IP Library Granted Patent US 8,556,049
Granted Patent B2
US 8,556,049 · App. 13/291,649 · Granted Oct 15, 2013

Damping force controlling valve assembly for shock absorber

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,556,049
App. No.
13/291,649
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A damping force controlling valve assembly for a shock absorber is provided. The damping force controlling valve assembly includes: a main body part of a retainer having an inlet passage connected to a high pressure side of the shock absorber; a main valve generating a damping force while resisting a working fluid flowing in through the inlet passage; a spool rod part interacting with a spool inserted thereinto and supplying a working fluid through a connection port to a back-pressure chamber provided at the rear of the main valve; a solenoid part controlling a position of the spool to adjust a pressure of the back-pressure chamber; and an auxiliary valve disposed at an upstream of the main valve to generate a damping force in an extremely low speed section in advance of the main valve.

Claims (13)

1. A damping force controlling valve assembly for a shock absorber, comprising:

a main body part of a retainer having an inlet passage connected to a high pressure side of the shock absorber;

a main valve generating a damping force while resisting a working fluid flowing in through the inlet passage;

a spool rod part interacting with a spool inserted thereinto and supplying a working fluid through a connection port to a back-pressure chamber provided at the rear of the main valve;

a solenoid part controlling a position of the spool to adjust a pressure of the back-pressure chamber; and

an auxiliary valve disposed upstream of the main valve to generate a damping force in an extremely low speed section in advance of the main valve.

2. The damping force controlling valve assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary valve comprises:

a body in which a flow passage is formed to allow a working fluid flow from a high pressure side to the inlet passage; and

a plurality of disks disposed under the body to cover the flow passage,

wherein at least one of the disks is a slit disk.

3. The damping force controlling valve assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the auxiliary valve comprises:

one slit disk allowing the working fluid to pass through a slit thereof in the extremely low speed section; and

one or more lower disks disposed under the slit disk and having no slit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 22, 2022
From: MANDO CORPORATION
To: HL MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062206/0260 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2011
From: JEE, YOUNG WHAN
To: MANDO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027193/0534 →