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: 20230219697
    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: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicants: 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: 20230203852
    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: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun CHA, Sang Heon LEE
  • Publication number: 20230191990
    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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Ho PARK, Dong Eun CHA, In Ho JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230182831
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Heui Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Jin Young Yoon
  • Patent number: 11657439
    Abstract: A system for providing a vehicle part change service is provided, may include a server provided with part information related to changeable parts for a plurality of vehicle kinds, the server providing kinds of the changeable parts to a user terminal if a part change request for a specific vehicle kind is received from the user terminal, guiding a cost for a change target part through the user terminal if the corresponding part is selected through the user terminal and processing to transport the changed part to a service center, and outputting at least one of vehicle specification information or vehicle control data being changed due to the change of the part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 11648985
    Abstract: A prefabricated vehicle may include a body module providing a vehicle body; a platform module having a battery and a driving wheel, and selectively fastened to the body module; a connecting portion that includes a magnetic module provided in any one of the body module and the platform module and an armature provided in a remaining one of the body module and the platform module, the connecting portion being configured such that the magnetic module and the armature face each other when the body module and the platform module are fastened to each other; and a controller connecting the body module and the platform module to each other to be easily replaceable by applying power to the magnetic module to allow the magnetic module and the armature to be connected to each other by a magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee
  • Publication number: 20230144305
    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: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Dong Eun CHA, Jin Young YOON, Hong Heui LEE
  • Patent number: 11642987
    Abstract: A sliding unit for a vehicle, the sliding unit may include a rail provided on the vehicle; a fixing portion formed of a material through which magnetism is flowable and provided along a direction in which the rail extends; a moving portion that is slidable along the rail; and a magnetic module provided in the moving portion, disposed toward the fixing portion, and selectively locked to the fixing portion by a magnetic path to selectively fix the moving portion to the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee
  • Publication number: 20230110162
    Abstract: A logistics transport system includes individual transport cart of traveling by first driving unit and transporting a cargo to a delivery position; a transport vehicle of traveling by second driving unit and driving to the delivery position in loading the individual transport cart thereon to deliver a cargo or driving to an intermediate base point and then separating the individual transport cart therefrom at the intermediate base point; and a control unit configured to, when the cargo is delivered from a terminal at which the cargo is loaded to the delivery position, control the individual transport cart to deliver the cargo from the terminal to the delivery position by the individual transport cart, or control the transport vehicle to deliver the individual transport cart to the intermediate base point and then control the individual transport cart to deliver the cargo from the intermediate base point to the delivery position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Heon LEE, Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230105498
    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: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicants: 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
  • Patent number: 11618964
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of manufacturing a vehicle member including pretreating the surface of an electrically conductive plastic molded product and forming a metal plating layer on the molded product, wherein the metal plating layer includes a copper plating layer, a nickel plating layer and a chromium plating layer, which are sequentially formed, and a vehicle member manufactured by the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyun Kyung Kim, Dong Eun Cha, Jin Young Yoon, Hai Chang Lee, Sun Young Park
  • Patent number: 11603009
    Abstract: A vehicle battery exchange system includes: a battery charger configured to store multiple batteries therein, and including a first battery locking device that is configured to be unlocked when each of the batteries is withdrawn from the battery charger and is configured to be locked when the batteries are stored in the battery charger, the battery charger charging a battery among the stored batteries when a state-of-charge of the corresponding battery is insufficient; and a server configured to: communicate with the battery charger and a vehicle and guiding the vehicle to a position of the battery charger when a charge request is received from the vehicle, control the first battery locking device to be unlocked when the vehicle is authenticated, and control the first battery locking device to be locked when exchange of batteries between the authenticated vehicle and the battery charger is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha
