Patents Assigned to NIFCO Korea Inc.
  • Patent number: 11958396
    Abstract: A hidden type holder device includes: a stationary assembly, a movable assembly, and a first return spring, the movable assembly is accommodated in the stationary assembly and movable to the inside or outside of the stationary assembly, the movable assembly has a retractable holder assembly for accommodating an article, and two opposite end portions of the return spring are respectively mounted on the stationary assembly and the movable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Nifco Korea Inc., Seoyon E-Hwa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun Lei Sang, Cheng Kun Li, Won Young Bae, Bong Ju Choi, Dae Kyo Kim
  • Patent number: 11919444
    Abstract: A glove box lighting device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a switch unit (100) including a sliding rod (110) configured to linearly move in accordance with opening/closing of a glove box door (400); a lamp unit (200) including a lamp (220) configured to be turned on when power is supplied thereto and being configured to be fixed at one side of the glove box housing; and a wire (300) connecting the switch unit (100) and the lamp unit (200) to conduct electricity to each other. The glove box lighting device is configured such that the sliding rod (110) linearly moves and protrudes when the glove box door (400) is open, so as to supply power to the lamp (220).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventor: Ho Sung Shin
  • Patent number: 11904748
    Abstract: A rotatable armrest includes: a housing; a button system; and a hinge system engaged to the button system, in which the button system and the hinge system are provided in the housing, in which the hinge system includes a hinge shaft, and the rotatable armrest is fixed at a first position, a second position, or a third position by being rotated about the hinge shaft, and in which the rotatable armrest is configured to be positioned to be folded downward at the first position, the rotatable armrest is configured to be positioned to be directed forward horizontally at the second position, and the rotatable armrest is configured to be positioned to be directed rearward horizontally at the third position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, NIFCO KOREA INC., SEOYON E-HWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng Kun Li, Chun Lei Sang, Won Young Bae, Bong Ju Choi, Dae Kyo Kim
  • Patent number: 11884125
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air ventilator for an automobile, comprising: a housing (100) comprising a flow path (110) through which air is blown; a wind direction control unit (200) comprising a louver (210) to adjust a wind direction of the air; a function carrier (300) installed in the wind direction control unit (200); a shaft (400) comprising a coupling portion (410) formed on first side portion of the shaft (400), wherein the function carrier (300) is mounted on the coupling portion (410) such that the function carrier (300) is rotatable, and an output bevel gear (420) formed on a second side portion of the shaft (400); and a pair of dampers (500) coupled to a hinge (600) so as to be foldable, wherein each of the pair of dampers (500) comprises an input bevel gear (510) to be engaged with the output bevel gear (420).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventor: Seong Keon Kim
  • Patent number: 11858316
    Abstract: A roof vent includes a roof disposed on a vehicle and a vent assembly. The vent assembly has at least one vent unit disposed on the roof and configured to enter the roof, a driving unit driving the vent unit, and at least one rack unit applying the driving force of the driving unit to the vent unit. The vent unit enters the roof due to operation of the driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC., DAEHAN SOLUTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Ho Cho, Soon Kyu Lee, Woo Hyuk Kim, Choong Ho Kwon, Geun Heung Kim
  • Patent number: 11827181
    Abstract: A movable carrier device for vehicles including a rail section positioned in a vehicle floor, a storage section movable along the rail section, a magnetic section located in the storage section so as to be movable along the rail section, a locking unit fastened to the floor and the storage section to restrict the movement of the storage section, and a controller configured to control the locking unit such that the storage section and the locking unit are fastened to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Hyeon Ju An, Kwang Kyu Han, Byung Seok Kong, Jong Chae Lee
  • Publication number: 20230356652
