Patents Assigned to NIFCO Korea Inc.
  • Publication number: 20230038221
    Abstract: A tether clip includes: a clip body including a panel anchor part and a trim anchor portion, a head anchor part capable of being combined with the trim anchor portion, and a tether connecting the clip body and the head anchor part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Jiseob Park, Hyochul Myoung, Changmo Seong, SangWook Yi, Y Tae Kim, Yoo Sung Doh
  • Publication number: 20230030083
    Abstract: A tether clip includes a clip body including a panel anchor part and a trim anchor portion connected to the panel anchor part. The clip body has a moving space therein and a trim trigger in the trim anchor portion to be deformable in the moving space direction. The tether clip has a head anchor part with a head hook thereon, a tether connecting the clip body and the head anchor part, and a coupling pin. The coupling pin is inserted into the moving space and includes an inclined slope configured to contact the trim trigger and move the coupling pin toward the panel anchor portion when the trim trigger is deformed inside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Jiseob PARK, Hongkeun SON, Jaewon PARK, Yoo Sung DOH
  • Publication number: 20230020916
    Abstract: A console apparatus for vehicles, includes a locking unit is additionally provided on a console box in a structure in which a console armrest is open and closed by the frictional force of a frictional hinge unit, wherein the locking unit is not operated in a normal state in which no traffic collision occurs, and thus the console armrest is smoothly open due to the frictional force of the frictional hinge unit, and the locking unit is operated to lock the console armrest at the time of a traffic collision, and thus the console armrest remains closed even at the time of the traffic collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Min Woo Kwon, Jung Hoon Woo, Kwan Woo Lee, Sang Ku Hur, Byung Gi Cho, Yang Mook Lim
  • Patent number: 11485267
    Abstract: A cup holder for a vehicle may include a holder body slidably coupled to a cup holder mounting portion in the vehicle, a finger elastically and pivotably mounted to the holder body, and configured to press and support a side surface of a cup inserted into the cup holder together with the holder body, a support connected to the holder body by a link such that the support is vertically movable in accordance with pivotal movement of the link, the support being configured to support a bottom portion of the cup, and a locking member disposed between the finger and the link, to lock the link, for prevention of pivotal movement of the link, or to unlock the link in linkage with pivotal operation of the finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc., HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Hyun Ko, Sang Hark Lee, Hoon Bok Lee, Won Sang Cho, Hyun Kim, Hyeok Song
  • Publication number: 20220340067
    Abstract: A hidden type holder device includes: a stationary assembly, a movable assembly, and a first return spring, the movable assembly is accommodated in the stationary assembly and movable to the inside or outside of the stationary assembly, the movable assembly has a retractable holder assembly for accommodating an article, and two opposite end portions of the return spring are respectively mounted on the stationary assembly and the movable assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Nifco Korea Inc., Seoyon E-Hwa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun Lei SANG, Cheng Kun LI, Won Young BAE, Bong Ju CHOI, Dae Kyo KIM
  • Publication number: 20220314855
    Abstract: A rotatable armrest includes: a housing; a button system; and a hinge system engaged to the button system, in which the button system and the hinge system are provided in the housing, in which the hinge system includes a hinge shaft, and the rotatable armrest is fixed at a first position, a second position, or a third position by being rotated about the hinge shaft, and in which the rotatable armrest is configured to be positioned to be folded downward at the first position, the rotatable armrest is configured to be positioned to be directed forward horizontally at the second position, and the rotatable armrest is configured to be positioned to be directed rearward horizontally at the third position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Nifco Korea Inc., Seoyon E-Hwa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng Kun Li, Chun Lei Sang, Won Young Bae, Bong Ju Choi, Dae Kyo Kim
  • Patent number: 11407288
    Abstract: Provided is an air vent for an automobile having a duct having a passage, a knob mount coupled to the duct, a knob installed to the knob mount, first and second vane members installed to the knob mount, a vane driving device installed to the knob mount, and a damper installed in the duct. The knob is movable leftwards and rightwards and is rotatable upwards and downwards. The first vane member is rotated upwards and downwards by the vane driving device when the knob is rotated upwards and downwards. The second vane member is rotated leftwards and rightwards by the vane driving device when the knob is moved leftwards and rightwards. The vane driving device transmits the rotation of the knob to the first vane member, and transmits the movement of the knob to the second vane member. The damper opens or closes the passage by rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Seong Keon Kim, Sun Hyeon Kwon
