Patent ID: 7182187

Claim:
A damper comprising: a hollow outer elongated body, an inner elongated body, and at least one hollow intermediate elongated body, said intermediate elongated body including an inserted portion which has an outer surface extending in an axial direction and disposed with a gap with respect to an axially extending inner surface of said outer elongated body, and which is inserted in said outer elongated body so as to be relatively movable in the axial direction, said inner elongated body including an inserted portion which has an outer surface extending in the axial direction and disposed with a gap with respect to an axially extending inner surface of said intermediate elongated body, a viscous body or a viscoelastic body being disposed in the respective gaps between the inner surface of said outer elongated body and the outer surface of said intermediate elongated body and between the inner surface of said intermediate elongated body and the outer surface of said inner elongated body in such a manner as to be in contact with the inner surfaces and the outer surfaces, said intermediate elongated body having the one end portion which integrally extends from said inserted portion thereof in the axial direction and projects to the outside from the one axial end portion of said outer elongated body, said inner elongated body having the one end portion which integrally extends from said inserted portion thereof in the axial direction and projects to the outside from another axial end portion of said intermediate elongated body, a first attaching structure being provided on another axial end portion of said outer elongated body and the one end portion of said inner elongated body, and a second attaching structure being provided on the one end portion of said intermediate elongated body.