Patents by Inventor Eung Seo Kim

Eung Seo 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: 8590922
    Abstract: A ramp bracket for a curtain airbag is constructed so that an open space between a front and a rear is divided into two portions, that is, an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a partition, and the front and the rear are separated from each other at an area defining the lower chamber. Such a ramp bracket allows the airbag to be smoothly deployed between a head liner and a pillar trim, and minimizes the injury to a passenger who collides with the ramp bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Eung Seo Kim, Byung Ho Min
  • Publication number: 20120119048
    Abstract: A ramp bracket for a curtain airbag is constructed so that an open space between a front and a rear is divided into two portions, that is, an upper chamber and a lower chamber by a partition, and the front and the rear are separated from each other at an area defining the lower chamber. Such a ramp bracket allows the airbag to be smoothly deployed between a head liner and a pillar trim, and minimizes the injury to a passenger who collides with the ramp bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Autoliv Development AB, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Eung Seo Kim, Byung Ho Min
  • Patent number: 8172258
    Abstract: A ramp apparatus for a curtain airbag for a vehicle, positioned between a headliner and a vehicular body panel such that the curtain airbag is deployed through a matching part formed between the headliner and a pillar trim, may include a support ramp fastened to the vehicular body panel and receiving a lower portion of the folded curtain airbag, and a deployment ramp extending from a first end of the support ramp to enclose a portion of the curtain airbag therein and deploying towards the interior of the vehicle to seal a gap between the vehicular body panel and the pillar trim by expansive pressure of the curtain airbag in the event of a vehicle collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Eung Seo Kim, Dae Young Kwak, Jae Haeng Yoo, Seung Man Kim, Dong Jun Lee, Do Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 8087690
    Abstract: An airbag system for a vehicle may include an inflator for supplying gas pressure, an airbag housing installed in a vehicle roof above a seat, and an airbag cushion installed in the airbag housing, wherein the airbag is deployed by tearing a roof headliner using the gas pressure provided from the inflator in such a way as to enclose upper portion of an occupant sitting on the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Eung Seo Kim
  • Publication number: 20110101656
    Abstract: A ramp apparatus for a curtain airbag for a vehicle, positioned between a headliner and a vehicular body panel such that the curtain airbag is deployed through a matching part formed between the headliner and a pillar trim, may include a support ramp fastened to the vehicular body panel and receiving a lower portion of the folded curtain airbag, and a deployment ramp extending from a first end of the support ramp to enclose a portion of the curtain airbag therein and deploying towards the interior of the vehicle to seal a gap between the vehicular body panel and the pillar trim by expansive pressure of the curtain airbag in the event of a vehicle collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Eung Seo KIM, Dae Young Kwak, Jae Haeng Yoo, Seung Man Kim, Dong Jun Lee, Do Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 7712779
    Abstract: Disclosed is a side airbag, which controls the pressure of the airbag by controlling the outflow of gas in such a manner as to block or open a vent hole depending on the physical size of the occupant. The side airbag includes a side airbag cushion disposed to at least one side of a seat and having at least a vent hole formed at an upper part and at least a gas control member disposed to block or open the vent hole of the side airbag, for allowing or preventing gas to flow out through the vent hole by the inner pressure of the gas upon deployment of the side airbag cushion. Thus, injury to the occupant can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Eung Seo Kim
  • Publication number: 20090295131
    Abstract: An airbag system for a vehicle may include an inflator for supplying gas pressure, an airbag housing installed in a vehicle roof above a seat, and an airbag cushion installed in the airbag housing, wherein the airbag is deployed by tearing a roof headliner using the gas pressure provided from the inflator in such a way as to enclose upper portion of an occupant sitting on the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Eung Seo KIM
  • Publication number: 20090045611
    Abstract: Disclosed is a side airbag, which controls the pressure of the airbag by controlling the outflow of gas in such a manner as to block or open a vent hole depending on the physical size of the occupant. The side airbag includes a side airbag cushion disposed to at least one side of a seat and having at least a vent hole formed at an upper part and at least a gas control member disposed to block or open the vent hole of the side airbag, for allowing or preventing gas to flow out through the vent hole by the inner pressure of the gas upon deployment of the side airbag cushion. Thus, injury to the occupant can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventor: Eung Seo Kim