Patents by Inventor Hun-soo Kim
Hun-soo 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).
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Patent number: 9020668Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for air conditioning a vehicle interior using a battery charge control of an electric vehicle, which can improve the cooling/heating performance by setting a start-up time of the electric vehicle and supplying heat generated from a battery during charge and its latent heat to the vehicle interior during initial start-up of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2010Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: June Kyu Park, Hee Sang Park, Hun Soo Kim, Jung Hwan Yun, Hyun Kim, Hee Jun Jeong
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Patent number: 8813897Abstract: An impact absorbing apparatus of a vehicle includes a back beam to secure an impact absorbing space while retreating rearward at the time of a collision accident with a pedestrian. This makes it possible to prevent direct contact between the back beam, which is a rigid body, and the pedestrian. Therefore, injury to the pedestrian may be significantly decreased.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2013Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Nam Cheol Kim, Hun Soo Kim, Jin Wook Lee, Hae Ryong Kim, Hee Chan Yang, Tae Soo Jung, Jeong Ho Lee
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Patent number: 8764079Abstract: A pedestrian protective radiator grill includes a radiator grill, an operation unit, and a guide unit. The radiator grill is provided at a front end portion of a vehicle and has an upper end portion that moves forward away from a vehicle body so that the radiator grill becomes perpendicular to the ground. The operation unit is connected to the radiator grill and pushes the radiator grill in a forward direction of the vehicle when an impact signal is input. The guide unit provided under the radiator grill guides forward linear movement of the radiator grill when the radiator grill is pushed forward by the operation unit, and guides rotational movement of the upper end portion of the radiator grill after the radiator grill reaches an end of its movable range.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Nam Cheol Kim, Hun Soo Kim, Jin Wook Lee, Hae Ryong Kim, Hee Chan Yang, Tae Soo Jung, Jeong Ho Lee
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Publication number: 20140174842Abstract: An impact absorbing apparatus of a vehicle includes a back beam to secure an impact absorbing space while retreating rearward at the time of a collision accident with a pedestrian. This makes it possible to prevent direct contact between the back beam, which is a rigid body, and the pedestrian. Therefore, injury to the pedestrian may be significantly decreased.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Nam Cheol KIM, Hun Soo KIM, Jin Wook LEE, Hae Ryong KIM, Hee Chan YANG, Tae Soo JUNG, Jeong Ho LEE
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Publication number: 20140175815Abstract: A pedestrian protective radiator pill includes a radiator pill, an operation unit, and a guide unit. The radiator pill is provided at a front end portion of a vehicle and has an upper end portion that moves forward away from a vehicle body so that the radiator pill becomes perpendicular to the ground. The operation unit is connected to the radiator pill and pushes the radiator grill in a forward direction of the vehicle when an impact signal is input. The guide unit provided under the radiator grill guides forward linear movement of the radiator grill when the radiator pill is pushed forward by the operation unit, and guides rotational movement of the upper end portion of the radiator pill after the radiator grill reaches an end of its movable range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Nam Cheol Kim, Hun Soo Kim, Jin Wook Lee, Hae Ryong Kim, Hee Chan Yang, Tae Soo Jung, Jeong Ho Lee
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Patent number: 8690650Abstract: An air-conditioner for a vehicle, may include a casing having an upper outlet and a lower outlet, with an air flow space defined in the casing and including an upper space and a lower space to guide air to the upper outlet and/or the lower outlet, an evaporator installed in the casing and selectively communicating with the upper outlet through the upper space, and a distributing partition wall to partition the lower space into a receiving space to receive a heating member therein and selectively communicate with the upper space and at least a partitioned space to communicate the heating member with the lower outlet, thus guiding the air to a side portion of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Halla Climate Control Corp.Inventors: Moo Yong Kim, Tae Han Kim, Hun Soo Kim, Hee Jun Jeong, Chun Shik Jeong, Seong Seok Han
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Patent number: 8678461Abstract: A storage apparatus for a vehicle may include a rear back beam installed to be drawn out from a rear bumper while sliding to a rear side of the vehicle, and a pair of left and right storage boxes installed to be seated on the rear back beam and extending while sliding in a traverse direction of the vehicle when the rear back beam may be drawn out to the rear side of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Dong Eun Cha, Seung Mok Lee, Hun Soo Kim, Hoo Taek Cho, Jeong Ho Lee
