Patents by Inventor Chung Sik Yim
Chung Sik Yim 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).
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Patent number: 11975855Abstract: A propulsion module of an air mobility vehicle may include a door provided in the housing and opening or closing the opening portion of the housing by a sliding motion of the door; a propeller for providing propulsion to the air mobility vehicle; a link assembly having a first end portion connected to the housing and a second end portion connected to the propeller to pull the propeller into the internal space of the housing through the opening portion or pull the propeller outside the internal space through the opening portion; and a door opening and closing portion coupled to the door and configured for providing an opening and closing force to the door according to an inward-pulling motion or an outward-pulling motion of the propeller.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Chung Sik Yim, Yong Hyun Nam, Jae Young Choi, Sang Hyun Jung, Dae Hee Lee, Jae Seung Lee, Kyu Hoon Cho
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Patent number: 11905011Abstract: An air mobility may include a wing portion extending from a fuselage of the air mobility; a folded portion provided at an edge portion of the wing portion, configured to extend from the wing portion to form a part of the wing portion during unfolding of the folded portion, and configured to move to overlap with the wing portion during folding of the folded portion, so that an area of air resistance in a vertical direction of the wing portion is reduced; an actuator connected to the folded portion and configured to provide power to the folded portion, so that the folded portion is unfolded or folded to the wing portion; and a controller connected to the actuator and configured to control the actuator, so that the folded portion is folded during vertical takeoff or landing of the fuselage, and configured to control the actuator to unfold the folded portion during cruising of the fuselage.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Sang Hyun Jung, Kyu Hoon Cho, Chung Sik Yim, Jae Young Choi
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Patent number: 11891186Abstract: An air mobility vehicle may include air flaps located under a mounting position of each of rotary wings and rotatably mounted inside openings to guide a flow direction of air flowing to a region under each of the rotary wings or air flowing above the openings to inside of the air mobility vehicle, an actuator coupled to the air flaps and configured to rotate the air flaps to direct the air having passed through the air flaps to a motor, an inverter, or the motor and the inverter of each of the rotary wings, or batteries, and a controller electrically connected to the actuator and configured to control a flow of the air having passed through the air flaps by controlling the actuator depending on a driving state of the air mobility vehicle or temperatures of the motor and the inverter of each of the rotary wings or a temperature of the batteries.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Sang Hyun Jung, Jae Young Choi, Hee Kwang Lee, Chung Sik Yim, Kyu Hoon Cho
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Patent number: 11851175Abstract: A propeller tilting apparatus of air mobility may include a guide bracket configured to extend in forward and rearward directions; a sliding mechanism provided in the guide bracket to be movable in the forward and rearward directions, and including a driving motor configured to generate rotation force, and a power conversion unit connected to the guide bracket and configured to convert the rotation force of the driving motor into rectilinear motion of the sliding mechanism; and a tilting mechanism engaged to the power conversion unit to be moved together with the sliding mechanism, and including a propeller motor configured to be tilted in the upward and downward directions, and an angle conversion unit connected to the propeller motor and the power conversion unit to tilt the propeller motor using the rotation force transmitted from the power conversion unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Sang Hyun Jung, Kyu Hoon Cho, Chung Sik Yim, Jae Young Choi
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Patent number: 11845535Abstract: A propeller apparatus of an air mobility may include blades configured for being folded or unfolded in a response to flight situation of the air mobility, so that energy efficiency of the air mobility is improved and flight distance is increased by efficient use of the plurality of blades in each flight situation. Furthermore, as a pitching motion of the plurality of blades is performed in addition to a folding or unfolding motion of the plurality of blades, flight performance is improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jae Young Choi, Sang Hyun Jung, Chung Sik Yim, Kyu Hoon Cho
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Publication number: 20230316771Abstract: An apparatus of controlling a vehicle and a method for controlling the same includes a camera, a processor operatively connected to the camera, and a storage operatively connected to the processor to store instructions executed by the processor. The processor obtains an image of a surrounding of a door of the vehicle, which is captured through the camera, obtains depth information from the obtained image, transforms the depth information into three dimensional (3D) point information, determines collision possibility of the door with an obstacle, based on distribution of the 3D point information to determine collision possibility, and warns the collision of the door when the collision possibility is present, when executing the instructions.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University (IUCF-HYU)Inventors: Chung Sik YIM, Soo Bok KIM, Hyung In YUN, Jun Won CHOI, Jun Ho KOH, Young Woo LEE, In Young YOON
