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US7413064B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 12, 2005 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 28, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16F9/187
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
One of a pair of the hydraulic shock absorbers each mounted in the right and left sides of a front wheel for a two-wheel vehicle includes a contraction-side damping valve (5a) disposed in a flow passage (11) communicating a rod-side oil chamber (R1) with a piston-side oil chamber (R2), the contraction-side damping valve (5a) permitting an operating oil to flow from the piston-side oil chamber (R2) to the rod-side oil chamber (R1) only when a volume in the piston-side oil chamber (R2) is reduced, and a contraction-side check valve (6) disposed in a flow passage (10) communicating the piston-side oil chamber (R2) with the reservoir (R), the contraction-side check valve (6) permitting the operating oil to flow from the reservoir (R) to the piston-side oil chamber (R2) only when a volume in the piston-side oil chamber (R2) is increased.
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