Patents by Inventor Kyudo KIM

Kyudo KIM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240019011
    Abstract: A body valve assembly of a frequency sensitive shock absorber includes: a body valve main body; a body pin penetrating and fastened to the body valve main body and having a body inlet flow path formed therein in communication with a compression chamber; a body main retainer having a body main chamber formed therein in communication with the body inlet flow path; a body main valve configured to open and close the body main chamber; a body pilot housing having one side facing the body main valve and the other side on which a body pilot chamber is formed in communication with the body inlet flow path; and a free piston accommodated in the body pilot chamber and installed to press the body pilot housing in a direction toward the body main valve when pressure in the body pilot chamber increases above a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Kyudo KIM
  • Publication number: 20240019012
    Abstract: A piston valve assembly of a frequency sensitive shock absorber includes a piston valve main body mounted on the piston rod and having a piston inlet flow path formed therein in communication with a rebound chamber, a piston main retainer having a piston main chamber formed therein in communication with the piston inlet flow path, a piston main valve configured to open and close the piston main chamber, a piston pilot housing coupled to the piston rod between the piston main valve and the piston valve main body and having a piston pilot chamber formed therein in communication with the piston inlet flow path, and a pilot valve configured to cover the piston pilot chamber and press the piston main valve to close the piston main chamber when pressure in the piston pilot chamber increases above a predetermined pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kyudo KIM, Kwangduk BAEK
  • Patent number: 11680622
    Abstract: Disclosed is a frequency sensitive type shock absorber including a piston rod reciprocating an inside of a cylinder and having a connection passage therein; a piston valve mounted on the piston rod and having a plurality of compression and rebound flow paths penetrating up and down thereof, and partitioning the cylinder into compression and rebound chambers; and a valve assembly mounted on the piston rod to generate a damping force that changes with frequency during a rebound stroke; wherein the valve assembly comprises a housing coupled to the piston rod and having a pilot chamber in communication with the connection passage; a main retainer coupled to the piston rod and having a main chamber formed on an upper portion thereof in communication with the connection passage; a first pilot valve coupled to the piston rod and disposed between the housing and the main retainer to partition the pilot chamber and the main chamber; and a second pilot valve coupled to the piston rod and disposed above the pilot chambe
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: HL Mando Corporation
    Inventors: Kyudo Kim, Dongwon Kang, Namho Kim, Hyunsoo Park
  • Publication number: 20230101911
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a frequency sensitive shock absorber, and the frequency sensitive shock absorber includes a piston rod coupled so that one side is located inside a cylinder and the other side is located outside the cylinder, a main valve coupled to the piston rod and partitioning an inner space of the cylinder into a compression chamber and a tension chamber, a sub-piston rod coupled to one side of the piston rod and interlocked with the piston rod to reciprocate along a longitudinal direction of the cylinder, and a sub-valve module coupled to the sub-piston rod and generating a damping force according to a frequency during a tension stroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyudo KIM, Dong Won KANG, Kwang Duk BAEK
  • Publication number: 20200393015
    Abstract: Disclosed is a frequency sensitive type shock absorber including a piston rod reciprocating an inside of a cylinder and having a connection passage therein; a piston valve mounted on the piston rod and having a plurality of compression and rebound flow paths penetrating up and down thereof, and partitioning the cylinder into compression and rebound chambers; and a valve assembly mounted on the piston rod to generate a damping force that changes with frequency during a rebound stroke; wherein the valve assembly comprises a housing coupled to the piston rod and having a pilot chamber in communication with the connection passage; a main retainer coupled to the piston rod and having a main chamber formed on an upper portion thereof in communication with the connection passage; a first pilot valve coupled to the piston rod and disposed between the housing and the main retainer to partition the pilot chamber and the main chamber; and a second pilot valve coupled to the piston rod and disposed above the pilot chambe
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Kyudo KIM, Dongwon KANG, Namho KIM, Hyunsoo PARK