Patents by Inventor Hyo Seop Cha

Hyo Seop Cha 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: 20240124070
    Abstract: An embodiment vehicle body structure includes a floor panel, a front mounting member on an upper side of the floor panel, wherein the front mounting member protrudes and extends in a lateral direction of a vehicle body so as to fix a front lower side of a seat, and a partition member at a rear of the front mounting member, wherein the partition member protrudes and extends in the lateral direction of the vehicle body so as to fix a rear lower side of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventor: Hyo Seop Cha
  • Publication number: 20240116348
    Abstract: A vehicle frame assembly includes a battery at a lower portion of a vehicle and a rear floor panel extending in a transverse direction of the vehicle and located rearward of the battery. Opposite ends of the rear floor panel have second rear mounting parts extending outward and a center portion between the second rear mounting parts is depressed downward to provide a boarding space. The vehicle frame assembly includes frame rear side members extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle at opposite lateral sides of the battery. Each frame rear side member has a front end and a back end connected to each other to be inclined and each front end has the same height as the boarding space depressed downward, and each back end is coupled to the second rear mounting parts in one direction to support the rear floor panel from below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Min Jeong, Hyo Seop Cha
  • Publication number: 20240109600
    Abstract: An embodiment is a vehicle body structure including a floor panel, rear side members respectively coupled to lower sides of two opposite ends of the floor panel and elongated extending in a lengthwise direction of a vehicle, a partition member mounted and extending in a transverse direction of the lengthwise direction of the vehicle, the partition member and protruding upward from the floor panel, the partition member having two opposite ends coupled to upper sides of the rear side members with the floor panel interposed therebetween, a plurality of rear mounting brackets provided on an upper side of the partition member to support a rear side of a seat, and front mounting components provided at a front side of the partition member and disposed at an upper side of the floor panel to support a front side of the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: Hyo Seop Cha
  • Publication number: 20230202580
    Abstract: A structure of a purpose-built vehicle, includes a vehicle body cross member coupled to a floor panel in a lower side of the floor panel of a vehicle body, a frame including frame side members and a frame cross member and coupled to a lower side of the vehicle body, a plurality of connection brackets located between the vehicle body cross member and the frame cross member, and fastening bolts coupled to the connection brackets while penetrating the frame cross member and a battery casing configured to accommodate a high-voltage battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Min JEONG, Hyo Seop CHA
  • Patent number: 11235670
    Abstract: A high voltage battery unit for a vehicle and an underbody of the vehicle are provided. The high voltage battery unit mounted to the vehicle is installed under a center floor of the vehicle at the outdoor side. A drive shaft forming a drive device of the vehicle is installed to penetrate between battery built-in parts positioned at both sides with respect to a center tunnel to deliver the power of a powertrain mounted at the front of the vehicle to a rear wheel through the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Young Tae Yang, Sung Jun Hwang, Ki Bong Park, Kyung Ho Kim, Ji Ho Choi, Hyoung Jin Joo, Hyo Seop Cha, Sang Wan Kim, Dong Su Yang, Se Hoon Jung
  • Patent number: 11230321
    Abstract: A body of a vehicle equipped with a high-voltage battery is disclosed. The vehicle body includes a rear cross member mounted below the rear side of the front seat so as to be oriented in the lateral direction of the vehicle body, a front cross member mounted in front of the rear cross member so as to be oriented in the lateral direction of the vehicle body, a high-voltage battery mounted between the front cross member and the rear cross member, and a plurality of longitudinal support members mounted to support the bottom of the high-voltage battery and to connect the front cross member and the rear cross member to each other in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Se Hoon Jung, Ki Bong Park, Young Tae Yang, Jun Seok Choi, Min Gyu Park, Ji Ho Choi, Byung Su Kim, Hyo Seop Cha, Hyeon Su Jin, Dong Su Yang, Jin Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20210253168
    Abstract: A body of a vehicle equipped with a high-voltage battery is disclosed. The vehicle body includes a rear cross member mounted below the rear side of the front seat so as to be oriented in the lateral direction of the vehicle body, a front cross member mounted in front of the rear cross member so as to be oriented in the lateral direction of the vehicle body, a high-voltage battery mounted between the front cross member and the rear cross member, and a plurality of longitudinal support members mounted to support the bottom of the high-voltage battery and to connect the front cross member and the rear cross member to each other in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Se Hoon Jung, Ki Bong Park, Young Tae Yang, Jun Seok Choi, Min Gyu Park, Ji Ho Choi, Byung Su Kim, Hyo Seop Cha, Hyeon Su Jin, Dong Su Yang, Jin Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20210101490
    Abstract: A high voltage battery unit for a vehicle and an underbody of the vehicle are provided. The high voltage battery unit mounted to the vehicle is installed under a center floor of the vehicle at the outdoor side. A drive shaft forming a drive device of the vehicle is installed to penetrate between battery built-in parts positioned at both sides with respect to a center tunnel to deliver the power of a powertrain mounted at the front of the vehicle to a rear wheel through the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Young Tae Yang, Sung Jun Hwang, Ki Bong Park, Kyung Ho Kim, Ji Ho Choi, Hyoung Jin Joo, Hyo Seop Cha, Sang Wan Kim, Dong Su Yang, Se Hoon Jung