US 12,221,823 B2
Damper for glove box and glove box having the same
Yong Gon Moon, Yongin-si (KR); Hak Young Kim, Yongin-si (KR); and Kyung Joo Song, Incheon (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR); and PIOLAX CO., LTD., Incheon (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR); and PIOLAX CO., LTD., Incheon (KR)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/863,611.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0038028 (KR), filed on Mar. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0304341 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. E05F 3/02 (2006.01); B60R 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC E05F 3/02 (2013.01) [B60R 7/06 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/21 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/538 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A damper for a glove box, comprising:
a cylinder including a cylinder body defining a space therein, a partition that divides the space into a first space and a second space and in which a hole is disposed, and guide holes disposed in the cylinder body to communicate with the second space;
a piston disposed in the first space and configured to be movable in a first direction;
a valve disposed in the second space; and
an elastic support unit disposed in the second space to elastically support the valve,
wherein the guide holes include a first guide hole and a second guide hole disposed apart from each other along a circumference of the cylinder body, and
a protrusion of the valve is disposed in one of the first guide hole and the second guide hole,
wherein a first separation distance between the partition and the first guide hole is smaller than a second separation distance between the partition and the second guide hole.