Patents by Inventor Bock Cheol Lee

Bock Cheol Lee 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: 20140125031
    Abstract: An intelligent side step apparatus for a vehicle may include a linear motor having a stator fixed to a vehicle body, with both ends thereof being positioned in a traverse direction of the vehicle, and a mover engaged to the stator and slidable along the stator when a current may be supplied to the stator, a side step that may be rotatably combined with the mover, and a step actuator that may be connected to the mover and engaged to an end of the side step to selectively rotate the side step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Young Sub Oh, Hyung Gyung Kim, Dong Eun Cha, Bock Cheol Lee, Seung Mok Lee, Phil Jung Jeong
  • Publication number: 20140077479
    Abstract: An airbag housing for a vehicle and a manufacturing method thereof may include a main body receiving an airbag configured to expand upon collision of the vehicle and an inflator expanding the airbag, and including an end being open such that expansion of the airbag spreads in one direction, and a door portion coupled with the main body at the end of the main body to form a closed space therebetween in which the airbag and the inflator may be disposed, wherein the door portion may be open by the expansion of the airbag, wherein the door portion may be formed by combining a stiffness portion with a ductile portion, a ductility of which may be higher than a ductility of the stiffness portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun KIM, Hong Sik Chang, Bock Cheol Lee, Young-Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20140063830
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include a flexible printed circuit board of which at least one lighting source may be mounted on an upper surface of the flexible printed circuit board, and a cover which may be made of flexible material, and connected on the printed circuit board for the at least one lighting source to be disposed within the cover, wherein the cover distributes a light emitted from the at least one lighting source to an upper direction of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jaehong Kim, Young Sub Oh, Bock Cheol Lee, Dong Gon Kang
  • Patent number: 8590913
    Abstract: An intelligent side step apparatus for a vehicle may include a base block that is fixed to a vehicle body panel disposed at a lower end of a vehicle door, a step motor that is fixed to the base block, a driving shaft that is engaged with the step motor and is rotated by power transmitted from the step motor, a plurality of joint steps that are pivotally coupled each other in sequence, and a step operating mechanism that is coupled with the driving shaft and engaged with each of the joint steps, rotates with the driving shaft, and moves in a forward or backward direction according to rotation of the driving shaft, and wherein one of the plurality of joint steps is pivotally connected to the base block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Young Sub Oh, Hyun Gyung Kim, Dong Eun Cha, Bock Cheol Lee, Seung Mok Lee, Phil Jung Jeong