Patents by Inventor Il Chang SUNG

Il Chang SUNG 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: 20240166154
    Abstract: An embodiment airbag for a seat belt includes an airbag cushion deployable from the seat belt, a first support having a shape that widens toward a space in front of a passenger at a lower portion of the airbag cushion when the airbag cushion is in a deployed state, wherein the first support is configured to be supported by thighs of the passenger, and a second support having a shape that widens toward the passenger at an upper portion of the airbag cushion when the airbag cushion is in the deployed state, wherein the second support is configured to support a head of the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Seok Hoon Ko, Min June Song
  • Publication number: 20240092233
    Abstract: A vehicle seat may have an angle detection device configured to detect a reclining angle of a seatback, an angle detection reference member configured to serve as a reference for the angle detection device, and a rotation limiting guide unit configured to connect a seat fixing structure to the angle detection reference member and to limit rotation of the angle detection reference member by guiding upward-and-downward and forward-and-rearward movements of the angle detection reference member during tilting of a seat cushion around a hinge structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Yong Ik Kim
  • Publication number: 20240075898
    Abstract: An airbag maintains deployment performance of an airbag cushion installed in a structure for dividing an occupant compartment space. The airbag includes an airbag cushion that includes a plurality of deployment areas and a spacing part that is disposed at a position adjacent to the plurality of deployment areas and separates the plurality of deployment area from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Byung Ho Min, Ju Kyung Kim
  • Patent number: 11897416
    Abstract: A seat belt to increase a force for restraining a passenger's lower body in a sitting state of a relaxation mode while satisfying existing laws in a normal sitting state and to a movement control method thereof includes an anchor unit provided on a lower portion of a first side surface of a seat and configured for allowing webbing of the seat belt to be locked thereto and an anchor moving apparatus configured to move the anchor unit forwards and backwards thereof, and to a movement control method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, SAMSONG INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Woon Kim, Il Chang Sung, Won Ryong Song, Jung Woo Park
  • Patent number: 11851019
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle seat airbag apparatus, wherein: when a side collision accident occurs, an active vent hole is closed to delay the deployment speed of a front cushion and thus to enable a side cushion so as to have sufficient internal pressure, thereby improving ability to respond to a side collision; and when a frontal collision accident occurs, the active vent hole maintains an open state to rapidly deploy the front cushion, thereby improving ability to respond to a frontal collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Sang Won Hwangbo
  • Patent number: 11851018
    Abstract: A seat airbag apparatus for a vehicle and a method of controlling the operation thereof, includes side cushions deployed from the seatback, front cushions configured to be deployed from the side cushions, and inflators for the side cushions and inflators for the front cushions. The deployment operation of the side cushions and the deployment operation of the front cushions are respectively controlled depending on a normal seating mode and a relax mode of an occupant and a side collision and a front collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Sang Won Hwangbo
  • Publication number: 20230294630
    Abstract: Provided is a roof-mounted airbag configured to reduce the risk of injury to a passenger by minimizing movement of a cushion when the passenger is placed on the cushion. The roof-mounted airbag includes a cushion, formed in a cylindrical shape and configured to be deployed downwards between passengers facing each other while left and right upper ends thereof are fixed to a roof part, and an inflator configured to provide gas to an inside of the cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Byung Ho Min
  • Publication number: 20230166682
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle seat airbag apparatus, wherein: when a side collision accident occurs, an active vent hole is closed to delay the deployment speed of a front cushion and thus to enable a side cushion so as to have sufficient internal pressure, thereby improving ability to respond to a side collision; and when a frontal collision accident occurs, the active vent hole maintains an open state to rapidly deploy the front cushion, thereby improving ability to respond to a frontal collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Sang Won Hwangbo
  • Patent number: 11648908
    Abstract: A roof air bag apparatus for a vehicle includes a roof air bag cushion protecting a passenger, and the roof air bag cushion can be separated into a front air bag cushion and a rear air bag cushion. In particular, the front air bag cushion and the rear air bag cushion are unfolded into a space between a front passenger and a rear passenger in a face-to-face mode at the time of occurrence of a car accident, such that the unfolded front air bag cushion protects the front passenger by absorbing an impact force, and the unfolded rear air bag cushion protects the rear passenger by absorbing an impact force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Hae Kwon Park, Byung Ho Min
  • Publication number: 20230077128
    Abstract: A seat airbag apparatus for a vehicle and a method of controlling the operation thereof, includes side cushions deployed from the seatback, front cushions configured to be deployed from the side cushions, and inflators for the side cushions and inflators for the front cushions. The deployment operation of the side cushions and the deployment operation of the front cushions are respectively controlled depending on a normal seating mode and a relax mode of an occupant and a side collision and a front collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Chang SUNG, Sang Won HWANGBO
