Patent ID: 6170621
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: B60G,F01P,F16F

Abstract:
A vehicular damper with a vehicle height adjusting function, having a damper main body and a damper rod which is vertically movably inserted into said damper main body, said damper comprising:a cylindrical case which is vertically movably provided on an outside of said damper main body and which is connected to said damper rod;a pressure chamber which is formed between said damper main body and said case and which is filled with a pressure medium which changes its state between a gaseous state and a liquid state; anda heating chamber contained entirely within said damper main body, said heating chamber heating and evaporating the pressure medium inside said pressure chamber by causing a warm heating medium to flow through said heating chamber,wherein said vehicle height increases as a result of an increase of an internal pressure of said pressure chamber due to evaporation of the pressure medium.