Patents by Inventor Dong Eun Cha
Dong Eun Cha 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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Publication number: 20240149837Abstract: A sensor cleaning apparatus for a vehicle includes: a sensor housing in which a driver and a sensor are mounted, a cover part configured to rotate and exposed to the outside of the sensor housing through an open region formed on a front surface of the sensor housing, and a blade part connected to the cover part. The blade is rotated as the driver is driven and provided to allow air generated by its rotation to flow toward a front surface and a rear surface of the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DY AUTO CorporationInventors: Sang Heon Wang, Nak Kyoung Kong, Dong Eun Cha, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jung Kwan Choi
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Publication number: 20240140741Abstract: A docking control system for a vehicle and a building and a method therefor, includes a plurality of sensors including a vehicle sensor and a gate sensor, and a controller, when a vehicle approaches a gate, which controls the plurality of sensors to set amount of movement of the vehicle, to move the gate so that a vehicle door and the gate are brought into close contact with each other, and when positional satisfaction between the vehicle door and the gate is achieved, which opens the vehicle door and the gate so that an indoor space of the vehicle and an indoor space of the building are connected each other into one space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Ki Hyun CHOI, Ji Hyun SONG, Hyung Sik CHOI, Sun In YOU, Sang Heon LEE, Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun CHA, Won Chan LEE
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Publication number: 20240131922Abstract: A variable grille apparatus can adjust a flow rate of air flowing through a grille and upgrade an opening/closing operation when adjusting the flow rate of the air, thereby improving merchantability. In addition, by diversifying the opening/closing operation of the grille such as sequentially operating or simultaneously operating the opening/closing operation of the grille, it is possible to upgrade the opening/closing operation of the grille, diversify the exterior design, and secure the flow rate of air through the optimization of the structural arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin Young Yoon, Dong Eun Cha, Hong Heui Lee, Jae Sup Byun, Jang Ho Kim
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Publication number: 20240132166Abstract: An active air skirt apparatus controls an airflow flowing to a lower side of a mobility device according to a traveling state of the mobility device, thereby securing optimal aerodynamic performance. In addition, disclosed herein is an active air skirt apparatus, which stably moves a flap for controlling the airflow when a vehicle travels at high speed, thereby improving durability and reliability.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Jin Young Yoon, Dong Eun Cha, Hong Heui Lee, Jae Sup Byun, Jang Ho Kim
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Publication number: 20240131910Abstract: A vehicle body frame includes a lower frame fixed to a floor of a vehicle to define a lower region of an internal space in the vehicle, a roof frame connected to an upper portion of the lower frame to define an upper region of the internal space, configured to slid in a vertical direction of the vehicle with respect to the lower frame, to expand the internal space upwards when the roof frame slides upwards, a lower door frame forming a lower portion of a vehicle door, and an upper door frame connected to the lower door frame to form an upper portion of the vehicle door, and configured to slid together with the roof frame to expand the vehicle door upwards when the roof frame slides upwards.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2023Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Ki Hyun CHOI, Ji Hyun SONG, Hyung Sik CHOI, Sun In YOU, Sang Heon LEE, Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun CHA, Won Chan LEE
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Publication number: 20240124077Abstract: A vehicle configured for container-swapping, includes: a main frame including a pair of drive modules spaced in a forward/backward direction of the vehicle, and a connecting portion extending in the forward/backward direction of the vehicle to connect the pair of drive modules so that a coupling space is formed therebetween; a container module selectively inserted into the coupling space of the main frame; and a coupling portion configured to couple the main frame and the container to each other while the container module is inserted into the coupling space of the main frame, wherein a driving portion operates and moves the main frame so that the container module is inserted into the coupling space of the main frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Dong Eun CHA, Han Sam KIM, Tae Kyung LEE, Dae Hee LEE, Jin Ho HWANG, Jun Gu LEE, Sang Heon LEE
