Patents by Inventor Bock Cheol Lee

Bock Cheol Lee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150329053
    Abstract: An inside mirror assembly for a vehicle may include a housing which has an opening portion formed at a front side thereof, a fixed reflective plate which is fixed and mounted to the opening portion of the housing, a tilting reflective plate which is tiltably mounted in the housing, and disposed parallel to a rear surface of the fixed reflective plate in a day reflective mode, or disposed so that an upper end portion of the tilting reflective plate is tiltable rearward at a predetermined angle on a basis of a lower end portion of the tilting reflective plate in order to reduce light reflectivity in a night reflective mode, and a tilting operation mechanism which is connected with the tilting reflective plate, mounted inside and outside of the housing, and adjusts a tilting angle of the tilting reflective plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jin Hee LEE, Bock Cheol Lee, Nak Kyoung Kong, Young Sub Oh, Hyun Sub Kim
  • Patent number: 9174687
    Abstract: A link apparatus of a variable rear spoiler for a vehicle, may include an outer linkage coupled to a motorized rotating drive shaft, a base bracket affixed to a vehicle body and a spoiler bracket connected to a rear spoiler, wherein the outer linkage determines a withdrawal height of the rear spoiler at a fully open state of the rear spoiler, and an inner linkage positioned inside of the outer linkage and coupled to the drive shaft, the base bracket, and the spoiler bracket, wherein the inner linkage determines a withdrawal angle of the rear spoiler at the fully open state of the rear spoiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Phil Jung Jeong, Young Sub Oh, Seung Mok Lee, Hyun Gyung Kim, Bock Cheol Lee, Dong Eun Cha
  • Publication number: 20150292703
    Abstract: A rear lamp for a vehicle may have a light source module capable of simultaneously implementing functions of a tail lamp and a brake lamp in one lighting region, the light source module including a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) light sources for the tail lamp, a plurality of separation printed circuit boards (PCBs) for the tail lamp controlling current supply into the plurality of LED light sources, a pattern film for the tail lamp having an optic formed to implement three-dimensional emitting images with a desired pattern using light of the plurality of LED light sources, an optical resin stacked on the pattern film and uniformly transferring the light of the plurality of LED light sources across the entire section of the pattern film, and an LED light source for the brake lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jeong Gyu YANG, Young Sub Oh, Bock Cheol Lee
  • Patent number: 9108572
    Abstract: A bumper carrier device for a vehicle may include a carrier bar, two towing brackets, a bracket rotating unit and a linking unit. The carrier bar may extend in a left and right direction. The two towing brackets may be separated from each other, be rotatably mounted to the carrier bar, protrude toward a body of a vehicle and be provided with screws at leading ends. The bracket rotating unit may be mounted to the carrier bar and rotates one of the towing brackets relative to the carrier bar to couple or decouple the one of the towing brackets to or from the vehicle. The linking unit may transmit operational force of the bracket rotating unit to the remaining towing bracket to couple or decouple the remaining towing bracket to or from the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hyun Gyung Kim, Bock Cheol Lee, Seung Mok Lee, Phil Jung Jeong, Young Sub Oh, Dong Eun Cha
  • Publication number: 20150175066
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus may include a printed circuit board (PCB) for supplying power, a light source electrically connected to the PCB and generating light, a reflector installed to be positioned at a front of the light source and positioned in a case and guiding the light generated from the light source together with the case, and a prism installed to be positioned at a front of the reflector and surround a dial plate and concentrating the light guided by the reflector and the case into the dial plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Hyun Kim, Yong Soo Chang, Bock Cheol Lee, Wook Hyun Choi
  • Publication number: 20150175223
    Abstract: A link apparatus of a variable rear spoiler for a vehicle, may include an outer linkage coupled to a motorized rotating drive shaft, a base bracket affixed to a vehicle body and a spoiler bracket connected to a rear spoiler, wherein the outer linkage determines a withdrawal height of the rear spoiler at a fully open state of the rear spoiler, and an inner linkage positioned inside of the outer linkage and coupled to the drive shaft, the base bracket, and the spoiler bracket, wherein the inner linkage determines a withdrawal angle of the rear spoiler at the fully open state of the rear spoiler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Phil Jung JEONG, Young Sub Oh, Seung Mok Lee, Hyun Gyung Kim, Bock Cheol Lee, Dong Eun Cha
  • Publication number: 20150165981
