Patents Assigned to NIFCO Korea Inc.
  • Patent number: 9956894
    Abstract: An apparatus for opening and closing an armrest is provided. After an armrest is slid to a position, the position of the armrest is selectively locked or unlocked using an armrest locking unit to thus prevent the weight of the armrest or vibrations of a vehicle from accidentally changing the position of the armrest against the intention of the user. The operation of unlocking the opening/closing plate from the console body and the operation of unlocking the sliding cover from the opening/closing plate are performed simultaneously with a single unlocking manipulation to allow a user to rapidly and conveniently perform the operations of opening/closing and sliding the armrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Yoon Jang, Jae Hyun An, Kwan Bo Lee, Chang Hoon Yang, Ik Jin Jung, Geun Hueng Kim, Byoung Jun Cho
  • Patent number: 9937866
    Abstract: A structure of a damper for a glove box includes: a rod which has a guide provided on an upper portion thereof, and a rack gear provided along one side thereof; a housing which has a guide groove that is correspondingly coupled to the guide; a damper which is installed on the housing; a slot hole which is provided at one end of the housing and to which a rotating shaft provided on the damper is correspondingly and movably coupled; and a pinion gear which is provided at an end of the rotating shaft and engages with the rack gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Duk Chul Jeon, Heung Hwan Lim
  • Patent number: 9920782
    Abstract: An armrest lock may include a lever coupled to one side of the sliding cover, a rod provided in the sliding cover such that one side thereof is coupled to the lever, a trigger coupled to the other side of the rod and configured to operate in response to a motion of the lever, and a locking element coupled to the opening door and the armrest body and configured to be unlocked from at least one of the opening door and the armrest body when coming into contact with the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, NIFCO KOREA Inc., Dongkook Inc. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jae Hyun An, Tae Su Jang, In Chan Jeong
  • Patent number: 9889783
    Abstract: An assist handle for a car includes an assist handle having mounting spaces and hinge grooves; main brackets positioned in the mounting spaces of the assist handle and having fitting protrusions, clip insertion holes and hinge shafts fitted into the hinge grooves on one side of the mounting spaces; auxiliary brackets having coupling plates provided with hook fixing holes overlapping front portions of body portions of the main brackets and hinge shafts fitted into the hinge grooves on another side of the mounting spaces; fixing clips adapted to couple to the body panel of the car at one side and inserted into the clip insertion holes at the other side such that holding pieces are placed at the same positions as the hook fixing holes; and hooks fitted into the holding pieces and the hook fixing holes to fix the fixing clips, the main brackets and the auxiliary brackets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Hyo Keun Yang, Chang Sun Hong
  • Publication number: 20180009387
    Abstract: An armrest may include an armrest module, a sliding knob to be rotated by a manipulating force provided thereon, a hook knob facilitating rotation of the sliding knob to be converted into rotation for releasing console locking force for binding the armrest module, and a multi-link at which sloping angle rotation is generated by the rotation of the sliding knob and then converted into rotation for releasing slide locking force for binding sliding movement of the armrest module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Nifco Korea Inc.
    Inventors: Hyuk-Jae KWON, Jae-Hyun An, Seung-Sik Han, In-Gyu Kim, Yoon-Hwan Shin
  • Publication number: 20170350433
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fastening device for preventing the separation of injection molding parts, in which two parts formed of plastics by injection molding can be coupled to or decoupled from each other without using any additional coupling members through the improvement of the coupling structure thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventor: Yoon Hwan SHIN
  • Publication number: 20170341488
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air vent for a vehicle, provided with a damper for opening or closing the air path of a duct housing with improved operation quality and convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventor: Sung Hwa Kim
  • Patent number: 9821631
    Abstract: An air vent dial for an automobile includes an air vent housing having an air path and a damper for opening or closing the air path; a dial housing provided in the air vent housing and having an opening and holding projections; and a dial assembly having a dial knob to be fitted into the opening and a rear fixing plate connected to the damper through a link member to control the opening and closing degrees of the damper. The dial housing has the holding projections at positions corresponding to opening and closing positions of the damper. The dial assembly has a dial elongated hole and fixing projection projecting inwards and contacting the holding projections while being guided and moving along the rear outer peripheral surface of the dial housing at outside of the rear fixing plate having the dial elongated hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventor: Jeong Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9803409
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hinge device for opening and closing a cover of office equipment, and more particularly to a hinge device disposed at a cover which is rotatably opened and closed and having a multi-layered cam and a slider, so that a free stop section and a slow down section are performed in closing the cover, thereby reducing a noise in closing the cover and improving a sensibility of product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventor: Dae Won Lee
  • Patent number: 9701176
    Abstract: Provided is a wing knob adjusting device for an air vent, including a housing mounted with an air discharge part, a front wing mounted in the air discharge part, a rear wing mounted in front of the front wing, and an actuator vertically rotating the front wing or the horizontally rotating the rear wing, wherein the actuator includes fixing members mounted at top and bottom portions of the air discharge part, respectively, a knob link of which the top portion may be upwardly inserted into the fixing member, the bottom portion may be vertically coupled rotatably with the front wing, and the center may be horizontally coupled rotatably with the rear wing, an actuating knob slidably mounted in the rear wing to rotate the knob link vertically or horizontally, and a connecting rod connecting the knob link with the actuating knob so as to interconnect them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Nifco Korea Inc.
