Patents by Inventor Nam Seok Kim

Nam Seok Kim 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: 20240166013
    Abstract: An embodiment rear side member of a vehicle includes a front portion extending forward in a vehicle length direction, a rear portion extending rearward in the vehicle length direction and disposed offset to an inside of the vehicle with respect to the front portion, and a transition portion in a curved shape connecting a rear end of the front portion and a front end of the rear portion and passing through both a first point configured to engage with a first arm of a first type suspension and a second point configured to engage with a second arm of a second type suspension different from the first type suspension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Seung Hak Lee, Mi Ran Park, Won Hae Lee, Ha Yeon Kwon, Byung Joo Chung, Nam Ho Kim, Min Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20240165829
    Abstract: A vacuum suction head may include a holder including a through hole formed therein, a suction pad surrounding at least a portion of a side surface of the holder, and a packing pad on a lower surface of the holder. The suction pad may protrude below a lower surface of the holder. The packing pad may include a cutout part. The cutout part may allow a space between the suction pad and the packing pad such that the space and the through hole may be in fluid communication with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Min CHOI, Min-Su KANG, Nam Jin KIM, Dong Gun KIM, Han Byul SHIN, Hyun Seok YOON
  • Publication number: 20240109595
    Abstract: A frame structure for a vehicle includes: an inner panel connected to a side member and defining an inner side of a rear part of the side member; an outer panel connected to a rear side of the side member and coupled to an outer side of the inner panel defining a closed cross-section together with the inner panel and defining an outer side of the rear part of the side member; an opening portion formed below the inner and outer panels partially opening the closed cross-section so that a front end of a rear suspension arm can be inserted into the opening portion; and a reinforcing member disposed in the opening portion defining the closed cross-section together with the outer panel and the inner panel and configured to close an internal space in the outer and inner panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Hae Lee, Nam Ho Kim, Mi Ran Park, Ha Yeon Kwon, Byung Joo Chung, Seung Hak Lee, Min Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11939000
    Abstract: A frame structure for a purpose built vehicle (PBV) includes: two main side members extending while gradually rising toward a front of the PBV and extending in a front/rear direction to be disposed on either side of the PBV; two auxiliary side members respectively extending in a front/rear direction to be disposed on a lower side of the two main side members; a front cross member connecting the two auxiliary side members in a lateral direction of the PBV; and a plurality of vertical members respectively connecting the main side members and the auxiliary side members in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Hae Lee, Nam Ho Kim, Byung Joo Chung, Seung Hak Lee, Min Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11926364
    Abstract: A frame for a purpose-built vehicle (PBV) includes: a front part frame positioned at a front side of a vehicle; a rear part frame positioned at a rear side of the vehicle; and a center part frame. The center part frame has a rectangular planar shape and is coupled between the front part frame and the rear part frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nam Ho Kim, Won Hae Lee, Byung Joo Chung, Seung Hak Lee, Min Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11837944
    Abstract: The present invention is proposed to simplify a structural complexity of a conventional oil cooling method for a car motor, reduce a material cost, and also achieve improved cooling performance, in which a cooling liquid, which is provided through a cooling pipe in a conventional case, is sprayed onto a heating portion in a motor through a reservoir tank and a nozzle which are attached to a motor housing through a direct cooling method. A reservoir space is integrally formed with the motor housing or is formed to be separate from the motor housing, a pressure of the cooling liquid is uniformly maintained and damped, and the cooling liquid introduced into the reservoir tank through a flow path formed without a cooling pipe is directly sprayed onto the heating portion to cool the heating portion such as a stator core or a coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nam Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11598411
    Abstract: A motor operating module includes a motor including a rotor and a stator, a gear unit provided on one side of the motor, and being configured to receive torque of the rotor and to transmit the torque to outside, and a housing configured to accommodate the motor and the gear unit in an inner space including a front space formed on a first side, a rear space formed on a second side opposite to the first side, and rear-facing connection flow paths extending from the front space toward the rear space to provide a path for a cooling fluid to flow, such that a motor may be cooled by using a churning effect of an oil caused by rotation of a gear without a separate operating device such as a pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam Seok Kim, Sang Han Lee
  • Publication number: 20230049042
