MUMBAI, India, Sept. 12 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517074899 A) filed by Kyb Motorcycle Suspension Co. Ltd., Gifu, Japan, on Aug. 6, for 'shock absorber.'

Inventor(s) include Akimoto Masanobu; and Jinnouchi Takahiko.

The application for the patent was published on Sept. 12, under issue no. 37/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A shock absorber (D) comprises: a cylinder (1); a piston rod (2) movably inserted inside the cylinder (1) in the axial direction; a piston (3) that is connected to the piston rod (2), is movably inserted into the cylinder (1) in the axial direction, and partitions the inside of the cylinder (1) into an extension-side chamber (R1) and a pressure-side chamber (R2); a sub-cylinder (4) accommodated in the pressure-side chamber (R2) in the cylinder (1); and a partition wall (5) that partitions the inside of the sub-cylinder (4) into a hydraulic lock chamber (L) and a compensation chamber (R) on the anti-piston side (R) of the hydraulic lock chamber (L), wherein the compensation chamber (R) has an air chamber (G) and a liquid chamber (A) communicating with the pressure-side chamber (R2), and when the piston rod (2) moves in a contraction direction for contracting the pressure-side chamber (R2) relative to the cylinder (1) and the leading end of the piston rod (2) or a connecting member is inserted into the hydraulic lock chamber (L), the hydraulic lock chamber (L) suppresses movement of the piston rod (2) in the contraction direction by means of internal pressure."

The patent application was internationally filed on Feb. 09, 2024, under International application No.PCT/JP2024/004473.

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