Patents by Inventor Ho Sub LIM

Ho Sub LIM 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: 20260117913
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vacuum insulation material including a core material processed into a plurality of polygonal patterns and a cladding material configured to seal and vacuum-treat the core material and to receive the core material therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Jong Chan LEE, Hye Ju YOO, Hwa Jun LEE, Ho Sub LIM
  • Publication number: 20260109144
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a vacuum insulation material. The method includes a wire bonding step of providing a wire bonding structure by bonding a metal wire disposed in a given pattern to a core material thereby generating a processed core material comprising the wire, a core material separation step of separating the processed core material from the wire bonding structure, a sealing and vacuum treatment step of sealing and vacuum treating the processed core material by wrapping with a cladding material, and a vacuum insulation duct forming step of bending the processed core material wrapped with the cladding material by a sealing and vacuum treatment to form a vacuum insulation duct comprising at least one curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: April 23, 2026
    Inventors: Ho Sub LIM, Hwa Jun LEE, Jong Chan LEE, Hye Ju YOO
  • Publication number: 20260014292
    Abstract: An air cleaning apparatus of a ventilation seat, may include a housing including a flow path configured to allow air to move therethrough; a photocatalyst located in the flow path of the housing and rotatably coupled to the housing to be rotatable with respect to the housing; and a UV LED fixed at the housing and configured to emit light of a light source toward the photocatalyst when power is supplied to the UV LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc., WOORY INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Han Su YOO, Jung Sang YOU, Seon Chae NA, Byung Yong CHOI, So Young YOO, Sun Woo KIM, Ho Sub LIM, Hwa Jun LEE, Bum Jin KIM, Byung Wuk KIM, Do Young GOO
  • Patent number: 12440595
    Abstract: An air cleaning apparatus of a ventilation seat, may include a housing including a flow path configured to allow air to move therethrough; a photocatalyst located in the flow path of the housing and rotatably coupled to the housing to be rotatable with respect to the housing; and a UV LED fixed at the housing and configured to emit light of a light source toward the photocatalyst when power is supplied to the UV LED.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC., WOORY INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, LTD
    Inventors: Han Su Yoo, Jung Sang You, Seon Chae Na, Byung Yong Choi, So Young Yoo, Sun Woo Kim, Ho Sub Lim, Hwa Jun Lee, Bum Jin Kim, Byung Wuk Kim, Do Young Goo
  • Patent number: 12365276
    Abstract: A seat ventilation device for vehicles which is configured to perform both an air cleaning function and a seat ventilation function, and is operated to perform one selected function. The seat ventilation device includes a base duct mounted in a seat and having an indoor outlet configured to discharge air to an interior of a vehicle, a blower assembled with the base duct, configured to intake air in the interior of the vehicle and selectively connected to the indoor outlet, a cover duct mounted on the base duct and having a seat outlet selectively connected to the blower so as to discharge air to the seat, an air cleaning module mounted on the blower so as to filter the air taken in through the blower, and an opening and closing door located in the cover duct and configured to open selectively either the seat outlet or the indoor outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Han Su Yoo, Hyeong Jong Kim, Dong Woo Jeong, Byung Yong Choi, Ho Sub Lim, Hwa Jun Lee, Jae Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 12221022
    Abstract: Provided is a duct docking device for a ventilation seat of a vehicle. The duct docking device enables air to be easily blown to a seatback and a seat cushion with a passenger in a seat using only one blower by enabling a seatback duct mounted at the seatback and a seat cushion duct mounted at the seat cushion to be hermetically docked through a connector duct, etc. at an unfolded position of the seatback in which a passenger can sit, and by enabling the seatback duct mounted at the seatback and the seat cushion duct mounted at the seat cushion to be separated from each other at a folded position of the seatback in consideration of that there is no passenger in the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Deok Soo Lim, Sang Hark Lee, Sang Soo Lee, Jung Sang You, Sang Do Park, Chan Ho Jung, Gun Chu Park, Gi Tae Jo, Jin Sik Kim, Hee Dong Yoon, Ho Sub Lim, Jae Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 12059941
    Abstract: A ventilation seat of a vehicle is proposed. The ventilation seat includes a ventilation duct assembly mounted to a seat of the vehicle and configured to suck indoor air and to discharge air toward a vehicle room or a surface of the seat, an air cleaning assembly arranged in an air flow path of the ventilation duct assembly and configured to clean air passing through the air flow path in operation thereof, and a controller configured to operate the ventilation duct assembly in operation of an air cleaning mode of the vehicle to generate an air flow flowing through the seat, and configured to operate the air cleaning assembly to allow the air flow of the ventilation duct assembly to clean air in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ho Sub Lim, Sun Woo Kim, Tae Hyoung Yang, In Ho Lee, Hwa Jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20240208380
