US 12,145,677 B2
Linear-motion damper and steering device
Kazumasa Nakaya, Shizuoka (JP)
Assigned to SOMIC MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/998,817
Filed by SOMIC MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/016341
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/246082, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-096430 (JP), filed on Jun. 2, 2020; and application No. 2020-124185 (JP), filed on Jul. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0242178 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. B62D 7/22 (2006.01); B62D 3/12 (2006.01); F16F 9/22 (2006.01); F16F 15/023 (2006.01)
CPC B62D 7/22 (2013.01) [B62D 3/12 (2013.01); F16F 9/22 (2013.01); F16F 15/023 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A linear-motion damper including an inner chamber forming body having an inner chamber in which fluid is housed in a liquid-tight manner and damping external force received by the fluid by limiting a flow of the fluid, comprising:
a relative displacement body that displaces relative to the inner chamber forming body; and
a flow control valve provided at least at one of the inner chamber forming body or the relative displacement body to cause the fluid to flow with a limitation on the flow of the fluid,
wherein the inner chamber forming body is formed in a tubular shape, and the inner chamber is formed inside a tubular portion of the inner chamber forming body, and
the relative displacement body penetrates the inner chamber forming body, and is slidably fitted in the inner chamber forming body, and
the linear-motion damper is provided not on an axis direction of a portion of an attachment target of the linear-motion damper, but outside the portion.