US 11,919,350 B2
Spring guide and suspension device
Kenta Kurihara, Aichi (JP)
Assigned to KYB CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/311,549
Filed by KYB Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Dec. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/047515
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/129653, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-235807 (JP), filed on Dec. 17, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024272 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60G 15/06 (2006.01); B60G 11/16 (2006.01); F16F 1/12 (2006.01); F16F 9/54 (2006.01); F16F 9/58 (2006.01)
CPC B60G 15/063 (2013.01) [B60G 11/16 (2013.01); F16F 1/126 (2013.01); F16F 9/54 (2013.01); F16F 9/58 (2013.01); B60G 2204/12422 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spring guide attached to an outer circumferential surface of a shock absorber provided between a vehicle body and a wheel and configured to support a coil spring for elastically supporting the vehicle body, the spring guide comprising:
a base portion configured to support the coil spring; and
an opening portion provided so as to penetrate through the base portion, the opening portion being configured such that the shock absorber is inserted into the opening portion, wherein
the opening portion is provided with: protruded portions protruding out from an inner circumferential surface of the opening portion, the protruded portions being configured to support the shock absorber; and a recessed portion recessed in the inner circumferential surface of the opening portion,
a plurality of the protruded portions are arranged along a circumferential direction of the opening portion, and
a gate trace of an injection mold is formed in the recessed portion.