    Abstract: A seat ventilation device for vehicles which is configured to perform both an air cleaning function and a seat ventilation function, and is operated to perform one selected function. The seat ventilation device includes a base duct mounted in a seat and having an indoor outlet configured to discharge air to an interior of a vehicle, a blower assembled with the base duct, configured to intake air in the interior of the vehicle and selectively connected to the indoor outlet, a cover duct mounted on the base duct and having a seat outlet selectively connected to the blower so as to discharge air to the seat, an air cleaning module mounted on the blower so as to filter the air taken in through the blower, and an opening and closing door located in the cover duct and configured to open selectively either the seat outlet or the indoor outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Han Su Yoo, Hyeong Jong Kim, Dong Woo Jeong, Byung Yong Choi, Ho Sub Lim, Hwa Jun Lee, Jae Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 12011523
    Abstract: A ventilation seat of a vehicle is proposed. The ventilation seat includes a ventilation pipe mounted in a seat of the vehicle and configured to suck indoor air and to discharge air toward a surface of the seat, a catalytic converter provided in an air flow path of the ventilation pipe, and configured to clean air passing through the air flow path when light is emitted, and a light source assembly provided on an inner wall of the air flow path of the ventilation pipe and arranged to face the catalytic converter to emit the light toward the catalytic converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ho Sub Lim, Sun Woo Kim, Tae Hyoung Yang, In Ho Lee, Hwa Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11999217
    Abstract: Proposed is an air conditioning assembly of a vehicle seat. The air conditioning assembly includes a housing provided in a vehicle seat, in which air flows in an internal space of the housing and the air is discharged to a seating surface of the seat, and an air cleaner provided in the internal space of the housing and configured to selectively sterilize or deodorize the air flowing in the internal space of the housing by rotating according to an air conditioning mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hwa Jun Lee, Sun Woo Kim, Ho Sub Lim
  • Publication number: 20240067065
    Abstract: Provided is a duct docking device for a ventilation seat of a vehicle. The duct docking device enables air to be easily blown to a seatback and a seat cushion with a passenger in a seat using only one blower by enabling a seatback duct mounted at the seatback and a seat cushion duct mounted at the seat cushion to be hermetically docked through a connector duct, etc. at an unfolded position of the seatback in which a passenger can sit, and by enabling the seatback duct mounted at the seatback and the seat cushion duct mounted at the seat cushion to be separated from each other at a folded position of the seatback in consideration of that there is no passenger in the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Deok Soo Lim, Sang Hark Lee, Sang Soo Lee, Jung Sang You, Sang Do Park, Chan Ho Jung, Gun Chu Park, Gi Tae Jo, Jin Sik Kim, Hee Dong Yoon, Ho Sub Lim, Jae Hyun Park
  • Publication number: 20230293762
    Abstract: An air cleaning apparatus of a ventilation seat, may include a housing including a flow path configured to allow air to move therethrough; a photocatalyst located in the flow path of the housing and rotatably coupled to the housing to be rotatable with respect to the housing; and a UV LED fixed at the housing and configured to emit light of a light source toward the photocatalyst when power is supplied to the UV LED.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc., WOORY INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Han Su YOO, Jung Sang YOU, Seon Chae NA, Byung Yong CHOI, So Young YOO, Sun Woo KIM, Ho Sub LIM, Hwa Jun LEE, Bum Jin KIM, Byung Wuk KIM, Do Young GOO
  • Patent number: 11731540
    Abstract: Proposed are a blower for a ventilation seat having a warm-air-blowing function and a vehicular ventilation seat including the same. The blower moves air supplied to the vehicular ventilation seat. The blower includes a housing having an accommodation space formed therein and including an inlet receiving air and an outlet discharging air, a motor mounted in the housing, an impeller mounted in the housing and configured to be driven by the motor to move air, a printed circuit board mounted in the housing, and a heater mounted in the housing so as to be connected to the printed circuit board and configured to heat the air flowing through the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ho Sub Lim, Sang Kyung Koh, Sun Woo Kim, Hwa Jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20220340058