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Patent number: 8602467Abstract: A storage apparatus for a vehicle can maximize a space use of a vehicle by a structure in which the storage apparatus is mounted by using an inner space of a rear bumper, in particular, greatly improving the value of commodities of the vehicle by using a bumper door as a step or a bench at the time of opening a storage case or using articles while putting the articles on the opened bumper door.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Seung Mok Lee, Nae Ung Jang, Hee Chan Yang, Nam Cheol Kim, Kwang Jae Choi, Jo Han Kim, Yong Won Jeong, Seung Hwan Lee, Cheol O Kim, Ki Tae Kim, Myung Eun Kim, Hun Soo Kim, Hoo Taek Cho, Dong Eun Cha, Jeong Ho Lee
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Patent number: 8596507Abstract: A storage apparatus for a vehicle may include a rear bumper having a back beam mounted under an inner space thereof, and a storage case provided in a space above the rear bumper, having a portion exposed to the outside formed so as to coincide with an outer surface of the rear bumper, and drawn-out/drawn-in by being slid to the outside in a state in which a load is supported above the back beam.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Seung Mok Lee, Nae Ung Jang, Hee Chan Yang, Dong Eun Cha, Nam Cheol Kim, Kwang Jae Choi, Jo Han Kim, Yong Won Jeong, Seung Hwan Lee, Cheol O Kim, Ki Tae Kim, Myung Eun Kim, Hun Soo Kim, Hoo Taek Cho, Jeong Ho Lee
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Patent number: 8506137Abstract: Provided is an Adaptive Front Lighting System and a control method thereof, which includes a motor driver which controls a beam irradiation direction of a headlamp by operating a motor coupled to the headlamp according to a motor control signal, and generates a motor fault signal when fail occurs in the motor, a power supply unit which controls a magnitude of electric power supplied to the headlamp according to a power control signal, and a controller which selectively outputs the power control signal to the power supply unit according to the motor fault signal of the motor driver.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, SL Lighting CorporationInventors: Sung Uk Choi, Hun Soo Kim, Hee Jun Jeong, Se Wook Oh, Ki-Young Ahn
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Patent number: 8463504Abstract: An adaptive front lighting system for performing highway and urban district modes of front lights is provided, which includes a leveling actuator rotating a light source of front lights of a vehicle in upward and downward directions, and a control unit judging a driving state of the vehicle as either of a highway driving state and an urban district driving state in accordance with a driving condition of the vehicle and determining a degree of rotation of the light source performed by the leveling actuator in accordance with a result of judgment. The driving condition includes at least one of a vehicle speed, external illumination, and frequency of vehicle stops.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai MobisInventors: Sung Uk Choi, Hun Soo Kim, Hee Jun Jeong, Se Wook Oh, Kwang-Seob Kim, Nam-Cheol Hyeong
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Patent number: 8418902Abstract: A telescopic bicycle carrier installed on a vehicle so as to be able to load a bicycle outside the vehicle, may include a guide rail located inside a bumper of the vehicle and fixed to an end of a body of the vehicle, a guide frame slidably installed on the guide rail along a lengthwise direction of the vehicle, a pair of expansion brackets installed on lateral sides of the guide frame and slidable toward or away from each other with respect to the guide frame in a widthwise direction of the vehicle through the guide frame, bicycle wheel fixtures pivotally installed on the pair of expansion brackets to fix wheels of the loaded bicycle, and bicycle body fixtures pivotally installed on the pair of expansion brackets to fix a body of the loaded bicycle, wherein the pair of expansion brackets may be received inside the bumper along with the guide frame in a retracted state where the expansion brackets slide toward each other into the guide frame, and may be extracted from the bumper along with the guide frame ifType: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Dong Eun Cha, Seung Mok Lee, Sung Won Kim, Hun Soo Kim, Hoo Taek Cho
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Publication number: 20130088034Abstract: A storage apparatus for a vehicle may include a rear back beam installed to be drawn out from a rear bumper while sliding to a rear side of the vehicle, and a pair of left and right storage boxes installed to be seated on the rear back beam and extending while sliding in a traverse direction of the vehicle when the rear back beam may be drawn out to the rear side of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Dong Eun Cha, Seung Mok Lee, Hun Soo Kim, Hoo Taek Cho, Jeong Ho Lee
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Publication number: 20130088036Abstract: A storage apparatus for a vehicle can maximize a space use of a vehicle by a structure in which the storage apparatus is mounted by using an inner space of a rear bumper, in particular, greatly improving the value of commodities of the vehicle by using a bumper door as a step or a bench at the time of opening a storage case or using articles while putting the articles on the opened bumper door.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Seung Mok LEE, Nae Ung JANG, Hee Chan YANG, Nam Cheol KIM, Kwang Jae CHOI, Jo Han KIM, Yong Won JEONG, Seung Hwan LEE, Cheol O KIM, Ki Tae KIM, Myung Eun KIM, Hun Soo KIM, Hoo Taek CHO, Dong Eun CHA, Jeong Ho LEE
