US Patent Issued to HL MANDO on Oct. 20 for "Damping force variable valve assembly and damping force variable shock absorber including the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,425, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).

"Damping force variable valve assembly and damping force variable shock absorber including the same" was invented by Byeongsang Son (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damping force variable valve assembly including: an integrated soft valve port having one end connected to a shock absorber, a connection passage with a working fluid flowing therethrough from the shock absorber, and a valve disk provided at a bottom surface of the integrated soft valve port to be in close contact therewith; a valve housing having a hollow cylindri...