Patents by Inventor Chang Oan Woo

Chang Oan Woo 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: 9108539
    Abstract: A safety apparatus of a seat for a vehicle with a height adjustment device may include a height link that has one end rotatably connected to a seat rail bracket and the other end fixed to a rear hinge pipe, a restriction link that may be disposed at a side of the height link and has one end pivotally coupled to the seat rail bracket, wherein the restriction link may be elastically biased away from the height link, a first anti-rotation mechanism that may be disposed at the height link and the restriction link to restrict rotation of the height link when a front of the height link rotates upward in a front collision, and a second anti-rotation mechanism that may be disposed at the height link and the restriction link to restrict rotation of the height link when a rear of the height link rotates upward in a rear collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORP., HYUNDAI DYMOS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Tae Hoon Lee, Chang Oan Woo, Ki Nam Kim, Eom Seok Yoo, Yong Hee Shin, Tae Kon Park, Yong Sun Oh
  • Patent number: 8844998
    Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle, in which a seat back may be foldable toward a seat cushion of a seat, may include a storage space provided at the bottom of a floor and storing the seat to provide a luggage space in the vehicle, a link member pivotally connected between a cushion link of the seat cushion and the storage space such that the seat may be foldable to be stored in the storage space, a locking device provided on the seat back to maintain an unfolded or folded state of the seat back, and an elastic member provided on the link member to pop up the cushion link and the seat back out of the storage space when the seat back may be unfolded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignees: Kia Motors Corporation, Faurecia Automotive Seating Korea
    Inventors: Sang Ho Kim, Sang Do Park, Deok Soo Lim, Bong Ku Kim, Soo Hyun Moon, Chang Oan Woo, Jun Yeol Heo, Youn Myung Joo
  • Patent number: 8672343
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus of a side airbag for a vehicle is advantageous in that in the event of a side crash, a deployment direction of an airbag cushion is guided to a slit of a seat pad by an inner frame and an outer bracket, so that the airbag cushion is distended and deployed towards a front of a seat back, thus allowing an occupant sitting in a seat to be more safely protected via the deployed airbag cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Faurecia Automotive Seating Korea Limited
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Lee, Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Chang Oan Woo, Ki Nam Kim, Sang Nyeong Yun
  • Patent number: 8590957
    Abstract: A storing apparatus of a rearmost seat for a multipurpose vehicle may include a storage space provided under a floor panel, wherein the rearmost seat may be selectively stored in the storage space, and wherein the rearmost sear includes a plurality of links disposed to pivotally connect the rearmost seat with the storage space to implement a storage mode in which the seat may be moved down and received in the storage space and a sitting mode in which the seat may be drawn upward out of the storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Dae Won San Up Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Ho Kim, Deok Soo Lim, Soo Hyun Moon, Chang Oan Woo, Jun Yeol Heo, Jae Myung Hur, Jang Woo Byun
  • Publication number: 20130147224
    Abstract: A storing apparatus of a rearmost seat for a multipurpose vehicle may include a storage space provided under a floor panel, wherein the rearmost seat may be selectively stored in the storage space, and wherein the rearmost sear includes a plurality of links disposed to pivotally connect the rearmost seat with the storage space to implement a storage mode in which the seat may be moved down and received in the storage space and a sitting mode in which the seat may be drawn upward out of the storage space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Dae Won San Up Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Ho KIM, Deok Soo Lim, Soo Hyun Moon, Chang Oan Woo, Jun Yeol Heo, Jae Myung Hur, Jang Woo Byun
  • Publication number: 20130147243
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus of a side airbag for a vehicle is advantageous in that in the event of a side crash, a deployment direction of an airbag cushion is guided to a slit of a seat pad by an inner frame and an outer bracket, so that the airbag cushion is distended and deployed towards a front of a seat back, thus allowing an occupant sitting in a seat to be more safely protected via the deployed airbag cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: Faurecia Automotive Seating Korea Limited, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Lee, Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Chang Oan Woo, Ki Nam Kim, Sang Nyeong Yun
  • Publication number: 20130147241
    Abstract: A safety apparatus of a seat for a vehicle with a height adjustment device may include a height link that has one end rotatably connected to a seat rail bracket and the other end fixed to a rear hinge pipe, a restriction link that may be disposed at a side of the height link and has one end pivotally coupled to the seat rail bracket, wherein the restriction link may be elastically biased away from the height link, a first anti-rotation mechanism that may be disposed at the height link and the restriction link to restrict rotation of the height link when a front of the height link rotates upward in a front collision, and a second anti-rotation mechanism that may be disposed at the height link and the restriction link to restrict rotation of the height link when a rear of the height link rotates upward in a rear collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Dymos Incorporated, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Tae Hoon Lee, Chang Oan Woo, Ki Nam Kim, Eom Seok Yoo, Yong Hee Shin, Tae Kon Park, Yong Sun Oh
  • Publication number: 20130113233
    Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle, in which a seat back may be foldable toward a seat cushion of a seat, may include a storage space provided at the bottom of a floor and storing the seat to provide a luggage space in the vehicle, a link member pivotally connected between a cushion link of the seat cushion and the storage space such that the seat may be foldable to be stored in the storage space, a locking device provided on the seat back to maintain an unfolded or folded state of the seat back, and an elastic member provided on the link member to pop up the cushion link and the seat back out of the storage space when the seat back may be unfolded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicants: Faurecia Automotive Seating Korea, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Ho KIM, Sang Do Park, Deok Soo Lim, Bong Ku Kim, Soo Hyun Moon, Chang Oan Woo, Jun Yeol Heo, Youn Myung Joo
  • Patent number: 8375504
    Abstract: A wiper blade for a vehicle may include a secondary lever including a lever rivet hole, an adapter including a guide rib formed in the longitudinal direction thereof, a locking projection formed at the rear thereof, and an adapter rivet hole, a primary cover including a guide groove formed in the longitudinal direction thereof and into which the guide rib of the adapter is inserted, and a locking groove into which the locking projection of the adapter is inserted, and a hinge member penetrating the lever rivet hole and the adapter rivet hole and pivotally coupling the adapter and secondary lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, KCW Corporation
    Inventors: Ill Soo Kim, Chang Ky Kang, Chang Oan Woo, Jong Heon Lee, Jae Hyuck An
  • Publication number: 20110083295
    Abstract: A wiper blade for a vehicle may include a secondary lever including a lever rivet hole, an adapter including a guide rib formed in the longitudinal direction thereof, a locking projection formed at the rear thereof, and an adapter rivet hole, a primary cover including a guide groove formed in the longitudinal direction thereof and into which the guide rib of the adapter is inserted, and a locking groove into which the locking projection of the adapter is inserted, and a hinge member penetrating the lever rivet hole and the adapter rivet hole and pivotally coupling the adapter and secondary lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, KCW Corporation
    Inventors: Ill Soo KIM, Chang Ky Kang, Chang Oan Woo, Jong Heon Lee, Jae Hyuck An