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US 8,893,864 B2Granted
Frequency unit valve
AssigneeMando Corporation
InventorWan Sang Park
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Abstract
A frequency unit valve is provided. In the frequency valve, a free piston reciprocates within a housing where a sub-valve is mounted in a lower portion. Variable frequency units installed above and under the free piston provide a damping characteristic by selectively opening or closing a passage when a frequency of a piston rod is in a high-frequency region and a low-frequency region. Accordingly, the vehicle ride comfort is maximally improved.
Claims14
A frequency unit valve comprising:
- a housing communicating with a piston rod and forming an inner space, both ends of the housing being opened;
- a free piston slidably mounted on an inner peripheral surface of the housing and partitioning the inner space of the housing into an upper chamber and a lower chamber;
- a sub-valve mounted in a lower portion of the housing and allowing oil to be passed to the outside of the housing according to the sliding of the free piston;
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- variable frequency units installed above and under the free piston, and configured to close an oil passage of the upper and lower chambers when a frequency of the piston rod is in a high-frequency region, and open the oil passage of the upper and lower chambers through the free piston when the frequency of the piston rod is in a low-frequency region,
- wherein the free piston comprises:
- a body having an opened lower side and forming an inner space, the body being configured to move vertically within the housing according to reciprocation of the piston rod;
- a sliding flange extending from an outer peripheral surface of the body and contacting the inner peripheral surface of the housing;
- and
- a disk sheet spaced apart from the outer peripheral surface of the body on the sliding flange and protruding in a ring shape,
- wherein the variable frequency units are installed above and under the body with reference to the sliding flange.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.