Patents Assigned to Namyang Ind. Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 9919725
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a steering column including a mounting bracket, a housing rotated in upward and downward directions relative to the mounting bracket, an inner tube installed in a hollow of the housing so as to be axially extensible and contractible, an operating lever installed to the mounting bracket and an adjustment bolt passing through the housing so as to be tightened and released, a telescopic assembly including a fixed gear installed on the inner tube and a movable gear engaged with the fixed gear depending on axial movement of the adjustment bolt, and a bending plate provided between the inner tube and the fixed gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: NAMYANG IND. CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sung Jong Hong, Doo Hyuk Kim, In Sun Hwang, Kyung Hwan Moon, Jung Mun Lim
  • Patent number: 9845104
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for tilting a steering column, capable of smoothly guiding tooth-on-tooth between a moving gear moved along with a tilt shaft when an operating lever is operated such that a steering column tilts up and down, and a fixing gear fixed to a vehicle body. Consequently, it is possible to resolve faulty operation and prevent the emotional quality of product from deteriorating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: NAMYANG IND. CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sung Jong Hong, Jeong Nam Lee
  • Publication number: 20170043802
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a steering column including a mounting bracket, a housing rotated in upward and downward directions relative to the mounting bracket, an inner tube installed in a hollow of the housing so as to be axially extensible and contractible, an operating lever installed to the mounting bracket and an adjustment bolt passing through the housing so as to be tightened and released, a telescopic assembly including a fixed gear installed on the inner tube and a movable gear engaged with the fixed gear depending on axial movement of the adjustment bolt, and a bending plate provided between the inner tube and the fixed gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: NAMYANG IND. CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sung Jong HONG, Doo Hyuk KIM, In Sun HWANG, Kyung Hwan MOON, Jung Mun LIM
  • Publication number: 20170008545
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for tilting a steering column, capable of smoothly guiding tooth-on-tooth between a moving gear moved along with a tilt shaft when an operating lever is operated such that a steering column tilts up and down, and a fixing gear fixed to a vehicle body. Consequently, it is possible to resolve faulty operation and prevent the emotional quality of product from deteriorating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: NAMYANG IND. CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sung Jong HONG, Jeong Nam LEE
  • Patent number: 9283982
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a steering column, including: an inner tube; an outer tube formed in a hollow shape into which the inner tube is inserted and including a pair of telescope guides protruding to an outer circumferential surface thereof, a first slit cut in an axial direction between the pair of telescope guides, and a second slit cut toward both sides of a circumferential direction at one end of the first slit; and a control lever installed on the telescope guides, wherein the telescope guides have a taper that is formed obliquely along a lengthwise direction, and the operating force of the lever is uniformly maintained according to the position of the control lever in the lengthwise direction by means of the taper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: NAMYANG IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Jong Hong, Heung Joo Lee, Beom Suk Kim, Hee Chang Seo
  • Patent number: 9139220
    Abstract: A steering system of an automobile may include a mounting bracket having a flange portion supporting a steering column and contacting with an automobile body, and an opening hole formed at the flange portion and opening toward one side of the flange portion, a capsule slidably coupled to the opening hole and adapted to be decoupled from the opening hole when an impact is given thereto, and at least one molded supporter fixing the capsule and the flange portion and adapted to be sheared off from the capsule or the flange portion when the impact is given thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, NAMYANG IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Jong Hong, Kwang Mo Koo, Tae Young Kim, Jung-Woo Park, Jin-Ho Bae, Joon Mo Park, Sang-Gyu Yoon
  • Patent number: 8904902
    Abstract: A unique motor type motor driven column apparatus may include a motor attached to a telescoping tube that slidably receives a column tube therein, wherein the telescoping tube may be pivotally coupled with a vehicle body by a tilt bracket, an actuating rod rotating by the motor, a tilt mechanism including a tilt clutch receiving the actuating rod therethrough and selectively engaged therebetween by a motor controller such that a rotation force of the actuating rod may be converted into a linear movement of the tilt mechanism to make a tilt motion of the column tube, and a telescoping mechanism including a telescoping clutch receiving the actuating rod therethrough and selectively engaged therebetween by the motor controller such that a rotation force of the actuating rod may be converted into a linear movement of the telescoping mechanism so as to make a telescoping motion of the column tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Namyang Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Donghan Lee, Sanggyu Yoon, Sungjong Hong, Sangchul Ku
  • Publication number: 20140312603
    Abstract: A steering system of an automobile may include a mounting bracket having a flange portion supporting a steering column and contacting with an automobile body, and an opening hole formed at the flange portion and opening toward one side of the flange portion, a capsule slidably coupled to the opening hole and adapted to be decoupled from the opening hole when an impact is given thereto, and at least one molded supporter fixing the capsule and the flange portion and adapted to be sheared off from the capsule or the flange portion when the impact is given thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, NAMYANG IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Jong HONG, Kwang Mo KOO, Tae Young KIM, Jung-Woo PARK, Jin-Ho BAE, Joon Mo PARK, Sang-Gyu YOON
  • Publication number: 20140311274
