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: 10543801Abstract: An airbag for a vehicle includes an airbag cushion and a tether. The airbag cushion is installed on one side of a seat and is composed of multiple chambers. When the airbag is deployed, the airbag cushion extends to a front side of the seat and the chambers are consecutively arranged in a superior-inferior direction of the seat. The tether connects the chambers to each other or connects one chamber to a vehicle body. The multiple chambers include a normal chamber deployed to the front side of the seat and a confining chamber bent toward an occupant when being deployed. The confining chamber is pressed by the adjacent normal chamber, or pulled or pressed by the tether. Thus, a front half portion of the confining chamber is folded toward a rear half portion of the confining chamber, thereby coming into tight contact with the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20190381968Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2018Publication date: December 19, 2019Inventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Patent number: 10486638Abstract: An airbag for a vehicle includes a lower chamber and a confining chamber that confine the upper body of an occupant in a seat such that the upper body of the occupant cannot rotate in a lateral direction in the event of a side vehicle impact. The airbag further includes a protecting chamber coming into contact with the head of the occupant, thereby preventing the head of one occupant from colliding with the head of another occupant. The airbag provides secure protection for an occupant from an impact.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20190283700Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2018Publication date: September 19, 2019Inventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20190176744Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Joo Seon Yoo, Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20190106076Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2018Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Hyo Shub Shin, Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20190061675Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPNAY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20190061676Abstract: An airbag for a vehicle includes a lower chamber and a confining chamber that confine the upper body of an occupant in a seat such that the upper body of the occupant cannot rotate in a lateral direction in the event of a side vehicle impact. The airbag further includes a protecting chamber coming into contact with the head of the occupant, thereby preventing the head of one occupant from colliding with the head of another occupant. The airbag provides secure protection for an occupant from an impact.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20190054890Abstract: An airbag for a vehicle includes an airbag cushion and a tether. The airbag cushion is installed on one side of a seat and is composed of multiple chambers. When the airbag is deployed, the airbag cushion extends to a front side of the seat and the chambers are consecutively arranged in a superior-inferior direction of the seat. The tether connects the chambers to each other or connects one chamber to a vehicle body. The multiple chambers include a normal chamber deployed to the front side of the seat and a confining chamber bent toward an occupant when being deployed. The confining chamber is pressed by the adjacent normal chamber, or pulled or pressed by the tether. Thus, a front half portion of the confining chamber is folded toward a rear half portion of the confining chamber, thereby coming into tight contact with the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20190054882Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Yu Ji Son, Hyock In Kwon, Hyo Shub Shin, Bo Pil Seo
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Patent number: 10023147Abstract: A self standing center side airbag includes: an airbag cushion configured to be located at a side of an interior facing side of a seat back; a first through hole configured to penetrate through the airbag cushion and be located at a back with respect to a central line that bisects the airbag cushion in a front and back direction; a second through hole configured to penetrate through the airbag cushion and be located at a front with respect to the central line that bisects the airbag cushion in the front and back direction; and a tether configured to penetrate through the first through hole and the second through hole and have both ends fixed at the seat back side.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20180118150Abstract: A self standing center side airbag includes: an airbag cushion configured to be located at a side of an interior facing side of a seat back; a first through hole configured to penetrate through the airbag cushion and be located at a back with respect to a central line that bisects the airbag cushion in a front and back direction; a second through hole configured to penetrate through the airbag cushion and be located at a front with respect to the central line that bisects the airbag cushion in the front and back direction; and a tether configured to penetrate through the first through hole and the second through hole and have both ends fixed at the seat back side.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Patent number: 9463760Abstract: A system for protecting one or more occupants in a vehicle includes a seat posture sensor configured to detect seat posture data, a collision detector configured to detect collision data of the vehicle, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the collision data from the collision detector, determine a collision generation direction, and selectively deploy one or more airbags provided around the one or more occupants according to the collision generation direction and the seat posture data detected by the seat posture sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Jae Ho Choi, Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20160129868Abstract: A system for protecting one or more occupants in a vehicle includes a seat posture sensor configured to detect seat posture data, a collision detector configured to detect collision data of the vehicle, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive the collision data from the collision detector, determine a collision generation direction, and selectively deploy one or more airbags provided around the one or more occupants according to the collision generation direction and the seat posture data detected by the seat posture sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2015Publication date: May 12, 2016Inventors: Jae Ho CHOI, Hyock In KWON