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Publication number: 20240123817Abstract: A variable grille apparatus controls a flow rate of air circulated through the grille. Commercial properties are improved through an advanced opening and closing operation during adjustment of the air flow rate. The opening and closing operation of the grille is diversified, such as by sequential or simultaneous operation, so that the sense of operation is enhanced, an exterior design is diversified, and the air flow is secured through an optimization of the structural arrangement.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin Young Yoon, Dong Eun Cha, Hong Heui Lee, Jae Sup Byun, Jang Ho Kim
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Publication number: 20240125442Abstract: A vehicle light includes: a light lens having a base panel made of a transparent plastic material, an outer paint layer disposed on an outer surface of the base panel, and an inner paint layer disposed on an inner surface of the base panel and including a light-transmitting hole formed therein; and a light source installed to be spaced apart from the light lens, in which light from the light source is transmitted out of the light lens through the light-transmitting hole and the base panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, SL CorporationInventors: Sung Ho PARK, Dong Eun CHA, Dong Woo KIM, Young Ho JO, Tae Seok SEO
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Publication number: 20240109518Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a sensor includes: at least one fluid flow path unit assembled and arranged to correspond to a size and a field of view (FOV) region of a sensor unit and formed with a spray flow path for flowing a fluid supplied through an inlet nozzle, a cover unit coupled to each of the fluid flow path units to shield an opened upper surface of the fluid flow path unit, and a spray nozzle unit selectively coupled to the cover unit and formed so that the fluid flowing along the spray flow path is sprayed toward the FOV region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kyung Hwan Kim, Sang Heon Wang, Dong Eun Cha, Nak Kyoung Kong
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Patent number: 11938066Abstract: A personal mobility may include a body provided with an upper plate portion; a wheel connected to the body to be driven; and a battery provided in the body or the wheel and configured to provide driving energy to the wheel, wherein the mobility is configured to be stored in or drawn out of a vehicle, and the battery is configured to be charged or discharged in association with a high-voltage battery of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 11932315Abstract: A freight vehicle on which a drone is docked, may include: a transfer device provided in the vehicle and configured to move up and down between an internal space of the vehicle and a roof to receive freight from the drone through the roof of the vehicle or transfer freight to the drone; and a loadspace separated, as a portion of the internal space of the vehicle, from a space where the transfer device is provided and including an open portion formed on a side or a rear of the vehicle, and onto which the freight is loaded.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Yong San Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Choon Taik Kim, Sang Hoon Lee, Hong Kwon Moon
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Patent number: 11929032Abstract: A display device comprises a display panel which comprises scan lines, sensing lines, pixels electrically connected to each of the scan lines, and photo sensors electrically to each of the scan lines and the sensing lines, a scan driver which outputs scan signals to the scan lines according to a scan control signal, a timing controller which outputs the scan control signal to the scan driver, and a readout circuit which receives light sensing signals of the photo sensors from the sensing lines. The timing controller sets a frame frequency of the scan control signal to a first frame frequency in a first mode in which the display panel displays an image. The timing controller sets the frame frequency of the scan control signal to a second frame frequency in a second mode in which the photo sensors sense a fingerprint.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Dae Lee, Il Nam Kim, Seung Hyun Moon, Dong Wook Yang, Kang Bin Jo, Go Eun Cha
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Publication number: 20240067041Abstract: A portable battery device for a mobility apparatus and a battery management system and a method, which are capable of securing a desired range of the mobility apparatus by selectively adding an auxiliary battery in a situation in which a battery capacity should be additionally supplemented, are disclosed. The auxiliary battery is stored in the mobility apparatus or is supplied from an external supply source when the auxiliary battery is commercially available. Accordingly, electric power supply to the mobility apparatus becomes convenient. The auxiliary battery is simply replaceable through separation or mounting thereof from or in a case at an outside of the mobility apparatus. Accordingly, handling convenience of the auxiliary battery is enhanced. When collision of the mobility apparatus occurs, the auxiliary battery is separated due to impact and, as such, generation of fire caused by damage to the auxiliary battery is prevented and stability is secured.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Hong Heui Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Jin Young Yoon
