A hydraulic cylinder includes: a cylinder tube; a piston; a piston rod; a pair of end covers; and a snubbing mechanism configured to reduce the moving speed of the piston after the piston reaches the vicinity of the end of its stroke. The snubbing mechanism includes: a supply/discharge port formed in an associated one of the end covers; a valve configured to open and close the supply/discharge port; a connector configured to connect the valve and the piston together; and at least one recess extending from the edge of the supply/discharge port. When the piston approaches the end of its stroke, the valve closes the supply/discharge port to form a throttle oil passage, and hydraulic oil is discharged through the throttle oil passage to reduce the moving speed of the piston.

There are provided an actuator that can be reduced in weight as compared with a related art while alleviating an impact at an activation, a safety apparatus that ejects an ejected object, and an aerial vehicle including the safety apparatus. A safety apparatus 100 includes an actuator 1, a push-up member 15 that is pushed up in one direction by the actuator 1, an ejected object 16 that is pushed up while being supported by the push-up member 15, a bottomed cylindrical container 18, and a lid 21 that closes an opening end of the container 18. The actuator 1 includes a piston member 10, a cylinder 14 that accommodates the piston member 10 and is provided with a bore 13 through which the piston member 10 protrudes outward at the time of activation, a base 2 to which one end of the cylinder 14 is caulked and fixed and that is attached to a center of a bottom inside the container 18, and a gas generator 17 as a power source for moving the piston member 10 in the cylinder 14.