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) lamp for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the same use MID and magnetic induction technologies. The LED lamp includes a LED module, a housing accommodating the LED module, and a molded interconnect device (MID) electrode formed on a surface of the housing. The LED module may be mounted on the MID electrode by soldering using magnetic induction heating, the housing may be an injection molded product, and the MID electrode may be formed on the housing using a MID process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, BS TECHNICS CO., LTD., NIFCO KOREA INC., HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., ALPS ELECTRIC KOREA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Sik Kim, Jung Sik Choi, Young Do Kim, Tae Kyoung Jung, Seung-Sik Han, Hong-Sik Chang, Kwang-Pyo Cho, Young-Ju Lee, Jong-Hyun Park, Jin-Won Lee, Jun-Geun Oh, Cheon-Ho Kim, Young-Jai Im, Sun-Mi Oh, Kang-Sun Lee, Sae-Ah Kim, Jong-Eun Park, Kwan-Woo Lee, Jong-Chae Lee, Jun-Hyun Park, Won-Il Lee, Dae-Woo Park
  • Patent number: 11780294
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air conditioning device for a vehicle. The air conditioning device includes an air conditioning unit disposed in at least one of front or rear of the vehicle. The air conditioning device further includes a duct unit blowing air of the air conditioning unit into an interior and extending inside of at least one of a front pillar or a rear pillar. The air conditioning device further includes a vent unit communicating with the duct unit through a connecting duct and selectively opening and closing a discharge path of at least one of a main path, a first path, or a second path so as to discharge the blown air to a side of a roof frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC., NVH KOREA, INC.
    Inventors: Min Ho Cho, Ji Ah Kim, Jin Ho Hwang, Chi Bong Oh, Geun Heung Kim
  • Publication number: 20230311778
    Abstract: A damper for a glove box includes a cylinder, a piston movably disposed in the cylinder, and a valve movably disposed in an accommodation portion of the piston. The piston includes a piston body in which an orifice is formed and a rod formed to protrude from the piston body and in which the accommodation portion is disposed. The valve includes a valve body, a pin formed to protrude from the valve body to have an end portion thereof disposed in the orifice, and a leg formed to protrude from the valve body. The valve is configured to move due to movement of the piston in a direction opposite to a movement direction of the piston to have the leg come into contact with the piston body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Yong Gon MOON, Hak Young KIM, Jung Hun KIM
  • Publication number: 20230286355
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wind direction controlling device of a slim-type air vent for an automobile. More specifically, an air distributor and an air guide are mounted to an air duct of the slim-type air vent to make it easy to adjust the discharge volume and the vertical discharge angle of air discharged through a discharge portion of the air duct. The present invention comprises: a slim air duct (100) having an air inlet (110) and an air outlet (120) which pass therethrough, wherein air generated in an air conditioning device flows in through the air outlet (120) and then is discharged to the outside through the air outlet (120); an air distributor (200) rotatably installed inside the slim air duct (100); and an air guide (300) installed and fixed inside the air duct (100) so that the air distributed by the air distributor (200) is discharged through the air outlet (120) as the Coanda effect is generated in the upward-forward and downward-forward directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventor: Ji Hun LEE
  • Publication number: 20230278402
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a roof air vent for a vehicle and, more specifically, to a roof air vent which permits a passenger onboard the vehicle to conveniently control, as needed, a wide distribution of air being supplied into the vehicle through the roof air vent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Yang Mook LIM, Byung Gi CHO
  • Patent number: 11713025
    Abstract: An air blowing apparatus is oriented toward a windshield glass of a vehicle and includes an air fan assembly located adjacent to the windshield glass and an air nozzle connected to the air fan assembly via a duct such that a fluid flows therebetween. The air nozzle is located so as to be opposite the windshield glass and is configured to adjust the pressure and angle at which air is discharged toward the windshield glass in accordance with the driving environment of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Jong Min Park, Nak Kyoung Kong, Seung Hyeok Chang, Ki Hong Lee, Jae Hyoung Kim, Heung Hwan Lim
  • Patent number: 11701991
    Abstract: A tray device for a vehicle includes a tray having a storage space capable of storing an article, a tray cover rotatably installed on the tray to open and close the storage space and including a coupling plate having a heart cam groove, and a locking device fixedly installed on an outer surface of the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventor: Hyo Keun Yang