    Abstract: A bumper carrier device for a vehicle may include a carrier bar, two towing brackets, a bracket rotating unit and a linking unit. The carrier bar may extend in a left and right direction. The two towing brackets may be separated from each other, be rotatably mounted to the carrier bar, protrude toward a body of a vehicle and be provided with screws at leading ends. The bracket rotating unit may be mounted to the carrier bar and rotates one of the towing brackets relative to the carrier bar to couple or decouple the one of the towing brackets to or from the vehicle. The linking unit may transmit operational force of the bracket rotating unit to the remaining towing bracket to couple or decouple the remaining towing bracket to or from the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyun Gyung KIM, Bock Cheol Lee, Seung Mok Lee, Phil Jung Jeong, Young Sub Oh, Dong Eun Cha
  • Publication number: 20150166020
    Abstract: A spray washer nozzle for a vehicle may include an inlet for inflow of a washer fluid, an outlet for spraying the washer fluid, a channel formed between the inlet and the outlet, and a neck formed ahead of the inlet in the channel. A front and a rear steady stream-generating spaces may be formed at each of both sides around inner edges of the channel, and the front and rear steady stream-generating spaces at each of both sides may be separated by a corresponding separation wall of separation walls protruding toward a center line of the channel in a width direction of the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Bock Cheol Lee, Young Sub Oh, Dae Hwan Kim, Hyun Sub Kim, Byoung Gyu Park, Jin Hee Lee, Joon Ho Sung
  • Patent number: 9033257
    Abstract: An apparatus that supplies washer liquid of a vehicle, in which a washer liquid hose is inserted into a lower end of a pivot shaft by applying a check valve to the lower end of the pivot shaft. In addition, the washer liquid hose is inserted into the pivot shaft and a pipe, to secure a hose route during wiper operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Bock Cheol Lee, Jin Hee Lee, Hyun Sub Kim, Young Sub Oh, Dae Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20150008299
    Abstract: An apparatus for operating an AVN (Audio, Video and Navigation) monitor for a vehicle may include a belt guider which is installed in an accommodation space of a dashboard and around which a belt, moving in a longitudinal direction of the belt guider, is wound, a guide rail fixed to the belt guider and extending in the longitudinal direction of the belt guider, a monitor hinge connected to the belt and engaged to the guide rail and an end of a connection bracket so as to move along the guide rail, wherein the connection bracket is connected to the AVN monitor, and a driving force transmission gear engaged with the belt to move the belt in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Young Ju LEE, Min Young Lee, Jong Hyup Kim, Bock Cheol Lee, Yong Soo Chang, Chan Woong Jung, Kyung Ho Lee, Min Geun Lee
  • Publication number: 20140354465
    Abstract: A radar apparatus for a vehicle includes: a radar unit provided at an inner side of a radiator grill for a vehicle; a multi-layer transmission cover which is fitted into the radar unit and on a front surface of which a plurality of transmission layers through which a laser beam radiated through the radar unit transmits are formed; and a mounting portion in which a connection body formed by connecting the multi-layer transmission cover to the radar unit is connected to a vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seung Mok LEE, Bock Cheol LEE, Phil Jung JEONG, Hyun Gyung KIM, Young Sub OH, Dong Eun CHA
  • Publication number: 20140353392
    Abstract: A heating system for an electric vehicle heats an interior thereof by the driving force of a drive motor is activated by battery power, and includes: a heat exchanger that is connected to the drive motor via a cooling line circulating cooling water between the battery and the drive motor; a PTC connected to the battery via the cooling line and activated by battery power; a heat storage unit that collects and stores thermal energy from the cooling water, with its temperature raised while cooling the drive motor, and connected in series to the drive motor and the battery via the cooling line; and a valve unit installed in the cooling line interconnecting the drive motor, the heat exchanger, and the heat storage unit, which selectively connects the cooling line to the drive motor, the heat exchanger, and the heat storage unit by opening and closing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: June Kyu Park, Yong Soo CHANG, Bock Cheol LEE, Yong Joo CHO
  • Patent number: 8870217
    Abstract: An airbag housing for a vehicle and a manufacturing method thereof may include a main body receiving an airbag configured to expand upon collision of the vehicle and an inflator expanding the airbag, and including an end being open such that expansion of the airbag spreads in one direction, and a door portion coupled with the main body at the end of the main body to form a closed space therebetween in which the airbag and the inflator may be disposed, wherein the door portion may be open by the expansion of the airbag, wherein the door portion may be formed by combining a stiffness portion with a ductile portion, a ductility of which may be higher than a ductility of the stiffness portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Kim, Hong Sik Chang, Bock Cheol Lee, Young-Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 8870208
