Patent ID: 8579092
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: E05F,E05Y,F16F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A damper unit for reducing a speed of movement of a moving body, comprising: a case; a piston damper disposed in the case, and having a cylinder, a piston slidably disposed inside the cylinder, and a piston rod connected to the piston and projecting outwardly from the cylinder; a link member having one end directly rotationally attached to the case, the other end, and a middle portion between the one end and the other end; a transmitting member slidably disposed inside the case and pivotally attached to the other end of the link member, the transmitting member transmitting an external force accompanied by the movement of the moving body to the link member; and a connecting member pivotally attached to the middle portion of the link member and contacting with or connected to the piston rod or the cylinder so that force applied to the transmitting member from the moving body is transmitted to the piston damper through the link member and the connecting member, wherein said connecting member comprises a horizontal portion horizontally slidably disposed parallel to the piston damper in the case and pivotally attached to the link member, and a vertical portion fixed to the horizontal portion and connected to or contacted with the piston damper.