Patents by Inventor Gwang Hyun Ahn

Gwang Hyun Ahn 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: 9415813
    Abstract: A foldable vehicle may include a front floor coupled with front wheels and a rear floor coupled with rear wheels, wherein the front floor and the rear floor increase or decrease a wheelbase of the vehicle by sliding over and under each other, a windshield part hinged to the front floor to turn forward or backward, a rear cabin part hinged to the floor part to turn forward or backward, and a roof part hinged to an upper end of the windshield part and hinged to an upper end of the rear cabin part, wherein the roof part may be configured to be stowed inside the vehicle when the windshield part and the rear cabin part may be folded inward, and may be configured to be exposed to the outside to form a roof of the vehicle when the windshield part and the rear cabin part may be unfolded outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Gwang Hyun Ahn, Yong Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20160009320
    Abstract: A foldable vehicle may include a front floor coupled with front wheels and a rear floor coupled with rear wheels, wherein the front floor and the rear floor increase or decrease a wheelbase of the vehicle by sliding over and under each other, a windshield part hinged to the front floor to turn forward or backward, a rear cabin part hinged to the floor part to turn forward or backward, and a roof part hinged to an upper end of the windshield part and hinged to an upper end of the rear cabin part, wherein the roof part may be configured to be stowed inside the vehicle when the windshield part and the rear cabin part may be folded inward, and may be configured to be exposed to the outside to form a roof of the vehicle when the windshield part and the rear cabin part may be unfolded outward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Gwang Hyun AHN, Yong Woo LEE
  • Patent number: 9199671
    Abstract: A folding unit for a foldable vehicle comprises a floor part configured including a front floor provided with a front wheel and a rear floor provided with a rear wheel. The front floor and the rear floor overlap each other or extend by being slid to each other to extend or contract a wheelbase of the vehicle. A rear cabin part is disposed at a rear side of the vehicle to form a dome shaped cabin and has a lower end hinge-coupled with the floor part to rotate in a front and rear direction of the vehicle. A folding driver includes a linear motor rotating while being hinge-coupled with the floor part. An operating rod is extended or contracted from the linear motor and has an end hinge-coupled with a lower end of the rear cabin part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Gwang Hyun Ahn, Yong Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 9199672
    Abstract: A link unit for a foldable vehicle includes: a windshield part having a lower end hinge-coupled with a floor to rotate in a front and rear direction of a vehicle; a rear cabin part forming a dome-shaped cabin having a lower end hinge-coupled with the floor to rotate in the front and rear direction of the vehicle; a roof part having a rear end hinge-coupled with the rear cabin part and a front end provided with a slot in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a linear driver including a motor at an end of the slot, a ball screw extended along the slot, and a ball nut fastened with the ball screw to be slid along the slot; and a connection link having a front end hinge-coupled with an upper end of the windshield part and a rear end connected with the ball nut by a hinge pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Gwang Hyun Ahn, Yong Woo Lee