  • Patent number: 11584329
    Abstract: A seat airbag apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. A side cushion is deployed so as to protrude forward from a seatback in order to protect the lateral sides of an occupant, and a front cushion is deployed so as to protrude from the side cushion to the front of the occupant in order to protect the front side of the occupant. The deployment of the side cushion and the front cushion is limited by an upper dual-surface tether structure, formed by an upper-side surface tether and an upper-front surface tether, and a lower dual-surface tether structure, formed by a lower-side surface tether and a lower-front surface tether, thereby increasing force with which movement of the occupant is restricted, thus further enhancing an occupant protection effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Sang Won Hwangbo, Choong Ryung Lee
  • Publication number: 20230051418
    Abstract: A seat belt to increase a force for restraining a passenger's lower body in a sitting state of a relaxation mode while satisfying existing laws in a normal sitting state and to a movement control method thereof includes an anchor unit provided on a lower portion of a first side surface of a seat and configured for allowing webbing of the seat belt to be locked thereto and an anchor moving apparatus configured to move the anchor unit forwards and backwards thereof, and to a movement control method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Samsong Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Woon KIM, Il Chang SUNG, Won Ryong SONG, Jung Woo PARK
  • Patent number: 11560059
    Abstract: An apparatus for deploying a display unit includes: a cowl cross bar disposed inside a crash pad; a housing disposed on the cowl cross bar and fastened to a center part of the crash pad; a display unit configured to be deployed along the housing; a rotating unit configured to rotate the housing with respect to the cowl cross bar; a driving unit coupled to the cowl cross bar in order to cause sliding movement of the cowl cross bar; and a controller configured to control at least one of the extent of deployment of the display unit, the amount of sliding movement of the cowl cross bar, or the amount of rotation of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hye Kyung Kim, Joo Hwa Kim, Il Chang Sung, Yoon Im
  • Publication number: 20220212538
    Abstract: An apparatus for deploying a display unit includes: a cowl cross bar disposed inside a crash pad; a housing disposed on the cowl cross bar and fastened to a center part of the crash pad; a display unit configured to be deployed along the housing; a rotating unit configured to rotate the housing with respect to the cowl cross bar; a driving unit coupled to the cowl cross bar in order to cause sliding movement of the cowl cross bar; and a controller configured to control at least one of the extent of deployment of the display unit, the amount of sliding movement of the cowl cross bar, or the amount of rotation of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hye Kyung Kim, Joo Hwa Kim, Il Chang Sung, Yoon Im
  • Publication number: 20220144203
    Abstract: A roof air bag apparatus for a vehicle includes a roof air bag cushion protecting a passenger, and the roof air bag cushion can be separated into a front air bag cushion and a rear air bag cushion. In particular, the front air bag cushion and the rear air bag cushion are unfolded into a space between a front passenger and a rear passenger in a face-to-face mode at the time of occurrence of a car accident, such that the unfolded front air bag cushion protects the front passenger by absorbing an impact force, and the unfolded rear air bag cushion protects the rear passenger by absorbing an impact force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Chang SUNG, Hae Kwon PARK, Byung Ho MIN
  • Publication number: 20210402949
    Abstract: A seat airbag apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. A side cushion is deployed so as to protrude forward from a seatback in order to protect the lateral sides of an occupant, and a front cushion is deployed so as to protrude from the side cushion to the front of the occupant in order to protect the front side of the occupant. The deployment of the side cushion and the front cushion is limited by an upper dual-surface tether structure, formed by an upper-side surface tether and an upper-front surface tether, and a lower dual-surface tether structure, formed by a lower-side surface tether and a lower-front surface tether, thereby increasing force with which movement of the occupant is restricted, thus further enhancing an occupant protection effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Chang SUNG, Sang Won HWANGBO, Choong Ryung LEE
  • Patent number: 10913421
    Abstract: An air bag apparatus for protecting a passenger's head includes an air bag cover fixedly installed at an upper end of a seat back and an air bag cushion installed in a folded state in the air bag cover. The air bag cushion is deployed while breaking the air bag cover during supply of air bag gas from an inflator, and deployed toward one side of the passenger who is on a seat to protect the passenger's head during deployment. Accordingly, the air bag apparatus protects the passenger's head even in a situation in which a position of the seat is changed and an autonomous driving condition in which various sitting modes are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Il Chang Sung
  • Publication number: 20200164823
    Abstract: An air bag apparatus for protecting a passenger's head includes an air bag cover fixedly installed at an upper end of a seat back and an air bag cushion installed in a folded state in the air bag cover. The air bag cushion is deployed while breaking the air bag cover during supply of air bag gas from an inflator, and deployed toward one side of the passenger who is on a seat to protect the passenger's head during deployment. Accordingly, the air bag apparatus protects the passenger's head even in a situation in which a position of the seat is changed and an autonomous driving condition in which various sitting modes are arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventor: Il Chang SUNG