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Publication number: 20240059527Abstract: A building-attachable moving system includes a mobility including a coupling device coupled to outside and an internal space becoming, when the mobility is coupled to an external surface of a building by the coupling device, a portion of an indoor space of the building, and a moving device including a guide member dividing the external surface of the building into areas and driving modules coupled to be movable along the guide member, the moving device moving the mobility from one area to another on the external surface as the deriving modules move, wherein the coupling device is provided in plurality, some of the coupling devices are decoupled when the mobility moves from a current area to a moving area, the driving modules of the current area are moved, the decoupled coupling devices are coupled with the driving modules of the moving area, and the mobility moves to the moving area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 11905402Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thermoplastic resin composition having high rigidity and a low coefficient of linear thermal expansion and a molded article including the same. Specifically, the thermoplastic resin composition includes a polypropylene-based resin having an isotactic pentad fraction of 96% or more as measured by 13C-NMR, a thermoplastic elastomer, an inorganic filler having an average particle diameter of 0.1 ?m to 5 ?m, and a compatibilizer, and has a flexural modulus of 2,500 MPa or more and a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of 60 ?m/m·° C. or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HANWHA TOTAL ENERGIES PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin Young Yoon, Hee Joon Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Sun Jun Kwon, Chun Ho Park, Seung Ryong Jeong, Jeong Gil Ko, Yoon Hwan Lee
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Publication number: 20240051615Abstract: A vehicle body for a vehicle, includes a first body, a second body configured to be fitted with the first body, an insertion portion provided on one of the first body and the second body and including an insertion space formed therein, and a fixing portion provided on the other of the first body and the second body and configured to be inserted into the insertion space of the insertion portion, the fixing portion including a magnetic module provided at an end portion of the fixing portion and configured to fix the fitted first and second bodies by use of a magnetic force generated by a change in magnetic circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun CHA, Sang Heon LEE
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Patent number: 11887042Abstract: A system for a delivery service includes a server having delivery information on a delivery, drone information on a drone to be used for the delivery, and vehicle information on a vehicle that the drone is to board. The server is configured to control the drone through the delivery information, the drone information, and the vehicle information to board and travel on the vehicle, to pick up a package to be delivered or to depart the vehicle to deliver the package to a delivery destination.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha
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Patent number: 11884802Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thermoplastic resin composition having high rigidity and a low coefficient of linear thermal expansion and a molded article including the same. Specifically, the thermoplastic resin composition includes a polypropylene composite resin including high-crystalline polypropylene and the like, an elastomer, and an inorganic filler.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HDC HYUNDAI ENGINEERING PLASTICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin Young Yoon, Hee Joon Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Sun Jun Kwon, Chun Ho Park, Seung Ryong Jeong, Jin Bo Chae
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Patent number: 11878567Abstract: An interior trim of a vehicle includes a trim panel disposed in an interior space of the vehicle and including a plurality of cells configured to be respectively opened or closed. The plurality of cells define openings facing towards the interior space of the vehicle during an opening operation of the plurality of cells. The openings are arranged so that sound, light or air is discharged through the openings to the interior space of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
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Publication number: 20240002003Abstract: A vehicle body includes an upper body forming an internal space of the vehicle and to include a door for entry and exit of an occupant provided on a side thereof, a lower body including a floor on which the upper body is located and a bumper unit extending upward along a perimeter of the floor to surround a lower portion of the upper body, wherein the bumper unit includes an opening portion which is provided at a position corresponding to a lower portion of the door of the upper body to be selectively opened, and a driving unit coupling the upper body and the lower body to each other and configured to adjust the height of the internal space by raising and lowering the upper body with respect to the lower body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Sang Heon LEE, Dong Eun CHA, Jin Ho HWANG