    Inventors: Han Ju Jang, Jong Beom Ma
  • Patent number: 9689515
    Abstract: A quick connector device includes: a connector body that has two fluid hose connectors located at two ends and an injector port connector located at a middle bottom section thereof; a locking member that is inserted into and rotatably connected to the injector port connector of the connector body and detachably coupled to the injector port; and an o-ring that is coupled to the injector port connector of the connector body and provides a sealing to the injector port. The connector body includes a support rib and a receiving space that securely maintain the locked state and allow the technician to easily assemble/disassemble the device. The quick connector device allows the technician to determine whether the device is in the locked or unlocked state based on the angular position of the locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Gi Jin Seong, Hyeong Ju Park
  • Patent number: 9605725
    Abstract: A rotary damper includes a housing having an outer cylinder, an inner cylinder coaxially disposed inside the outer cylinder, and a bottom plate closing one end side of the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, to form an annular liquid chamber with a viscous fluid therein, and a rotor including a cylindrical blade portion rotatably received in the liquid chamber. An annular locking groove extends circumferentially in a first portion at an outer peripheral surface of the inner cylinder, or a second portion facing the first portion on an inner peripheral surface of the blade portion. A locking convex portion projects from the other of the first portion or the second portion, and locked in the locking groove. An annular inside seal member is interposed between the inner cylinder and the blade portion, and an annular outside seal member is interposed between the outer cylinder and the blade portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: NIFCO INC., NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Masatora Seto, Young Kook Lee
  • Publication number: 20170058586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hinge device for opening and closing a cover of office equipment, and more particularly to a hinge device disposed at a cover which is rotatably opened and closed and having a multi-layered cam and a slider, so that a free stop section and a slow down section are performed in closing the cover, thereby reducing a noise in closing the cover and improving a sensibility of product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Nifco Korea, Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20170057326
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air vent knob for a vehicle, and more particularly to enhance the operation feeling and the quality by reducing impact sound depending on the movement of a knob adjusting the wind direction of an air vent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: Nifco Korea, Inc.
    Inventor: Tae Hyung Cho
  • Publication number: 20160375746
    Abstract: An air vent apparatus for a vehicle, which is disposed to supply air into an interior of a vehicle may include a duct housing opened at front and rear sides thereof, at least one blade disposed at a rear side in the duct housing horizontally in a width direction of the vehicle, and having both ends rotatably coupled, a knob mounted on one blade among the at least one blade so as to be slidable in the width direction of the vehicle and a front and rear direction of the vehicle, and adjust an angle of the blade, and a diffuser device mounted in the duct housing at a position spaced apart from a front side of the blade, connected with the knob, adjusting an angle in a left and right direction, and selectively diffusing the supplied air in accordance with a manipulation of the knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Nifco Korea Inc., Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gye Young AHN, Jae Whoan Park, Kwanwoo Lee, Ji-Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20160336786
    Abstract: A wireless recharger for a portable device of a vehicle may include a receiving case on which a wireless recharging device for recharging the portable device is mounted, a support mounted in an interior of the receiving case to be moved in an insertion direction of the portable device by the portable device inserted into the receiving case, and a movement prevention device disposed in the interior of the receiving case to resiliently press against the portable device inserted into the receiving case when the support is moved in the insertion direction of the portable device, for preventing movement of the portable device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, DAEJOO PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., NIFCO KOREA Inc.
    Inventors: Ki Won Kim, Won Young Bae, Youn Hwan Shin, Kyoung Jun Jin
  • Patent number: 9469231
    Abstract: A flap assembly of a vehicle cup holder. The flap assembly includes: a flap housing disposed on a side of a container receiver of a cup holder body and having a flap entrance, rotation guide holes on both upper sides and linear guide holes on both lower sides; a flap installed into a flap entrance of the flap housing and having support protrusion parts, rotational support protrusions inserted into the rotation guide holes, and linear support protrusions inserted into the linear guide holes; and a flap spring disposed between the flap housing and flap and configured to resiliently support the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventor: Yong Goo Kang
  • Patent number: 9457770
    Abstract: A spray washer nozzle for a vehicle may include a nozzle body installed in a hood of a vehicle as a unit for ejecting washer liquid to a windshield, and connected to a hose for supplying the washer liquid and fixedly installed in a hood panel at the same time, and a spray nozzle chip having a passage therein and inserted into a head part of the nozzle body, in which a heat emitter is inserted into and mounted to the passage formed in the interior of the spray nozzle chip such that washer liquid flowing through the passage of the spray nozzle chip is heated while directly contacting the heat emitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Bock Cheol Lee, Hyun Sub Kim, Dae Hwan Kim, Young Sub Oh, Jin Hee Lee, Joon Ho Sung
  • Patent number: 9371023
    Abstract: An apparatus for opening and closing a sliding armrest console may include having a console body, an opening and closing plate rotatably secured to an upper portion of the console body to thereby open and close an upper surface of the console body, and an armrest slid from the opening and closing plate, may include a hook provided to a front end portion of the opening and closing plate and controlling opening and closing of the opening and closing plate from the console body, and a locking unit provided to the armrest, controlling a sliding operation of the armrest by a rotation operation and operating the hook together with the controlling of the sliding operation of the armrest at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, NIFCO KOREA Inc., Dongkook Ind. Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jae Hyun An, Tae Su Jang, In Chan Jeong
  • Patent number: 9358860
    Abstract: A vehicle air vent includes a plurality of vanes installed in an air discharge port in a body to be rotatable in a horizontal direction. By coupling the vanes to each other, when a knob provided on one vane is operated, all of the vanes are rotated together, and a hinge shaft provided at each of an upper end and a lower end of each vane is inserted into and connected to a hinge hole of a spacer provided at each of an upper end and a lower end of the air discharge port of the air vent body. A damper bushing connected to a front end portion of the vane hinge shaft passing through the hinge hole is installed below the hinge hole of a spacer to which each hinge shaft of the vane provided with the knob is connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventor: Ki Young Park