Patents by Inventor Hyock In Kwon
Hyock In Kwon 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: 11529927Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle is capable of protecting a collision object while protecting the vehicle and an occupant. In particular, the airbag apparatus is installed in a fully autonomous vehicle in which the occupant's position and posture are variable. The airbag apparatus includes an inflator provided at a pillar of a vehicle body and configured to generate working gas, a housing mounted to the pillar of the vehicle body, a cushion part accommodated in the housing and configured to be inflated as being discharged from the housing by receiving the working gas generated from the inflator for covering the vehicle, and a tether part provided in the cushion part to determine a deployment shape of the cushion part.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Patent number: 11479202Abstract: A seat airbag for a vehicle is provided. The seat airbag is installed at a lateral side of a seat back to allow a cushion thereof to inflate forward. A front part of the cushion is divided into a head chamber disposed at an upper level, a chest chamber disposed at an intermediate level and a pelvis chamber disposed at a lower level. The airbag includes first to third tethers, which form a single cord connecting the chambers to one another, and are provided in the airbag to protect a passenger while surrounding the passenger.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Patent number: 11390238Abstract: A seat-mounted airbag device may include a seatback cushion built in a seatback of a vehicle. The seatback cushion includes side portions configured to be deployed from both side peripheral portions of a seat to a front of the seat to protect sides of an occupant when deployed by gas supplied by an inflator into the seatback cushion. Chest portions of the seatback cushion extend from front ends of the side portions to surround a chest of the occupant to protect the chest of the occupant. The airbag device includes one or more seatback tethers connected to a seat frame and mounted in the seat. When the seatback cushion is deployed, the seatback tethers are deployed along with the seatback cushion to support the chest in a top-bottom direction thereof, thereby supporting an upper body of the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyo Shub Shin, Hyock In Kwon, Joo Seon Yoo, Choong Ryung Lee, Sang Won Hwangbo
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Patent number: 11383666Abstract: A side airbag (SAB) of a vehicle includes: a main chamber disposed in a seat to be deployed from a side surface portion of the seat and, when deployed, configured to cover at least one of a thoracic region, an abdomen region, or a pelvis region of an occupant; a main inflator configured to supply gas to the main chamber to deploy the main chamber; and an auxiliary chamber communicating with the main chamber to allow the gas inside the main chamber to be supplied to an interior of the auxiliary chamber and connected to the main chamber to be deploy above the main chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Joo Seon Yoo, Hyock In Kwon, Hyo Shub Shin
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Patent number: 11377062Abstract: A seat airbag for a vehicle is installed in a side part of a seat back and an airbag cushion thereof is deployed forward. A front portion of the cushion is divided into a head chamber disposed at an upper location, a chest chamber disposed at a central location and a pelvis chamber disposed at a lower location. The airbag protects a vehicle occupant while wrapping around the occupant with use of a first tether to a fourth tether that are integrally formed into a single string and connect the respective chambers to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Patent number: 11285904Abstract: A seat airbag for a vehicle includes a first cushion and a second cushion located at the upper end portion of a seatback and configured to be inflated upwards on opposite sides of an occupant sitting in a seat and subsequently to be bent downwards from an upper side of the occupant to cause an end portion of each of the first cushion and the second cushion to be located in front of the occupant. A third cushion is disposed between the first cushion and the second cushion to connect the first cushion and the second cushion to each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Yu Mi Jung, Hyock In Kwon, Hyo Shub Shin
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Publication number: 20210291778Abstract: A seat airbag for a vehicle is provided. The seat airbag is installed at a lateral side of a seat back to allow a cushion thereof to inflate forward. A front part of the cushion is divided into a head chamber disposed at an upper level, a chest chamber disposed at an intermediate level and a pelvis chamber disposed at a lower level. The airbag includes first to third tethers, which form a single cord connecting the chambers to one another, and are provided in the airbag to protect a passenger while surrounding the passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20210229623Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle is capable of protecting a collision object while protecting the vehicle and an occupant. In particular, the airbag apparatus is installed in a fully autonomous vehicle in which the occupant's position and posture are variable. The airbag apparatus includes an inflator provided at a pillar of a vehicle body and configured to generate working gas, a housing mounted to the pillar of the vehicle body, a cushion part accommodated in the housing and configured to be inflated as being discharged from the housing by receiving the working gas generated from the inflator for covering the vehicle, and a tether part provided in the cushion part to determine a deployment shape of the cushion part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Hyock In KWON
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Publication number: 20210170983Abstract: A seat-mounted airbag device may include a seatback cushion built in a seatback of a vehicle. The seatback cushion includes side portions configured to be deployed from both side peripheral portions of a seat to a front of the sear to protect sides of an occupant when deployed by gas supplied by an inflator into the seatback cushion. Chest portions of the seatback cushion extend from front ends of the side portions to surround a chest of the occupant to protect the chest of the occupant. The airbag device includes one or more seatback tethers connected to a seat frame and mounted in the seat. When the seatback cushion is deployed, the seatback tethers are deployed along with the seatback cushion to support the chest in a top-bottom direction thereof, thereby supporting an upper body of the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyo Shub SHIN, Hyock In Kwon, Joo Seon Yoo, Choong Ryung Lee, Sang Won Hwangbo
