Patents by Inventor Eun-sik Kim

Eun-sik Kim 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: 20240288895
    Abstract: An electronic pedal apparatus includes a brake pedal module and an accelerator pedal module vertically coupled in a stacked manner to form a single one-pedal, which makes it possible to improve utilization of an internal space by implementing a compact size and prevent an erroneous operation and further improve safety at the time of operating pedals by making an operation direction of a brake pedal different from an operation direction of an accelerator pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Eun Sik KIM
  • Publication number: 20240286569
    Abstract: A foldable pedal apparatus for a vehicle includes an accelerator pedal module and a brake pedal module that are operated in a pressure-manipulated type are popped up to allow manipulation by a driver in a manual driving mode, and hide to prevent manipulation by the driver in a autonomous driving mode, to generate a signal related to a pedal function by manipulation of the accelerator pedal module and the brake pedal module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Eun Sik KIM
  • Patent number: 12055928
    Abstract: An integrated control apparatus for an autonomous driving vehicle is configured to perform steering, shifting, accelerating, and braking of the vehicle by a user operating a foldable steering wheel, a shift slide switch, an acceleration trigger switch, and a brake button switch that are provided in a movable manipulator when the vehicle is turned from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, SL Corporation
    Inventors: Eun Sik Kim, Jae Hoon Jung, Ji Hoon Yang, Seok Woo Ye
  • Publication number: 20240217491
    Abstract: An electronic brake pedal apparatus may perform a function of a stop lamp switch and a function of a stroke sensor in the related art by use of electronic Hall sensors and a Hall switch and diagnose failure by use of the two Hall sensors and the Hall switch, which makes it possible to simplify a configuration, reduce an external size and costs, and improve durability, reliability, and marketability by use of a contactless sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Sik KIM, Chae Min LIM, Ji Soo KIM, Jae Kyung PEE
  • Publication number: 20240192719
    Abstract: An electronic pedal device includes an accelerator pedal module and a brake pedal module that operate in a pressure operation manner, whereby a driver may operate the same with a small force. The driver may easily recognize the operational state of the pedal based on a haptic signal generated during operation of the pedal. Because operation of the pedal is detected through a dual detecting structure using a Hall sensor and a pressure sensor, safety may be further ensured during operation of the pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, DONG HEE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Sik KIM, Wi Sang Park, Jae Hyun Cho, Jung Min Lee, Seong Ju Jo
  • Publication number: 20240181874
    Abstract: An electronic pedal apparatus is configured so that a driver may operate a pedal 200 with a small effort, the electronic pedal apparatus may operate by fine displacement during the operation of the pedals, the pedals apparatus may allow the driver to clearly recognize an operating situation of the pedals by use of a magnetic force (repulsive force) having a quadratic function graph, and a compact mechanism having a foldable function may be implemented by use of an electromagnet that changes in polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Eun Sik KIM, Wi Sang PARK, Jae Hyun CHO, Jung Min LEE, Seong Ju JO
  • Publication number: 20240181873
    Abstract: A pedal apparatus for a vehicle, may include a brake pedal assembly, an accelerator pedal assembly, and a footrest panel are assembled to one another to form a single module component, and the completely assembled module component is supplied to an assembling line for a vehicle and assembled to a dash panel which is a vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Kyung Chang Industrial Co.,Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Sik KIM, Kyung Nam KIM, Dae Yeon KIM, Hyeon Uk KIM
  • Publication number: 20240174267
    Abstract: In a control method during switching to a manual driving mode of an autonomous vehicle provided with a haptic pedal, when the autonomous vehicle provided with the haptic pedal is switched from an autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode, a mode change signal is generated to switch to the manual driving mode, and switching to the manual driving mode is performed after the brake pedal is pressed. It is possible to prevent accidents as much as possible through strengthening of safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventor: Eun Sik KIM
  • Patent number: 11987118
    Abstract: A foldable accelerator pedal apparatus for a vehicle includes: a pedal housing fixedly installed in a lower space of a driver seat, a pedal pad rotatably coupled to the pedal housing, and a hysteresis module to generate hysteresis when a driver manipulates the pedal pad. In a manual driving mode in which a driver directly drives the vehicle, the pedal pad 200 protrudes from the pedal housing 100 and is popped up to be exposed to the driver, and in an autonomous driving mode in which the driver does not directly drive the vehicle, the pedal pad 200 is inserted into the pedal housing 100 and is in a hidden (hide) state in which the exposure to the driver is blocked. It is possible to implement hysteresis through the hysteresis module 300 when the pedal pad 200 is manipulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Sik Kim, Hyeon Uk Kim, Ji Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11981308
    Abstract: An operation control method of a foldable pedal apparatus, is capable of controlling an operation of the foldable pedal apparatus such that, when a starting-off state is changed to a starting-on state, a foldable brake pedal is popped up first, and then a foldable accelerator pedal is popped up with a time difference, and when the starting-on state is changed to the starting-off state, the foldable accelerator pedal is hidden first, and then the foldable brake pedal is hidden with a time difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Eun Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 11958354
    Abstract: A foldable pedal apparatus of an autonomous vehicle and a method for controlling an operation thereof, includes an accelerator pedal assembly generating an acceleration-related signal and a brake pedal assembly generating a brake-related signal during a driver's operation, in which in an autonomous driving mode, an accelerator pedal assembly and a brake pedal assembly move forward and are fixed to a position as they are combined with a front inclined surface of a footrest panel, and in a manual driving mode, they move and are fixed to a position where a driver can comfortably operate them, so that in case of switchover from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode, the switchover to the manual driving mode becomes possible only in a state where all safety conditions for directivity of a driver's seat and positions of an accelerator pedal assembly and a brake pedal assembly are satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Eun Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20240116361
