摘要 |
<p>A hydraulic damper includes coaxial inner and outer tubes, a piston working in the inner tube and partitioning the interior thereof into first and second liquid chambers, a piston rod secured to the piston and extending through the first liquid chamber to the outside of the damper through upper ends thereof, a rod guide supporting the upper ends of the inner and outer tubes and slidably guiding the piston rod, a base cap supporting the lower ends of the inner and outer tubes, a reservoir chamber defined between the inner and outer tubes and containing therein liquid and gas, and a bottom valve mechanism mounted on the lower end of the inner tube for controlling liquid flow between the second liquid chamber and the reservoir chamber. The bottom valve mechanism comprises a valve seat mounted on the lower end of the inner tube, a rigid valve body having an orifice passage, a spring biasing the valve body toward the valve seat, and an inverted U-shaped valve guide guiding the movement of the valve body toward and away from to the valve seat.</p> |