Patents Assigned to TRW Controls & Fasteners Inc
  • Patent number: 9656584
    Abstract: An assist handle apparatus for a vehicle having a mounting plate positioned at a handgrip may include a damping mechanism having a hinge pin connected to the handgrip; hinge ends positioned at first and second sides of the mounting plate, wherein a damper seat is formed in a space defined between the hinge ends; a damper that is inserted in the damper seat with the hinge pin passing through the damper and the hinge ends, the damper having first and second damping ends protruding at a first side and a second side of an outer circumference of the damper respectively; and a stopper that is formed on an inner side of a hinge portion of the handgrip, wherein the stopper damps rotation shock in both rotation directions of the handgrip when the stopper selectively contacts with the first damping end or the second damping end according to rotation of the handgrip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, TRW Controls & Fasteners Inc.
    Inventors: Han Shin, Sung Mo Lee, Sang Eun Jang, Kyoung Sub Jun
  • Publication number: 20150021933
    Abstract: An assist handle apparatus for a vehicle having a mounting plate positioned at a handgrip may include a damping mechanism having a hinge pin connected to the handgrip; hinge ends positioned at first and second sides of the mounting plate, wherein a damper seat is formed in a space defined between the hinge ends; a damper that is inserted in the damper seat with the hinge pin passing through the damper and the hinge ends, the damper having first and second damping ends protruding at a first side and a second side of an outer circumference of the damper respectively; and a stopper that is formed on an inner side of a hinge portion of the handgrip, wherein the stopper damps rotation shock in both rotation directions of the handgrip when the stopper selectively contacts with the first damping end or the second damping end according to rotation of the handgrip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, TRW Controls & Fasteners Inc.
    Inventors: Han SHIN, Sung Mo LEE, Sang Eun JANG, Kyoung Sub JUN
  • Patent number: 8056193
    Abstract: A fastener includes a fastener body having a pair of legs. A shoulder portion causes the legs to be elastically engaged with inner edges of a mounting aperture when the fastener is inserted into the mounting aperture. A gripper portion includes a pair of gripper arms that interpose an insertion rib between a pair of opposite gripper surfaces of the pair of gripper arms when the fastener is fitted to the insertion rib. An engagement projection is formed on any one of the pair of gripper surfaces and extends from one of the pair of gripper surfaces to a height exceeding half of the distance between the pair of gripper surfaces so as to engage with an engagement slot formed on the insertion rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: TRW Controls & Fasteners Inc
    Inventor: Yoon-Hwa Park
  • Publication number: 20080196222
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fastener, which is for 100 removably mounting a mounting object with an insertion rib through a mounting aperture formed on a panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Applicant: TRW Controls & Fasteners Inc
    Inventor: Yoon-Hwa Park