    Abstract: An electronic pedal apparatus includes a pad that rectilinearly moves and rotates along a pad guide while being kept in line contact with the pad guide including a shape of an arc when a driver operates the pad, an acceleration signal or a braking signal for a vehicle is generated by operation of the single pad, and a movement direction of the pad at the time of generating the acceleration signal is different from a movement direction of the pad at the time of generating the braking signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Dong Hee Industrial Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Sik KIM, Wi Sang PARK, Jae Hyun CHO, Jung Min LEE, Seong Ju JO
  • Patent number: 11953930
    Abstract: An embodiment electronic pedal apparatus includes a pedal housing and an accelerator pedal assembly and a brake pedal assembly coupled to the pedal housing and configured to move along different movement trajectories when the accelerator pedal assembly and the brake pedal assembly are operated. In an embodiment, the accelerator pedal assembly is compressed and moved upward when the accelerator pedal assembly is operated, and the brake pedal assembly is compressed and moved downward when the brake pedal assembly is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DONG HEE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eun Sik Kim, Wi Sang Park, Jae Hyun Cho, Jung Min Lee, Seong Ju Jo
  • Patent number: 11945307
    Abstract: An integrated control apparatus for an autonomous vehicle includes: a movable control device corresponding to a portable device that performs steering, gear-shifting, acceleration, and braking of a vehicle by a user's control when a driving mode is shifted from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode; and a fixed display device controlled in a touch manner to perform other functions other than steering, gear-shifting, acceleration, and braking, wherein a steering dial switch, a gear-shifting slide switch, an acceleration rotary switch, and a brake button switch are disposed in the movable control device and are manipulated differently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, SL Corporation
    Inventors: Eun Sik Kim, Seok Woo Ye, Jae Hoon Jung, Ji Hoon Yang
  • Publication number: 20240059146
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dual integrated control apparatus for an autonomous vehicle and a method of controlling an operation of the same, that allow a user to control operations of two joystick levers based on whether the joystick levers are touched and on a change in driving modes of a vehicle in a configuration in which a dual integrated control apparatus having the joystick levers is provided in the autonomous vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Eun Sik KIM, Jae Wan CHO, Won Jin JEONG
  • Patent number: 11890942
    Abstract: A corner module of a vehicle includes: a suspension configured to be coupled to a vehicle body; a case configured to be coupled to the suspension and configured to be to be supported on the vehicle body via the suspension; an in-wheel motor disposed inside the case; a steering motor disposed inside the case; a first power transmission mechanism configured to connect the in-wheel motor and a vehicle wheel and configured to transmit a rotating force of the in-wheel motor to the vehicle wheel to drive the vehicle wheel; and a second power transmission mechanism configured to connect the steering motor and the vehicle wheel and configured to transmit a rotating force of the steering motor to the vehicle wheel to steer the vehicle wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eun Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 11881389
    Abstract: An excimer lamp according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is capable of improving start-up characteristics and a light irradiation efficiency of a lamp and being miniaturized. The excimer lamp includes a light emitting tube emitting light, a first electrode disposed at an outer side of the light emitting tube, a second electrode disposed at an outer side of the light emitting tube in correspondence to the first electrode, and an auxiliary light emitting body disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode to emit light toward the light emitting tube when a voltage is applied to the first and second electrodes, and a light irradiation device having the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: UNILAM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo Young Yoon, Eun Sik Kim, Hong Chae Jung, Se Hwi Park, So Ree Kim
  • Patent number: 11866026
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to perform electrical braking with a fail-safe function includes a main brake pedal sensor configured to generate a first output signal, a main brake controller configured to brake a vehicle by controlling a brake according to a first braking signal based on the first output signal, a redundancy brake pedal sensor configured to generate a second output signal proportional to the stroke of the brake pedal, the second output signal having a magnitude within a preset error range from the first output signal, and a redundancy brake controller configured to brake the vehicle by controlling the brake according to the second braking signal based on the second output signal, in which the redundancy brake controller may be configured to brake the vehicle when the main brake controller fails, and the main brake controller may be configured to brake the vehicle when the redundancy brake controller fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kwonkee Moon, Eun Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 11858537
    Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of a foldable accelerator pedal device in manual driving mode of an autonomous driving vehicle includes: when an autonomous driving vehicle provided with a foldable accelerator pedal device is driven in manual driving mode and the speed of the autonomous driving vehicle exceeds the driving speed limit of a road, a safety mode, which includes a haptic mode and a pedal pad protrusion reducing mode, and a pedal pad hiding mode, is activated using an actuator provided for a folding function of a pedal pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eun Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20230417874
    Abstract: An apparatus for protecting a sensor includes an internal cover covering a sensor; an external cover surrounding the internal cover and configured to be stretched and contracted along an external side of the internal cover; and a driving unit connected to the external cover and allowing the external cover to be stretched and contracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eun Sik Kim