    Abstract: Proposed are a blower for a ventilation seat having a warm-air-blowing function and a vehicular ventilation seat including the same. The blower moves air supplied to the vehicular ventilation seat. The blower includes a housing having an accommodation space formed therein and including an inlet receiving air and an outlet discharging air, a motor mounted in the housing, an impeller mounted in the housing and configured to be driven by the motor to move air, a printed circuit board mounted in the housing, and a heater mounted in the housing so as to be connected to the printed circuit board and configured to heat the air flowing through the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Ho Sub LIM, Sang Kyung KOH, Sun Woo KIM, Hwa Jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20220280678
    Abstract: A ventilation seat of a vehicle is proposed. The ventilation seat includes a ventilation pipe mounted in a seat of the vehicle and configured to suck indoor air and to discharge air toward a surface of the seat, a catalytic converter provided in an air flow path of the ventilation pipe, and configured to clean air passing through the air flow path when light is emitted, and a light source assembly provided on an inner wall of the air flow path of the ventilation pipe and arranged to face the catalytic converter to emit the light toward the catalytic converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Ho Sub LIM, Sun Woo KIM, Tae Hyoung YANG, In Ho LEE, Hwa Jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20220281284
    Abstract: A ventilation seat of a vehicle is proposed. The ventilation seat includes a ventilation duct assembly mounted to a seat of the vehicle and configured to suck indoor air and to discharge air toward a vehicle room or a surface of the seat, an air cleaning assembly arranged in an air flow path of the ventilation duct assembly and configured to clean air passing through the air flow path in operation thereof, and a controller configured to operate the ventilation duct assembly in operation of an air cleaning mode of the vehicle to generate an air flow flowing through the seat, and configured to operate the air cleaning assembly to allow the air flow of the ventilation duct assembly to clean air in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Ho Sub LIM, Sun Woo KIM, Tae Hyoung YANG, In Ho LEE, Hwa Jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20220258561
    Abstract: Proposed is an air conditioning assembly of a vehicle seat. The air conditioning assembly includes a housing provided in a vehicle seat, in which air flows in an internal space of the housing and the air is discharged to a seating surface of the seat, and an air cleaner provided in the internal space of the housing and configured to selectively sterilize or deodorize the air flowing in the internal space of the housing by rotating according to an air conditioning mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Hwa Jun LEE, Sun Woo KIM, Ho Sub LIM
  • Patent number: 11124098
    Abstract: Provided is a channel cover for a ventilation seat, the channel cover including a ventilation passage blocking layer which has the shape of a plate that extends in the planar direction and of which a lower surface is positioned on an upper portion of a seat frame; an adhesion layer which extends in the planar direction, of which both upper and lower surfaces have an adhesive property, of which the lower surface is adhered to an upper surface of the ventilation passage blocking layer, and in the upper surface of which a cutting line for separating a release paper sheet is formed; and a non-woven fabric layer which covers an air flow path groove, a lower surface of which is adhered to an upper surface of the adhesion layer, a lateral end portion of which extends more outward than the cutting line, and which covers the cutting line from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ho Sub Lim, You Jeong Jeong
  • Publication number: 20210261026
    Abstract: Proposed is a seatback ventilation apparatus for vehicles, including a back board, which extends in a planar direction, has an intake hole formed therein to communicate with the outside, and is located at the rear side of the seatback, an intake duct, which is fixed to the front surface of the back board and forms a flow passage through which external air suctioned through the intake hole travels to a discharge hole, a blower, which is located in front of the intake duct, has an air inlet connected to the discharge hole, and suctions external air through the air inlet and delivers the external air to an air outlet, and a connection tube, which is interposed between and connects the blower and a seat pad in order to supply the external air introduced from the air outlet to the seat pad, and is formed to be variable in length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Ho Sub LIM, Sun Woo KIM
  • Patent number: 10981476
    Abstract: A ventilation apparatus for a seat of a vehicle includes: a main duct configured such that a first end thereof is connected to a blower and a second end thereof is coupled to a seat frame so as to allow air to flow therebetween; and a connecting duct configured such that a first end thereof is connected to the second end of the main duct and a second end thereof is connected to a seat pad, and formed in a bellows shape having a variable length so as to allow air to flow between the seat frame and the seat pad even if a spacing distance between the seat frame and the seat pad is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYSINCORPORATED
    Inventors: Do Hyung Kim, Ho Sub Lim