US 12,276,151 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. 17/863,609.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0026700 (KR), filed on Mar. 2, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0279709 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 7/06 (2006.01); E05F 3/02 (2006.01); F16F 9/34 (2006.01); F16F 9/342 (2006.01)
CPC E05F 3/02 (2013.01) [B60R 7/06 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/21 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/538 (2013.01); F16F 9/342 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A damper for a glove box, comprising:
a cylinder including a cylinder body that defines a space therein, a partition that divides the space into a first space and a second space, and a first protruding portion protruding from the partition so that a hole formed in the partition is extended;
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 elastic support unit is in contact with and pressed by the partition due to movement of the piston, and
wherein the valve includes:
a valve body; and
a second protruding portion protruding from the valve body so that an end portion of the first protruding portion is disposed in the second protruding portion.