ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,685, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).

"Internal type electronically controlled valve assembly and electronically controlled damper including the same" was invented by Jongsun Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Wonbeen Im (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An internal type electronically controlled valve assembly includes a main poppet retainer formed in a disc shape with a rim protruding downward and disposed horizontally between a main poppet and a control disk. The internal type electronically controlled valve assembly is configured such that, during a compression stroke, a...