Patents by Inventor Deok Soo Lim

Deok Soo Lim 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: 12157407
    Abstract: An apparatus for rotating a headrest of a vehicle seat includes a headrest that is rotated forward to support a seat occupant's head upon reclining of a seatback. A seat occupant's head is comfortably supported by the headrest and a comfortable relaxation posture is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bong Ku Kim, Sang Do Park, Hoon Bok Lee, Mu Young Kim, Chan Ho Jung, Deok Soo Lim
  • Publication number: 20240375551
    Abstract: A seat control apparatus includes an input device, a driving device, a memory that stores instructions, and a control device electrically connected to the input device, the driving device, and the memory. The seat control apparatus identifies an operating mode included in an operation input when receiving the operation input to a target seat through the input device, identifies a specified state of at least one adjacent seat adjacent to the target seat based on the operating mode, allows the at least one adjacent seat to be in the specified state by using the driving device, and allows the target seat to be in the operating mode by using the driving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kug Hun Han, Sang Soo Lee, Yo Han Kim, Dong Hoon Lee, Deok Soo Lim, Sang Hark Lee
  • Publication number: 20240375556
    Abstract: A seat control apparatus includes a sensor device, a driving device, a memory, and a control device. The control device is configured to: identify an intent of a user getting on a host vehicle by using the sensor device; identify a state of a seat corresponding to the user, when the intent of the user satisfies a specified condition; store the identified state of the seat in the memory; and control at least one of a slide location of the seat, a tilt location of the seat, a legrest location of the seat, or a combination thereof of the seat by using the driving device based on the state of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kug Hun Han, Sang Soo Lee, Sang Hark Lee, Dong Hoon Lee, Mun Seung Kang, Deok Soo Lim, Yo Han Kim
  • Publication number: 20240375555
    Abstract: A seat control apparatus includes an input part, a driving part, a sensor part, a memory, and a controller. The seat control apparatus may receive, through the input part, a switch input for controlling a seat. The seat control apparatus may identify, using the sensor part, whether an escape mechanism for the seat is operated. The seat control apparatus may stop driving of at least one motor included in the driving part when the escape mechanism is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kug Hun Han, Yo Han Kim, Mun Seung Kang, Deok Soo Lim, Dong Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 12122267
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for reclining a seatback for a vehicle, which may allow a separate actuator to be driven by a switching signal of a lever switch when a user operates the lever switch with only a small force such that a cable connected to a latch for locking or unlocking a recliner may be pulled in an unlock direction of the recliner, thereby implementing the reclining operation for adjusting an angle of the seatback in a semiautomatic manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Daedong Movel System Co. Ltd., Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Hoon Bok Lee, Yo Han Kim, Deok Soo Lim, Chan Ho Jung, Yoon Gu Kim, Dong Hyun Kim, Jung Bin Lee
  • Patent number: 12103451
    Abstract: An embodiment vibration motor assembly of a seat includes a vibration motor and an upper housing disposed around the vibration motor to hold and fix the vibration motor, the upper housing configured to be fixed to a pad of the seat, and the upper housing including a holding part disposed at a circumference of a front surface of the upper housing to hold a circumference of the vibration motor and a fixing part protruding from a rear surface of the upper housing to cover and fix a rear surface of the vibration motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc., Jahwa Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hark Lee, Sang-Do Park, Hyun-Seok Song, Chan-Ho Jung, Hyun-Gyu Sung, Jong-Su Ryu, Sang-In Woo, Ho-Suk Jung, Tae-Hyoung Yang, Deok-Soo Lim, Sang-Soo Lee, Jung-Sang You, Sang-Gyu Byeon, Beom-Sun Kim
  • Publication number: 20240316847
    Abstract: Provided is a mold for a seat pad with a mesh fixed, which can easily fix a mesh to be inserted in a molding process. The mold includes a plurality of mold members overlapping each other and molding a seat pad by foaming a resin injected into a space formed between the mold members, the mold members are formed with a mesh accommodating groove accommodating a mesh, and the mesh is fitted into and fixed to the mesh-accommodating groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Sang-Hark Lee, Sang-Do Park, Deok-Soo Lim, Chan-Ho Jung, Sang-Soo Lee, Beom-Sun Kim, Sang-In Woo, Hyun-Seok Song
  • Patent number: 12090902