  • Patent number: 11597262
    Abstract: A connection system for a house and a vehicle, may include a vehicle door provided in the vehicle to open or close a vehicle entrance through which a passenger enters or exits the vehicle and allowing an internal space of the vehicle to be exposed into the house when authenticated by the house; and a hatch provided in a house entrance on a side wall of the house to selectively couple the house entrance and the vehicle entrance with each other so that an internal space of the vehicle and an internal space of the house are connected to each other in a state that the vehicle door is open when the authenticated vehicle is parked on a side of the house entrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 11597306
    Abstract: A multi-functional door for a vehicle includes a door body disposed on one side of the vehicle and configured to be opened or closed. The door body has an inner side surface facing an indoor space of the vehicle and an outer side surface facing the outside of the vehicle. The multi-functional door further includes a door seat that is coupled to the inner side surface of the door body and is configured to be enclosed in or unfolded from the door body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha
  • Patent number: 11597300
    Abstract: A vehicle body of a vehicle may include a floor portion which is provided for a driving unit of the vehicle to be mounted therein, and a seat frame member mounted with a seat of the vehicle while being selectively coupled to a plurality of points on the floor portion, to form the vehicle body, for achieving seat mounting and vehicle body configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Hyun Song
  • Publication number: 20230054338
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a luggage loading device for mobility capable of improving loading convenience by automating the loading and arrangement of a luggage inside the loading space of the mobility, and a luggage loading method for mobility using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun CHA, Sang Heon LEE
  • Publication number: 20230056479
    Abstract: A hood-integrated vehicle body in which a hood, a bumper, and a fender are integrally formed into a single component so as to reduce the weight thereof is disclosed. The hood-integrated vehicle body includes a front vehicle body part, which is constructed such that a hood is integrally and rotatably connected to a front portion of the front vehicle body part and is openable at a rear side thereof, a lifting unit mounted to the front part of the vehicle so as to rotate the hood, and a locking unit, which is mounted to the front part of the vehicle so as to selectively engage the hood with the front part of the vehicle such that the engagement of the hood is released so as to allow the hood to be opened by means of the lifting unit upon manipulation for opening the hood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Young Yoon, Hong Heui Lee, Seong Kwon Kim
  • Publication number: 20230052158
    Abstract: A front part assembly for a mobility device, a front-part-integrated assembly including the same, and a process of assembling the same are disclosed. The front part assembly includes a bumper, a fender, and a hood, which are integrally formed, wherein the bumper and the fender are connected to each other to define an internal space therebetween, and the hood is rotatably connected at a front end thereof to the bumper such that a rear end of the hood is rotated vertically to open and close the internal space. The front-part-integrated mobility device includes the front part assembly and a frame, which is coupled to the front part assembly and is coupled to a cowl and a rear fender. The method includes rotating the hood to open the internal space, coupling the front part assembly to the frame, and rotating the hood to close the internal space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Young Yoon, Hong Heui Lee, Seong Kwon Kim
  • Patent number: 11577566
    Abstract: A combinable and detachable vehicle includes: a front connecting portion and a rear connecting portion provided at a front portion and a rear portion of a vehicle, respectively, and connected to another vehicle when the vehicle is combined with the other vehicle; a front monitoring portion and a rear monitoring portion monitoring a forward area and a rearward area of the vehicle, respectively; and a controller determining whether the other vehicle is connected to the front connecting portion or the rear connecting portion of the vehicle based on information received from the front connecting portion or the rear connecting portion, or the front monitoring portion or the rear monitoring portion, and controlling whether to operate each of a front component and a rear component of the vehicle depending on a direction of the vehicle is connected to the other vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
  • Publication number: 20230045723
    Abstract: A parking management system includes a guide robot disposed in a parking space provided with a plurality of parking areas, the guide robot being configured to be matched with a vehicle entering the parking space and to be driven ahead of the matched vehicle to guide the matched vehicle to an allocated parking area, and a management server configured to recognize the vehicle entering the parking space, to match the recognized vehicle with the guide robot, to monitor the parking space to identify a parking status of each of the parking areas, to allocate a parking area to the matched vehicle based on the identified parking status, and to control the guide robot to be driven to the allocated parking area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Woo Young CHOI, Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun CHA, Sang Heon LEE