Patents by Inventor Hyun Bi Kwon
Hyun Bi 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: 11945494Abstract: According to the present embodiments, the lever handling and tilt handling of a driver can be improved by reducing noise caused by collisions between components, which can be generated if the driver manipulates a lever from a locking state into an unlocking state or if the driver adjusts the angle of a steering wheel.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: HL MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Hyun Bi Kwon
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Publication number: 20230331284Abstract: According to the present embodiments, the lever handling and tilt handling of a driver can be improved by reducing noise caused by collisions between components, which can be generated if the driver manipulates a lever from a locking state into an unlocking state or if the driver adjusts the angle of a steering wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventor: Hyun Bi KWON
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Patent number: 10753385Abstract: An electronic power steering system includes: an input shaft connected to a steering shaft; an output shaft to which one end of the input shaft is connected; and a torsion bar inserted into the input shaft and the output shaft and connecting the input shaft and the output shaft, in which the torsion bar includes a first torsion bar including a first fastening portion connected to the input shaft, a second fastening portion connected to the output shaft, and a first beam portion connecting between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion, and formed as a hollow body, and a second torsion bar including a third fastening portion coupled into the first fastening portion, a fourth fastening portion coupled into the second fastening portion, and a second beam portion connecting between the third fastening portion and the fourth fastening portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Hyun Bi Kwon
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Patent number: 10647345Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a steering column of a vehicle. The steering column includes an input shaft having a first end connected to a steering shaft and an outer peripheral surface, to which a torque sensor is coupled; an output shaft connected to a remaining end of the input shaft and having an outer peripheral surface, to which a worm wheel is coupled; and a bearing module having an output shaft bearing configured to support the output shaft on an inner peripheral surface thereof, the bearing module sliding to be coupled to a gear housing in which the input shaft and the output shaft are housed.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Hyun Bi Kwon
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Patent number: 10221920Abstract: The present disclosure provides an automobile reducer including a worm shaft bearing including an inner race coupled to an end of a worm shaft, which meshes with a worm wheel, an outer race coupled to an inner surface of a gear housing, and a ball coupled between the inner race and the outer race; a motor boss having a coupling hole formed on one side, a motor shaft of a motor being inserted into the coupling hole, and an insertion hole formed on the other side, the worm shaft being inserted into the insertion hole; and a damping member coupled between a side surface of the inner race and a side surface of the motor boss and elastically supported in an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Hyun Bi Kwon
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Patent number: 10054194Abstract: The present disclosure provides an automobile reducer including a worm shaft bearing coupled to an end of a worm shaft meshing with a worm wheel, the end lying opposite a portion of the worm shaft coupled to a motor shaft; a bush coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the worm shaft bearing, the bush having an incision formed by incising one side of the bush; a damper coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the bush inside a housing so as to force the bush against the worm shaft bearing and to elastically support between the housing and the worm shaft bearing; and a clearance compensation mechanism penetrating the damper and pressurizing the bush towards the worm wheel. The automobile reducer can accurately assist the driver's steering wheel manipulation.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2016Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Hyun Bi Kwon
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Publication number: 20180194387Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a steering column of a vehicle. The steering column includes an input shaft having a first end connected to a steering shaft and an outer peripheral surface, to which a torque sensor is coupled; an output shaft connected to a remaining end of the input shaft and having an outer peripheral surface, to which a worm wheel is coupled; and a bearing module having an output shaft bearing configured to support the output shaft on an inner peripheral surface thereof, the bearing module sliding to be coupled to a gear housing in which the input shaft and the output shaft are housed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2018Publication date: July 12, 2018Inventor: Hyun Bi KWON
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Publication number: 20180100537Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic power steering system including: an input shaft connected to a steering shaft; an output shaft to which one end of the input shaft is connected; and a torsion bar inserted into the input shaft and the output shaft and connecting the input shaft and the output shaft, in which the torsion bar includes a first torsion bar including a first fastening portion connected to the input shaft, a second fastening portion connected to the output shaft, and a first beam portion connecting between the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion, and formed as a hollow body, and a second torsion bar including a third fastening portion coupled into the first fastening portion, a fourth fastening portion coupled into the second fastening portion, and a second beam portion connecting between the third fastening portion and the fourth fastening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventor: Hyun Bi KWON
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Publication number: 20180086364Abstract: The present invention provides a steering column for a vehicle that includes: an input shaft having a first end connected to a steering shaft, a torque sensor being attached to an outer peripheral surface of the input shaft; an output shaft having a first end connected to a second end of the input shaft and a second end connected to a pinion shaft, a worm wheel being coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the output shaft; a torsion bar having a first end and a second end that are coupled to an inner peripheral surface of the input shaft and an inner peripheral surface of the output shaft, respectively; and a support member coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the second end of the input shaft and an inner peripheral surface of the first end of the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventor: Hyun Bi KWON
