Abstract: A vehicle body reinforcement apparatus extending along at least one of a front-rear direction and a width direction of a vehicle body, the vehicle body reinforcement apparatus includes at least two brackets via which the vehicle body reinforcement apparatus is fixed to the vehicle body, a housing connected to one of the two brackets, a rod including a first end portion that is movably housed within the housing and a second end portion connected the other of the two brackets, a spring member disposed between the first end portion of the rod and the housing and applying a biasing force to the rod against a force for increasing and decreasing a distance between the two brackets in an axial direction of the rod, and a friction mechanism mounted to the housing and pressing the rod in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the rod.

Abstract: A vehicle body reinforcement apparatus extending along at least one of a front-rear direction and a width direction of a vehicle body, the vehicle body reinforcement apparatus includes at least two brackets via which the vehicle body reinforcement apparatus is fixed to the vehicle body, a housing connected to one of the two brackets, a rod including a first end portion that is movably housed within the housing and a second end portion connected the other of the two brackets, a spring member disposed between the first end portion of the rod and the housing and applying a biasing force to the rod against a force for increasing and decreasing a distance between the two brackets in an axial direction of the rod, and a friction mechanism mounted to the housing and pressing the rod in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the rod.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension device includes a first fluid path through which a first upper port opening into a first hydraulic cylinder and a second lower port opening into a second hydraulic cylinder communicate with each other, a second fluid path through which a second upper port opening into the second hydraulic cylinder and a first lower port opening into the first hydraulic cylinder communicate with each other, a first hydraulic damping mechanism in the first fluid path, a second hydraulic damping mechanism in the second fluid path, a first accumulator connected to the first fluid path via a first branch fluid path having a first auxiliary hydraulic damping mechanism, a second accumulator connected to the second fluid path via a second branch fluid path having a second auxiliary hydraulic damping mechanism, and a bridge fluid path through which the first and second branch fluid paths are connected together.

Abstract: A suspension system includes an upper cylinder chamber, a lower cylinder chamber, and a variable valve that adjusts the opening area of an opening of the lower cylinder chamber. The suspension system includes a first communication path through which the upper cylinder chamber of one of damping force control cylinders incorporated in a pair of wheels of a vehicle is in communication with the lower cylinder chamber of the other damping force control cylinder, a second communication path through which the lower cylinder chamber of the one damping force control cylinder is in communication with the upper cylinder chamber of the other damping force control cylinder, and a pair of oil receptacles that are provided in the first and second communication paths, respectively, and hold and discharge oil, depending on operations of the damping force control cylinders.

Abstract: A vehicle suspension device includes a first fluid path through which a first upper port opening into a first hydraulic cylinder and a second lower port opening into a second hydraulic cylinder communicate with each other, a second fluid path through which a second upper port opening into the second hydraulic cylinder and a first lower port opening into the first hydraulic cylinder communicate with each other, a first hydraulic damping mechanism in the first fluid path, a second hydraulic damping mechanism in the second fluid path, a first accumulator connected to the first fluid path via a first branch fluid path having a first auxiliary hydraulic damping mechanism, a second accumulator connected to the second fluid path via a second branch fluid path having a second auxiliary hydraulic damping mechanism, and a bridge fluid path through which the first and second branch fluid paths are connected together.