Patents by Inventor Do Hoi Kim

Do Hoi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240391530
    Abstract: A front-end module frame of a vehicle includes a lower member disposed at a front lower portion of the vehicle and formed to extend in a width direction of the vehicle. In particular, the lower member has opposite ends connected to front ends of a front subframe of the vehicle. The front-end module frame further includes a front bumper beam formed to extend in the width direction and connected to the lower member in a height direction of the vehicle, and an upper member disposed at a front upper portion of the vehicle. The front bumper beam has opposite ends connected to front ends of front side members, and the upper member is formed to extend in the width direction and connected to the front bumper beam in the height direction. The upper member has opposite ends bent toward the vehicle and connected to a fender apron member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Ou Park, Do Hoi Kim, Jae Sup Byun, Jang Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20240326921
    Abstract: A vehicle roof module includes a front support portion extending in the width direction of the vehicle and connecting the upper bodies of the vehicle with each other, a rear support portion extending in the width direction of the vehicle and provided at a rear of the front support portion, and a reinforcing support portion connecting the front support portion and the rear support portion in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and including an internal pattern, in which the front support portion, the rear support portion, the reinforcing support portion, and the upper bodies of the vehicle are connected to each other to form a load path for a vehicle collision along the internal pattern of the reinforcing support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hoi KIM, Keon Chul LEE, Won Jung SONG, Suk Joo HONG, Sun Hyung CHO, Ju Chul KIM, Tae Ou PARK, Jang Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20240308455
    Abstract: A front end module frame includes a lower member which is provided at opposite end portions thereof with lower crash boxes connected to the front end portion of a front sub-frame of the vehicle, and a front bumper beam which extends in a width direction of the vehicle and is provided with front crash boxes connected to the front end portion of a front side member of the vehicle, the lower crash boxes of the lower member and the front crash boxes of the front bumper beam being connected to a cooling module in forward and backward directions of the vehicle in the state in which the cooling module is diagonally tilted with respect to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Ou PARK, Won Gun KIM, Do Hoi KIM, Jae Sup BYUN, Jang Ho KIM
  • Patent number: 12060112
    Abstract: A mounting system for connecting an upper body structure of a motor vehicle to a vehicle platform of the motor vehicle includes a hollow pillar element arranged lengthwise along a vertical vehicle axis; a fastening bracket laterally embracing a lower end portion of the hollow pillar element and including fastening interfaces for affixing the fastening bracket to the hollow pillar element at the lower end; a hollow clip-on connector arranged laterally along a longitudinal vehicle axis, the hollow clip-on connector defining a mounting platform including a horizontal resting surface for the hollow pillar element to be arranged thereupon at its lower end portion together with the fastening bracket and a vertical mating surface for abutting a corresponding mating surface of the fastening bracket; and a hollow side sill element arranged lengthwise along the longitudinal vehicle axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bahman Moarefi, Do Hoi Kim, Ralf Matheis, Sven FAßbender
  • Publication number: 20240227708
    Abstract: A front end module frame of a vehicle, and the front end module frame including a lower member arranged at a front lower portion of the vehicle and extending in a vehicle width direction, wherein each of opposite ends thereof is connected to a front end of a front sub frame of the vehicle, a front bumper beam extending in the width direction, and connected to the lower member in a vehicle height direction, wherein each of opposite ends thereof is connected to a front end of a front side member of the vehicle, and an upper member arranged at a front upper portion of the vehicle and extending in the width direction, and connected to the front bumper beam in the height direction, wherein each of opposite ends thereof is bent toward the vehicle and connected to a fender apron member of the vehicle is introduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Ou PARK, Do Hoi KIM, Jae Sup BYUN, Jang Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20240199123
    Abstract: A vehicle chassis includes a pair of rear side members disposed on a rear floor of a vehicle so as to extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle while being spaced apart in a transverse direction of the vehicle. The pair of rear side members is manufactured in a casting process A cross member is configured to extend in the transverse direction of the vehicle and is manufactured in an extrusion process. The cross member is inserted into a mold when the rear side members are cast such that both ends of the cross member are connected to the rear side members disposed on both sides, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Do Hoi Kim, Il Do Kim, Dae Ho Lee, Tae Ou Park, Sea Cheoul Song, Dong Ha Kang, Cheol Ung Lee