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Patent number: 11745854Abstract: A foldable propeller for air mobility includes a link assembly including a plurality of links facilitating blades to be rotated around a hub as a moving portion vertically slides such that the blades are folded to each other or unfolded from each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jae Young Choi, Sang Hyun Jung, Chung Sik Yim, Kyu Hoon Cho
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Patent number: 11702226Abstract: A lighting system for air mobility may include a light emitting unit provided on a boom or a propeller of the air mobility and configured to emit light toward a ground surface so that the light is projected onto a point directed toward the ground surface from the propeller or the boom; and a control unit electrically connected to the light emitting unit and configured to control light emitting modes of the light, emitted by the light emitting unit, based on operating modes of the air mobility or operating modes of the propeller.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Sang Hyun Jung, Kyu Hoon Cho, Chung Sik Yim, Jae Young Choi
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Patent number: 11661174Abstract: A retractable propeller apparatus of an air mobility vehicle has a structure enabling a propeller to be exposed or hidden depending on whether the air mobility vehicle is in a high-speed flight or a parking position. In particular, the retractable propeller apparatus includes: a base having a mount provided with a space; a propeller unit disposed on the mount and configured to generate a flow of air; a cover configured to close the space and be movable in the top-bottom direction with respect to the mount; and a lift unit disposed on the mount connected to the cover, and configured to move the cover. The cover selectively closes or opens the space based on an operation of the lift unit such that the propeller unit is operable.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Sang Hyun Jung, Kyu Hoon Cho, Chung Sik Yim, Jae Young Choi
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Patent number: 11639624Abstract: A structure for shielding a rail includes a rail configured to be mounted on a vehicle body, a drive unit movably connected to the rail, a swing arm rotatably connected to the drive unit and a sliding door, a shade bar configured to be in contact with the swing arm and connected to the drive unit so as to be movable in a first direction in which the shade bar moves close to the rail or a second direction in which the shade bar moves away from the rail, and a cover having a first end connected to the shade bar, the cover configured to open or close a space in which the rail is positioned in accordance with a movement of the drive unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jae-Seung Lee, Dae-Hee Lee, Kyu-Hoon Cho, Seung-Sik Han, Yong-Hyun Nam, Chung-Sik Yim
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Publication number: 20230118226Abstract: A structure of a flap part for covering a rail part when opening a sliding door of a vehicle, includes a door flap part including an installation hole, a door flap guide, door trim flap links, elastic members, and a flap, wherein the sliding door is supported by a roller arm, and the rail part, which is externally exposed when the sliding door is opened, is covered by the flap part, and wherein at a time of opening the door, a roller provided on the roller arm comes into contact with a door flap guide and pushes the door flap guide to ensure a movement space for the roller arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Duck Yang Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jae-Seung Lee, Chung-Sik Yim, Yong-Hyun Nam, Kyu-Hoon Cho, Gwang-Seob Kim
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Patent number: 11608164Abstract: A tilting system for a propeller of an aerial vehicle, may include a propeller provided in front of the opening portion of the housing and configured to be selectively tilted with respect to the housing; a link assembly provided in the internal space of the housing, a first end portion of which is connected to the housing and a second end portion of which is connected to the propeller, and configured to tilt up or tilt down the propeller as the link assembly is extended from the housing or retracted into the housing; and an actuator coupled to the link assembly and configured to provide power for extension or retraction to the link assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jae Young Choi, Sang Hyun Jung, Chung Sik Yim, Kyu Hoon Cho
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Patent number: 11555342Abstract: A profile learning system for cooperative control of a dual actuator applied to opposite sliding doors may include a first position sensor configured to detect a position of a door that operates in a first direction along a rail; a spindle assembly including a spindle that operates in a second direction with respect to the door to prevent the door from rattling; first and second motors engaged to the door and the spindle assembly and configured to provide driving power to the door and the spindle assembly, respectively; a memory unit configured to store the position of the door; and a control unit configured to adjust an output of the second motor configured for a predetermined time period and to determine learning success or learning failure for complete opening or closing of the door based on the position of the door when a stall state is detected due to a difference in stroke between the first motor and the second motor.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jun-Hyuk Kim, Bon-Hyeok Ku, Hyung-In Yun, Chung-Sik Yim
