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).

  • Publication number: 20240391539
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Heui LEE, Jin Young YOON, Chan Joo MOON, Dong Eun CHA, Dong Ju KIM, Sung Hoon SON, Jeong Bok LEE, Bo Hwan CHA
  • Publication number: 20240391540
    Abstract: A system for harvesting energy of a mobility vehicle includes a spoiler provided on the mobility vehicle in which an angle of the spoiler is varied so as to adjust an air flow, a driver installed on the mobility vehicle to generate a driving force such that the spoiler is tilted in at least one direction to change the angle of the spoiler, a solar cell module installed on the spoiler so as to convert light energy into electric energy, and a controller configured to control the driver according to a traveling speed of the mobility vehicle or according to whether light energy is input, thereby determining the angle of the spoiler. By adjusting the tilting angle of the spoiler, it is possible to improve aerodynamic performance and efficiency of electric energy generation through the solar cell module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Hong Heui Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Jin Young Yoon
  • Publication number: 20240382982
    Abstract: A nozzle system includes a head part having a spray part formed at a location corresponding to a sensor part and a body part having a portion of the head part inserted thereinto and located therein. The body part includes an inlet part configured to allow fluid to flow into the body part therethrough. The nozzle system includes a delay part insertable into at least the portion of the head part and located in the body part. The delay part protrudes in a movement direction of the head part. The fluid flows into the body part and the head part is moved along the delay part and the fluid is sprayed out of the spray part of the head part when the head part is located at and clear of an end of the delay part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC., DY AUTO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Hwan Kim, Nak Kyoung Kong, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Wang, Jae Hyoung Kim, Jong Wook Lee, Gyu Seon Lee
  • Publication number: 20240386480
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Heon LEE, Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun CHA
  • Publication number: 20240383448
    Abstract: A nozzle system includes: a nozzle housing configured to allow fluid flowing from a reservoir located in a vehicle body to flow thereinto; a nozzle cover located at an upper end of the nozzle housing and configured to form a flow path for the fluid flowing into the nozzle housing; and at least two or more nozzle chips configured to face a sensor part. Each of the nozzle chips is detachably coupled to a corresponding opening located in the nozzle cover. The nozzle chips includes two or more discharge ports having different spray angles, where the fluid is sprayed to an area of the sensor part at each of the spray angles through each of the discharge ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC., DY AUTO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Hwan Kim, Nak Kyoung Kong, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Wang, Jae Hyoung Kim, Jong Wook Lee, Gyu Seon Lee
  • Patent number: 12145697
    Abstract: A cruise system using mobility vehicles, may include a cruise ship having a cabin space used as a cabin when a mobility vehicle is aboard. A mobility vehicle is configured to board or disembark the cruise ship, and when aboard, park in the cabin space to serve as a cabin. A connector electrically connects the mobility vehicle and the cruise ship to enable power exchange or data communication between the mobility vehicle and the cruise ship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha, Joo Yean Kang
  • Patent number: 12145494
    Abstract: An article management system utilizes an electric cart which may autonomously move, automatically and easily managing articles and ensuring the convenience of delivery service by the automation of article delivery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Heon Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 12146350
    Abstract: A door locking control system includes an armature coupled to a door or a door frame around which the door is opened or closed, a magnetic module provided on the door or the door frame to face the armature and operated to be fixedly brought into contact with or separated from the armature by a magnetic force induced from a change in a magnetic circuit occurring due to the rotation of a first magnetic body provided inside of the magnetic module, a detector configured to detect an open state or a closed state of the door, and a controller electrically connected to the detector and configured to control the operation of the magnetic module according to the open state or the closed state of the door detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 12145658
    Abstract: Each panel forming a variable mechanism is maintained in a state accommodated on an internal wall surface to secure a cabin space of a mobility, and according to the need of a passenger, the rotational position of each panel is changed so that a shape of the variable mechanism is transformed, providing a convenient function. Accordingly, a space utilization apparatus of mobility that can secure a cabin space by removing an unused space of the cabin space when the convenience function is not used in the cabin space of the mobility, and can improve the space utilization by selectively providing the convenience function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 12145746