  • Publication number: 20240199128
    Abstract: A vehicle body includes: a roof side member including a hollow pipe member and a flange. In particular, a vehicle-frame-side inner end portion of the flange is fixed to a roof rail, and a lower end portion of the flange extends downward from the pipe member and is fixed to a pillar member. The vehicle body further includes an outer panel combined with the outside of the roof side member and forming a load path between the roof side member and the pillar member by coupling a lower end portion of the roof side member and an upper end portion of the pillar member to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hoi Kim, Sung Chul Shin, Jae Sup Byun, Jang Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20240166270
    Abstract: Disclosure is an underbody for a vehicle. The underbody includes side members formed long at opposite lateral portions of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, and hollow cross members formed long in a transverse direction of the vehicle body, and integrally connected to the two side members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Tae Ou Park, Dong Ha Kang, Cheol Ung Lee, Sea Cheoul Song, Do Hoi Kim, Dae Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20240166263
    Abstract: A panel assembly for a mobility vehicle is introduced, in which when the external plate is joined to the vehicle body frame, a bent portion is accommodated on and joined to the vehicle body frame, and a fixed state is maintained by a fastening method or a fitting method when the external plate is joined to the vehicle body frame so that a robust fixed state is maintained. Even though the specifications of a vehicle body frame are changed, some of a plurality of parts, which forms an external plate, may be changed and applied to the changed vehicle body frame, which makes it possible to flexibly cope with the specifications of various mobility vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Chul LEE, Sun Hyung CHO, Ju Chul KIM, Do Hoi KIM
  • Publication number: 20240124063
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a roof side assembly connecting upper end portions of pillars of a vehicle body in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the roof side assembly forming an A-pillar itself, a mounting bracket fixing the roof side assembly to a lower vehicle body, and an external garnish coupled to an outside of the roof side assembly, wherein the roof side assembly includes a pipe extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, the pipe including a closed cross-section, and a molding member injection-molded with the pipe inserted thereinto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hoi KIM, Jong Woo SHIM, You Jin PARK, Jae Sup BYUN, Jang Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20240124062
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes: a roof side assembly connecting upper ends of pillars of a vehicle body along the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body, the roof side assembly constituting an A-pillar of the vehicle body; and an outer garnish coupled to the outside of the roof side assembly, wherein the roof side assembly includes: a pipe having a closed cross-section shape and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body so as to form a closed section; an upper reinforcement member coupled to the upper side of the pipe and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body; a lower reinforcement member coupled to the lower side of the pipe and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body; and an inner reinforcement member coupled to the vehicle body inner side of the pipe and elongated in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hoi KIM, Sun Ho SONG, Jae Young LIM, Sea Cheoul SONG, Kang Chul LEE, Tae Ou PARK, Jae Sup BYUN, Jang Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20240101195
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure includes a roof side assembly connecting upper end portions of all pillars of a vehicle body along a front and rear direction of the vehicle body and forming an A-pillar itself; a plurality of brackets for fixing the roof side assembly to a lower vehicle body; and an external garnish coupled to an external side of the roof side assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hoi KIM, You Jin PARK, Jae Sup BYUN, Jang Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20230257027
    Abstract: A mounting system for connecting an upper body structure of a motor vehicle to a vehicle platform of the motor vehicle includes a hollow pillar element arranged lengthwise along a vertical vehicle axis; a fastening bracket laterally embracing a lower end portion of the hollow pillar element and including fastening interfaces for affixing the fastening bracket to the hollow pillar element at the lower end; a hollow clip-on connector arranged laterally along a longitudinal vehicle axis, the hollow clip-on connector defining a mounting platform including a horizontal resting surface for the hollow pillar element to be arranged thereupon at its lower end portion together with the fastening bracket and a vertical mating surface for abutting a corresponding mating surface of the fastening bracket; and a hollow side sill element arranged lengthwise along the longitudinal vehicle axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Bahman MOAREFI, Do Hoi KIM, Ralf MATHEIS, Sven FAßBENDER