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Publication number: 20170241541Abstract: Disclosed herein is a reducer for an electronic power steering apparatus, which includes a gear housing including a worm shaft housing and a worm wheel housing, the gear housing being made of a heat conductive material, a worm wheel shaft connected to a steering shaft to rotate along with rotation of the steering shaft, a worm wheel accommodated in the worm wheel housing, and having a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface, the worm wheel shaft being coupled to the worm wheel, a first heat transfer plate provided to come into contact with the first surface of the worm wheel, and a first bearing coupled to the worm wheel shaft to come into contact with the first heat transfer plate, and having an outer peripheral surface coming into contact with the worm wheel housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventor: Hyun Bi KWON
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Publication number: 20160201761Abstract: The present disclosure provides an automobile reducer including a worm shaft bearing including an inner race coupled to an end of a worm shaft, which meshes with a worm wheel, an outer race coupled to an inner surface of a gear housing, and a ball coupled between the inner race and the outer race; a motor boss having a coupling hole formed on one side, a motor shaft of a motor being inserted into the coupling hole, and an insertion hole formed on the other side, the worm shaft being inserted into the insertion hole; and a damping member coupled between a side surface of the inner race and a side surface of the motor boss and elastically supported in an axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventor: Hyun Bi KWON
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Publication number: 20160201760Abstract: The present disclosure provides an automobile reducer including a worm shaft bearing coupled to an end of a worm shaft meshing with a worm wheel, the end lying opposite a portion of the worm shaft coupled to a motor shaft; a bush coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the worm shaft bearing, the bush having an incision formed by incising one side of the bush; a damper coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the bush inside a housing so as to force the bush against the worm shaft bearing and to elastically support between the housing and the worm shaft bearing; and a clearance compensation mechanism penetrating the damper and pressurizing the bush towards the worm wheel. The automobile reducer can accurately assist the driver's steering wheel manipulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2016Publication date: July 14, 2016Inventor: Hyun Bi KWON
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Patent number: 9382972Abstract: Disclosed is a reducer of an electric power steering apparatus. In the reducer, the worm wheel is elastically supported by the elastic member in a direction to the worm wheel in order to compensate for the spacing between the worm shaft and the worm wheel, and an elastic force of the elastic member applied to the bearing bush or the worm shaft bearing is simply adjusted and measured by adjusting or measuring a load applied to the supporting member.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Hyun Bi Kwon
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Patent number: 9205860Abstract: Disclosed is a reducer of an electric power auxiliary steering apparatus. According to embodiments of the present invention, impulse noise of a worm shaft bearing caused by fluctuation of a worm shaft can be reduced, and strength of a damping member in a direction toward a worm wheel and an opposite direction thereto is lower than that in other directions, so that the fluctuation of the worm shaft can be more effectively alleviated.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2014Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Hyun Bi Kwon
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Patent number: 9156490Abstract: Disclosed is a steering column for a vehicle. According to the present invention, an actuating member and a fixed member can be smoothly coupled to each other without causing a catching feeling during a tilting operation of a steering column and noise generated when the actuating member and the fixed member are coupled to each other can be prevented. Further, the actuating member can be prevented from deviating from a coupling range of the fixed member when the adjusting lever is released or fastened for a tilting operation, increasing a safety of a tilting operation of the steering column.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventors: Hyun Bi Kwon, Sung Bin Cho
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Patent number: 9145949Abstract: The present invention relates to a reducer of an electric power steering apparatus. According to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a damping member is provided on an outer circumference surface of a bearing bush so that impact between a worm shaft bearing and a bearing bush can be dampened, and noise generated at the time of impact can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2014Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Hyun Bi Kwon
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Patent number: 9079610Abstract: A telescopic device of a steering column for a vehicle includes an internal tube (200) connected to a vehicle body and formed in a lengthwise direction, a telescopic bush (250) provided around the internal tube (200) and having a fixing hole (252), through which a tilt bolt (300) of a tilt device enabling a steering column to have a tilt motion passes, so as to fix the tilt bolt (300), and an external tube (100) provided to enclose an outer side of the internal tube (200) and to move in a telescopic motion in the lengthwise direction of the internal tube (200) and having a guide hole (120) formed in the lengthwise direction so that the telescopic bush (250) is inserted therein and protrudes.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Hyun Bi Kwon
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Publication number: 20150107384Abstract: Disclosed is a reducer of an electric power auxiliary steering apparatus. According to embodiments of the present invention, impulse noise of a worm shaft bearing caused by fluctuation of a worm shaft can be reduced, and strength of a damping member in a direction toward a worm wheel and an opposite direction thereto is lower than that in other directions, so that the fluctuation of the worm shaft can be more effectively alleviated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventor: Hyun Bi KWON
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Patent number: 8998258Abstract: Provided is a steering apparatus for a vehicle including a steering column, a mounting bracket laterally installed at the steering column and having a pair of through-holes formed at each of both sides and spaced apart from each other, a guide block including a base section and a pair of guide sections extending upward from the base section and spaced apart from each other to be inserted into the through-holes, and a capsule including a fixing section fixed to the mounting bracket and configured to be separated from the mounting bracket upon a collision of a vehicle, and a slide section lengthily extending from the fixing section and slidably inserted between the pair of guide sections.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2014Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Mando CorporationInventor: Hyun Bi Kwon
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Publication number: 20150059506Abstract: The present invention relates to a reducer of an electric power steering apparatus. According to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a damping member is provided on an outer circumference surface of a bearing bush so that impact between a worm shaft bearing and a bearing bush can be dampened, and noise generated at the time of impact can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventor: Hyun Bi KWON