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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Patent number: 12759654Abstract: A vehicle body includes a floor frame configured to allow driving parts of a vehicle and wheels thereof to be mounted thereon, a fixed interior part mounted on the floor frame and fixed thereto, a swappable interior part having a lower portion detachably mounted on the floor frame and one side detachably mounted on the fixed interior part, wherein the swappable interior part is replaceable depending on a purpose of use of the vehicle, and a magnetic module provided between the swappable interior part and the floor frame or between the swappable interior part and the fixed interior part and configured to selectively apply fixing force to the swappable interior part according to a flow of current flowing through a coil.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2024Date of Patent: October 13, 2026Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Jae Seung Lee
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Patent number: 12759473Abstract: An apparatus of fixing a convenient feature for a vehicle, includes a fixing module including an internal space, and a housing provided in the internal space of the fixing module and including a magnetic module therein, the housing being configured to slide toward the convenient feature based on the fixing module, to allow the magnetic module to be accommodated on an armature of the convenient feature when the housing slides toward the convenient feature, and to fix the convenient feature to the fixing module by a fixing force of the magnetic module in a state in which the magnetic module is accommodated on the armature.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2023Date of Patent: October 13, 2026Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 12746812Abstract: An external variable opening and closing apparatus includes a housing having an opening portion, a flap unit provided in the opening portion to open or close the opening portion according to a tilting position of the flap unit in tilting in the housing, and a drive unit including a driver and an actuating member, wherein the actuating member is movably engaged to the housing and the flap unit is connected to the actuating member so that a tilting position of the flap unit switches in response to activation of the driver.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2024Date of Patent: September 29, 2026Assignees: 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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Patent number: 12715523Abstract: A dual spoiler apparatus changes a tilting angle and a length of an air spoiler to control the air flow to the rear of a vehicle, so as to improve aerodynamic performance and simplify parts for tilting and length change. The dual spoiler apparatus includes: a first spoiler device configured to slide on a spoiler mounting portion in a first direction; a second spoiler device configured to tilt on the spoiler mounting portion in a second direction; and a driving device configured to switch a sliding position of the first spoiler device and a tilting position of the second spoiler device.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2024Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SHB Automotive Module Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hong Heui Lee, Jin Young Yoon, Dong Eun Cha, Dong Ha Kim, Jeong Bok Lee, Sung Hoon Son, Bo Hwan Cha
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Patent number: 12715293Abstract: An in-vehicle video system and control method thereof, includes a display provided on an internal surface of a vehicle and configured to display a screen by receiving a video signal, a transfer unit provided on an internal side of the display with respect to the vehicle and configured to slide along a fixing member fixed to a floor of the vehicle on a frontward and rearward direction or a left and right direction of the vehicle within the vehicle, and a controller configured to determine a movement direction and a movement position of the transfer unit sliding in the frontward and rearward direction or the left and right direction and control the display and the transfer unit to transition the screen of the display in accordance with a movement path of the transfer unit based on the movement direction and the movement position of the transfer unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2023Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Dong Eun Cha, Yun Jee Lee, Dae Hee Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Ji Hyun Song, Sang heon Lee
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Patent number: 12715519Abstract: A floor module for a vehicle includes a plurality of tile portions configured to cover a vehicle floor of a vehicle and sequentially aligned by being coupled in a transverse direction, a plurality of fixing portions provided below the tile portions, connected to the tile portions in an upward and downward direction, and sequentially aligned by being coupled in the transverse direction, and a plurality of mounting portions provided above the vehicle floor and configured to support the tile portions and the fixing portions from below by being connected to the fixing portions in the upward and downward direction in a state in which the tile portions and the fixing portions are matched.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2023Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignees: MOTOR CORPORATION, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Sang heon Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Jin Man Park, Eun Gook Kim, Hyoung Jun Kim
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Patent number: 12679474Abstract: A moving spoiler that prevents a constituent element configured to move the spoiler from being exposed to the outside and matches the spoiler with an external appearance of an outer panel of a vehicle, and the moving spoiler includes a spoiler cover having an operating space formed at a rear side of a roof part, the operating space having a shape opened at a rear side thereof, a moving plate configured to move into the operating space or move to the outside of the operating space through the opening portion of the operating space, a guide mechanism between an inner surface of the operating space and the moving plate and configured to guide a movement of the moving plate, and a drive part configured to provide driving power for moving the moving plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2023Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Hong Heui Lee, Jin Young Yoon, Chan Joo Moon, Dong Eun Cha, Dong Ju Kim, Sung Hoon Son, Jeong Bok Lee, Bo Hwan Cha
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Patent number: 12643504Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a sensor includes: a sensor that is positioned in a vehicle; a sensor bearing unit that is positioned on a vehicle body adjacent to the sensor, and at least one nozzle assembly that is positioned in the sensor bearing unit. The at least one nozzle assembly stands up by a hydraulic pressure of inflowing washer fluid. The apparatus also includes: a washer fluid passage that is in fluid connection with the nozzle assembly and through which washer fluid flows; and a motor unit that is configured to apply a driving force so that the sensor bearing unit rotates based on the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kyung Hwan Kim, Sang Heon Wang, Dong Eun Cha, Nak Kyoung Kong