  • Publication number: 20230211253
    Abstract: A body of a mobility includes: a base part disposed outside a cabin room and extending in a longitudinal direction of the body, and including a first coupling surface; a fixed part extending in the longitudinal direction and coupled to the base part, and including a second coupling surface matching with the first coupling surface, the fixed part having an insertion hole being open toward one side thereof and extending in the longitudinal direction; and a pillar member having a first end inserted into the insertion hole of the fixed part to be coupled to the fixed part and a second end extended and being curved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Do Hoi KIM, Rico HAASE, Frank SCHIECK, Andre ALBERT
  • Patent number: 11673614
    Abstract: A connecting assembly for releasably connecting first and second parts includes a first connector including a frame part that has a receiving opening, at least one first snap fit structure integrally formed with the frame part and extending in the receiving opening, and a first coupling interface for coupling the first connector to the first part, and a second connector including a plug-in part that has an outer shape corresponding to the receiving opening of the frame part so that the plug-in part can be introduced into the receiving opening, at least one second snap fit structure integrally formed with the plug-in part on an inner surface of the plug-in part, the second snap fit structure being configured to releasably engage with the first snap fit structure, and a second coupling interface for coupling the second connector to the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Bahman Moarefi, Do Hoi Kim, Frank Rene Petetin
  • Publication number: 20230147372
    Abstract: A body for a vehicle includes a base part extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and including a flange portion being open outward of the vehicle, a tubular part accommodated on and coupled to the flange portion of the base part and shaped in a pipe with a closed section, and an external garnish coupled to the base part or the tubular part to cover an external portion of the tubular part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Do Hoi KIM, Yong Ha HAN, Ju Chul KIM, Tae Gyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20230139918
    Abstract: An embodiment vehicle body includes a side sill coupled to a side of a vehicle floor and extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body, a coupling member coupled to a top of the side sill and having a coupling groove penetrating in an up-down direction, and a pillar member extending in the up-down direction such that an upper end portion is connected to a roof and a lower end portion is inserted into the coupling groove and coupled to the coupling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Do Hoi Kim, Joo Tae Oh, Frank Petetin, Bahman Moarefi
  • Publication number: 20230080893
    Abstract: An embodiment vehicle body includes a tubular part extended in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and having a hollow shape, a base part in which the tubular part is inserted, the base part integrally connecting an A pillar to a side portion of a roof, and an outer garnish shaped to be extended in the longitudinal direction along the base part and coupled to the base part to cover the base part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Do Hoi Kim, Sang Sun Park, Ju Chul Kim, Sung Tai Jang
  • Publication number: 20230075168
    Abstract: An embodiment apparatus includes a loading part of a vehicle, a drone unit connected with the loading part and configured to apply a driving force of the vehicle, a connecting unit positioned on a lower side of the loading part and connected with a part of an upper side of the drone unit, and a receiving unit positioned on the upper side of the drone unit and corresponding to the connecting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Do Hoi Kim, Hee Dae OH, Jung Jong Chun, Seong Jae Shin
  • Publication number: 20230068984
    Abstract: An embodiment vehicle body includes a pillar member including an upper fastening portion at an upper end and a lower fastening portion at a lower end, a roof side coupling portion provided in a roof member extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, wherein the roof side coupling portion is configured to be coupled to the upper fastening portion by insertion coupling, and a side sill side coupling portion provided in a side sill member extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, wherein the side sill side coupling portion is configured to be coupled to the lower fastening portion by insertion coupling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Do Hoi Kim, Jung Jong Chun, Hee Dae OH, Frank Petetin, Bahman Moarefi