Patents by Inventor Gil Ju Kim

Gil Ju 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: 20250145296
    Abstract: A foldable chair includes a first frame; a second frame disposed in parallel with the first frame; a connection portion configured to movably connect the first frame and the second frame and change in length based on movement between the first frame and the second frame; a seat accommodation portion disposed on one of the first frame or the second frame; and a seat portion. In particular, at least a portion of the seat portion is accommodated in the seat accommodation portion, and the seat portion is configured to be drawn out from the seat accommodation portion and detachably fastened to the other of the first frame or the second frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Ga Be Nam, Mu Young Kim, Jong Seok Han, Gil Ju Kim, Sang Man Seo, Hyun Ji Lee, Hyung Rae Kim, Jeong Yong Yoo, Gyung Do Park, Dong Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12263766
    Abstract: A child anchor for a vehicle can be moved down and hidden in a seat by a user operating the apparatus with the seat changed into a full flat state, whereby it is possible to prevent contact between the child anchor and a passenger who takes a rest in the seat in the full flat state. Accordingly, there is an advantage that it is possible to improve convenience for a passenger who takes a rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DAS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sang Hwi Yoon, Ga be Nam, Gil Ju Kim, Sung Hak Hong, Young Jae Sung, Dong Cheol Park
  • Publication number: 20250091493
    Abstract: A rear seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a back frame and a cushion frame. The back frame is not interlocked with the cushion frame and is individually rotated in the forward-and-rearward direction independently of the cushion frame. The cushion frame is not interlocked with the back frame and individually slides in the forward-and-rearward direction independently of the back frame. A front seating state and a rear seating state of a passenger are implemented through individual sliding movement of the cushion frame in the forward-and-rearward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Mu Young Kim, Hee Dong Choi, Soo Hyun Moon, Wan Su Park, Gil Ju Kim, Seok Ju Gim, Kyoung Su Oh, Jae Hong Bae, Dong Hyeon Kim, Yong Tak Han, Sung Wook Lee, Yong Sun Oh, Kyu Hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20250058687
    Abstract: An armrest device for a vehicle includes a tray module configured to provide a cup holder function, an article storage function, and a table function; a frame module configured to enclose a periphery of the tray module and coupled to a rear seat of the vehicle; and a cover module configured to cover the tray module. The armrest device enables implementation of an arm rest function for allowing a passenger to put an arm on an armrest, as well as the cup holder function, the article storage function, and the table function utilizing a first slide cover having no vertically-extending hole, and a second slide cover formed with a cup holder hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Sang Man Seo, Sang Hyeok Yun, Jong Seok Han, Gil Ju Kim, Suk Won Hong, Hyun Mok Kim, Byoung Su You, Ryu Seok Ko, Soon Man Jang
  • Publication number: 20250050814
    Abstract: An umbrella storage apparatus for a vehicle may include a housing provided in an interior of the vehicle and equipped with a loading space for storing an umbrella or other accessory and in which an opening is formed; a cover installed on the housing and configured to open or close the opening; and an ejection unit provided in the loading space to elastically support the stored umbrella to be unloaded toward the opening. The umbrella storage apparatus may secure utilization of an interior space of the vehicle by storing the umbrella in an unused space of the interior of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Gil Ju Kim, Jong Seok Han, Sang Hwi Yoon, Sang Man Seo, Sang Do Park, Sang Hyeok Yun
  • Publication number: 20240424967
    Abstract: A headrest position adjustment apparatus for a vehicle includes a headrest having a headrest pad, a sliding device configured to move the headrest pad in a forward/rearward direction, and a reciprocator configured to move the headrest pad in an upward/downward direction. The headrest position adjustment apparatus is configured to adjust a distance between the head of a passenger and the headrest pad to a desired distance through adjustment of a position of the headrest pad in both the upward/downward direction and the forward/rearward direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Seung Hyun Kim, Gil Ju Kim, Sang Man Seo, Hae Il Jeong, Yong Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20240391367