    Abstract: A mesh integrated seat pad assembly delivers vibration output from a massage module to the entire seat pad to prevent the vibration from being reduced by the pad. The mesh integrated seat pad assembly includes a pad provided in a seatback supporting the back of a passenger or a seat cushion supporting the hip and the thigh of the passenger to provide additional comfort to the passenger, a mesh mounted on one side surface of the pad, and a massage module installed to be in contact with the mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Sang-Hark Lee, Sang-Do Park, Deok-Soo Lim, Chan-Ho Jung, Sang-Soo Lee, Beom-Sun Kim, Sang-In Woo, Hyun-Seok Song
  • Patent number: 12059979
    Abstract: An apparatus for changing positions of a seat for vehicles includes mechanisms for adjusting the height of the seat for vehicles, adjusting reclining of the seat for vehicles, changing the seat for vehicles into a knee rest posture and changing the seat for vehicles into a relaxed comfort are integrated into one structure. Accordingly, a user selectively implements adjustment of the height of the seat for vehicles, adjustment of reclining of the seat for vehicles, change into the knee rest posture, and change into the relaxed comfort posture, etc., through operation of the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Kyu Moon, Sang Do Park, Deok Soo Lim, Tae Jun Kwon, Min Seok Kim, Du Go Jung, Chan Ho Jung, Bong Ku Kim
  • Patent number: 12059982
    Abstract: A seat position adjusting device for a vehicle may integrate a seatback reclining mechanism and a mechanism for realizing a comfort relaxation posture into one simplified mechanism. The seat position adjusting device includes: a seatback frame and a seat cushion frame connected to each other at a predetermined seating angle; a fixed rail mounted on a bottom surface of a rear end portion of the seat cushion frame to be inclined upward and forward; a moving rail mounted to the fixed rail to be movable forward and backward; a pair of support frames mounted on a floor panel; a front link hinge-coupled between a bottom surface of a front end portion of the seat cushion frame and a front end portion of an associated one of the support frames; and one or more support links hinge-coupled between the moving rail and the associated one of the support frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Bong Ku Kim, Sang Do Park, Deok Soo Lim, Sang Soo Lee, Chan Ho Jung, Hyun Ko
  • Publication number: 20240262272
    Abstract: An open space type headrest is applied to a vehicle seat in which a covering, which surrounds a foam pad of a volume body positioned on a mounting cover of a flat body coupled to a front surface of an exterior cover formed of a protrusion body, is fixed to the mounting cover, and opening spaces are formed in the exterior cover, the mounting cover, and the foam pad to enlarge front viewing of a rear passenger due to a see-through characteristic of a mesh fabric of the covering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Jong-Seok Han, Sang-Do Park, Deok-Soo Lim, Sang-Soo Lee, Sang-Hark Lee, Chan-Ho Jung, Suk-Won Hong, Hyun-Suk Kang, Sang-Sub Jeon, Sung-Chol An, Min-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 12049410
    Abstract: This application relates to an adsorption desalination system using a multi-effect evaporator apparatus. In one aspect, the system includes a multi-effect evaporator apparatus producing high-pressure vapor and low-pressure vapor, a plurality of reaction units including an adsorbent adsorbing or desorbing moisture from the high-pressure vapor and low-pressure vapor and a heat exchange tube transferring heat to the adsorbent. The system may also include a condenser condensing vapor containing moisture desorbed from the adsorbents, and cold-hot water lines selectively supplying chilled water and hot water to the heat exchange tubes. The system may further include vapor lines connecting the multi-effect evaporator apparatus and the reaction units, and the reaction units and the condenser, respectively, valves disposed in the vapor lines, and a valve controller controlling operation of the valves to selectively supply chilled water or hot water supplied to the heat exchange tubes from the cold-hot water lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
    Inventors: Ho Saeng Lee, Ho Ji, Seung Taek Lim, Deok Soo Moon, Young Deuk Kim, Seong Yong Woo, Jun Sik Kim, Kyung Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 12036709
    Abstract: Provided is a mold for a seat pad with a mesh fixed, which can easily fix a mesh to be inserted in a molding process. The mold includes a plurality of mold members overlapping each other and molding a seat pad by foaming a resin injected into a space formed between the mold members, the mold members are formed with a mesh accommodating groove accommodating a mesh, and the mesh is fitted into and fixed to the mesh-accommodating groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Hark Lee, Sang-Do Park, Deok-Soo Lim, Chan-Ho Jung, Sang-Soo Lee, Beom-Sun Kim, Sang-In Woo, Hyun-Seok Song
  • Patent number: 12012017
