Valve mechanism and shock absorber

    公开(公告)号:US11767898B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-26

    申请号:US17030215

    申请日:2020-09-23

    申请人: Showa Corporation

    IPC分类号: F16F9/46 F16F9/348

    摘要: A valve mechanism includes: a cylindrical body; a plurality of valve bodies; and a drive valve. The drive valve includes a shaft portion having a flow path penetrating in the axial direction, and a first step portion extending from an outer peripheral surface of the shaft portion to a radial outside of the shaft portion. The shaft portion has a protrusion portion protruding further toward the cylindrical body side than the first step portion and a base portion extending to a side opposite to the protrusion portion with respect to the first step portion. A gap between the valve bodies is changed by elastically deforming an inner peripheral portion of the valve body, which comes into contact with the drive valve moved in a direction approaching the valve body, in a direction approaching the cylindrical body with respect to an outer peripheral portion of the valve body.

    Hydraulic shock absorber
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11629773B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-18

    申请号:US17077626

    申请日:2020-10-22

    申请人: SHOWA CORPORATION

    发明人: Yosuke Murakami

    摘要: A hydraulic shock absorber includes a piston, a damper tube, a suspension spring, a plunger, a jack chamber, a pump case, a pump piston, a screw shaft, and a drive unit. Both end surfaces of the pump piston in a reciprocating direction are a first end surface demarcating the pump chamber, and a second end surface demarcating the gas chamber, the second end surface having a screw hole into which the screw shaft is screwed. The pump piston includes a space portion between a bottom plate defining the first end surface and the screw hole. The screw shaft has a through-hole connecting the gas chamber with the space portion.

    Control device for applying torque to a steering member

    公开(公告)号:US11472470B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-18

    申请号:US16844587

    申请日:2020-04-09

    申请人: Showa Corporation

    IPC分类号: B62D5/04 B62D6/00

    摘要: Assist torque or reaction force torque with little unnatural feeling to a driver is applied. An ECU includes: a control amount calculation section that calculates a control amount for controlling magnitude of the assist torque or the reaction force torque with reference to steering torque applied to a steering member; and a control amount correction section that corrects the control amount calculated by the control amount calculation section with reference to a lateral G of a vehicle body, a steering angle of the steering member, and a steering angle speed of the steering member.

    Failure detection device and electric power steering apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11299196B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-12

    申请号:US16598379

    申请日:2019-10-10

    申请人: Showa Corporation

    发明人: Hiroaki Kurihara

    IPC分类号: B62D5/04

    摘要: The failure detection device includes: a failure detection unit configured to detect failure of a torque detection unit, the torque detection unit detecting torque applied to a rotary shaft with plural torque sensors; and a controller configured to control drive of a motor such that the motor outputs continuous torque in an event that the failure detection unit detects failure of the torque detection unit, the continuous torque continuously generating torque that is, if at least one of the plural torque sensors is working properly, detectable by the at least one of the plural torque sensors.

    Masking jig and electroplating apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11155929B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-26

    申请号:US16673108

    申请日:2019-11-04

    申请人: Showa Corporation

    摘要: The masking jig includes a contact member and a support unit. The contact member includes a through-hole allowing for insertion of a rod-like piston rod, and a deformation part around the through-hole configured to get elastically deformed by insertion of a male thread of the piston rod into the through-hole and contact the outer peripheral end face of the piston rod. The support unit supports the contact member such that the contact member moves in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the piston rod.

    Shock absorber
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11149815B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-19

    申请号:US16799450

    申请日:2020-02-24

    申请人: Showa Corporation

    摘要: A shock absorber includes a hollow rod, a suspension spring arranged outside the hollow rod, a spring receiver arranged to be displaceable with respect to the hollow rod and receiving a load of the suspension spring, an adjusting screw inserted into one end side of the hollow rod and configured to adjust a position of the suspension spring by restricting movement of the spring receiver to the one end side, and a shaft member which transmits a load received by the spring receiver to the adjusting screw inside the hollow rod. An insertion portion which extends in an axial direction of the hollow rod and into which the shaft member is inserted is provided on a side surface of the hollow rod.

    STEER-BY-WIRE STEERING DEVICE AND VEHICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20210245793A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-12

    申请号:US17052963

    申请日:2019-05-30

    申请人: SHOWA CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: B62D5/00

    摘要: A steer-by-wire steering device includes a first member, a second member, and stoppers. The first member is rotatable together with the input shaft, and includes a first protrusion protruding from the input shaft in the radial direction. The second member includes a second protrusion protruding on the trajectory of the first protrusion, and is rotatable together with the first member with the first protrusion being abutting the second protrusion. The stoppers are provided at respective positions capable of abutting on the trajectory of the second protrusion only when the second member is rotated by the first member.

    STEERING ANGLE RESTRICTING DEVICE
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210237793A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-05

    申请号:US17052956

    申请日:2018-06-12

    申请人: SHOWA CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: B62D5/00 B62D5/04

    摘要: A steering angle restricting device includes an input shaft that is rotated when a steering wheel is turned, a first member that includes a first base which surrounds the input shaft and is capable of rotating together with the input shaft, and a first protrusion that protrudes in the radial direction or in the axial direction from the first base, a second member that includes a second base that surrounds the first base, and a second protrusion that protrudes from the second base and on the trajectory of the first protrusion. The second member is capable of rotating together with the first member only in the state in which the first protrusion is abutting the second protrusion, and a stopper that is provided on the trajectory of the second protrusion and is capable of restricting the turning of the steering wheel via the input shaft when the second protrusion abuts.