of the plug body into the flow path against urging of the urging device increases by a change in pressure due to a movement or a relative movement of the piston body in a direction separating from the closing portion of the cylinder body,
a space formed between the piston body and the closing portion becomes smallest when the piston body is positioned closest to the closing portion, and
a projection is formed in the plug body, the projection being located on a lateral side of a base portion of the shaft portion and abutting against a protruding end of the protruding portion when the insertion length of the shaft portion into the flow path is maximized, to thereby prevent the flow path from being closed by the plug body.

2. A damper device according to claim 1 , wherein a circulating wall portion, located on a center side of the closing portion more than an outer edge of the closing portion and surrounding the protruding portion, is formed outside the closing portion of the cylinder body, and the plug body is movably supported inside the circulating wall portion.

3. A damper device according to claim 1 , wherein the piston body includes a front side facing the closing portion, a back side opposite to the front side and closing the piston body, a first outer flange surrounding the front side, a second outer flange situated away from the first outer flange, and a circular groove formed between the first and second outer flanges for receiving a seal ring therebetween, and
the cylinder body has a portion between an inner periphery thereof and an outer periphery of the convex portion, receiving the first outer flange and the seal ring when the piston body is fully inserted into the cylinder body.

4. A damper device according to claim 3 , wherein an outer diameter of the convex portion and an inner diameter of the piston body, and a protruding size of the convex portion and a size between an open edge of the front side and the back side of the piston body approximately correspond.

Assignees

• Harada Akinori
• Nifco Inc

Inventors

• Harada Akinori

Classifications

• F16F9/02

  using gas only {or vacuum (F16F9/006 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• 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

• F16F9/342

  Throttling passages operating with metering pins {(F16F9/486 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F16F9/0218

  Mono-tubular units (F16F9/0227, F16F9/0236, F16F9/0245 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16F9/34 Primary

  Special valve constructions ({F16F9/44, F16F9/50 take precedence; filtering details F16F9/3285} ; valves in general F16K); Shape or construction of throttling passages · CPC title