US 12,152,617 B2
Coupling structure
Shunichi Sugimoto, Kakogawa (JP); Sang-Ho Hyon, Kyoto (JP); Yasushi Saitou, Nagano (JP); and Sadayuki Kamikura, Nagano (JP)
Assigned to THE RITSUMEIKAN TRUST, Kyoto (JP); and KYB CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/245,294
Filed by The Ritsumeikan Trust, Kyoto (JP); and KYB Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/036514
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 14, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/071599, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-167737 (JP), filed on Oct. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0366423 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. F16M 11/00 (2006.01); F16B 13/10 (2006.01); F16B 2/06 (2006.01)
CPC F16B 13/10 (2021.08) [F16B 2/06 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coupling structure for coupling a first member and a second member, the coupling structure comprising
a rod-shaped part configured to be received across a first hole formed in the first member and a second hole formed in the second member, wherein
the rod-shaped part has:
a first insertion portion configured to be inserted into the first hole of the first member; and
a second insertion portion configured to be inserted into the second hole of the second member, and wherein
the coupling structure further comprises a fixing configuration, the fixing configuration being configured to fix the first insertion portion and the first member by applying an external force to the first insertion portion, and the fixing configuration being configured to fix the second insertion portion and the second member by applying an external force to the second insertion portion, and
the fixing configuration is configured to tighten the rod-shaped part using fluid pressure.