ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,653, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek, South Korea).

"Shock absorber" was invented by Kwangduk Baek (Yongin, South Korea) and Seungjoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a shock absorber according to the present disclosure. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, provided is a shock absorber including a cylinder filled with a fluid and a piston valve coupled to an end of a piston rod and configured to partition an inside of the cylinder into a tension chamber and a compression chamber, the shock absorber including a support member coupled to an end of the c...