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Patent number: 11530567Abstract: A power supply apparatus for a door glass for a vehicle that includes the door glass installed on a door of the vehicle and configured to be movable in an upward and downward direction is provided, wherein an operation module is installed on the door glass to use power, and a power source part is installed on the door. The power supply apparatus includes a rail installed on the door and provided with a rail terminal to electrically conduct with the power source part, and a slider provided with a contactor slidably contacting the rail terminal and electrically conduct with the operation module, while moving in the upward and downward direction integrally with the door glass, wherein the contactor and the rail terminal maintain an electrically conductible state at all times regardless of a change in a position of the door glass.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong-Hyun Nam, Jae-Seung Lee, Chung-Sik Yim, Seung-Sik Han, Dae-Hee Lee, Min-Jae Lee
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Patent number: 11408209Abstract: A two-stage open tailgate includes a handle assembly disposed at an outer surface of a half door, wherein the half door is opened when the handle assembly performs a first operation, a full door disposed at a rear surface of the half door and opened in an integrated state with the half door when the handle assembly performs a second operation, a first striker mounted to one end of the half door, a second striker mounted to a vehicle body such that the second striker is disposed adjacent to the first striker in a closed state of the half door, a dual latch formed at one end of the full door at positions respectively corresponding to the first striker and the second striker, wherein the handle assembly and the dual latch are spaced apart from each other when the half door is opened.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jae Seung Lee, Dae Hee Lee, Kyu Hoon Cho, Seung Sik Han, Yong Hyun Nam, Chung Sik Yim
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Publication number: 20220205290Abstract: A structure includes a latch part to be mounted in a first door and a striker part to be mounted in a second door, the striker part including a housing, a movable unit to be connected to and movable in the housing, a striker mounted at one side of the movable unit and fixable by being caught by the latch part or releasable, and an operating unit for moving the movable unit, wherein the operating unit moves the movable unit in a direction in which the striker and the latch part become close to each other while the first and second doors are closed, and the operating unit moves the movable unit in a direction in which the striker and the latch part become distant from each other while the first and second doors are opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Hyong-Don Kim, Chung-Sik Yim, Dae-Hee Lee, Yong-Hyun Nam, Kyu-Hoon Cho
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Publication number: 20220205287Abstract: An embodiment structure includes a housing configured to be mounted on a door of a vehicle, a casing configured to be movable in the housing, a striker mounted at one side of the casing and configured to be fixed by being caught by a latch part or released, a casing guide unit connected to the casing and configured to guide a forward movement of the casing, an elastic force providing unit configured to apply elastic force in a rearward direction of the casing, and an operating unit configured to move the casing guide unit forward or rearward.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Hyong-Don Kim, Chung-Sik Yim, Dae-Hee Lee, Yong-Hyun Nam, Kyu-Hoon Cho
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Publication number: 20220194611Abstract: A propulsion module of an air mobility vehicle may include a door provided in the housing and opening or closing the opening portion of the housing by a sliding motion of the door; a propeller for providing propulsion to the air mobility vehicle; a link assembly having a first end portion connected to the housing and a second end portion connected to the propeller to pull the propeller into the internal space of the housing through the opening portion or pull the propeller outside the internal space through the opening portion; and a door opening and closing portion coupled to the door and configured for providing an opening and closing force to the door according to an inward-pulling motion or an outward-pulling motion of the propeller.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Chung Sik YIM, Yong Hyun NAM, Jae Young CHOI, Sang Hyun JUNG, Dae Hee LEE, Jae Seung LEE, Kyu Hoon CHO
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Publication number: 20220194618Abstract: An air mobility vehicle may include air flaps located under a mounting position of each of rotary wings and rotatably mounted inside openings to guide a flow direction of air flowing to a region under each of the rotary wings or air flowing above the openings to inside of the air mobility vehicle, an actuator coupled to the air flaps and configured to rotate the air flaps to direct the air having passed through the air flaps to a motor, an inverter, or the motor and the inverter of each of the rotary wings, or batteries, and a controller electrically connected to the actuator and configured to control a flow of the air having passed through the air flaps by controlling the actuator depending on a driving state of the air mobility vehicle or temperatures of the motor and the inverter of each of the rotary wings or a temperature of the batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Sang Hyun Jung, Jae Young Choi, Hee Kwang Lee, Chung Sik Yim, Kyu Hoon Cho
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Publication number: 20220194572Abstract: A tilting system for a propeller of an aerial vehicle, may include a propeller provided in front of the opening portion of the housing and configured to be selectively tilted with respect to the housing; a link assembly provided in the internal space of the housing, a first end portion of which is connected to the housing and a second end portion of which is connected to the propeller, and configured to tilt up or tilt down the propeller as the link assembly is extended from the housing or retracted into the housing; and an actuator coupled to the link assembly and configured to provide power for extension or retraction to the link assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jae Young CHOI, Sang Hyun JUNG, Chung Sik YIM, Kyu Hoon CHO