Patents by Inventor Dong Woo Jeong

Dong Woo Jeong 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: 20120133183
    Abstract: A suspension assembly of a vehicle seat may include a lumbar plate disposed within an edge of a seat back frame, and an elastic wire section connecting the edge of the seat back frame with a side of the lumbar plate, wherein the elastic wire section includes a first elastic wire, opposite ends of which may be connected to one edge of the seat back frame and at least a portion thereof may be supported by one side of the lumbar plate, and a second elastic wire, opposite ends of which may be connected to the other edge of the seat back frame and at least a portion thereof may be supported by the other side of the lumbar plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Dae Chang Seat Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hyung Kim, Bong Joon Lee, Dong Woo Jeong, Chan Ki Cho
  • Patent number: 8183477
    Abstract: A switch apparatus for adjusting a power seat in a vehicle, may include a body, a plurality of switches installed on the body including a first switch manipulated in a horizontal direction, and a second switch spaced apart from the first switch and manipulated in a vertical direction, and a guide bracket, a first end portion of which is integrally coupled to the first switch and a second end portion of which is placed around the second switch and selectively coupled to the second switch according to a horizontal movement of the first switch, wherein the second switch is movable in the vertical direction while the first switch is in a neutral position, while the first switch is out of the neutral position, and wherein the second end portion of the guide bracket is interfered with the second switch while the second switch is out of a neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Duckil Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Woo Jeong, Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Seung Su Han, Dong Yeoul Kim, Gil Ju Kim, Bong Ku Kim, Yeong Uk Kim, Jun Yeol Heo, Jong Kweon Pyun, Myung Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8172298
    Abstract: A reinforcement for rear seat backs is disclosed herein. The rear seat back reinforcement of the present invention includes a luggage bar, which is provided between a rear package tray and a floor panel and has a holding member and a mounting member, and a wire frame, which is held by the holding member of the luggage bar and is fastened at the lower end thereof to the floor panel by the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Dong Woo Jeong
  • Patent number: 8172319
    Abstract: An actuator of an active headrest apparatus for a vehicle, which is operably connected to a headrest assembly and selectively allows a headrest of the headrest assembly to pop out forwards when a vehicle collision occurs, may include a housing installed on a seatback frame and formed with a guide groove, an operating plate elastically supported over the housing, an operating bracket arranged between the housing and the operating plate and having a guide projection slidably inserted into the guide groove of the housing, and an operating wire unit connecting the operating bracket with the headrest assembly, wherein the operating wire unit includes an operating wire and an operating wire retainer to slidably receive the operating wire therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Dymos Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Dong Woo Jeong, Gil Ju Kim, Bong Ku Kim, Jun Yeol Heo, Jong Kweon Pyun, Sang Nam Park, Jong Yun Lee, In Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8083292
    Abstract: A seatback frame for vehicles has a lower cross member that prevents a back pad and a recliner hinge shaft from interfering with each other. The seatback frame includes a back frame and a lower cross member. The lower cross member includes a reinforcing part and a hinge-shaft cover. The back frame is hinged to a seat frame via a recliner hinge shaft. The lower cross member couples both sides of the lower end of the back frame to each other. The reinforcing part has the shape of an embossment which extends in a longitudinal direction of the lower cross member. The hinge-shaft cover is provided on the lower portion of the lower cross member, and is bent to surround the recliner hinge shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Byung Yong Choi, Sang Do Park, Dong Woo Jeong, Sang Nam Park
  • Publication number: 20100133082
    Abstract: A switch apparatus for adjusting a power seat in a vehicle, may include a body, a plurality of switches installed on the body including a first switch manipulated in a horizontal direction, and a second switch spaced apart from the first switch and manipulated in a vertical direction, and a guide bracket, a first end portion of which is integrally coupled to the first switch and a second end portion of which is placed around the second switch and selectively coupled to the second switch according to a horizontal movement of the first switch, wherein the second switch is movable in the vertical direction while the first switch is in a neutral position, while the first switch is out of the neutral position, and wherein the second end portion of the guide bracket is interfered with the second switch while the second switch is out of a neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Duckil Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Woo JEONG, Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Seung Su Han, Dong Yeoul Kim, Gil Ju Kim, Bong Ku Kim, Yeong Uk Kim, Jun Yeol Heo, Jong Kweon Pyun, Myung Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20100127540
