Patents by Inventor Seok Min SHIN

Seok Min SHIN 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).

  • Patent number: 11814007
    Abstract: An airbag device configured to improving the opening and closing operability of a vent hole to reduce injuries to a passenger. The airbag device includes a cushion panel of an airbag cushion, the cushion panel having a hole, a guide panel overlapped with the cushion panel, and having a hole matching with the hole of the cushion panel, a bellows vent having a hollow vent hole therein, and connected to the hole of the cushion panel and the hole of the guide panel in a folded state while being located therebetween, and a tether connected to the bellows vent, and configured to close the vent hole by the bellows vent unfolded between the cushion panel and the guide panel as a tension pulling the bellows vent in a deployment direction of the airbag cushion due to an expansion pressure of the airbag cushion is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seok Min Shin
  • Patent number: 11285909
    Abstract: A passenger airbag apparatus includes a housing installed inside an instrument panel; an airbag cushion installed in the housing, deployed out of the instrument panel by gas produced in an inflator, and having a windshield-facing part and a passenger-facing part which face a windshield and a passenger, respectively, upon deployment; and a diffuser pocket disposed inside the airbag cushion while having a pocket structure capable of adjusting a flow of gas injected from the inflator, and connected to the windshield-facing part and restraining movement of the windshield-facing part toward the windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seok Min Shin
  • Publication number: 20210229621
    Abstract: A passenger airbag apparatus includes a housing installed inside an instrument panel; an airbag cushion installed in the housing, deployed out of the instrument panel by gas produced in an inflator, and having a windshield-facing part and a passenger-facing part which face a windshield and a passenger, respectively, upon deployment; and a diffuser pocket disposed inside the airbag cushion while having a pocket structure capable of adjusting a flow of gas injected from the inflator, and connected to the windshield-facing part and restraining movement of the windshield-facing part toward the windshield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventor: Seok Min SHIN
  • Patent number: 9789842
    Abstract: According to a passenger airbag apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a left chamber portion and a right chamber portion protrude forward at a front side of an airbag so as to be spaced apart from each other in a left and right direction, and a groove tether pulls the front side of the airbag between the left chamber portion and the right chamber portion, and as a result, a groove is formed at the front side of the airbag between the left chamber portion and the right chamber portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seok Min Shin
  • Publication number: 20170166159
    Abstract: According to a passenger airbag apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a left chamber portion and a right chamber portion protrude forward at a front side of an airbag so as to be spaced apart from each other in a left and right direction, and a groove tether pulls the front side of the airbag between the left chamber portion and the right chamber portion, and as a result, a groove is formed at the front side of the airbag between the left chamber portion and the right chamber portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seok Min SHIN