Patents by Inventor Byung-Yong Choi

Byung-Yong Choi 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: 20250121741
    Abstract: A seat mounting device for a vehicle is configured to allow a seat to be removably mounted in a flexible manner according to a user's desired purpose by mounting the seat to face forward or rearward or arranging the seat along with other seats of the vehicle, according to the number of passengers or different seating arrangements. In addition, by allowing the seat to be removed from the leg frame and the leg frame to be removed from the support frame and folded, the seat and leg frame may be easily stored in a separate storage location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Kim, Hyeong Jong Kim, Byeong Seon Son, Byung Yong Choi, Dong Woo Jeong, Seok Hwan Kim, Yun Ho Shin
  • Patent number: 12261002
    Abstract: A cover type touch switch structure includes: a seat housing embedded in a seat of a vehicle so as to be fastened to a seat frame; a switch housing disposed in the seat housing and including an outer surface which is coupled to the seat housing via a hook; a light-emitting unit which is disposed in the switch housing and stacked on the seat frame; and a knob unit which has a portion disposed in the switch housing and is stacked on the light-emitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Hyeon Shin, Jung Sang You, Ju Hyun Cha, Sang Hyun Lee, Seon Chae Na, Sang Ho Kim, Byung Yong Choi, Hyeok Lee, Seong Kwon Go, Chong Hwan Jeon
  • Publication number: 20250042234
    Abstract: A storage system for a vehicle has a configuration capable of storing a plurality of high-voltage battery packs in a separably assembled state in a seat backboard of the vehicle through a coupling structure of a protrusion and a groove. Only a broken or failed high-voltage battery pack from among a plurality of high-voltage battery packs assembled to the seat backboard is separated from the seat backboard, and a new high-voltage battery pack can then replace the failed high-voltage battery pack through assembly thereof to the seat backboard at a position from which the failed high-voltage battery pack has been separated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Hyeong Jong Kim, Ju Yeol Kong, Byeong Kwang Kim, So Young Yoo, Han Su Yoo, Byung Yong Choi, Sang Do Park, Seong Hyeon Shin
  • Publication number: 20250033568
    Abstract: A vehicle seat apparatus includes: a receiving device provided on a seat of a vehicle, where an auxiliary battery and a portable electronic device are received in the receiving device, and a controller that controls power transmission between the auxiliary battery received in the receiving device and a convenience device of the seat. The receiving device is provided on a back board of the seat, and the auxiliary battery and the portable electronic device may be received in the receiving device or taken from the receiving device. During charging, the auxiliary battery is charged with power of a vehicle power supply or the portable electronic device is wirelessly charged with power of the auxiliary battery in normal times, and the power of the auxiliary battery may be supplied to the convenience device of the seat in an emergency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Hyeong Jong Kim, Ju Yeol Kong, Byeong Kwang Kim, Seong Hyeon Shin, Han Su Yoo, Byung Yong Choi, Sang Do Park, So Young Yoo, Jeong Mi Seo
  • Publication number: 20240343169
    Abstract: A height adjustment device and a swivel device for a vehicle seat are configured to adjust seat height and swivel the vehicle seat. The height adjustment device includes a first reduction gear device disposed at a bottom of the vehicle seat and configured to increase output torque of a first motor and a lifting device engaged with the first reduction gear device and configured to move the seat upwards or downwards, and the swivel device includes a motor driving unit disposed at a bottom of the height adjustment device and a second reduction gear device configured to increase output torque of the motor driving unit, thereby making it possible not only to selectively perform seat height adjustment and swivel operation, but also to perform a monopost function of the seat in a state in which the height adjustment device and the swivel device are stacked in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Ki Ryung Lee, Sang Uk Yu, Ji Hwan Kim, So Young Yoo, Sang Ho Kim, Byung Yong Choi, Dong Woo Kim, Young Joon Kim, Jae Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20240343168
    Abstract: A power swivel device for a vehicle seat is configured to perform both swivel and monopost functions of the vehicle seat. The power swivel device includes a motor configured to swivel the seat and a reduction gear device configured to increase output torque of the motor, which are stacked in a vertical direction on a bottom of the seat. The power swivel device includes a lower housing; an upper housing stacked on and assembled to the lower housing; an eccentric shaft rotatably disposed relative to the lower housing and the upper housing; a motor driving unit mounted between the lower housing and the eccentric shaft; the reduction gear device installed between the upper housing and the eccentric shaft; and a swivel plate rotatably mounted on the reduction gear device and connected to a seat cushion frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Ho Kim, Byung Yong Choi, So Young Yoo, Ji Hwan Kim, Sang Uk Yu, Dong Woo Kim, Young Joon Kim, Jae Ho Kim, Duck Yeol Kim, Ho Jin Jung
  • Publication number: 20240308396