    Abstract: A tether anchor of a seatback of a vehicle seat includes a first wire fixed in at least a first end of the first wire to a seatback frame and forming a cover mounting part for fixing a cover, a second wire fixed at both ends of the second wire to the seatback frame and forming an anchor part for fixing a top tether of a car seat while crossing the cover mounting part of the first wire, and a cover mounted on the cover mounting part. The cover may be mounted on the cover mounting part so as to expose the anchor part to a rear of the seatback, and to seal the rear of the seatback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Sang Hyeok Yun, Seon Hyeok Lee, Seung Hyun Kim, Seok Hwan Kim, Gil Ju Kim, Kyu Seok Kim, Bo Youn Seo
  • Publication number: 20240286537
    Abstract: An apparatus for tilting a seat cushion of a rear seat of a vehicle includes: a fixing member connected to a vehicle body and being shaft-rotated while a location of the fixing member is fixed; a tilting motor coupled to the fixing member; and a linkage connecting the tilting motor and the seat cushion of the seat, and operable to move a front end of the seat cushion vertically when the tilting motor is moved. The front end of the seat may be moved vertically so as to implement a tilting function, and a tilting apparatus of the rear seat may be operated simultaneously with occurrence of a collision or immediately before a collision so as to adjust the front end of the seat cushion upward, so that movement of a passenger in an accident can be restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Jong Seok Han, Sang Hyeok Yun, Gil Ju Kim, Sang Man Seo, Bo Youn Seo, Ji Sung Bae
  • Patent number: 12043148
    Abstract: An embodiment is a seat height gear system including a monopost apparatus configured to be mounted under a seat, the monopost apparatus comprising a lower post and an upper post, and a direct drive motor apparatus within the monopost apparatus, the direct drive motor apparatus including a motor and a gear unit, the gear unit including a pinion and a rack bar, the rack bar being configured to be engaged with the pinion, the motor being fixed to the lower post of the monopost apparatus, the pinion being coupled to the motor, the rack bar being fixed to an upper post of the monopost apparatus, the motor being configured to rotate the pinion, and the rack bar being configured to convert the rotation of the pinion into the linear motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DAS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hyung-Jin Park, Gil-Ju Kim, Soo-Hyun Moon, Ju-Yeol Kong, Sung-Hak Hong, Sang-Do Park, Ga-Be Nam, Seong-Hwan Song, Yong-Tak Han, Duck-Yeol Kim
  • Publication number: 20240190358
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a beam projector apparatus for a vehicle, in which a beam projector installed on an armrest of a rear seat may be used to project a video onto a screen provided in a vehicle and enable a vehicle passenger to watch the video in a situation in which the vehicle passenger takes a rest, and as necessary, the projector may be taken out of the armrest and used in an outdoor resting space outside the vehicle to allow a user to watch a video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Suk Won HONG, Ga be Nam, Gil Ju Kim, Sang Man Seo, Tae Hwan Kim, Hyung Sun Park, Ji Sung Bae
  • Publication number: 20240190316
    Abstract: An armrest for a rear center seat of a vehicle includes a foam pad for the rear armrest and a convenience device mounted in the foam pad. The foam pad has formed therein a concave portion configured to induce deformation due to impact and distribute load at a portion in contact with the convenience device so as to satisfy the static strength test on a center headrest for the rear center seat, and at the same time, improve comfort of a passenger seated on the rear center seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Sang Hyeok Yun, Jong Seok Han, Gil Ju Kim, Sang Man Seo, Heung Suk Yang, Jae Beom Park, Eu Ddeum Yang, Ji Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20240174141
    Abstract: A child anchor for a vehicle can be moved down and hidden in a seat by a user operating the apparatus with the seat changed into a full flat state, whereby it is possible to prevent contact between the child anchor and a passenger who takes a rest in the seat in the full flat state. Accordingly, there is an advantage that it is possible to improve convenience for a passenger who takes a rest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Hwi Yoon, Ga be Nam, Gil Ju Kim, Sung Hak Hong, Young Jae Sung, Dong Cheol Park
  • Patent number: 11772522
    Abstract: An embodiment rail device includes an upper rail, a first bearing support on the upper rail, a lower rail, a bearing connection end on the lower rail and inserted into the first bearing support, a vertically elongated bearing contact adjustment hole on the lower rail, an upper bearing rotatably connected to the bearing connection end and in close contact with a floor of the first bearing support, a lower plate including a fastening groove that receives a lower end of the lower rail, a bearing shaft mounting hole on a wall surface portion of the fastening groove and matched with the bearing contact adjustment hole, a second bearing support outside the fastening groove and having an opened upper portion, a lower bearing rotatably disposed within the second bearing support, and a bearing shaft fastened to the bearing shaft mounting hole and the bearing contact adjustment hole by a screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, DAS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung Jin Park, Gil Ju Kim, Soo Hyun Moon, Ju Yeol Kong, Sung Hak Hong, Sang Do Park, Ga Be Nam, Jae Chul Jung, Jin Gu Park
