Patents by Inventor Hyo Shub Shin

Hyo Shub Shin 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: 9421942
    Abstract: An air bag apparatus for a vehicle includes an inflator and a main tube configured to be unfolded toward an occupant of the vehicle by a gas pressure when the inflator explodes. A support tube is coupled to one side of the main tube and configured to be unfolded by being supplied with gas from the main tube. An active vent is configured to be installed in a path which connects the main tube to the support tube and to open and close the path. A controller is configured to control an opening and closing operation of the active vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyo Shub Shin, Tae In Kim, Jae Haeng Yoo, Chang Hyun Lee, Jun Yeol Choi
  • Publication number: 20160144820
    Abstract: An air bag apparatus for a vehicle includes an inflator and a main tube configured to be unfolded toward an occupant of the vehicle by a gas pressure when the inflator explodes. A support tube is coupled to one side of the main tube and configured to be unfolded by being supplied with gas from the main tube. An active vent is configured to be installed in a path which connects the main tube to the support tube and to open and close the path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Hyo Shub SHIN, Tae In KIM, Jae Haeng YOO, Chang Hyun LEE, Jun Yeol CHOI
  • Publication number: 20130307253
    Abstract: An airbag cover includes a housing section which forms an upper part of which is opened and into which a folded airbag cushion is housed; and a guide section which is formed by extending an upper rear end and both ends of the opened housing section to form an additional space for extending a space of the housing section and a front surface of which at a passenger side is opened to guide an initial deployment direction of the airbag cushion toward a passenger side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyo Shub SHIN, Hyeong Ho CHOI, Chang Hyun LEE, Tae In KIM, Jung Yeol JANG, Jae Haeng YOO
  • Publication number: 20130147171
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle, may include an integrated vent formed in an airbag cushion, a tube provided on the airbag cushion and communicating with the integrated vent, wherein an inner diameter of the tube varies while gas may be discharged through the tube, so that a rate at which gas may be discharged from the airbag cushion may be adjusted according to a point of time of deployment of the airbag cushion, and a tether wrapped around the tube, the tether being connected to inner surface of the airbag cushion such that opposite ends of the tether may be pulled away from each other when the airbag cushion deploys, so that in a predetermined time period of the deployment of the airbag cushion, the tether contracts the tube, and after the predetermined time period, the tether snaps, thus releasing the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyo Shub SHIN, Hyeong Ho Choi, Tae In Kim, Jung Yeol Jang, Jae Haeng Yoo
  • Publication number: 20130134697
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle may include a vent hole formed on an airbag cushion to discharge an expanding gas inside of the airbag cushion, a cover attached on the outside of the airbag and selectively covering the vent hole, a rope, one end of which may be fixed to the inside of the airbag cushion and the other end of which may be fixed to the cover through the vent hole to provide a tensile force to the cover such that the cover opens or closes the vent hole according to the tensile force applied to the cover via the rope, and a rope-guide attached to the inside of the airbag cushion and upholding the rope to the airbag cushion, wherein the rope may be slidably engaged to the rope-guide and a section of the rope may be aligned longitudinally in the airbag cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jun Yeol Choi, Hyo Shub Shin