    Abstract: A device for height adjustment and swivel of a seat for a vehicle has a structure in which a first motor for height adjustment of the seat, a first reduction gear device for increasing output torque of the first motor, and a lifting device configured to lift or lower the seat by being connected to the first reduction gear device are stacked in a vertical direction, and a second motor for driving of seat swivel, a second reduction gear device for increasing output torque of the second motor, a brake device configured to stop the seat are vertically stacked between a bottom of the seat and the first motor, in order to adjust the height of the seat, enable accurate swiveling, and carry out a monopost function of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Ji Hwan Kim, Byung Yong Choi, So Young Yoo, Sang Uk Yu, Sang Ho Kim, Dong Woo Kim, Young Joon Kim, Jae Ho Kim, Ho Jin Jung
  • Publication number: 20240286559
    Abstract: An embodiment mounting and demounting device for a wireless electronic device includes a pair of holder wings arranged symmetrically to each other and configured to press both sides of the wireless electronic device, a holder wing adjusting device configured to apply a force to adjust a gap between the holder wings using a driving force of a drive motor, a lifting implementing device configured to interlock with the holder wing adjusting device to lift the wireless electronic device upward in a case in which the holder wings are spread apart by a predetermined reference gap or more, a lower housing wrapped around a lower side of the holder wings, the holder wing adjusting device, and the lifting implementing device, and an upper housing coupled to an upper side of the lower housing and configured to allow the wireless electronic device to pass through in an up and down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Guk Mu Park, Dong Woo Jeong, Dong Ho Kang, Jung Sang You, Hyung Joo Kim, Hyeong Jong Kim, Seung Min Jeong, Seung Young Lee, Byung Jin Son, Han Su Yoo, Hyo Seop Cha, Young Gyu Song, Yun Chang Kim, Jae Sik Choi, Dae Hee Lee, Byung Yong Choi, Seon Chae Na, Sang Do Park, Eun Sue Kim, Yong Seong Jang, Eom Seok Yoo, Seung Young Lee, Jin Wook Choi
  • Publication number: 20240270125
    Abstract: A power swivel apparatus of a seat for a vehicle includes a motor having an eccentric shaft, a reduction gear device connected to the eccentric shaft of the motor, a brake device configured such that braking of the brake device is released by eccentric rotational force of the reduction gear at a time of driving the motor and the brake device exhibits braking force configured to stop the seat at a time of stopping driving of the motor, and a swivel plate connected to the brake device and configured to transmit rotational force so as to swivel the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Ji Hwan Kim, Byung Yong Choi, So Young Yoo, Sang Uk Yu, Sang Ho Kim, Dong Woo Kim, Jae Ho Kim, Young Joon Kim, Ho Jin Jung
  • Publication number: 20240208380
    Abstract: A seat ventilation device for vehicles which is configured to perform both an air cleaning function and a seat ventilation function, and is operated to perform one selected function. The seat ventilation device includes a base duct mounted in a seat and having an indoor outlet configured to discharge air to an interior of a vehicle, a blower assembled with the base duct, configured to intake air in the interior of the vehicle and selectively connected to the indoor outlet, a cover duct mounted on the base duct and having a seat outlet selectively connected to the blower so as to discharge air to the seat, an air cleaning module mounted on the blower so as to filter the air taken in through the blower, and an opening and closing door located in the cover duct and configured to open selectively either the seat outlet or the indoor outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Han Su Yoo, Hyeong Jong Kim, Dong Woo Jeong, Byung Yong Choi, Ho Sub Lim, Hwa Jun Lee, Jae Hyun Park
  • Publication number: 20240198874
    Abstract: A seat of a vehicle includes a foam pad in which a first hook part is installed and configured to slide on a rear surface opposite to a seating surface; a covering in which a wire is provided at an end portion and surrounds the seating surface of the foam pad to be caught and fixed to the first hook part of the rear surface of the foam pad; and a plate coupled to the rear surface of the foam pad and configured to slide the first hook part according to movement, wherein, when the covering and the foam pad are coupled, the hook part slides, and the wire is pulled by the first hook part so that the covering is fixed in a state of surrounding the foam pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Han Su YOO, Hyeong Jong KIM, Jung Sang YOU, Dong Woo JEONG, Byung Yong CHOI, Jae Hoon CHO, Han Kyung PARK, Hae Dong KWAK, Won Yeong LEE
  • Patent number: 11987153
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting a seat of a vehicle includes a seat back frame, a cushion frame that is moved forward and backward by a motor driving unit, a cushion hinge part connecting the seat back frame and the cushion frame and rotating according to the movement of the cushion frame to adjust the angle of the seat back frame, and a seat back hinge part connecting the seat back frame and the vehicle body and rotating according to the movement of the seat back frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, DAECHANG SEAT CO., LTD-DONGTAN, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Min Ju Lee, Seunghyun Kim, Byung Yong Choi, Sanghyun Lee, Seon Chae Na, Chan Ki Cho, In Chang Hwang, Donghwan Kim, Youngwoon Choi, Jaejin Lee
  • Patent number: 11970090