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Publication number: 20130087590Abstract: A storage apparatus for a vehicle may include a rear bumper having a back beam mounted under an inner space thereof, and a storage case provided in a space above the rear bumper, having a portion exposed to the outside formed so as to coincide with an outer surface of the rear bumper, and drawn-out/drawn-in by being slid to the outside in a state in which a load is supported above the back beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Seung Mok Lee, Nae Ung Jang, Hee Chan Yang, Dong Eun Cha, Nam Cheol Kim, Kwang Jae Choi, Jo Han Kim, Yong Won Jeong, Seung Hwan Lee, Cheol O. Kim, Ki Tae Kim, Myung Eun Kim, Hun Soo Kim, Hoo Taek Cho, Jeong Ho Lee
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Publication number: 20120319561Abstract: A field emission panel, a liquid crystal display and a field emission display having the same are provided. The field emission panel includes a lower plate emitting electrons and an upper plate generating white light or a color image through collision with the electrons. The lower plate includes plural field emission elements, plural cathode electrodes and plural gate electrodes forming an electric field for electron emission from the electron emission elements, and a glass plate supporting the electron emission elements, the cathode electrodes, and the gate electrodes. The gate electrodes are arranged on an upper surface of the glass plate, and the glass plate has plural accommodation grooves for accommodating the plural electron emission elements and the plural cathode electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2012Publication date: December 20, 2012Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong-hoon SHIN, Hun-soo KIM, Sang-jin LEE, Jong-han RHEE, Jung-Hyun PARK
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Patent number: 8302715Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for opening and closing an air flap for a vehicle. The apparatus for opening and closing an air flap may include a coolant temperature sensor provided at an engine to measure a coolant temperature of the engine, a control unit comparing a measurement value input from the coolant temperature sensor with a reference value stored therein, thus outputting a control signal, an actuator rotating in response to the control signal of the control unit, a power transmission unit connected to the actuator to transmit rotating force of the actuator, and a flap unit installed in an opening of a front end module carrier, and being selectively movable in a vertical direction in the opening by power transmitted from the power transmission unit to the flap unit to open or close the opening, thus permitting or preventing an inflow of air into the cooling module.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2010Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Seung Hyeob Lee, Jun Ho Cha, Jin Young Yoon, Jeong Gil Park, Hun Soo Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Suk Shin, Bo Hwan Cha
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Patent number: 8256837Abstract: A rear monitor mounting structure may include an armrest having a recess formed in an upper portion and an armrest hinge portion provided on one end thereof, a rear monitor mount provided in the one end of the armrest and pivotally coupled to the armrest hinge portion of the armrest, a vertical rotary motor fixed to the armrest hinge portion and coupled to the rear monitor mount to selectively rotate the rear monitor mount, wherein the vertical rotary motor is co-axially aligned with an armrest hinge shaft pivotally coupling the armrest and a center console, and a rear monitor connected to the rear monitor mount, wherein the rear monitor rotates toward or away from the recess according to a rotation angle of the rear monitor mount with respect to the armrest hinge shaft.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: September 4, 2012Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hun Soo Kim, Yong Ho Noh, June Kyu Park, Hee Sang Park, Jung Hwan Yun, Hyun Kim, Hee Jun Jeong
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Patent number: 8200293Abstract: A mobile phone cradle may include a housing, a lower body displaceably received in the housing, an upper body rotatably fixed to an upper portion of the lower body and displaceably received in the housing, wherein a mobile phone is held on the upper body, a first elastic member, wherein one end of the first elastic member is selectively wound around a roller rotatably mounted on the housing to move the lower body upwards and the other end of the elastic member is fixed to the lower body, a fixing member selectively fixing the lower body to the housing, and a moving unit guiding displacement of the lower body along the housing, wherein the upper body is rotated at a predetermined angle when taken out of the housing by the first elastic member.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Ecoplastic CorporationInventors: Dong-Jin Park, Byung Kyu Yoon, Hong Sik Chang, Hun Soo Kim, Hae Ryong Kim, Hee Jun Jeong
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Publication number: 20120141764Abstract: A multi-glass fiber bonded high-strength plastic back beam for a vehicle bumper, which may be made of glass fiber and thermoplastic resin, may include a first fiber resin layer in which long fiber or short fiber may be bonded with thermoplastic resin, and a second fiber resin layer in which continuous fiber may be bonded with thermoplastic resin, wherein, when the first fiber resin layer may be independently attached onto the second fiber resin layer by heating, the long fiber or short fiber of the first fiber resin layer may be configured not to permeate between the continuous fibers of the second fiber resin layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, LG Hausys, Ltd., Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Seung Mok Lee, Nae Ung Jang, Dong Eun Cha, Hun Soo Kim, Hoo Taek Cho, Hee June Kim, Gi Hune Jung