Patents by Inventor Hwi Joong Kim

Hwi Joong 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).

  • Radial tire with specified outside profile, carcass profile and bead filler profile
    Patent number: 6332486
    Abstract: A radial tire when mounted on a rim and filled to normal inner pressure has a ratio of the upper cross-sectional height USH to the cross-sectional height SH between 0.50 and 0.59, a ratio of the lower cross-sectional height LSH to SH between 0.40 and 0.50, a rim width of more than 1.40 times the measuring rim width MRW but less than 1.45 MRW, an aspect ratio of less than 0.65, a beadfiller height of greater than 0.224 SH, and an angle between the tangent to the carcass line at a bead upper point B and a line extending in parallel with the rotation axis of the tire is less than 45°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: Hankook Tire Manufacturing CO LTD
    Inventors: Myeong Hun Ahn, Keun Woo Kim, Kyun Ok Kim, Yong Hee Kim, Hwi Joong Kim