    Abstract: A drone docking station for a vehicle includes: a transfer device configured to have a cargo loaded on a drone or to vertically move the cargo transferred by the drone; a guide device including a guide panel provided on a roof of the vehicle and connected to an upper end portion of the transfer device to have the drone accommodated on an upper portion of the guide panel, wherein the guide panel is disposed to surround the transfer device and provided to move inward or outward or to be rotated around a center portion of the transfer device; and a control unit electrically connected to the guide device and configured to rotate or move the guide panel so that the drone corresponds to the cargo positioned in the transfer device when the drone is accommodated on the guide panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: 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
  • Publication number: 20240353080
    Abstract: An external lighting apparatus delivers various messages through selective lighting by applying a lighting function to the exterior of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a light source module with a plurality of light sources and a light guide in which light emitted from the light sources is incident. The light guide reflects the incident light so that the light travels in different areas. The apparatus has a light cover composed of a plurality of transmission parts into which the light, travelling in different areas via the light guide, is incident. The light is emitted to different lighting areas through each transmission part to create a plurality of illumination images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., PLAKOR CO., LTD., HATBIT ILLUCOM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jin Young Yoon, Dong Eun Cha, Hong Heui Lee, Seong Kwon Kim, Byung Lea Cho, Youn Woo Park, Seok Heon Yoon, Jae Gyun Sa, Young Sik Kim, Young Ho Cha
  • Patent number: 12111034
    Abstract: An external lighting apparatus delivers various messages through selective lighting by applying a lighting function to the exterior of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a light source module with a plurality of light sources and a light guide in which light emitted from the light sources is incident. The light guide reflects the incident light so that the light travels in different areas. The apparatus has a light cover composed of a plurality of transmission parts into which the light, travelling in different areas via the light guide, is incident. The light is emitted to different lighting areas through each transmission part to create a plurality of illumination images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., PLAKOR CO., LTD., HATBIT ILLUCOM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jin Young Yoon, Dong Eun Cha, Hong Heui Lee, Seong Kwon Kim, Byung Lea Cho, Youn Woo Park, Seok Heon Yoon, Jae Gyun Sa, Young Sik Kim, Young Ho Cha
  • Publication number: 20240300447
    Abstract: A sensor cleaning system includes: a sensor unit configured to monitor an external environment of a vehicle; a cover lens configured to cover a measurement region of the sensor unit; an outer cleaner configured to selectively come in contact with the cover lens; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a driving force of a driving unit to the outer cleaner. The sensor cleaning system also includes a control unit configured to adjust a position of the outer cleaner such that the outer cleaner selectively comes in contact with the cover lens by the driving force of the driving unit, and to move the cover lens up and down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Heon Wang, Kyung Hwan Kim, Dong Eun Cha, Nak Kyoung Kong
  • Patent number: 12086873
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha
  • Patent number: 12083975
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a bumper beam for a motor vehicle including a center portion free of mobility-specificity and side portions that may be altered according to design and specification of the mobility to secure collision performance so that the bumper back beam of which collision performance is secured and which satisfies various mobilities may be flexibly applied. Accordingly, it is possible to configure the back beam satisfying various mobilities based on a standardized model to secure collision performance so that manufacturing cost is reduced by assembling and producing the back beams with minimum molds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Young Yoon, Hong Heui Lee
  • Publication number: 20240283995
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun CHA, Yun Jee Lee, Dae Hee Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Ji Hyun Song, Sang heon Lee
  • Publication number: 20240227524
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Hyun CHOI, Ji Hyun SONG, Hyung Sik CHOI, Sun In YOU, Sang Heon LEE, Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun CHA, Won Chan LEE
  • Publication number: 20240227544
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: 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
  • Publication number: 20240227954
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jin Young Yoon, Dong Eun Cha, Hong Heui Lee, Jae Sup Byun, Jang Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 12017581
    Abstract: A lamp control system for vehicles includes a rail provided on a roof of a vehicle and configured to extend in a longitudinal direction, a lamp module slidably connected to the rail to slide in a direction of extension of the rail, and including lamps configured to emit light to an interior of the vehicle, a sensing unit configured to detect the number of passengers riding in the vehicle, positions of the passengers, or a position of cargo loaded in the vehicle, and a controller electrically connected to the lamp module and the sensing unit and configured to control operation of the lamp module based on the number and the positions of the passengers or the position of the loaded cargo, detected by the sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Ho Park, Dong Eun Cha, In Ho Jung