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible tactile actuator including a tactile transmitter configured to be flexible and including magnetic particles capable of being polarized in response to an external magnetic field and a matrix layer including the magnetic particles, a magnetic field generator disposed below the tactile transmitter and configured to generate a magnetic field in the tactile transmitter, and an elastic member provided in a shape of a film, having at least a portion in surface contact with the magnetic field generator, and attached to be in surface contact with one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the tactile transmitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Hyeong Jun KIM, Myung Sun PARK, Jong Hun LEE, Ji Goo KANG, Nam Seok KIM
  • Patent number: 11504743
    Abstract: A flexible tactile actuator includes a tactile transmitter configured to be flexible and including magnetic particles capable of being polarized in response to an external magnetic field and a matrix layer including the magnetic particles, a magnetic field generator disposed below the tactile transmitter and configured to generate a magnetic field in the tactile transmitter, and an elastic member provided in a shape of a film, having at least a portion in surface contact with the magnetic field generator, and attached to be in surface contact with one of a top surface and a bottom surface of the tactile transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: CK MATERIALS LAB CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong Jun Kim, Myung Sun Park, Jong Hun Lee, Ji Goo Kang, Nam Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20220137809
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tactile message providing method and a tactile message providing device. The tactile message providing method in a mobile device includes driving a tactile message program in a first mobile device, receiving a tactile pattern in the first mobile device, converting the tactile pattern into a tactile signal, and transmitting the tactile signal to a second mobile device. The tactile message program includes a tactile switch icon, and the tactile switch icon switches a text input window to a tactile pattern input window and the tactile pattern input window receives the tactile pattern to generate a digital signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Hyeong Jun KIM, Jong Hun LEE, Nam Seok KIM, Jeong Bum LEE
  • Publication number: 20220025967
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor operating module, where the motor operating module includes a motor including a rotor and a stator, a gear unit provided on one side of the motor, and being configured to receive torque of the rotor and to transmit the torque to outside, and a housing configured to accommodate the motor and the gear unit in an inner space, wherein the inner space of the housing comprises a front space formed on a first side of the motor, a rear space formed on a second side of the motor opposite to the first side, rear-facing connection flow paths extending from the front space toward the rear space and providing a path for a cooling fluid to flow, and the cooling fluid is churned by the rotation of the gear unit to flow from a lower region of the housing into the rear space via the rear-facing connection flow paths. According to the present disclosure, a motor may be cooled by using a churning effect of an oil caused by rotation of a gear without a separate operating device such as a pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam Seok KIM, Sang Han LEE
  • Publication number: 20210296978
    Abstract: A tactile actuator, according to one embodiment, may comprise: a housing defining an accommodation space therein; an upper case for covering the upper part of the accommodation space; a vibration unit arranged inside the accommodation space; an upper elastic member connecting the upper side of the housing and the vibration unit; a lower elastic member for connecting the lower side of the housing and the vibration unit; and a coil for forming a magnetic field to drive the vibration unit, wherein one end of the upper elastic member may be fixed to a position on a side wall of the housing that is apart from the upper case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hyeong Jun KIM, Jong Hyung JUNG, Jong Hun LEE, Nam Seok KIM
  • Patent number: 11102833
    Abstract: A communication mode switching apparatus installed in a vehicle is connected to a user terminal and a server system for providing a vehicle sharing service. The apparatus is configured to perform operations including: supporting communication based on communication modes and communicating with the server system, determining, according to a communication state between a communication unit and the server system, whether the server system or a mobile communication network has failed, selecting at least one communication mode in response to the determined result, and operating the communication unit in the selected communication mode. The communication modes include a first communication mode for communicating with the user terminal via a vehicle to pedestrian (V2P) protocol and a second communication mode for communicating with the server system via the mobile communication network. The apparatus calculates a position where the V2P communication with the user terminal is possible in the first communication mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Nam Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11056960
    Abstract: A tactile actuator, according to one embodiment, may comprise: a housing defining an accommodation space therein; an upper case for covering the upper part of the accommodation space; a vibration unit arranged inside the accommodation space; an upper elastic member connecting the upper side of the housing and the vibration unit; a lower elastic member for connecting the lower side of the housing and the vibration unit; and a coil for forming a magnetic field to drive the vibration unit, wherein one end of the upper elastic member may be fixed to a position on a side wall of the housing that is apart from the upper case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CK MATERIALS LAB CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong Jun Kim, Jong Hyung Jung, Jong Hun Lee, Nam Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20210175779