  • Patent number: 11390220
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a console tray for a vehicle capable of increasing a capacity of the tray itself by reducing a rotation radius of a cover of the console tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Hyuk-Jae Kwon, Ik-Jin Jung, Sang-Ki Lee, Kwan-Woo Lee, Yong-Dae Kim
  • Patent number: 11345217
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air vent device, the air vent device including a garnish including an opening in which an air vent hole is located, a grille unit located between an outer surface of the air vent hole and an inner surface of the garnish, a first wing located at an outer side of the air vent hole in a lateral direction and configured to be pivoted based on one end of the grille unit, a deco part located on an outer surface of the garnish, and a knob configured to control a direction of a wind discharged from the air vent hole, wherein the knob is located to surround a portion of the deco part and configured to be capable of controlling a direction of a wind in a vertical direction by operating the first wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC., HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Kun Kim, Young Su Nam, Dong Won Yeon, Ie Seob Park, Sung Kwon Kim
  • Publication number: 20220134911
    Abstract: A seat rail for a vehicle includes: a rail gap cover combined with a moving rail, and a slit cover combined with the rail gap cover to close the gap between a fixed rail and the moving rail regardless of movement of the moving rail, whereby it is possible to prevent foreign substances from entering into the fixed rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC., Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Eun Sue KIM, Seung Sik HAN, Hong Heui LEE, Myung Hoe KIM, Jin KIM, Gyong Min KIM, In Gul BAEK, Soo Young CHAE, Hoe Won JEONG, Jin Wook CHOI
  • Patent number: 11305617
    Abstract: A vent unit includes a bezel installed on a vehicle and formed in a ring shape with a flow hole at the center, and a spacer overlapping and coupled to the bezel and formed in a ring shape rotating relative to the bezel. The bezel has a plurality of first through-holes circumferentially spaced apart from one another, and the spacer has a plurality of second through-holes circumferentially spaced apart from one another such that conditioning air is discharged to an interior through the second through-holes and the first through-holes when the second through-holes are aligned with the first through-holes by circumferential rotation. The vent unit further includes a wing disposed in the flow hole of the bezel and coupled to the spacer through a hinge shaft. The wing controls discharge of conditioning air through the flow hole by axially rotating, and circumferentially relatively rotating together with the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Hae Dong Youn, Yong Chul Kim, Won Sang Cho
  • Patent number: 11285785
    Abstract: An air vent for an automobile comprises a duct in which a passage having an air inlet and an air outlet communicating with each other is formed; a duct cover fixed to a front surface of the duct; a knob mount fixed to a front surface of the duct cover; a knob installed in the knob mount and configured to be laterally movable; a nozzle installed in a direction of the air outlet of the duct and configured to be vertically rotatable; a front vane connected to the nozzle and configured to be laterally rotatable; a damper plate having one side end portion connected to the nozzle and an other side end portion to be moved along a guide groove formed in the duct; and a damper configured to be rotatable to open or close the passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventor: Seong Keon Kim
  • Patent number: 11279292
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle tray and, more specifically, the objective of the present invention is to prevent a cover slidably provided inside a tray body from moving by vibration generated when a vehicle travels and, simultaneously, to prevent, in advance, the generation of friction noise when protrusions come into contact with guide rails provided in the tray body even when the cover is operated. The present invention comprises: a tray body (100) having an accommodation part (110) of which the upper side is open; the guide rails (300) fixedly provided, respectively, at both the left and right sides of the accommodation part (110); and a cover (200) having the guide protrusions (210), which are formed to respectively protrude from both the left and right sides thereof and slide while being guided along the guide rails (300).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA Inc.
