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: 20240109518
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Hwan Kim, Sang Heon Wang, Dong Eun Cha, Nak Kyoung Kong
  • Patent number: 11938066
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 11932315
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 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: 20240067041
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hong Heui Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Jin Young Yoon
  • Publication number: 20240059527
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 11905402
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: 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
  • Publication number: 20240051615
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun CHA, Sang Heon LEE
  • Patent number: 11887042
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha
  • Patent number: 11884802
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: 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
  • Patent number: 11878567
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
  • Publication number: 20240002003
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Heon LEE, Dong Eun CHA, Jin Ho HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240001832
    Abstract: A cargo loading system for a cargo vehicle includes a carrier device provided in a loading space of the cargo vehicle to move cargoes in the loading space, a setting unit configured to set a loading position for each cargo in which each cargo is located in the loading space of the cargo vehicle based on basic information of each of the cargoes, and a control unit configured to control operation of the carrier device according to a loading position of a corresponding cargo set in the setting unit when the corresponding cargo is loaded on the carrier device so that the corresponding cargo reaches the loading position matching the corresponding cargo.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Heon LEE, Dong Eun CHA, Jin Ho HWANG
  • Patent number: 11858381
    Abstract: A sliding device configured for a vehicle, includes a magnetic module configured to slide on a floor of the vehicle and be fixed to the floor by a magnetic force or unfixed from the floor depending on a change in magnetic circuit due to a rotation of a first magnetic body provided in the magnetic module; a plurality of catching portions formed on the floor, spaced from one another, and provided along a movement route of the magnetic module, and fastening portions provided on the magnetic module and configured to be pressed downward by a first elastic body, the fastening portions being configured to mechanically fasten the magnetic module to the floor by being lowered and caught by the catching portions when the fastening portions are matched with the catching portions while the magnetic module moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Yong San Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Choon Taik Kim, Hyung Jin Kim, Sang Hoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20230415828
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun CHA, Sang Heon LEE
  • Publication number: 20230406246
    Abstract: Provided is a modular bumper back beam which secures crash performance, is changeable depending on the design of a mobility device through commonization of parts so as to easily cope with design and data required by the mobility device, and has a simple structure so as to be simplified in terms of management and assembly. Thereby, the modular bumper back beam is assembled and manufactured using the minimum number of molds through commonization of parts of the bumper back beam, thereby being capable of reducing manufacturing costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Hong Heui Lee, Chan Joo Moon, Dong Eun Cha, Jin Young Yoon
  • Patent number: 11833871
    Abstract: A mobility vehicle hub configured to function as a terminal for an air mobility vehicle, a ground mobility vehicle, or a water mobility vehicle, includes a plurality of layers through a combination of: a water layer connected to the surface of water and having an entrance for a water mobility vehicle; a port layer having a take-off and landing pad for an air mobility vehicle; or a ground layer configured to be connected to a ground and having an entrance for a ground mobility vehicle, wherein an elevation passage is provided between the layers, the elevation passage has an internal space extending in an up-down direction of the mobility vehicle hub, the internal space is connected to each of the water, port and ground layers, and the air mobility vehicle, the ground mobility vehicle, or the water mobility vehicle is lifted or lowered through the internal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 11820884
    Abstract: 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 first polypropylene resin having crystallinity of 50% to 80%, a second polypropylene resin having a coefficient of linear thermal expansion of 70 ?m/m·° C. to 90 ?m/m·° C., an elastomer, and an inorganic filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DAE HA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Young Yoon, Hee Joon Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Sun Jun Kwon, Chun Ho Park, Seung Ryong Jeong, Kwan Suk Ryu, Tae Kyung Lee
  • Publication number: 20230347989
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun CHA, Sang Heon LEE
  • Publication number: 20230339553
    Abstract: Provided is an active air skirt apparatus for a mobility configured to control an airflow beneath the mobility according to the driving situation of the mobility to ensure optimal aerodynamic performance in the mobility having a flat lower portion for loading a high-voltage battery. That is, improvement of airflow to the front wheel and rear wheel along with improvement of airflow beneath the mobility in each driving situation optimizes the aerodynamic performance of the mobility, thereby ensuring mileage and improving attitude stability of the mobility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jin Young Yoon, Myung Eun Kim, Dong Eun Cha, Hong Heui Lee
  • Patent number: 11793689
    Abstract: A mobility carrier apparatus for vehicles includes: a carrier to store a mobility, and the carrier is not exposed at ordinary times and withdrawn when it is desired to use the mobility, thereby improving the external design of a vehicle and convenience of the vehicle. In particular, the carrier slides along a pair of sliding rails so as to be withdrawn from or stored in a case of the mobility carrier apparatus, and the carrier is provided with a storage unit in which the mobility is loaded. The mobility is lifted upwards at the time of withdrawal of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Ki Hong Lee