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a steering column, including: an inner tube; an outer tube formed in a hollow shape into which the inner tube is inserted and including a pair of telescope guides protruding to an outer circumferential surface thereof, a first slit cut in an axial direction between the pair of telescope guides, and a second slit cut toward both sides of a circumferential direction at one end of the first slit; and a control lever installed on the telescope guides, wherein the telescope guides have a taper that is formed obliquely along a lengthwise direction, and the operating force of the lever is uniformly maintained according to the position of the control lever in the lengthwise direction by means of the taper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: NAMYANG IND.CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Jong Hong, Heung Joo Lee, Beom Suk Kim, Hee Chang Seo
  • Publication number: 20140124309
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a brake disk for a vehicle including: a hat including a recessed portions radially extending around an outer circumference surface of the hat; a braking band including a friction face along an outer circumference surface of the braking band and a mounting aperture formed along the inner circumference of the friction face at a position corresponding to the recessed portions; a floating bush including one end mounted on the mounting aperture and the other end fitted in the recessed portions to move in the recessed portions; and a tensioner including a middle portion fixed to the floating bush by a fixing member and both ends supported to one side of the hat under axial tension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Namyang Ind. Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Kim, Jae Young Lee, Seong Jin Kim, Jai Min Han, Sung Jong Hong, Ki Jeong Kim
  • Publication number: 20140124308
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a brake disk for a vehicle, including: a hat mounted on a shaft of a wheel and including a plurality of mounting apertures formed in a radial direction along a circumferential lip of the hat; a braking band having a shape enclosing an outer portion of the hat and including a plurality of sliding bores formed in the radial direction at positions corresponding to the plurality of mounting apertures along the circumferential lip of the hat; and a plurality of sliding pins each having one end portion mounted in the mounting aperture and the other end portion fitted into the sliding bore and to slide within the sliding bore in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Namyang Ind. Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Kim, Jae Young Lee, Seong Jin Kim, Jai Min Han, Sung Jong Hong, Ki Jeong Kim
  • Patent number: 8376402
    Abstract: A lower type motor-driven column apparatus includes a tilt unit having a column tube and a tilt link forming a plurality of hinge fixed points in order to tilt up/down a steering wheel by vertical motion generated with rotation due to straight motion of a tilt rod through a tilt motor, a telescopic unit implementing telescopic movement pushing or pulling the column tube by means of straight motion of a tele-rod through a tele-motor, and a shock-absorbing member absorbing and attenuating a shock stroke of the column tube, ahead of the tilt unit and the telescopic unit, in which the operation mechanism of the tilt unit and the operation mechanism of the telescopic unit are individually implemented, such that the MDPS can be easily used for middle-sized and large-sized vehicles which are difficult to use the upper type and it is possible to save fuel of the middle-sized and large-sized vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Namyang Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanggyu Yoon, Seounghoon Lee, Donghan Lee, Sungjong Hong, Sangchul Ku, Munchun Park
  • Publication number: 20120137818
    Abstract: A unique motor type motor driven column apparatus may include a motor attached to a telescoping tube that slidably receives a column tube therein, wherein the telescoping tube may be pivotally coupled with a vehicle body by a tilt bracket, an actuating rod rotating by the motor, a tilt mechanism including a tilt clutch receiving the actuating rod therethrough and selectively engaged therebetween by a motor controller such that a rotation force of the actuating rod may be converted into a linear movement of the tilt mechanism to make a tilt motion of the column tube, and a telescoping mechanism including a telescoping clutch receiving the actuating rod therethrough and selectively engaged therebetween by the motor controller such that a rotation force of the actuating rod may be converted into a linear movement of the telescoping mechanism so as to make a telescoping motion of the column tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, NAMYANG IND. CO., LTD., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Donghan LEE, Sanggyu YOON, Sungjong HONG, Sangchul KU
  • Publication number: 20110162904
    Abstract: A lower type motor-driven column apparatus includes a tilt unit having a column tube and a tilt link forming a plurality of hinge fixed points in order to tilt up/down a steering wheel by vertical motion generated with rotation due to straight motion of a tilt rod through a tilt motor, a telescopic unit implementing telescopic movement pushing or pulling the column tube by means of straight motion of a tele-rod through a tele-motor, and a shock-absorbing member absorbing and attenuating a shock stroke of the column tube, ahead of the tilt unit and the telescopic unit, in which the operation mechanism of the tilt unit and the operation mechanism of the telescopic unit are individually implemented, such that the MDPS can be easily used for middle-sized and large-sized vehicles which are difficult to use the upper type and it is possible to save fuel of the middle-sized and large-sized vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Namyang Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sanggyu Yoon, Seounghoon Lee, Donghan Lee, Sungjong Hong, Sangchul Ku, Munchun Park
  • Patent number: 7350814
    Abstract: A tilt-telescopic apparatus for a steering system allows a tilt restraining means and telescopic restraining means to cooperate via one manipulating lever. A tilt restraint, telescopic restraint, tilt restraint release, and telescopic restraint release are conducive to simultaneous tilt and telescopic engagement by a single manipulation for convenience. The parts of the apparatus, including structural parts for transmitting power to the manipulating lever and the like that can be co-used, can be unified, thus resulting in simplified structure and reduction of manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Namyang Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Jong Hong, Kwang-Mo Koo, Jae-Uk Oh, Jae-Moon Han