Patents by Inventor Chun Ha KIM

Chun Ha KIM 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: 11878574
    Abstract: A slim air vent for a vehicle includes an inner wing disposed in a duct to horizontally rotate during manipulation of a knob, an outer wing and a support wing disposed in the duct to vertically rotate during the manipulation of the knob, a knob pin horizontally penetrating through the knob to rotate together with the knob during the vertical rotation of the knob and to guide the knob during the horizontal movement of the knob, and a link mechanism provided to connect one end of the knob pin and the outer wing to vertically rotate the outer wing and the support wing during rotation of the knob pin according to the vertical rotation of the knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, ITW EF&C KOREA LLC
    Inventors: Seok Jun Oh, Dong Won Yeon, Jeong Woong Son, Byung Jo Kim, Wan Su Joun, Chun Ha Kim
  • Publication number: 20230398833
    Abstract: Proposed is a headliner air vent device for a vehicle. A housing includes a first outlet through which air is discharged and a second outlet comparted by an inner cover and having a configuration by which air is discharged through outside the first outlet. An air guide supporter is rotatable inside the housing. An air guide is positioned to face an outer cover by which the second outlet is defined. The air guide is configured to move upwards or downwards in response to rotation of the air guide supporter to selectively open or close the second outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, ITW EF&C KOREA LLC.
    Inventors: Bong Kyung Son, Dong Won Yeon, Myung Hun Kang, Yong Seok Park, Keong No Kim, Chun Ha Kim
  • Patent number: 11820205
    Abstract: A slim air vent apparatus for a vehicle may include an internal wing, an external wing, and a support wing that are disposed and hidden inside a duct to realize a compact and slim air vent apparatus and to improve the appearance by hiding the components. Since the air vent is operated to fulfil the functions thereof by manual manipulation of a single knob, positioned at the center portion of the external wing, by a user, it is possible to improve the convenience in manipulation of a user and to reduce manufacturing costs, and the air vent is universally applicable to various kinds of vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, ITW EF&C KOREA LLC.
    Inventors: Yong Woo Lee, Chun Ha Kim, Byung Jo Kim
  • Publication number: 20230037011
    Abstract: A slim air vent for a vehicle includes an inner wing disposed in a duct to horizontally rotate during manipulation of a knob, an outer wing and a support wing disposed in the duct to vertically rotate during the manipulation of the knob, a knob pin horizontally penetrating through the knob to rotate together with the knob during the vertical rotation of the knob and to guide the knob during the horizontal movement of the knob, and a link mechanism provided to connect one end of the knob pin and the outer wing to vertically rotate the outer wing and the support wing during rotation of the knob pin according to the vertical rotation of the knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, ITW EF&C Korea LLC
    Inventors: Seok Jun OH, Dong Won YEON, Jeong Woong SON, Byung Jo KIM, Wan Su JOUN, Chun Ha KIM
  • Publication number: 20220314747
    Abstract: A slim air vent apparatus for a vehicle may include an internal wing, an external wing, and a support wing that are disposed and hidden inside a duct to realize a compact and slim air vent apparatus and to improve the appearance by hiding the components. Since the air vent is operated to fulfil the functions thereof by manual manipulation of a single knob, positioned at the center portion of the external wing, by a user, it is possible to improve the convenience in manipulation of a user and to reduce manufacturing costs, and the air vent is universally applicable to various kinds of vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, ITW EF&C Korea LLC.
    Inventors: Yong Woo LEE, Chun Ha KIM, Byung Jo KIM
  • Publication number: 20220250445
    Abstract: A vehicle air vent apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus which guides air introduced from a vehicle air conditioner into a vehicle using a direct wind mode or indirect wind mode. The vehicle air vent apparatus includes a duct part including an entrance and an exit of an air passage communicating with the vehicle air conditioner, a cover part configured to selectively close the exit of the duct part, a vent part configured to adjust a wind direction of air introduced into the vehicle through the exit of the duct part and including a rack disposed under a body of the vent part and extending in a longitudinal front-rear direction of the vehicle, and a driving part configured to change a position of the cover part and a position of the vent part according to a preset logic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Seung Cheol KIM, Chun Ha KIM, Yong Seok PARK