ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,486, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Shock absorber" was invented by Kwangduk Baek (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Seungjoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shock absorber includes a tube divided into compression and rebound chambers by a piston valve movable upward and downward. The shock absorber comprises an elastic module disposed in the compression chamber and including a first elastic member, a central guide member disposed below the first elastic member and movable upward and downward, a second elastic member disposed below the central guide member, and a...