Patents by Inventor Hwi-Eon Kim

Hwi-Eon 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: 11781720
    Abstract: A black image type hidden light system applied to a vehicle is composed of a control module coupled to a hidden lamp module in which an outer lens, an inner lens, and a light source are assembled in a lamp housing, and a black color surface of the outer lens covers an inner space of the lamp housing to block the exposure to the outside and transmits the light fully reflected to the inner lens to the outside, thereby forming a deposition image in black when not lit and a lamp image or a lighting image when lit, and in particular, optimizes a light transmittance with an amount of addition of a carbon black material mixed with a polycarbonate (PC) material, thereby substantially enabling the mass-production beyond the limitation of an AL deposition image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim, Wan-Ku Yoon, Gil-Won Han
  • Publication number: 20230075681
    Abstract: A black image type hidden light system applied to a vehicle is composed of a control module coupled to a hidden lamp module in which an outer lens, an inner lens, and a light source are assembled in a lamp housing, and a black color surface of the outer lens covers an inner space of the lamp housing to block the exposure to the outside and transmits the light fully reflected to the inner lens to the outside, thereby forming a deposition image in black when not lit and a lamp image or a lighting image when lit, and in particular, optimizes a light transmittance with an amount of addition of a carbon black material mixed with a polycarbonate (PC) material, thereby substantially enabling the mass-production beyond the limitation of an AL deposition image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim, Wan-Ku Yoon, Gil-Won Han
  • Patent number: D947426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung-Taik Hur, Oh-Young Kwon, Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim
  • Patent number: D947427
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung-Taik Hur, Oh-Young Kwon, Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim
  • Patent number: D947428
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung-Taik Hur, Oh-Young Kwon, Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim
  • Patent number: D947429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung-Taik Hur, Oh-Young Kwon, Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim
  • Patent number: D948090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jung-Taik Hur, Oh-Young Kwon, Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim