Shock absorber

• US 9,777,791 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2014
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: KYB Corp.
• Original Assignee: KYB Corp.
• Inventors: Fukui, Takahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams, Thomas J
• Application Number:
  US14/917,036
• Publication Number:
  US 20160215848A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,098 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 15/06 and fluid damper
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2202/32 The spring being in series with the damper and/or actuator
• CPC Class Codes: B60G 2206/41 Dampers
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 13/06 the damper being a fluid damper, e.g. the plastics spring not forming a part of the wall of the fluid chamber of the damper F16F13/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 2230/0023 protective
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 9/3242 of cylinder ends, e.g. caps
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 9/38 Covers for protection or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 9/58 Stroke limiting stops, e.g. arranged on the piston rod outside the cylinder F16F9/49 takes precedence

Abstract

A shock absorber includes: a metal cylindrical outer tube; a rod inserted into the outer tube, the rod being capable of moving in the axial direction; a bump cushion attached to an outer periphery of the rod that protrudes from the outer tube; a synthetic resin bump stopper formed in a cap shape and fitted to one end in the axial direction of the outer tube, the bump stopper being configured to be abutted by the bump cushion during maximum compression; and a sacrificial corrosion part disposed between the outer tube and the bump stopper, the sacrificial corrosion part being configured to contact a metal surface of the outer tube. The sacrificial corrosion part is made of a metal having a higher ionization tendency than the outer tube, and thereby corrosion of members is suppressed.

Claims

1. A shock absorber, comprising:

a metal cylindrical outer tube;

a rod inserted into the outer tube, the rod being capable of moving in the axial direction;

a bump cushion attached to an outer periphery of the rod that protrudes from the outer tube;

a synthetic resin bump stopper formed in a cap shape and fitted to one end in the axial direction of the outer tube, the bump stopper being configured to be abutted by the bump cushion during maximum compression;

a sacrificial corrosion part disposed between the outer tube and the bump stopper, the sacrificial corrosion part being configured to contact a metal surface of the outer tube; and

an intermediate member interposed between the outer tube and the bump stopper,

wherein the sacrificial corrosion part is formed on a surface of the intermediate member and is made of a metal having a higher ionization tendency than the outer tube.

2. The shock absorber according to claim 1, wherein the outer tube comprises a coated part to which a coating is applied and a non-coated part to which a coating is not applied and the metal surface is exposed, and the sacrificial corrosion part is disposed so as to contact the non-coated part.

3. The shock absorber according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate member on which the sacrificial corrosion part is formed is integrated with the bump stopper by insert molding.

4. The shock absorber according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate member on which the sacrificial corrosion part is formed is retained by sandwiching the intermediate member between the bump stopper and the outer tube.

5. The shock absorber according to claim 1, wherein the outer tube and the intermediate member are made of iron-based metal, and the sacrificial corrosion part is made of zinc-based metal.