  • Publication number: 20230278470
    Abstract: An embodiment is a seat height gear system including a monopost apparatus configured to be mounted under a seat, the monopost apparatus comprising a lower post and an upper post, and a direct drive motor apparatus within the monopost apparatus, the direct drive motor apparatus including a motor and a gear unit, the gear unit including a pinion and a rack bar, the rack bar being configured to be engaged with the pinion, the motor being fixed to the lower post of the monopost apparatus, the pinion being coupled to the motor, the rack bar being fixed to an upper post of the monopost apparatus, the motor being configured to rotate the pinion, and the rack bar being configured to convert the rotation of the pinion into the linear motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Hyung-Jin Park, Gil-Ju Kim, Soo-Hyun Moon, Ju-Yeol Kong, Sung-Hak Hong, Sang-Do Park, Ga-Be Nam, Seong-Hwan Song, Yong-Tak Han, Duck-Yeol Kim
  • Publication number: 20230202353
    Abstract: An embodiment rail device includes an upper rail, a first bearing support on the upper rail, a lower rail, a bearing connection end on the lower rail and inserted into the first bearing support, a vertically elongated bearing contact adjustment hole on the lower rail, an upper bearing rotatably connected to the bearing connection end and in close contact with a floor of the first bearing support, a lower plate including a fastening groove that receives a lower end of the lower rail, a bearing shaft mounting hole on a wall surface portion of the fastening groove and matched with the bearing contact adjustment hole, a second bearing support outside the fastening groove and having an opened upper portion, a lower bearing rotatably disposed within the second bearing support, and a bearing shaft fastened to the bearing shaft mounting hole and the bearing contact adjustment hole by a screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Hyung Jin Park, Gil Ju Kim, Soo Hyun Moon, Ju Yeol Kong, Sung Hak Hong, Sang Do Park, Ga Be Nam, Jae Chul Jung, Jin Gu Park
  • Patent number: 11634052
    Abstract: A vehicle seat back may include an integrated suspension structure including a suspension wire and suspension mounting guides coupled to both sides of the suspension wire; and a seat back pad foamed for integrating with the integrated suspension structure in a state in which the integrated suspension structure is inserted into a mold for seat back pad formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Ju Hyun Cha, Gil Ju Kim, Seon Chae Na, Chan Ho Jung, Teh Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11535128
    Abstract: A vehicle seat support assembly includes: a front link; and a front link bracket coupled to an upper rail of a vehicle seat and including a sagging support portion configured to inhibit sagging of the front link toward the upper rail. In particular, the front link is pivotally coupled to the front link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mu Young Kim, Sang Do Park, Gil Ju Kim, Jung Sang You, Ho Suk Jung, Min Seok Kim, Seung Young Lee, Jun Young Yun, Seung Hyun Kim, Han Su Yoo, Chan Ho Jung, Han Kyeol Cho
  • Publication number: 20220032829
    Abstract: A vehicle seat support assembly includes: a front link; and a front link bracket coupled to an upper rail of a vehicle seat and including a sagging support portion configured to inhibit sagging of the front link toward the upper rail. In particular, the front link is pivotally coupled to the front link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mu Young KIM, Sang Do PARK, Gil Ju KIM, Jung Sang YOU, Ho Suk JUNG, Min Seok KIM, Seung Young LEE, Jun Young YUN, Seung Hyun KIM, Han Su YOO, Chan Ho JUNG, Han Kyeol CHO
  • Publication number: 20210394656
    Abstract: A vehicle seat back may include an integrated suspension structure including a suspension wire and suspension mounting guides coupled to both sides of the suspension wire; and a seat back pad foamed for integrating with the integrated suspension structure in a state in which the integrated suspension structure is inserted into a mold for seat back pad formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Ju Hyun CHA, Gil Ju KIM, Seon Chae NA, Chan Ho JUNG, Teh Chiang WANG
  • Patent number: 11161438
    Abstract: A ventilation device for a slim vehicular seat configured for easily ensuring an airflow path in the slim seat and of reducing a thickness of the slim seat to a desired extent, may include a blowing duct, which extends from a lower portion of a seat cushion, is connected to the lower end portion of a foam pad to greatly reduce the width of the space between the foam pad and a back board, making it possible to easily manufacture a slim seat in which the overall thickness of a seat back is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hee Won, Gil Ju Kim, Jung Sang You, Chan Ho Jung, Ju Yeol Kong, Seon Chae Na, Kwang Bin Im, Hyuk Kim, Seung Gyu Hong