    Abstract: The present invention is proposed to simplify a structural complexity of a conventional oil cooling method for a car motor, reduce a material cost, and also achieve improved cooling performance, in which a cooling liquid, which is provided through a cooling pipe in a conventional case, is sprayed onto a heating portion in a motor through a reservoir tank and a nozzle which are attached to a motor housing through a direct cooling method. A reservoir space is integrally formed with the motor housing or is formed to be separate from the motor housing, a pressure of the cooling liquid is uniformly maintained and damped, and the cooling liquid introduced into the reservoir tank through a flow path formed without a cooling pipe is directly sprayed onto the heating portion to cool the heating portion such as a stator core or a coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Nam Seok KIM
  • Publication number: 20210107477
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for preventing an accident of a vehicle using a sound prediction algorithm which is a neural network model generated by machine learning. The apparatus for preventing an accident of a vehicle may include an interface configured to receive, from a first microphone installed in the vehicle, ambient sound and a processor configured to predict a type of sound generated by an object from the ambient sound, determine a risk of accident between the vehicle and the object based on the type of sound and additional information of the sound, and control driving of the vehicle to allow the vehicle to avoid the object based on the determination that the risk of accident exists. The sound prediction algorithm may be stored in a memory in the apparatus for preventing an accident of a vehicle or provided through an AI server through a 5G network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Nam Seok KIM, Cheol Seung KIM
  • Publication number: 20210064230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tactile message providing method and a tactile message providing device. Embodiments of the present invention provide a tactile message providing method for a tactile sense in a mobile communication terminal device, the method including: (a) driving a tactile message program; (b) receiving a tactile pattern; (c) converting the tactile pattern into a pattern signal; and (d) transmitting the pattern signal to a reception terminal device, wherein the tactile message program includes a tactile pattern input window or a tactile switch icon for switching a text input window to a tactile pattern input window, wherein the pattern signal is a signal capable of transmitting tactile information by operating a tactile delivery unit of the reception terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Hyeong Jun KIM, Jong Hun LEE, Nam Seok KIM, Jeong Bum LEE
  • Publication number: 20210053400
    Abstract: A tire including a sealant layer and a sound absorbing material layer is provided, and more particularly, a tire is provided, which includes a sound absorbing material layer which is attached to an inner surface of a tire, and a sealant layer which is disposed between the inner surface of the tire and the sound absorbing material layer and includes a sealant which attaches the sound absorbing material layer to the inner surface of the tire. The sound absorbing material layer includes a non-woven fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ji Wan LEE, Seok Hee JO, Byeong Ho SEO, In Jeong PARK, Nam Seok KIM, Hae Kwang CHUNG, Jeong Heon KIM, Hyun Ah BAE
  • Patent number: 10921895
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a multi-directional actuating module capable of moving in various directions and capable of delivering various tactile senses such as knocking or rubbing as well as vibration by controlling at least one of the intensity, direction or frequency of a magnetic field generation unit. Further, the multidirectional actuating module according to one embodiment may comprise: a moving body capable of moving in at least two or more axial directions by means of an external magnetic field; a support for supporting the moving body so as to be movable; and at least two or more magnetic field generation units which are in the form of a coil to generate the magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: CK MATERIALS LAB CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong Jun Kim, Jong Hun Lee, Nam Seok Kim, Myung Sun Park, Ji Goo Kang
  • Patent number: 10860204
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tactile message providing method and a tactile message providing device. Embodiments of the present invention provide a tactile message providing method for a tactile sense in a mobile communication terminal device, the method including: (a) driving a tactile message program; (b) receiving a tactile pattern; (c) converting the tactile pattern into a pattern signal; and (d) transmitting the pattern signal to a reception terminal device, wherein the tactile message program includes a tactile pattern input window or a tactile switch icon for switching a text input window to a tactile pattern input window, wherein the pattern signal is a signal capable of transmitting tactile information by operating a tactile delivery unit of the reception terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: CK MATERIALS LAB CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong Jun Kim, Jong Hun Lee, Nam Seok Kim, Jeong Bum Lee