Door damper

• US 7,861,371 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2007
• Issued: 01/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Moonju Hardware Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Moonju Hardware Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Jaehong
• Primary Examiner(s): Miller; William L.
• Application Number:
  US12/084,385
• Publication Number:
  US 20100170062A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,215 Days
• Field of Search: 16/85, 16/84, 16/82, 16/72, 16/49, 16/51, 16/52, 16/54, 16/58, 16/66, 16/68, 16/50, 16D/IG.9, 16D/IG.10, 16/17, 16D/IG.21
• US Class Current: 16/85
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 5/10 with piston brakes
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 13/007 the damper being a fluid damper
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 2230/24 Detecting or preventing malfunction, e.g. fail safe
• CPC Class Codes: F16F 9/061 Mono-tubular units
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 16/10 Spring actuated checks and closers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 16/21 Checks, closers, check valve construction

Abstract

Disclosed is a door damper, in which a safety check valve is installed in consideration of the case in which an impact exceeding a design pressure will be applied, thereby absorbing the impact to enable a door to be closed safely and smoothly. In the door damper, a safety check valve is installed in a piston, and thus is opened in cooperation with another check valve installed between a spring holder and the piston when the pressure exceeding a design pressure is applied. Thereby, when the impact exceeding the design pressure occurs, the safety check valve can absorb the impact to prevent damage. A channel can be adjusted by only ridges formed on an outer circumference of the check valve, so that productivity can be improved thanks to easy tolerance management. Further, an oil seal is not contracted or deformed in spite of long-term use.

Claims

1. A door damper comprising:

a cylindrical body, which is open on a first side thereof and has a bumper on a second side side thereof;

a return spring, which is inserted into the body;

a spring holder, which supports the return spring;

a piston, which is inserted into the spring holder;

a check valve, which is installed between the spring holder and the piston;

a piston rod, which is coupled to one side of the piston and protrudes outside the body;

an oil distributor, which has the piston rod passing therethrough and is in contact with the piston;

a sponge, which is in contact with the oil distributor, has the piston rod passing therethrough, and is fixed to a bushing; and

a cover, which covers the first side of the body together with an oil seal contacting the bushing,

wherein the piston includes a safety check valve therein, which is opened in cooperation with the check valve installed between the spring holder and the piston when a pressure higher than a design pressure is applied.

2. The door damper according to claim 1, wherein the piston has a shape of a cylinder in which a hole is formed, and includes a piston body at an upper portion thereof, an operating body formed integrally with the piston body and having an outer diameter less than that of the piston body, and an inserting body formed integrally with the operating body and having an outer diameter less than that of the operating body.

3. The door damper according to claim 2, wherein the piston body includes a rod inserting hole at an upper end thereof, and at least one safety channel groove formed around the rod inserting hole.

4. The door damper according to claim 3, wherein the piston body includes four through eight channel slots in an outer circumference thereof.

5. The door damper according to claim 2, wherein the piston body includes four through eight channel slots in an outer circumference thereof.

6. The door damper according to claim 1, wherein the spring holder includes:

a cylindrical holder body, which is inclined toward a front end thereof which is open, and has a pressure adjusting hole adjacent to a rear end thereof;

a plurality of ribs, which protrudes from the front open end of the holder body in a radial direction; and

a plurality of holder channel slots, each of which is grooved in an outer circumference of the holder body between the plurality of ribs.

7. The door damper according to claim 1, wherein the check valve includes:

a check valve body, which has a shape of a ring so as to be displaceable between a rear of a piston body of the piston and the plurality of ribs of the spring holder, and has at least one ridge on an outer circumference thereof; and

at least one channel forming protrusion, which protrude forward from the check valve body to form partitions.

8. The door damper according to claim 1, wherein the safety check valve is made of material having strong elasticity, and includes a cylindrical valve body, in an outer circumference of which an open slot is formed in a longitudinal direction, and an operating head that is formed in a truncated cone shape at one end of the valve body.

9. The door damper according to claim 1, wherein the safety check valve includes:

a cylindrical body, which is integrally formed with one end of a inserting body of the piston, and has a hole so as to be able to communicate with the hole of the inserting body; and

an operating head, which has an operating part extending from the body in a truncated cone shape in which opposite radial sides thereof are partially cut out to communicate with the hole of the body.

10. The door damper according to claim 1, wherein the bushing has a hole in a middle thereof, and includes a cylindrical front body, a guide body in a rear of the cylindrical front body, and a seal fixing ring protruding forward from the front body.

11. The door damper according to claim 1, wherein the cover has a hole in a middle thereof, includes a cylindrical shape so as not only to close a rear end of the body in engagement with the body on an outer circumference thereof but also support the front of the oil seal, and a cover protrusion step that protrudes backwards.