    Abstract: An actuator of an active headrest apparatus for a vehicle, which is operably connected to a headrest assembly and selectively allows a headrest of the headrest assembly to pop out forwards when a vehicle collision occurs, may include a housing installed on a seatback frame and formed with a guide groove, an operating plate elastically supported over the housing, an operating bracket arranged between the housing and the operating plate and having a guide projection slidably inserted into the guide groove of the housing, and an operating wire unit connecting the operating bracket with the headrest assembly, wherein the operating wire unit includes an operating wire and an operating wire retainer to slidably receive the operating wire therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Dymos Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Dong Woo Jeong, Gil Ju Kim, Bong Ku Kim, Jun Yeol Heo, Jong Kweon Pyun, Sang Nam Park, Jong Yun Lee, In Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 7677657
    Abstract: An active headrest assembly for a vehicle includes a headrest supported by a seat back frame. An active plate is connected to the headrest and has guide slots defined therein. Guide pins are inserted through the guide slots to slide along the guide slots. A lumbar unit has a support wire secured to the guide pins and is rotatably connected to the lower end of the seat back frame. A returning unit elastically connects the active plate and the lumbar unit with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Dymos Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Do Park, Dong Woo Jeong, Joo Yeong Yu
  • Publication number: 20100026068
    Abstract: An apparatus for tilting a vehicle seat cushion raises the front end to be higher than the rear end of the seat cushion in order to enhance a supporting force for an occupant seated in a vehicle seat, thereby preventing the occupant from being pushed forwards in the event of sudden braking. The apparatus includes a cushion tilting unit installed in the seat cushion, wherein the cushion tilting unit raises a front end of a seat cushion to be higher than a rear end of the seat cushion without adjusting an angle of the seat back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Eom Seok Yoo, Bong Ku Kim, Hak Gyun Kim, Dong Woo Jeong, Gil Ju Kim, Jong Kweon Pyun, Jun Yeol Heo, Sang Do Park
  • Publication number: 20090261636
    Abstract: A reinforcement for rear seat backs is disclosed herein. The rear seat back reinforcement of the present invention includes a luggage bar, which is provided between a rear package tray and a floor panel and has a holding member and a mounting member, and a wire frame, which is held by the holding member of the luggage bar and is fastened at the lower end thereof to the floor panel by the mounting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Dong Woo Jeong
  • Patent number: 7604213
    Abstract: A height adjusting apparatus for vehicle seats may include seat side frames provided on both side ends of a seat part of a seat, each of the seat side frames connected to the seat bracket via a front link and a rear link, the support rod coupling the seat side frames to each other, the pinion gear provided on a seat side frame, the rack gear link having on one end thereof a rack gear which engages with an upper end of the pinion gear, and coupled at the other end thereof to a hinge of the front link placed on the seat bracket, so that, when the pinion gear is driven, the rack gear link pulls the seat side frame forwards to lift it up, and the support pin provided on the seat side frame in such a way as to be placed above the rack gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Byung Yong Choi, Sang Do Park, Dong Woo Jeong, Gwang Noh Lee
  • Publication number: 20090152433
    Abstract: A height adjusting apparatus for vehicle seats may include seat side frames provided on both side ends of a seat part of a seat, each of the seat side frames connected to the seat bracket via a front link and a rear link, the support rod coupling the seat side frames to each other, the pinion gear provided on a seat side frame, the rack gear link having on one end thereof a rack gear which engages with an upper end of the pinion gear, and coupled at the other end thereof to a hinge of the front link placed on the seat bracket, so that, when the pinion gear is driven, the rack gear link pulls the seat side frame forwards to lift it up, and the support pin provided on the seat side frame in such a way as to be placed above the rack gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporaton
    Inventors: Byung Yong Choi, Sang Do Park, Dong Woo Jeong, Gwang Noh Lee
  • Publication number: 20090152928
    Abstract: A seatback frame for vehicles has a lower cross member that prevents a back pad and a recliner hinge shaft from interfering with each other. The seatback frame includes a back frame and a lower cross member. The lower cross member includes a reinforcing part and a hinge-shaft cover. The back frame is hinged to a seat frame via a recliner hinge shaft. The lower cross member couples both sides of the lower end of the back frame to each other. The reinforcing part has the shape of an embossment which extends in a longitudinal direction of the lower cross member. The hinge-shaft cover is provided on the lower portion of the lower cross member, and is bent to surround the recliner hinge shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byung Yong CHOI, Sang Do PARK, Dong Woo JEONG, Sang Nam PARK
  • Publication number: 20090134684
    Abstract: An active headrest assembly for a vehicle includes a headrest supported by a seat back frame. An active plate is connected to the headrest and has guide slots defined therein. Guide pins are inserted through the guide slots to slide along the guide slots. A lumbar unit has a support wire secured to the guide pins and is rotatably connected to the lower end of the seat back frame. A returning unit elastically connects the active plate and the lumbar unit with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Sang Do Park, Dong Woo Jeong, Joo Yeong Yu
  • Patent number: 7472963
    Abstract: A recliner lever assembly for a front seat of a vehicle has a recliner lever integrally assembled with a seat-height adjusting lever for the front seat with an identical hinge shaft, thereby preventing a passenger seated in the seat from being injured by an interference of a seat belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Dong Woo Jeong