  • Patent number: 11701946
    Abstract: An air vent for a vehicle may include: a duct part having an internal path through which air is moved; a first adjusting part rotatably installed in the duct part, and configured to guide the discharge direction of the air while rotated in a side-to-side direction; a second adjusting part rotatably installed in the duct part with the first adjusting part, and configured to guide the discharge direction of the air or block an air flow passing through the duct part, while rotated in a top-to-bottom direction; and an airtightness maintaining part fixed to the duct part facing the second adjusting part, and configured to block the movement of the air while brought into contact with the second adjusting part for opening/closing the duct part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Won Sik Kim, Geun Heung Kim
  • Patent number: 11697324
    Abstract: A roof vent includes a roof disposed on a vehicle and a vent assembly. The vent assembly includes at least one vent unit disposed on the roof and configured to be popped up to the interior of the vehicle, a driving unit driving the vent unit, and at least one rack unit applying driving force of the driving unit to the vent unit. The vent unit is popped up or tilted by the driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC., DAEHAN SOLUTION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Ho Cho, Jin Ho Hwang, Hye Kyung Kim, Seung Hyeok Chang, Choong Ho Kwon, Geun Heung Kim, Woo Hyuk Kim, Soon Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11639119
    Abstract: A seat rail for a vehicle includes: a rail gap cover combined with a moving rail, and a slit cover combined with the rail gap cover to close the gap between a fixed rail and the moving rail regardless of movement of the moving rail, whereby it is possible to prevent foreign substances from entering into the fixed rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC., Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Eun Sue Kim, Seung Sik Han, Hong Heui Lee, Myung Hoe Kim, Jin Kim, Gyong Min Kim, In Gul Baek, Soo Young Chae, Hoe Won Jeong, Jin Wook Choi
  • Patent number: 11613206
    Abstract: Provided herein is an indoor emotional lighting apparatus for implementing three-dimensional (3D) pattern for a vehicle, the indoor emotional lighting apparatus including a film portion on which a plurality of fine lenses each having a 3D pattern are arranged, a light source configured to emit light in a plurality of directions, and a light source guide portion configured to guide an optical path of the light source to allow the light emitted from the light source to be directed toward the film portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd., NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Kwan Woo Lee, Jong Chae Lee
  • Publication number: 20230069762
    Abstract: This application relates to a hook assembly for a door curtain of a vehicle. The hook assembly is installed on a door panel to which a door curtain is hooked and fixed. The hook assembly includes a hook body installed to pass through a through-hole formed in the door panel in a load direction due to the door curtain, and a hook pin engaged with the hook body in a direction perpendicular to the load direction due to the door curtain. When the hook pin is engaged with the hook body, the hook body is supported in the through-hole in an engaged direction of the hook pin and one side of the hook body is pressed against a circumference of the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Do-Won Kim, Jong-Woo Shim, Min-Jung Kim, Yoo-Sung Doh
  • Publication number: 20230038221
    Abstract: A tether clip includes: a clip body including a panel anchor part and a trim anchor portion, a head anchor part capable of being combined with the trim anchor portion, and a tether connecting the clip body and the head anchor part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Jiseob Park, Hyochul Myoung, Changmo Seong, SangWook Yi, Y Tae Kim, Yoo Sung Doh
  • Publication number: 20230030083
    Abstract: A tether clip includes a clip body including a panel anchor part and a trim anchor portion connected to the panel anchor part. The clip body has a moving space therein and a trim trigger in the trim anchor portion to be deformable in the moving space direction. The tether clip has a head anchor part with a head hook thereon, a tether connecting the clip body and the head anchor part, and a coupling pin. The coupling pin is inserted into the moving space and includes an inclined slope configured to contact the trim trigger and move the coupling pin toward the panel anchor portion when the trim trigger is deformed inside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Jiseob PARK, Hongkeun SON, Jaewon PARK, Yoo Sung DOH