    Inventors: Hyuk Du Kwon, Seong Kwon No
  • Patent number: 11273689
    Abstract: An air vent apparatus for a vehicle includes a wing cover mounted at an outlet of an air duct to be movable in a front-rear direction by using a pop-up driving device and angularly adjustable by using a ball joint. The apparatus is configured to simultaneously perform a wind direction adjustment and a damper door function, and can pop-up and then angularly rotate the wing cover around the ball joint in a desired direction, thereby adjusting a wind direction of the air discharged to an interior of the vehicle in the desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc., Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Woo Lee, Ran Jeong Park, Kwan Woo Lee, Jong Chae Lee, Kee Jin Sung
  • Patent number: 11274694
    Abstract: Push nuts for cars, comprising a head having a member contact surface formed protruding in left and right sides, and having a fastening hole formed penetrating at the center; and a body having formed penetrating at the center, a fastening hole having the same inner diameter and center as the fastening hole which is formed at the head, characterized in that the body and the head are connected to a connecting bridge that elastic deformation is performed outwards, and the head and the body connected with the connecting bridge respectively have a head axial force support and a body axial force support formed protruding toward a space, the head axial force support and the body axial force support having fastening holes having the same center as the fastening holes respectively formed penetrating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventor: Yoo Sung Doh
  • Patent number: 11273683
    Abstract: A damper dial for a vehicle air vent has a dial body, a first dial bush, a second dial bush, an O-ring, and a dial fixture. A hinge hole is formed to penetrate a center portion of the dial body. A dial is formed on a front surface portion of the dial body. A hinge protrusion protrudes from one side surface of the first dial bush. A support pin extends from a distal end portion of the hinge protrusion. An insertion groove is inwardly formed on one surface of the second dial bush. An annular groove is formed outside the insertion groove. The O-ring installed so that an outer surface of the O-ring makes contact with one side surface of the dial body. An assembling hole is perforated and formed in the dial fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Ji Hoon Lee, Kwang Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 11260832
    Abstract: A safety device for heating hoses is provided to prevent overheating of a heating wire. The safety device includes a first hose that connects between a reservoir and a connector and a second hose that is fluidly connected to the first hose and allows windshield washer fluid to flow from the connector to a spray nozzle. A housing encloses the connector and a heating wire is disposed in at least one of the first and second hoses. A terminal is disposed inside the housing and is connected to the heating wire to apply electric power from a power supply unit to the heating wire. A circuit breaker is connected to the terminal and the heating wire and cuts off electric power applied to the heating wire based on a temperature condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc., DY AUTO Corporation
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Jong Min Park, Doo Hyun Kim, Ki Hong Lee, Seung Hyeok Chang, Heung Hwan Lim, Jong Wook Lee, Jong Hyun Jin, Jae Hyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11236792
    Abstract: A leaf spring assembly for an automobile storage compartment has a hook, a leaf spring, and a spring guide. The hook is coupled to an operating plate. One end portion of the leaf spring is fixedly coupled to the hook. The spring guide is fixedly coupled to a non-operating housing in the state where the other side portion of the leaf spring is coupled to the spring guide so as to elastically deform while being drawn in and out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Young Gu Kang, Sung Ho Park, Yong Dae Kim
  • Patent number: 11230213
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a height-adjustable cup holder. The cup holder includes a cup holder housing including a first stand and a second stand, which are positioned adjacent to each other, a guide member positioned on a bottom surface of the cup holder housing between the first stand and the second stand, a cup holder unit, which includes a first cup holder plate, a second cup holder plate, and a central member, which is positioned between the first cup holder plate and the second cup holder plate and is fitted onto the guide member, the cup holder unit being releasably coupled to the cup holder housing, and first and second support plates, which are moved along the respective cup holder plates so as to hold the cup holder unit on an inner side surface of the cup holder housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun An, Kyu Rok Kim, Ik Jin Jung, Won Sang Cho
  • Patent number: 11225126
    Abstract: A motor driven air vent device for a vehicle can perform not only left/right angular rotation operation of a vertical wing for adjusting a left/right-directional airflow direction of air discharged indoors but also an opening/closing operation of a damper for interrupting or allowing an indoor discharge of air using a link bar for performing a straight line motion to the left or right thereof by driving a motor and a cam plate for angularly rotating by the link bar, etc. in a motor driven manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc., Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Ju Lee, Pill Yoon Kim, Byung Gyu Choi, Young Rok Lee, Choong Yeul Kim, Seung Hyeok Chang, Jae Seob Choi, Kwan Woo Lee, Won Sik Kim, Ji Hun Lee