A damping valve includes a damping valve body with an annular groove which has a base and which is limited by an inner valve seat surface and an outer valve seat surface for at least one valve disk. The base of the annular groove has a maximum distance from the valve seat surface along a circumferential area and has a minimum axial distance from the valve seat surface in another circumferential area.

A damping valve for a vibration damper includes a damping valve body with separate passage channels. The outlet orifices of the passage channels for a flow direction are connected to one another via a groove, which is covered by at least one valve disk and is bounded radially by at least one annular web on the radially inner side with respect to the center axis (A) of the damping valve and at least one annular web on the radially outer side with respect to the center axis (A) of the damping valve. The radially outer web has at least one first portion in which the support is configured as area support for the valve disk, and the radially outer web has at least one second portion in which the support is configured as line support for the valve disk.

A muffler device for use in a bicycle suspension system that has an axis is presented. The device includes a flow path permitting a pressurized fluid to flow therethrough, and a muffler member having a porous surface that at least partially defines the flow path. The device is provided to dampen the acoustic energy of the system.

This shock absorber includes a first damping force generation mechanism provided in a passage of a piston, and a second damping force generation mechanism provided in a piston rod. The second damping force generation mechanism includes a valve seat member, a sub-valve provided in the valve seat member, and a cap member covering one end side of the second damping force generation mechanism and at least a part of an outer circumference of the valve seat member. A communication passage is formed on one end side of the cap member. A biasing member provided so that one end surface side is in contact with an outer circumferential side of the cap member with respect to the communication passage, and a bendable flexible disc provided so that the other end surface side of the biasing member is in contact therewith.

A valve for an air spring includes a housing member having a center axis and a channel. The housing member includes first and second elements connected by a materially engaging connection in a first region and in abutment with each other in a second region or which are provided directly beside each other. A sealing member may be disposed in the channel and can close the channel or reduce an effective opening cross section. The valve may comprise a channel element that at least partially guides or forms the channel. The channel element may be fixed in the housing member in a form-fit and/or force-fit manner, and the channel element may retain the sealing member in a third region or the channel element may be fixed in/on the first element in a form-fit and/or force-fit manner, and the channel element may retain the sealing member in a third region.

A hydraulic damper assembly comprises a housing extending between a first end and a second end. A main piston is slidably disposed in the fluid chamber dividing the fluid chamber into a first chamber and a second chamber. A piston rod extends along a center axis and attaches to the main piston. An additional piston is coupled to the piston rod and axially spaced from the main piston. The additional piston includes a main body defining a compression channel and a rebound channel that allow fluid to flow through the additional piston. A securing member secures the additional piston to the piston rod and defines an outer groove. A piston ring is located in the outer groove between the additional piston and the securing member. The piston ring is radially spaced from the securing member to allow the piston ring to be in engagement with the housing.

A hydraulic damper assembly comprises a housing extending between a first end and a second end. A main piston is slidably disposed in the fluid chamber dividing the fluid chamber into a first chamber and a second chamber. A piston rod extends along a center axis and attaches to the main piston. An additional piston is coupled to the piston rod and axially spaced from the main piston. The additional piston includes a main body defining a compression channel and a rebound channel that allow fluid to flow through the additional piston. A securing member secures the additional piston to the piston rod and defines an outer groove. A piston ring is located in the outer groove between the additional piston and the securing member. The piston ring is radially spaced from the securing member to allow the piston ring to be in engagement with the housing.

A shock absorber includes a first passage (92) through which a working fluid flows out from a chamber that is an upstream side to a chamber (23) that is a downstream side due to movement of a piston (21), a first damping force generating mechanism (41) provided in the first passage (92) to generate a damping force, a second passage (182) provided separately from the first passage (92), a second damping force generating mechanism (183) provided in the second passage (182) and opened to generate a damping force when a piston speed is lower than that of the first damping force generating mechanism (41), a third passage (512) provided separately from the second passage (182), a volume variable mechanism (186) provided in the third passage (512), a fourth passage (521) provided separately from the third passage (512), and a relief mechanism (522) provided in the fourth passage (521) and opened after the second damping force generating mechanism (183) is opened.

A solenoid includes a first fixed iron core and a second fixed iron core located on a first end side and a second end side of an axial direction of a coil, a first movable iron core and a second movable iron core located therebetween and attracted by the first fixed iron core and the second fixed iron core by passage of current through the coil, respectively, a spring housed in a spring chamber formed on the first fixed iron core side of the first movable iron core and biasing the first movable iron core to the second fixed iron core side, a leaf spring that regulates movement of the first movable iron core to the second fixed iron core side with respect to the second movable iron core, and a throttle passage that causes the spring chamber to communicate with outside.

A hydraulic damper assembly comprises a main tube extending between a first and a second end and defining a fluid chamber extending therebetween. A main piston slidably disposed in the fluid chamber divides the fluid chamber into a compression chamber and a rebound chamber. A piston rod attaches to the main piston. An additional piston couples to the piston rod axially spaced from the main piston. The additional piston has a top surface and a bottom surface and defines at least one pathway extending through the additional piston. The additional piston defines a recess bounded by an upper surface and a lower surface. A ring slidably is disposed in the recess. The additional piston includes an anti-noise member located in the recess whereby the anti-noise member releases fluid pressure between the ring and the upper surface reducing noise generation during a compression stroke and a rebound stroke.