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Patent number: 12643505Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 13, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignees: 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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Patent number: 12643392Abstract: A variable grille apparatus adjusts the flow rate of air flowing through a grille. Commercial value of a vehicle is improved by enhanced opening and closing motions when adjusting the flow rate of air. Further, since the grille is opened and closed in various ways such as by sequential or simultaneous opening and closing, the opening and closing motions of the grille are enhanced, the external design is diversified, and a flow rate of air is secured through structurally optimal arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignees: 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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Patent number: 12637152Abstract: An active air skirt apparatus includes a base fixed to a vehicle body; a link portion including a plurality of links connected to be rotatable in a transverse direction; a drive portion mounted on the base, connected to the links of the link portion, and configured to generate rotational power to rotate the plurality of links; and a skirt provided on the base to be movable in an upward and downward direction and connected to the links of the link portion, the skirt being configured to be moved to a retracted position when the plurality of links is folded by operation of the drive portion, and moved to an extended position when the plurality of links is unfolded.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2023Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Young Yoon, Chang Young Lee, Hong Heui Lee, Geon Hwi Lim, Dong Eun Cha, Myung Eun Kim, Jae Sup Byun, Jang Ho Kim
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Patent number: 12620018Abstract: A system for docking a vehicle to a building, wherein the vehicle functions as a space of the building when the vehicle is connected thereto, and wherein the building includes at least one station inside or outside thereof such that the vehicle can dock at the at least one station, includes a server configured to check whether the at least one station is available to allow a user to select a station for a vehicle, to select the station randomly when the user does not select the station, and when the vehicle is docked at the selected station, to connect the vehicle to the selected station in wired or wireless manner to manage use of the selected station.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2024Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha
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Patent number: 12617472Abstract: A locking unit of a vehicle may include a mounting portion having a plurality of mounting grooves formed on an upper surface thereof, wherein supporting legs of a vehicle interior portion are configured to be inserted into the mounting grooves, installing the vehicle interior portion in the indoor compartment of the vehicle; and a plurality of locking devices provided on inner peripheries of the mounting grooves inside the mounting portion, respectively, such that, by selectively fixing or unfixing the supporting legs of the vehicle interior portion inserted in the mounting grooves, the vehicle interior portion is attached to or detached from the mounting portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2023Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 12594910Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 23, 2023Date of Patent: April 7, 2026Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kyung Hwan Kim, Sang Heon Wang, Dong Eun Cha, Nak Kyoung Kong
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Patent number: 12589639Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignees: 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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Patent number: 12591819Abstract: Introduced are a system and a method for providing a service by using a multipurpose vehicle, wherein a user, a service provider, and a multipurpose vehicle are matched, and a service of the matched service provider is provided to the matched user through the matched multipurpose vehicle, thereby enabling the user to simultaneously use the vehicle and the service.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Sang Heon Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang
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Patent number: 12508897Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 6, 2023Date of Patent: December 30, 2025Assignees: 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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Patent number: 12497112Abstract: A container-swappable vehicle includes a container including a container body for receiving a cargo loaded therein, a rotation shaft at a front end portion or a rear end portion thereof, and a coupling body surrounding an external circumferential surface of the rotation shaft, the rotation shaft and the coupling body being connected to each other to be relatively rotated therebetween; and a drive module including a drive device to perform driving, a coupling space including an open side, and a magnetic module provided in the coupling space to allow the coupling body of the container to enter the coupling space through an opening portion by driving toward the coupling body of the container and move the container through driving by the magnetic module being fastened to the coupling body by magnetic force.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2022Date of Patent: December 16, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 12479519Abstract: In the present disclosure, the side spoiler is provided on a lower side of a mobility vehicle so that aerodynamic performance is improved, and a deployment angle of the side spoiler is controlled according to driving conditions and road conditions so that desired aerodynamic performance is realized, and damage to the side spoiler is prevented. In addition, introduced is a side spoiler device for the mobility vehicle, in which the side spoiler is divided into a plurality of side spoilers so that aerodynamic performance for each driving situation is optimized through individual control of each side spoiler.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: November 25, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Hong Heui Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Jin Young Yoon
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Patent number: 12454853Abstract: A door system for a vehicle is disclosed, which enables a vehicle door to operate selectively in both sliding and swinging modes. The system includes a hinge mechanism and an electromagnetic locking unit that controls the transition between the two movement types. This dual-mode functionality improves accessibility, space efficiency, and emergency egress capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2024Date of Patent: October 28, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Sang Heon Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang