Patents by Inventor Hee-Seouk Chung
Hee-Seouk Chung 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).
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Patent number: 10919472Abstract: A load distribution structure for a vehicle includes: a pair of front side members which are spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the vehicle on a front side of the vehicle; a pair of side sills respectively connected to the front side members; a pair of front pillars respectively connected to front ends of the side sills; a pair of connection members each connecting the front side members and the corresponding side sill along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a dash crossmember transversely connected to the pair of connection members. In particular, each front side member is overlapped and joined to the corresponding connection member, and end portions of the dash crossmember are overlapped and joined to the connection members, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hee Seouk Chung, Byeong Cheon Lee, Hyun Sik Kim, Deok Hwa Hong
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Publication number: 20200406982Abstract: A side sill for a vehicle includes: an inner portion facing an interior space of the vehicle; an outer portion facing an exterior space of the vehicle; and mounting hardware, which is riveted to one of the inner portion and the outer portion, wherein the inner portion and the outer portion form a unitary one-piece structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, SUNG WOO HITECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hee Seouk Chung, Hyun Sik Kim, Deok Hwa Hong, Se Jin Ko, Byeong Cheon Lee, Sang Eon Park, Seok Hwan Hwang
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Publication number: 20200317272Abstract: A front pillar structure for a vehicle includes a front pillar including a front pillar lower extending vertically and a front pillar upper extending obliquely from the front pillar lower. A connection member is coupled to a bottom end of the front pillar lower and connects a front side member and a side sill. The front pillar lower has an S-shaped cross section and the connection member has stepwise flanges coupled to the bottom end of the front pillar lower.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Deok Hwa Hong, Hee Seouk Chung, Byeong Cheon Lee, Hyun Sik Kim
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Patent number: 10710644Abstract: A body floor of a vehicle includes seat rails having seats mounted to the seat rails, a center floor including center side members provided on opposite sides of a tunnel member and a center cross-member connecting the center side members to the tunnel member, a rear floor having a rear side member connected to the center side members, a side reinforcement member provided between the center cross-member and the rear floor to cover the center side members and the rear side member, and a center reinforcement member provided between the center cross-member and the rear floor to cover the tunnel member, where rigidity of peripheral parts of the center floor, the rear floor, and the tunnel member is ensured by the side reinforcement member and the center reinforcement member, and the center floor and the rear floor provide an installation structure for the seat rails.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hyun Sik Kim, Byeong Cheon Lee, Hee Seouk Chung, Deok Hwa Hong
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Publication number: 20200180698Abstract: A tunnel structure for a vehicle is provided, and the tunnel structure includes a tunnel extending along a centerline of a center floor, and a plurality of crossmembers individually coupled to both side surfaces of the tunnel. Each crossmember has a closed cross-sectional shape. The tunnel structure further includes a plurality of bosses provided on the side surfaces of the tunnel, and an end portion of each crossmember received in and coupled to each boss. In addition, the tunnel includes a front tunnel disposed on a front of the center floor, a rear tunnel disposed on a rear of the center floor, and a center tunnel disposed between the front tunnel and the rear tunnel along the centerline of the center floor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Byeong Cheon LEE, Hee Seouk CHUNG, Hyun Sik KIM, Deok Hwa HONG
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Publication number: 20200148271Abstract: A side sill structure can be used for a vehicle. The side sill structure includes a side sill extending along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a front connection member connects a front side member located at a front side of the side sill to a front end of the side sill.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Hyun Sik Kim, Byeong Cheon Lee, Hee Seouk Chung, Deok Hwa Hong
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Publication number: 20200148270Abstract: A vehicle front structure for a vehicle may include: a front side member disposed on a front of a vehicle; and a front end member coupled to a front end of the front side member. In particular, the front end member includes a main body which is coupled to the front side member to be aligned, and a lateral reinforcement portion which extends from the main body toward an outboard side of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hee Seouk CHUNG, Byeong Cheon LEE, Hyun Sik KIM, Deok Hwa HONG
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Publication number: 20200148146Abstract: A load distribution structure for a vehicle includes: a pair of front side members which are spaced apart from each other in a width direction of the vehicle on a front side of the vehicle; a pair of side sills respectively connected to the front side members; a pair of front pillars respectively connected to front ends of the side sills; a pair of connection members each connecting the front side members and the corresponding side sill along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and a dash crossmember transversely connected to the pair of connection members. In particular, each front side member is overlapped and joined to the corresponding connection member, and end portions of the dash crossmember are overlapped and joined to the connection members, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hee Seouk CHUNG, Byeong Cheon LEE, Hyun Sik KIM, Deok Hwa HONG
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Publication number: 20200079437Abstract: A body floor of a vehicle includes seat rails having seats mounted to the seat rails, a center floor including center side members provided on opposite sides of a tunnel member and a center cross-member connecting the center side members to the tunnel member, a rear floor having a rear side member connected to the center side members, a side reinforcement member provided between the center cross-member and the rear floor to cover the center side members and the rear side member, and a center reinforcement member provided between the center cross-member and the rear floor to cover the tunnel member, where rigidity of peripheral parts of the center floor, the rear floor, and the tunnel member is ensured by the side reinforcement member and the center reinforcement member, and the center floor and the rear floor provide an installation structure for the seat rails.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Hyun Sik Kim, Byeong Cheon Lee, Hee Seouk Chung, Deok Hwa Hong
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Patent number: 10532777Abstract: A vehicle center floor panel is provided. A front end thereof is connected with a dash panel partitioning a front body of the vehicle and a vehicle interior room. A rear end thereof is connected with a rear crossmember disposed at a front end of a rear body to be crossed in a width direction of the vehicle. The center floor panel includes center floor members that have a U-shaped floor tunnel portion and a floor side extended portion formed integrally with the floor tunnel portion to extend toward sides from the floor tunnel portion, and spaced apart in a front and rear direction of the vehicle. Center crossmembers include a U-shaped cross tunnel portion to connect the floor tunnel portions and a cross side extended portion combined to the cross tunnel portion from both sides in a width direction of the vehicle to connect the floor side extended portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Byeong Cheon Lee, Hee Seouk Chung, Hyunsik Kim, Deok Hwa Hong
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Publication number: 20190176901Abstract: A vehicle center floor panel is provided. A front end thereof is connected with a dash panel partitioning a front body of the vehicle and a vehicle interior room. A rear end thereof is connected with a rear crossmember disposed at a front end of a rear body to be crossed in a width direction of the vehicle. The center floor panel includes center floor members that have a U-shaped floor tunnel portion and a floor side extended portion formed integrally with the floor tunnel portion to extend toward sides from the floor tunnel portion, and spaced apart in a front and rear direction of the vehicle. Center crossmembers include a U-shaped cross tunnel portion to connect the floor tunnel portions and a cross side extended portion combined to the cross tunnel portion from both sides in a width direction of the vehicle to connect the floor side extended portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Byeong Cheon Lee, Hee Seouk Chung, Hyunsik Kim, Deok Hwa Hong
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Patent number: 9855977Abstract: An underbody structure of a vehicle may include a side sill, a tunnel member, and a rear side member, all of which extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, in which at least one of the side sill, the tunnel member, and the rear side member may include a plurality of first coupling sections, which is coupled to transverse members of the vehicle that extend in a transverse direction of the vehicle, and a plurality of first non-coupling sections, which is not coupled to the members arranged in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and the first coupling sections and the first non-coupling sections may have different thicknesses.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hee Seouk Chung, Deok Hwa Hong
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Patent number: 9834255Abstract: A floor body for a vehicle may include a floor panel forming a lower portion of a vehicle, side sill members extending in a length direction of the vehicle and coupled to both sides of the floor panel, a center side area being a virtual area with a shape extending in a length direction on the floor panel and passing through a point at which a center side member extending in the length direction of the vehicle from both sides of a central portion of the floor panel is provided, and a cross member disposed on the floor panel and extending in a width direction of the vehicle to pass through the center side area and formed so that a portion of the cross member positioned outside the center side area is thicker than that of a portion of the cross member positioned in the center side area.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2015Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Hee Seouk Chung, Deok Hwa Hong
