ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,483, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Hitachi Astemo Ltd. (Hitachinaka, Japan).
"Shock absorber and saddle-type vehicle" was invented by Daisuke Ikeda (Hitachinaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock absorber includes a cylinder, a rod, a first damping force generating portion, and a second damping force generation portion. The second damping force generating portion includes a flow path which passes through the piston in the axial direction, a valve which opens and closes an opening portion at the second end portion side of the flow path, and an adjustment unit which adjusts a force required to open the valve from an out...