    Abstract: A seat for an autonomous driving vehicle includes a cushion part; a back part coupled to a rear end of the cushion part through a recliner and having an adjustable angle in a front and rear direction; and a leg part rotatably coupled to a front end of the cushion part and having a lower side coupled to a seat rail. The back part is disposed to be vertically movable along a back rail located on a rear side of the back part, and the leg part is disposed to be movable back and forth by the seat rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bong Ku Kim, Deok Soo Lim, Chan Ho Jung, Sang Do Park
  • Publication number: 20240190306
    Abstract: A seat folding system includes a folding seat having a seat plate and a backrest, a folding seat adjustment unit having a seat plate adjustment unit for adjusting a height of the seat plate, a slide adjustment unit for adjusting a position of the seat plate in a forwards and backwards direction, and a backrest folding seat adjustment unit for adjusting an angle of the backrest, and a control unit for controlling the folding seat adjustment unit such that folding is able to start in a reference state in which the folding seat is preset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Dong Hoon Lee, Sang Soo Lee, Sang Hark Lee, Yo Han Kim, Mun Seung Kang, Deok Soo Lim, Kug Hun Han
  • Publication number: 20240190305
    Abstract: A seat for a vehicle includes a reclining unit, a tilting unit, a sliding unit, and a control unit configured to control driving of the reclining unit, the tilting unit and the sliding unit. A method for controlling the seat implemented by the control unit may limit or enforce at least one of an angle adjustment amount of the tilting unit and an angle adjustment amount of the reclining unit by linking at least one of a sensed tilting angle of the seat cushion and a sensed position of the seat with a support angle of a seatback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Kug Hun Han, Sang Soo Lee, Sang Hark Lee, Dong Hoon Lee, Mun Seung Kang, Deok Soo Lim, Yo Han Kim
  • Publication number: 20240174138
    Abstract: An embodiment manual seatback folding apparatus of an electric seat for a vehicle includes a shaft fastened to a seatback frame, wherein first and second end portions of the shaft are rotatably inserted into first and second seat cushion side frames, respectively, a first rotatable disk including a first locking recess, a second rotatable disk including a second locking recess and a pusher, a first manual control device detachably engaged with the first locking recess, a second manual control device to be connected to the first manual control device through a cable and detachably engaged with the second locking recess, and a switch device mounted on an outer surface of the second seat cushion side frame and configured to perform a switching operation in response to the pusher in a state in which the second rotatable disk is rotated in a folding direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Deok Soo Lim, Sang Do Park, Sang Soo Lee, Chan Ho Jung, Sang Hark Lee, Song Min Baek, Seung Heon Ryu
  • Publication number: 20240174136
    Abstract: An embodiment walk-in seat locking device for a vehicle includes a rear link including a first sector gear, the rear link having a first end portion hinge-fastened to a rear portion of a seat cushion frame and a second end portion hinge-fastened to a rear portion of a seat rail, a locking link including a second sector gear engageable with the first sector gear, wherein the second sector gear is on a rear portion of the locking link and is hinge-fastened to the seat cushion frame, a lever having a first end portion to which a cable is connected and a second end portion hinge-fastened to the seat cushion frame, a first locking cam having a first end portion coaxially connected to the lever, and a second locking cam having a first end portion coaxially connected to the lever and the first locking cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Deok Soo Lim, Sang Do Park, Ho Suk Jung, Sang Hark Lee, Chan Ho Jung, Sang Soo Lee, Dong Geon Lee, Seung Heon Ryu
  • Publication number: 20240149769
    Abstract: An embodiment is a swing armrest for a seat, the swing armrest including a fixation bracket fixed to a seatback frame or fixed to a seatback bracket that is fixed to the seatback frame, a rotation bracket rotatably fixed to the fixation bracket by a rotation pin, a return spring configured to elastically support the rotation bracket in a direction in which the rotation bracket rotates with respect to the fixation bracket, a fixing post protruding from the rotation bracket to a side of the seat, and an armrest coupled to the fixing post.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Chan Ho Jung, Deok Soo Lim, Jung Sang You, Sang Soo Lee, Sang Hark Lee, Mu Young Kim, Sang Do Park, Ho Suk Jung
  • Publication number: 20240149751
    Abstract: A dual release actuator for a vehicle seat includes a motor, a cable carrier configured to receive power of the motor, thereby rotating to selectively pull one of two different cables, a Hall sensor to sense rotation of the motor, and a controller configured to count a sensing pulse of the Hall sensor for controlling rotation of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jae Wook Kim, Sang Soo Lee, Deok Soo Lim, Hyun Wook Lim, Sang Ho Lee, Sang Hark Lee, Hak Cheol Lee, Deok Ki Kim, Byeong Deok Choi, Hoe Cheon Kim, Hwa Young Mun, Seung Yeop Lee, Cheol Hwan Yoon, Jung Bin Lee, Byung Ju Kang