Patents by Inventor Eungjoo Kim

Eungjoo 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).

  • Patent number: 10000181
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pretensioner and a safety belt assembly including the same. The pretensioner includes an internal cylinder movably installed within an external cylinder with an outer surface thereof in contact with an inner surface of the external cylinder, a piston installed in the internal cylinder, a retracting member configured with one side connected to the piston and the other side configured to extend from the external cylinder and connected to a belt fastening a passenger, a gas generator configured to supply gas to the inside of the external cylinder to move the piston in a direction of pulling the retracting member, and a one-way restriction device configured to allow the piston to move with respect to the internal cylinder when the piston moves in the direction of pulling the retracting member and to restrict the piston to be within the internal cylinder when the piston moves in reverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Eungjoo Kim
  • Publication number: 20180105134
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pretensioner and a safety belt assembly including the same. The pretensioner includes an internal cylinder movably installed within an external cylinder with an outer surface thereof in contact with an inner surface of the external cylinder, a piston installed in the internal cylinder, a retracting member configured with one side connected to the piston and the other side configured to extend from the external cylinder and connected to a belt fastening a passenger, a gas generator configured to supply gas to the inside of the external cylinder to move the piston in a direction of pulling the retracting member, and a one-way restriction device configured to allow the piston to move with respect to the internal cylinder when the piston moves in the direction of pulling the retracting member and to restrict the piston to be within the internal cylinder when the piston moves in reverse direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: EUNGJOO KIM
  • Patent number: 8166846
    Abstract: The present invention is designed to lock a plurality of hooks integrally formed on ornaments to a plurality of locking projections integrally formed on a rim of an armature assembly, in order to provide a steering handle that allows the ornaments to be easily assembled by the locking projections formed on the rim and the hooks formed on the ornaments and detachably locked to the locking projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Eungjoo Kim, Jaesoon Cho
  • Publication number: 20100139448
    Abstract: The present invention is designed to lock a plurality of hooks integrally formed on ornaments to a plurality of locking projections integrally formed on a rim of an armature assembly, in order to provide a steering handle that allows the ornaments to be easily assembled by the locking projections formed on the rim and the hooks formed on the ornaments and detachably locked to the locking projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Eungjoo KIM, Jaesoon Cho
  • Patent number: 7712782
    Abstract: The present invention provides push-pull type tilt lever assembly for a steering system of a vehicle. According to the push-pull type tilt lever assembly for a steering system of a vehicle, a tilt lever assembly is disposed at the upper portion of a side of a steering column to perform locking and unlocking in tilt and telescopic functions in the steering system and achieves tilt locking and tilt unlocking by pushing or pulling a tilt lever. Further, since tilt lever is disposed at the upper portion of a side of steering column, it does not contact with the driver's knees in a car crash, such that it is possible to reduce driver's knees injury rate and remove cause of demerit for the knees injury rate in accordance with EURO NCAP that is a European car safety performance assessment programme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Eungjoo Kim
  • Publication number: 20090265937
    Abstract: A method of assembling a cover of a steering wheel, includes a) punching the cover, in which first and second series of sewing holes are formed at both lateral sides of the cover, b) sewing the first and second series of the sewing holes of the cover with a first thread and a second thread respectively to form first and second crossing holes in each series of the sawing holes, c) wrapping the cover around a rim of the steering wheel, d) inserting a third thread to pass the first and second crossing holes in common, e) fastening lower ends of the first, second and third threads, f) pulling upper ends of the first and second threads upwards sufficiently enough to remove a gap formed between both the lateral sides of the cover, and g) fastening the upper ends of the first, second and third threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Eungjoo KIM
  • Publication number: 20090020995
    Abstract: The present invention provides push-pull type tilt lever assembly for a steering system of a vehicle. According to tie push-pull type tilt lever assembly for a steering system of a vehicle, a tilt lever assembly is disposed at the upper portion of a side of a steering column to perform locking and unlocking in tilt and telescopic functions in the steering system and achieves tilt locking and tilt unlocking by pushing or pulling a tilt lever. Further, since tilt lever is disposed at the upper portion of a side of steering column, it does not contact with the driver's knees in a car crash, such that it is possible to reduce driver's knees injury rate and remove cause of demerit for the knees injury rate in accordance with EURO NCAP that is a European car safety performance assessment programme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Eungjoo Kim