A damping force generating mechanism includes: a flow passage formation part that forms a flow passage through which a liquid flows; and a valve that is configured to control a flow of the liquid in the flow passage. The flow passage formation part includes a first seat part that is provided radially outward of a flow passage port of the flow passage, protrudes from the flow passage port and contacts the valve, a second seat part that is provided radially outward of the first seat part, protrudes from the flow passage port and contacts the valve, and a circulation part having an orifice that allows the liquid to flow from the flow passage port toward the second seat part in a state in which the valve is in contact with the first seat part.

Provided is a rotary damper having a first valve provided in a first oil passage, the rotary damper including an oil chamber filled with oil; a vane located in the oil chamber; a groove which is formed in the vane and functions as a valve box of the first valve; a valve body of the first valve which moves while being in contact with a bottom surface of the groove; and an elastic body which applies elasticity to the valve body, and causes the valve body to come into contact with a wall surface of the oil chamber when the oil does not flow, in which the bottom surface of the groove is a slope, and thereby the valve body which is in contact with the wall surface when receiving oil pressure from one direction moves away from the wall surface when receiving the oil pressure from an opposite direction.

An isolator comprising a pulley having a pulley stop, a plate attached to the pulley, a shaft, the pulley journalled to the shaft, a torsion spring attached to the shaft, a damping member attached to the torsion spring, the damping member disposed between the plate and the pulley, and the damping member compressing a damping fluid against the pulley stop.

A shock absorber is provided with a cylinder, a piston inserted into the cylinder and demarcating an interior of the cylinder into an extension side chamber and a compression side chamber, a piston rod joined to the piston, a damping passage, provided in the piston rod, that communicates with the extension side chamber and the compression side chamber, and a damping force adjustment valve provided in the damping passage. The damping force adjustment valve includes a damping force adjustment unit and a solenoid that drives the damping force adjustment unit to adjust a flow channel resistance. The piston rod includes a yoke into which the damping force adjustment valve is inserted, and a piston holding member mounted on the yoke. The yoke includes a through-hole opening from a side of the yoke and leading to the interior, and a groove provided on a perimeter of the yoke, extending from an anti-piston end, and leading to the through-hole.

A shock absorber includes a hard-side damping element for applying resistance to a flow of liquid from a compression side chamber to an extension side chamber, a solenoid valve capable of changing an opening area of a compression side bypass passage for communicating the compression side chamber and the extension side chamber by bypassing the hard-side damping element, and a soft-side damping element provided in the compression side bypass passage in series with the solenoid valve. The hard-side damping element has an orifice and a leaf valve provided in parallel with the orifice. The soft-side damping element has an orifice having an opening area larger than that of the orifice.

When a damping force adjustable shock absorber operates in a soft mode, a piston is performing a compression stroke, and a piston speed falls within an ultra low speed range, communication between an upper cylinder chamber and a reservoir is interrupted by an ultra low speed valve provided in a pilot passage. The interruption of communication enables expansion of an oil liquid in the upper cylinder chamber when the piston is performing the compression stroke and the piston speed falls within the ultra low speed range. A differential pressure is generated between an upper cylinder chamber side and a lower cylinder chamber side of a compression-side ultra low speed valve. As a result, when the piston speed falls within the ultra low speed range, the compression-side ultra low speed valve is opened, and a damping force having a valve characteristic achieved by the ultra low speed valve can be generated.

Disclosed is a hydraulic damping device level riding platform with adjustable resistance, which comprises a frame body, a shaft mechanism, a flywheel and a hydraulic damping mechanism, the shaft mechanism is arranged on the frame body, one end of the shaft mechanism is connected with the hydraulic damping mechanism and another end of the shaft mechanism is connected with the flywheel. The hydraulic damping mechanism comprises: a cavity; a rotating disc provided with blades, the rotating disc is arranged in the cavity; and a liquid level height adjusting mechanism movably connected inside the cavity to control a liquid level height in the cavity. The liquid level height of the liquid in the cavity is controlled through the liquid level height adjustment mechanism, so as to realize the control of the resistance of the rotating disc to the liquid.

The present disclosure relates to a shock absorber, in more detail, a damping force controlling shock absorber of which a damping force characteristic can be appropriately adjusted. A damping force controlling shock absorber according to the present disclosure includes: a cylinder formed in a double structure of an inside and an outside, having an internal space divided into a compression chamber and a rebound chamber by a piston valve, and having a reservoir chamber in an external space; a compression solenoid valve mounted on the cylinder; a rebound solenoid valve mounted on the cylinder; and a check valve disposed in the rebound solenoid valve, and opening and closing a channel connecting the reservoir chamber and the rebound chamber.

A restriction for a vibration damper, comprising an annular element with variable diameter which is supported by a support and which occupies a restriction position depending on a flow velocity of a damping medium within the restriction proceeding from an open position through a radial closing movement in direction of a flow guiding surface. The annular element has at least two legs supported so as to be movable around a pivot bearing.

Provided is a liquid-filled vibration isolator through which durability of an elastic movable body can be improved. In a case that a liquid pressure of liquid passing through a second orifice P2 is exerted to an outer circumference portion 12 of an elastic movable body 10, whole of the outer circumference portion 12 deforms so as to bend. Based on deformation of the outer circumference portion 12, a first valve portion 13 and facing surfaces 81c, 91c mutually contact or separate. Thereby, the communication state and the blocking state of the second orifice P2 are switched. Since it can be restrained that stress is concentrated in a part of the outer circumference portion 12 by wholly bending the outer circumference portion 12, cracks are less likely to occur in the outer circumference portion 12.