    Abstract: A side-step device that includes a driving unit, a pinion gear, a driving gear unit, and a step. The driving unit is mounted on a vehicle body, and the pinion gear is connected to the driving unit and is configured to rotate. The driving gear unit is composed of an outer gear surrounding a portion of the pinion gear and engaging with the pinion gear and a rack gear extending from one end of the outer gear to the vehicle body. The step connects to the opposite side of the vehicle body to the driving gear unit, folds in a normal state, unfolds out from the vehicle body when the pinion gear and the outer gear are interlocked, and extends out from the vehicle body from the unfolded state when the pinion gear and the rack gear interlock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Bock Cheol Lee, Seung Mok Lee, Phil Jung Jeong, Hyun Gyung Kim, Young Sub Oh
  • Publication number: 20140185155
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover for a vehicle, in which color paint is applied to or plastic color resin is coupled to a film member having good electromagnetic-wave transmittance characteristics, thus realizing a metallic appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Seung Mok Lee, Bock Cheol Lee, Phil Jung Jeong, Hyun Gyung Kim, Young Sub Oh, Dong Eun Cha
  • Publication number: 20140183011
    Abstract: A switch device including: a circuit board, a mounting member, a push button and a rotary knob. The circuit board includes a switch, and the mounting member has a vertical slit and is fixed on the circuit board. The push button is inserted in the mounting member, is vertically guided along the slit, and when moved downward presses the switch. Additionally, the push button has a guide groove along the outer circumference. The rotary knob encloses the outer circumference of the push button, has a locking portion on an inner side which is inserted into the guide groove of the push button, and rotates independently from the push button but vertically moving with the push button while moving vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: June Kyu Park, Yong Soo Chang, Hyun Kim, Bock Cheol Lee
  • Publication number: 20140183835
    Abstract: A side-step device that includes a driving unit, a pinion gear, a driving gear unit, and a step. The driving unit is mounted on a vehicle body, and the pinion gear is connected to the driving unit and is configured to rotate. The driving gear unit is composed of an outer gear surrounding a portion of the pinion gear and engaging with the pinion gear and a rack gear extending from one end of the outer gear to the vehicle body. The step connects to the opposite side of the vehicle body to the driving gear unit, folds in a normal state, unfolds out from the vehicle body when the pinion gear and the outer gear are interlocked, and extends out from the vehicle body from the unfolded state when the pinion gear and the rack gear interlock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Bock Cheol Lee, Seung Mok Lee, Phil Jung Jeong, Hyun Gyung Kim, Young Sub Oh
  • Publication number: 20140174220
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an actuator for an active air flap apparatus which may manually open air flaps during an actuator failure and may prevent the opened air flaps from closing using e.g., vehicle induced wind. The apparatus includes a worm gear that is driven by the power of a motor and a spur gear that is configured to transmit rotary force of the worm gear towards the air flaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Inventors: Phil Jung Jeong, Bock Cheol Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Hyun Gyung Kim, Seung Mok Lee, Young Sub Oh, In Cheol Kim
  • Publication number: 20140166780
    Abstract: An apparatus that supplies washer liquid of a vehicle, in which a washer liquid hose is inserted into a lower end of a pivot shaft by applying a check valve to the lower end of the pivot shaft. In addition, the washer liquid hose is inserted into the pivot shaft and a pipe, to secure a hose route during wiper operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Bock Cheol Lee, Jin Hee Lee, Hyun Sub Kim, Young Sub Oh, Dae Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8720925
    Abstract: An intelligent side step apparatus for a vehicle may include a linear motor having a stator fixed to a vehicle body, with both ends thereof being positioned in a traverse direction of the vehicle, and a mover engaged to the stator and slidable along the stator when a current may be supplied to the stator, a side step that may be rotatably combined with the mover, and a step actuator that may be connected to the mover and engaged to an end of the side step to selectively rotate the side step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Young Sub Oh, Hyung Gyung Kim, Dong Eun Cha, Bock Cheol Lee, Seung Mok Lee, Phil Jung Jeong