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Patent number: 11001225Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an airbag apparatus for a vehicle. The airbag apparatus is capable of protecting a collision object while protecting a vehicle and an occupant by being installed in a fully autonomous vehicle in which the occupant's position and posture are variable. The airbag apparatus includes an inflator provided outside a vehicle body and configured to generate working gas, a housing mounted to an edge of the vehicle body, a cushion part accommodated in the housing and configured to be inflated as being discharged from the housing by receiving the working gas generated from the inflator for covering a front of the vehicle body, and a tether part provided in the cushion part to determine a deployment shape of the cushion part.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20210122318Abstract: A side airbag (SAB) of a vehicle includes: a main chamber disposed in a seat to be deployed from a side surface portion of the seat and, when deployed, configured to cover at least one of a thoracic region, an abdomen region, or a pelvis region of an occupant; a main inflator configured to supply gas to the main chamber to deploy the main chamber; and an auxiliary chamber communicating with the main chamber to allow the gas inside the main chamber to be supplied to an interior of the auxiliary chamber and connected to the main chamber to be deploy above the main chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Joo Seon Yoo, Hyock In Kwon, Hyo Shub Shin
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Patent number: 10974685Abstract: The present disclosure provides an airbag for a vehicle. The airbag safely supports a passenger after deploying forward from behind a passenger in a seat. Additionally, the airbag is able to be changed in position to safely protect a passenger by changing the position even when the position of a seat is changed.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20210061211Abstract: A seat airbag for a vehicle includes a first cushion and a second cushion located at the upper end portion of a seatback and configured to be inflated upwards on opposite sides of an occupant sitting in a seat and subsequently to be bent downwards from an upper side of the occupant to cause an end portion of each of the first cushion and the second cushion to be located in front of the occupant. A third cushion is disposed between the first cushion and the second cushion to connect the first cushion and the second cushion to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Yu Mi Jung, Hyock In Kwon, Hyo Shub Shin
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Patent number: 10870405Abstract: An airbag for a vehicle is provided. The airbag includes an airbag cushion that has a plurality of chambers and the plurality of chambers are connected to be interlocked with each other by an operation tether. Accordingly, when an occupant presses against a specific chamber due to a vehicle collision, the other chamber is deformed to wrap the occupant, thereby restraining the occupant in a seat and minimizing the occurrence of injury.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20200384941Abstract: A seat airbag for a vehicle is installed in a side part of a seat back and an airbag cushion thereof is deployed forward. A front portion of the cushion is divided into a head chamber disposed at an upper location, a chest chamber disposed at a central location and a pelvis chamber disposed at a lower location. The airbag protects a vehicle occupant while wrapping around the occupant with use of a first tether to a fourth tether that are integrally formed into a single string and connect the respective chambers to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Patent number: 10759374Abstract: an airbag for a vehicle is provided. In particular, a deployment position of an airbag cushion is changed to correspond to the occupant's seating position or the occupant's lying position in response to the vehicle collision. Accordingly, the occupant is more safely protected regardless of seating position.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Joo Seon Yoo, Hyock In Kwon
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Patent number: 10696265Abstract: A curtain airbag system of a vehicle is configured such that a position of an auxiliary chamber provided in a curtain airbag is changed to correspond to an occupant's seating posture or the occupant's lying posture in response to a vehicle collision, so that the occupant is safely protected in various seating postures.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hyo Shub Shin, Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20200180550Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an airbag apparatus for a vehicle. The airbag apparatus is capable of protecting a collision object while protecting a vehicle and an occupant by being installed in a fully autonomous vehicle in which the occupant's position and posture are variable. The airbag apparatus includes an inflator provided outside a vehicle body and configured to generate working gas, a housing mounted to an edge of the vehicle body, a cushion part accommodated in the housing and configured to be inflated as being discharged from the housing by receiving the working gas generated from the inflator for covering a front of the vehicle body, and a tether part provided in the cushion part to determine a deployment shape of the cushion part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventor: Hyock In KWON
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Patent number: 10618490Abstract: Disclosed is an occupant ankle protection apparatus for a vehicle. When an airbag cushion deploys, side portions support the fronts of both ankles of an occupant and a center portion is inserted between the ankles and supports the inner sides of the ankles. Accordingly, the apparatus is capable of preventing injury to the ankles of the occupant and preventing a secondary injury by allowing an occupant to escape from the vehicle after a vehicle collision.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Yu Ji Son, Hyock In Kwon, Hyo Shub Shin, Bo Pil Seo
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Patent number: 10543800Abstract: A side airbag device for a vehicle includes a lower chamber and an upper chamber to protect a passenger from a side impact in the event of a vehicle collision. The upper chamber is bent towards the passenger by a connecting tether to support a passenger's neck region and prevent the neck from being twisted. The restraint belt forms an inserting space in front of a passenger when the upper chamber is bent so that a passenger's shoulder region is inserted into the inserting space when the passenger is moved forwards by collision inertia. The passenger's shoulder region is surrounded and supported by the restraint belt so that the passenger's body is restrained by a seat. A passenger is protected from impact and simultaneously the passenger is restrained by the seat to minimize an injury.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Hyock In Kwon