US 12,337,799 B2
Glove box with damper
Yong Gon Moon, Yongin-si (KR); Hak Young Kim, Yongin-si (KR); and Jung Hun Kim, Anyang-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR); and NIFCO KOREA INC., Asan-si (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul (KR); and NIFCO KOREA INC., Asan-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/862,296.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0041488 (KR), filed on Apr. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0311778 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 7/06 (2006.01); F16F 15/023 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 7/06 (2013.01) [F16F 15/023 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A damper for a glove box, comprising:
a cylinder;
a piston movably disposed in the cylinder; and
a valve movably disposed in an accommodation portion of the piston,
wherein the piston comprises a piston body in which an orifice is formed and a rod formed to protrude from the piston body and in which the accommodation portion is disposed,
the valve comprises a valve body, a pin formed to protrude from the valve body to have an end portion thereof disposed in the orifice, and a leg formed to protrude from the valve body, and
the valve is configured to move due to movement of the piston in a direction opposite to a movement direction of the piston to have the leg come into contact with the piston body.