ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,085, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).

"Valve device and shock absorber including the same" was invented by Yonghyun Kwon (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Insu Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Inyoung Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Chunsung Yu (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a valve device and a shock absorber including same. The valve device for controlling a damping force, which is disposed, on one side of a piston having a passage through which fluid moves, inside a shock absorber, includes: a rebound retainer disposed on the one ...