Shock absorber

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9683625-B2
Application number	US-201414916063-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2014
Priority date	Sep 11, 2013
Publication date	Jun 20, 2017
Grant date	Jun 20, 2017

Abstract

A shock absorber includes a piston joined to a piston rod that proceeds into and recedes from a cylinder, an extension-side chamber and a compression-side chamber that are separated from each other by the piston and have a working fluid reserved therein, first and second extension-side discharge passages in which the working fluid discharged from the extension-side chamber flows, an extension-side supply passage in which the working fluid to be supplied to the compression-side chamber flows, first and second compression-side discharge passages in which the working fluid discharged from the compression-side chamber flows, and a compression-side supply passage in which the working fluid to be supplied to the extension-side chamber flows. An extension-side damping valve and a compression-side damping valve are respectively provided in the first extension-side discharge passage and the first compression-side discharge passage. An extension-side electromagnetic pressure control valve and a compression-side electromagnetic pressure control valve, which are respectively provided in the second extension-side discharge passage and the second compression-side discharge passage, are set such that the openings thereof are maximized before the piston speed reaches a high-speed range.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shock absorber comprising:
a tubular cylinder; a piston rod configure to proceed into and recede from the cylinder; a piston joined to the piston rod;
an extension-side chamber and a compression-side chamber configured to be formed inside the cylinder, separated from each other by the piston, and filled with a working fluid;
a tank arranged outside the cylinder and configured to have the working fluid reserved therein;
passages connecting between the extension-side chamber and the compression-side chamber and between the cylinder and the tank,
the passages comprising:
first and second extension-side discharge passages in which the working fluid discharged from the extension-side chamber flows;
an extension-side supply passage in which the working fluid to be supplied to the compression-side chamber flows;
first and second compression-side discharge passages in which the working fluid discharged from the compression-side chamber flows; and
a compression-side supply passage in which the working fluid to be supplied to the extension-side chamber flows,

an extension-side damping valve provided in the first extension-side discharge passage and configured to apply predetermined resistance to the working fluid passing through the first extension-side discharge passage;
an extension-side electromagnetic pressure control valve provided in the second extension-side discharge passage and configured to control a pressure in the extension-side chamber;
a compression-side damping valve provided in the first compression-side discharge passage and configured to apply predetermined resistance to the working fluid passing through the first compression-side discharge passage; and
a compression-side electromagnetic pressure control valve provided in the second compression-side discharge passage and configured to control a pressure in the compression-side chamber,
wherein
the extension-side electromagnetic pressure control valve and the compression-side electromagnetic pressure control valve change an opening degree of the second extension-side discharge passage or an opening degree of the second compression-side discharge passage so that a pressure in the extension-side chamber or the compression-side chamber matches a predetermined constant target pressure when a piston speed is in a first speed range,
the extension-side electromagnetic pressure control valve and the compression-side electromagnetic pressure control valve are controlled so that the opening degree of the second extension-side discharge passage or the opening degree of the second compression-side discharge passage becomes maximum when the piston speed is in a second speed range set to a range faster than the first speed range,
the first extension-side discharge passage bypasses the extension-side electromagnetic control valve, and
the first compression-side discharge passage bypasses the compression-side electromagnetic control valve.

2. The shock absorber according to claim 1 , wherein
the piston is joined to one end portion of the piston rod inside the cylinder,
the compression-side chamber and the tank communicate with each other via the first and second compression-side discharge passages, and
the passages include a third compression-side discharge passage in which the working fluid discharged from the compression-side chamber to the extension-side chamber flows.

3. The shock absorber according to claim 2 , wherein
the extension-side chamber and the compression-side chamber communicate with each other via the first and second extension-side discharge passages.

4. The shock absorber according to claim 1 , wherein
the extension-side chamber and the tank communicate with each other via the compression-side supply passage.

Assignees

• Kyb Corp

Inventors

• Kurita Norihiko

Classifications

• F16F9/5165

  by use of spherical valve elements or like free-moving bodies · 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

• 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

• B62K25/28

  with pivoted chain-stay · CPC title

• F16F2228/066

  Variable stiffness · CPC title