Piston damper

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9951867-B2
Application number	US-201113881598-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 26, 2011
Priority date	Oct 26, 2010
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

A piston damper has a cylinder including an attachment portion; a piston reciprocatingly disposed inside the cylinder; and a rod including an attachment portion that is moved synchronously with the piston. Each of the attachment portions of the cylinder and the rod is adapted to connect to different one of a first member and a second member to damp a movement of the other member relative to one member among both the members. At least one of the attachment portion of the cylinder and the attachment portion of the rod is formed with a fitting hole, and the attachment portion is axially supported in a fitted state between the fitting hole and an axis relative to at least one of the first member and the second member, and includes an urging device absorbing looseness of the fitting hole relative to the axis.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A combination comprising:
a piston damper, comprising:
a cylinder including an attachment portion;
a piston reciprocatingly disposed inside the cylinder; and
a rod including an attachment portion that is moved synchronously with the piston,
wherein the attachment portion of the cylinder is adapted to connect to a first member, and
the attachment portion of the rod is adapted to connect to a second member to damp a movement of the first member relative to the second member, and

a shaft portion adapted to be attached to the first member and connected to the attachment portion of the cylinder,
wherein the attachment portion of the cylinder is formed with a fitting hole to receive the shaft portion, a slit extending from the fitting hole and partially surrounding a circumference of the fitting hole, and a single elastic piece portion disposed between the slit and the fitting hole to press fit the shaft portion,
the elastic piece portion deforms in a radial direction of the fitting hole toward the slit when the shaft portion is inserted into the fitting hole, and after the shaft portion is attached to the fitting hole, the attachment portion is axially supported to the first member in a fitted state in which the elastic piece portion urges the shaft portion to be press fitted in the fitting hole in the radial direction of the fitting hole for absorbing looseness of the fitting hole relative to the shaft portion,
the elastic piece portion partially surrounding the circumference of the fitting hole forms one portion of a circumferential surface of the fitting hole, and
the slit has an arc shape substantially similar to one portion of the inner circumferential surface of the fitting hole.

2. A combination according to claim 1 , further comprising:
another shaft portion adapted to be attached to the second member, and connected to the attachment portion of the rod,
wherein the attachment portion of the rod includes a free end portion having a rigid body,
another fitting hole to receive the another shaft portion,
another slit extending in a circumferential direction of said another fitting hole and arranged only on a cylinder side opposite to a side of the free end portion in respect to said another fitting hole, the another slit communicating with the another fitting hole in a center of the another slit, and
two elastic piece portions disposed between said another slit and said another fitting hole to press fit said another shaft portion so that a force applied to the rod in a direction away from the cylinder is applied to the rigid body.

3. A combination according to claim 1 , wherein the attachment portion of the cylinder includes a first side portion connected to an outer circumferential wall of the cylinder, and a second side portion opposite to the first side portion in respect to the fitting hole and having a rigid body, and
the slit is arranged between the first side portion and the fitting hole so that a force applied to the shaft portion in a direction away from the cylinder is applied to the rigid body.

Assignees

• Harada Akinori
• Nifco Inc

Inventors

• Harada Akinori

Classifications

• F16C2361/53

  Spring-damper, e.g. gas springs · CPC title

• F16F9/54 Primary

  Arrangements for attachment {(grommet-type rubber mounting springs per se F16F1/3732; construction of cylinder ends F16F9/3242; attachments to vehicles B60G13/001, B60G15/00)} · CPC title

• F16F9/3235

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

• F16C25/04

  self-adjusting · CPC title

• F16F9/0218

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