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Shock absorber for bumpers

US4029306A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 30, 1975
Grant dateJun 14, 1977
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Expiry dateMay 30, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R19/32
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A shock absorber for bumpers comprising an inner cylinder having means at the front end for fitting the shock absorber to a bumper and the base part being slidably engaged in an outer cylinder having means for fitting it to a car frame; a high pressure gas enclosed between a free piston fitted in the inner cylinder and the front end of the inner cylinder; oil contained between the free piston and the botton surface of the outer cylinder so that no air gap produced, a tubular column fitted at its base end to the botton surface of the outer cylinder and provided with a plurality of side-by-side damping force generating holes, the front end being flexible engaged to the base end of the inner cylinder, and a plate-shaped valve slidably fitted on the tubular column is, opposed to the base end surface of the inner cylinder. Such shock absorber is assembled by fitting an O-ring to the base end of the tubular column and enclosing the high pressure gas so that the free piston may be pressed into contact with a stopper on the inside surface of the inner cylinder, fitting the tubular column to the base end of the inner cylinder, inserting said tubular column at the base end into a hole on the…

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