    Abstract: A railess variable seatback type rear seat includes: a linear movement device configured to convert a rotation of a motor into a linear movement; a sliding movement device configured to convert the linear movement into a sliding movement in which a seat cushion is pushed forward or backward; and a reclining angle change device configured to convert the sliding movement into a reclining movement, and to fold a seatback, which is connected to the seat cushion, forward or to recline the seatback backward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation, Daechang Seat Co.,LTD-Dongtan, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun Kim, Sang-Hyun Lee, Min-Ju Lee, Byung-Yong Choi, Chan-Ho Jung, Seon-Chae Na, Young-Woon Choi, Jae-Jin Lee, Dong-Hwan Kim, In-Chang Hwang
  • Patent number: 11872919
    Abstract: A seat headrest includes: a pad assembly; a main cover surrounding a rear side of the pad assembly; an upper guide coupled to the main cover and provided with an upward/downward movement guide groove formed in the upper guide and elongated upward/downward; a post stay including an upper portion inserted in the upward/downward movement guide groove; and a post holding guide, in which the lower portion of the post stay is inserted and held and which is held to a seat back frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc., Woobo Teck Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Kim, Seon Chae Na, Byung Yong Choi, Min Ju Lee, Sang Hyun Lee, Hyun Sung Kim, Jin Mun Park, Kyeong Hyun Lee, Jae Sung Lee, Hae Il Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230293762
    Abstract: An air cleaning apparatus of a ventilation seat, may include a housing including a flow path configured to allow air to move therethrough; a photocatalyst located in the flow path of the housing and rotatably coupled to the housing to be rotatable with respect to the housing; and a UV LED fixed at the housing and configured to emit light of a light source toward the photocatalyst when power is supplied to the UV LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc., WOORY INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Han Su YOO, Jung Sang YOU, Seon Chae NA, Byung Yong CHOI, So Young YOO, Sun Woo KIM, Ho Sub LIM, Hwa Jun LEE, Bum Jin KIM, Byung Wuk KIM, Do Young GOO
  • Publication number: 20230152983
    Abstract: A non-volatile memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells respectively connected to a plurality of word lines; a plurality of first pass transistors each connected to one side of one of the plurality of word lines; a plurality of second pass transistors each connected to the other side of one of the plurality of word lines; a voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of operating voltages and to apply the plurality of operating voltages to the memory cell array; in response to a first switch control signal, a first switch circuit configured to connect the plurality of first pass transistors to the voltage generator; and in response to a first switch control signal, a second switch circuit configured to connect the plurality of second pass transistors to the voltage generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Young Geun JEON, Hyung Suk YU, Jae Yong JEONG, Byung Yong CHOI
  • Patent number: 11637473
    Abstract: A seat ventilation blower may include a first housing; a second housing coupled and assembled to the first housing; an impeller inserted inside the first housing or the second housing, the impeller configured to rotate; and a circuit board body having a motor assembly coupled to the impeller to rotate the impeller wherein the circuit board body is configured to control operation of the motor assembly and installed in the housing when the first and second housings are coupled and assembled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, INZICONTROLS CO., LTD., Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Ju-Hyun Kim, Sang-Uk Yu, Doo-Ri Kim, Yo-Han Kim, Byung-Jae Lee, Byung-Yong Choi, Seon-Chae Na, Ho-Sub Lim, Jin-Hyuk Kim, Young-Dae Hong, You-Jeong Jeong, Sang-Kyung Koh
  • Publication number: 20220396189
    Abstract: A seat headrest includes: a pad assembly; a main cover surrounding a rear side of the pad assembly; an upper guide coupled to the main cover and provided with an upward/downward movement guide groove formed in the upper guide and elongated upward/downward; a post stay including an upper portion inserted in the upward/downward movement guide groove; and a post holding guide, in which the lower portion of the post stay is inserted and held and which is held to a seat back frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc., WOOBO TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun KIM, Seon Chae NA, Byung Yong CHOI, Min Ju LEE, Sang Hyun LEE, Hyun Sung KIM, Jin Mun PARK, Kyeong Hyun LEE, Jae Sung LEE, Hae II JEONG
  • Patent number: 11524617
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the height of a mono-post type headrest for a vehicle includes a headrest on a mono-post mounted on a seatback frame to be adjustable in height and includes a lever on one side of the headrest, thereby easily adjusting the headrest to the desired height by only a flipping operation for unlocking the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, WOOBO TECH CO., LTD., HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Kim, Min Ju Lee, Byung Yong Choi, Sang Hyun Lee, Seon Chae Na, Hae Il Jeong, Jae Hyun Seo, Ji Yun Seo, Jae Sung Lee, Hyun Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20220384122
    Abstract: A cover type touch switch structure includes: a seat housing embedded in a seat of a vehicle so as to be fastened to a seat frame; a switch housing disposed in the seat housing and including an outer surface which is coupled to the seat housing via a hook; a light-emitting unit which is disposed in the switch housing and stacked on the seat frame; and a knob unit which has a portion disposed in the switch housing and is stacked on the light-emitting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Hyeon Shin, Jung Sang You, Ju Hyun Cha, Sang Hyun Lee, Seon Chae Na, Sang Ho Kim, Byung Yong Choi, Hyeok Lee, Seong Kwon Go, Chong Hwan Jeon