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Patent number: 9796427Abstract: An underbody structure for a vehicle is provided. In particular, the underbody structure includes a front side member. The front side member includes a cooling module section being a foremost portion and that corresponds to a position of a cooling module in front of the vehicle, a front absorption section that extends toward a rear of the cooling module section and a power train section that extends toward a rear of the front absorption section and corresponds to a position at which an engine and a transmission are positioned. Further, a subframe mounting section extends toward a rear of the power train section and corresponds to a position at which a subframe is positioned. Additionally, each section of the front side member has different thicknesses.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 24, 2017Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Deok Hwa Hong, Hee Seouk Chung
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Patent number: 9731770Abstract: A front pillar structure of a vehicle has a flange which connects an inner panel, an outer panel, and a side outer panel at a lateral side to which a door is mounted. The inner panel, the outer panel, and the flange between the inner panel and the outer panel integrally form from a tubular body having a closed cross-sectional shape.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hee Seouk Chung, Si Young Park, Deok Hwa Hong
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Patent number: 9718496Abstract: A rear side member mounted to extend from both sides of a latter half portion of a vehicle body toward a rear of the vehicle is provided. In particular, the rear side member includes fuel tank sections formed as a foremost portion that corresponds to a position of the fuel tank, and rear subframe sections that extend toward a rear of the fuel tank sections and that correspond to a position of a rear subframe. Tire well sections extend backward from the rear subframe sections and correspond to a position of a tire well. Further, the thicknesses of members of the fuel tank sections, the rear subframe sections, and the tire well sections are different.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CoporationInventors: Deok Hwa Hong, Hee Seouk Chung
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Publication number: 20170101132Abstract: An underbody structure of a vehicle may include a side seal, a tunnel member, and a rear side member, all of which extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, in which at least one of the side seal, the tunnel member, and the rear side member may include a plurality of first coupling sections, which is coupled to transverse members of the vehicle that extend in a transverse direction of the vehicle, and a plurality of first non-coupling sections, which is not coupled to the members arranged in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and the first coupling sections and the first non-coupling sections may have different thicknesses.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2016Publication date: April 13, 2017Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hee Seouk CHUNG, Deok Hwa HONG
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Publication number: 20170073015Abstract: A rear side member mounted to extend from both sides of a latter half portion of a vehicle body toward a rear of the vehicle is provided. In particular, the rear side member includes fuel tank sections formed as a foremost portion that corresponds to a position of the fuel tank, and rear subframe sections that extend toward a rear of the fuel tank sections and that correspond to a position of a rear subframe. Tire well sections extend backward from the rear subframe sections and correspond to a position of a tire well. Further, the thicknesses of members of the fuel tank sections, the rear subframe sections, and the tire well sections are different.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Deok Hwa Hong, Hee Seouk Chung
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Publication number: 20170057559Abstract: An underbody structure for a vehicle is provided. In particular, the underbody structure includes a front side member. The front side member includes a cooling module section being a foremost portion and that corresponds to a position of a cooling module in front of the vehicle, a front absorption section that extends toward a rear of the cooling module section and a power train section that extends toward a rear of the front absorption section and corresponds to a position at which an engine and a transmission are positioned. Further, a subframe mounting section extends toward a rear of the power train section and corresponds to a position at which a subframe is positioned. Additionally, each section of the front side member has different thicknesses.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Deok Hwa Hong, Hee Seouk Chung
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Publication number: 20170015364Abstract: A floor body for a vehicle may include a floor panel forming a lower portion of a vehicle, side sill members extending in a length direction of the vehicle and coupled to both sides of the floor panel, a center side area being a virtual area with a shape extending in a length direction on the floor panel and passing through a point at which a center side member extending in the length direction of the vehicle from both sides of a central portion of the floor panel is provided, and a cross member disposed on the floor panel and extending in a width direction of the vehicle to pass through the center side area and formed so that a portion of the cross member positioned outside the center side area is thicker than that of a portion of the cross member positioned in the center side area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2015Publication date: January 19, 2017Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Hee Seouk Chung, Deok Hwa Hong