Patent ID: 9394965
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: F16F

Claim Text:
1. An absorber system for a vehicle, comprising: a cylinder comprising: a housing configured to store working fluid; a piston slidably provided in the housing; and a rod whose one end portion is coupled to the piston and another end portion extends from the housing, the cylinder being provided so as to connect a sprung portion and an unsprung portion of the vehicle to each other, the cylinder being extended and compressed by relative movement of the sprung portion and the unsprung portion; a damping force generator configured to generate a damping force with respect to an operation of the cylinder in extension thereof and an operation of the cylinder in compression thereof by providing resistance to a flow of the working fluid which is caused by the extension and compression of the cylinder, the damping force generator comprising a solenoid and being capable of changing a magnitude of the damping force to be generated, based on a current supplied to the solenoid; and a controller configured to control the damping force generator to control the damping force with respect to the operation of the cylinder in extension thereof and the operation of the cylinder in compression thereof, the controller comprising: