IP Library Granted Patent US 10,612,501
Granted Patent B2
US 10,612,501 · App. 15/755,631 · Granted Apr 7, 2020

Vehicular resonator

Inventors: Jung Uk Lee (Seoul, KR); Kang Wook Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE AND INDUSTRIAL INC.
F02M35/1255F02M35/10F02M35/10157F02M35/12F02M35/1261F02M35/1266Y02T10/144
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Patent No.
US 10,612,501
App. No.
15/755,631
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicular resonator comprising: an outer pipe that constitutes the exterior thereof; an inner pipe, a part of which is inserted into the outer pipe, and which has a slit formed therein as an air movement passage; a movable pipe configured to be able to move inside a resonation chamber formed between the outer pipe and the inner pipe; and an elastic body having one side thereof coupled to the inner pipe and the other side thereof coupled to the movable pipe, thereby providing the movable pipe with an elastic force such that the movable pipe can move.

Claims (34)

1. A vehicular resonator comprising:

an outer pipe that constitutes the exterior thereof;

an inner pipe, a part of which is inserted into the outer pipe, and wherein the inner pipe has a slit formed therein as an air movement passage;

a movable pipe configured to move in two opposite directions on the inner pipe within a resonation chamber formed between the outer pipe and the inner pipe; and

an elastic body coupled between the inner pipe and the movable pipe, providing the movable pipe with an elastic force such that the movable pipe can move,

wherein the inner pipe includes a partition wall which protrudes from an outer surface of the inner pipe toward the outer pipe and comes into contact with an inner surface of the outer pipe, and

wherein one side of the elastic body comes into contact with the partition wall of the inner pipe.

2. A vehicular resonator comprising:

an outer pipe that constitutes the exterior thereof;

an inner pipe, a part of which is inserted into the outer pipe, and wherein the inner pipe has a slit formed therein as an air movement passage;

a movable pipe configured to move in two opposite directions on the inner pipe within a resonation chamber formed between the outer pipe and the inner pipe; and

an elastic body coupled between the inner pipe and the movable pipe, providing the movable pipe with an elastic force such that the movable pipe can move,

wherein the movable pipe comprises:

a connecting element of which one side comes into contact with an inner surface of the outer pipe and the other side comes into contact with an outer surface of the inner pipe, and which comes into contact with the elastic body; and

a cover element which is integrally manufactured with the connecting element and configured to surround the outer surface of the inner pipe, and encloses a part of the slit.

3. The vehicular resonator according to claim 2 , wherein as the cover element moves, a space which covers the slit changes in size to tune a continuous frequency of air.

4. The vehicular resonator according to claim 2 , wherein a turbo-charger which operates based on preset reference revolutions per minute (RPM) is installed at a front end of the resonator to compress intake air supplied from an engine,

wherein when the RPM of the turbo-charger increases compared to the reference RPM, the movable pipe moves in a direction to compress the elastic body, and

wherein when the RPM of the turbo-charger reduces compared to the reference RPM, the movable pipe moves in a direction to extend the elastic body.

5. The vehicular resonator according to claim 4 , wherein a movement area of air passing through the slit when the movable pipe moves in the direction to compress the elastic body is larger than a movement area of air passing through the slit when the movable pipe moves in the direction to extend the elastic body.

6. The vehicular resonator according to claim 2 , wherein the inner surface of the outer pipe has a stopper step with a predetermined step to limit a movement of the cover element.

7. A vehicular resonator comprising:

an outer pipe that constitutes the exterior thereof;

an inner pipe, a part of which is inserted into the outer pipe, and wherein the inner pipe has a slit formed therein as an air movement passage;

a movable pipe configured to move in two opposite directions on the inner pipe within a resonation chamber formed between the outer pipe and the inner pipe; and

an elastic body coupled between the inner pipe and the movable pipe, providing the movable pipe with an elastic force such that the movable pipe can move,

wherein the movable pipe comprises:

an outer plate which comes into contact with an inner surface of the outer pipe;

an inner plate which has a smaller diameter than the outer plate and comes into contact with an outer surface of the inner pipe; and

at least one rib connecting the outer plate and the inner plate.

8. The vehicular resonator according to claim 7 , wherein a connecting plate is installed on one side of the outer plate, wherein the connecting plate comes into contact with the elastic body and has an end which comes into contact with the outer surface of the inner pipe.

9. The vehicular resonator according to claim 7 , wherein a turbo-charger which operates based on preset reference revolutions per minute (RPM) is installed at a front end of the resonator to compress intake air supplied from an engine,

wherein when the RPM of the turbo-charger increases compared to the reference RPM, the movable pipe moves in a direction to compress the elastic body, and a movement area of air passing through the slit gradually reduces, and

wherein when the RPM of the turbo-charger reduces compared to the reference RPM, the movable pipe moves in a direction to extend the elastic body, and a movement area of air passing through the slit gradually increases.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME (062545/0715) Recorded Mar 4, 2026
From: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.; COOPER-STANDARD INDUSTRIAL AND SPECIALTY GROUP, LLC
Reel/Frame 075022/0267 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED REEL/FRAME (062544/0357) Recorded Mar 4, 2026
From: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.; COOPER-STANDARD INDUSTRIAL AND SPECIALTY GROUP, LLC
Reel/Frame 075022/0543 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (1ST LIEN) Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.; COOPER-STANDARD INDUSTRIAL AND SPECIALTY GROUP, LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062544/0357 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (3RD LIEN) Recorded Jan 30, 2023
From: COOPER-STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE INC.; COOPER-STANDARD INDUSTRIAL AND SPECIALTY GROUP, LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062545/0715 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2019
From: LS MTRON LTD.
To: COOPER STANDARD AUTOMOTIVE AND INDUSTRIAL INC.
Reel/Frame 049621/0543 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2018
From: LEE, JUNG UK; LEE, KANG WOOK
To: LS MTRON LTD.
Reel/Frame 045051/0595 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0123509 · Sep 1, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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