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Patent number: 8596675Abstract: A dual chamber side air bag apparatus may include an inflator mounted to a side of a seat back frame in an outdoor direction, an air bag cushion fluid-connected to the inflator and including a first chamber and a second chamber mounted at a side of the seat back frame in the outdoor direction and fluid-connected to the inflator and the first chamber to protrude and develop toward a front of the seat back frame when the inflator may be activated, for protecting side surface of the upper body of the passenger, and a tether having one end thereof fixed to the scat back frame, a raid portion thereof wrapping the first chamber, and the other end thereof sewing-coupled to the air bag cushion in a boundary of the first and second chambers to provide a directivity so that the first chamber develops toward the upper body of the passengers.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hyock In Kwon, Hyeong Ho Choi, Dae Young Kwak, Tae Ik Gwon, Soon Bok Lee
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Patent number: 8590925Abstract: A side airbag for a vehicle may include an inflator provided on a seat side frame in a seat of the vehicle, a first cushion part installed in a seat side pad mounted on the seat side frame, wherein the first cushion part covers the seat side frame and may be fluid-connected to the inflator so that when the inflator may be operated, the first cushion part inflates inside the seat side pad to push an occupant sideways, and a second cushion part integrally connected to the first cushion part so that when gas may be supplied from the inflator into the second cushion part via the first cushion part, the second cushion part protrudes out of the seat side pad to protect a side portion of a body of the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Hyock In Kwon, Hyeong Ho Choi
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Patent number: 8579324Abstract: A side airbag apparatus may include a main chamber that is provided on a side of a seat and aligned toward a door to be deployed theretoward when a vehicle collides, to protect a passenger from a side directional collision, an auxiliary chamber that is connected to a rear part of the main chamber to be fluid-communicated to each other, wherein the auxiliary chamber is provided on a side of the main chamber toward the inside of the seat to push the passenger toward the inside of the seat when the auxiliary chamber is deployed, and a volume control tether provided in the rear part of the main chamber, wherein both ends of the volume control tether are fixed to facing-inner walls of the main chamber, respectively to restrict a deployment width of the rear part of the main chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2012Date of Patent: November 12, 2013Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20130257027Abstract: A side airbag apparatus may include a main chamber that is provided on a side of a seat and aligned toward a door to be deployed theretoward when a vehicle collides, to protect a passenger from a side directional collision, an auxiliary chamber that is connected to a rear part of the main chamber to be fluid-communicated to each other, wherein the auxiliary chamber is provided on a side of the main chamber toward the inside of the seat to push the passenger toward the inside of the seat when the auxiliary chamber is deployed, and a volume control tether provided in the rear part of the main chamber, wherein both ends of the volume control tether are fixed to facing-inner walls of the main chamber, respectively to restrict a deployment width of the rear part of the main chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2012Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicants: Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20130147167Abstract: A dual chamber side air bag apparatus may include an inflator mounted to a side of a sheet bag frame in an outdoor direction, an air bag cushion fluid-connected to the inflator and including a first chamber and a second chamber mounted at a side of the sheet bag frame in the outdoor direction and fluid-connected to the inflator and the first chamber to protrude and develop toward a front of the sheet bag frame when the inflator may be activated, for protecting side surface of the upper body of the passenger, and a tedder having one end thereof fixed to the sheet bag frame, a mid portion thereof wrapping the first chamber, and the other end thereof sewing-coupled to the air bag cushion in a boundary of the first and second chambers to provide a directivity so that the first chamber develops toward the upper body of the passengers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Hyock In Kwon, Hyeong Ho Choi, Dae Young Kwak, Tae lk Gwon, Soon Bok Lee
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Publication number: 20130038045Abstract: A wireless airbag apparatus may include an airbag control unit (ACU) receiving a sensing signal from a collision sensor and having a first wireless communication unit, and an airbag module having a second wireless communication unit and a power supply circuit to transceive a signal with the wireless communication unit of the ACU, wherein the power supply circuit supplies operating power to an inflator in accordance with a deployment signal of the airbag module.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2011Publication date: February 14, 2013Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Hyock In KWON, Dae Young Kwak, Jae Geun Oh, Jae Yun Lee