Patents by Inventor Hyun Gyung KIM

Hyun Gyung KIM 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: 9522649
    Abstract: A bumper stiffener apparatus for a vehicle may include an upper member connected to a radiator grill, a lower member connected to a bumper below the upper member, a support bar connecting the upper member and the lower member, a hinge mechanism connected to the support bar, and a guide bracket fixed to a back beam arranged on a rear of the lower member to be connected to the hinge mechanism and in which a guide passage is formed for guiding an upward movement of the hinge mechanism when the lower member moves rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., LG Hausys, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Bock Cheol Lee, Young Sub Oh, Phil Jung Jeong, Hyun Gyung Kim, Seung Mok Lee, Sung Jun Hong
  • Patent number: 9499217
    Abstract: A variable spoiler apparatus for a vehicle may include a driving portion including a gear set configured to provide a predetermined speed reduction ratio, wherein a driving motor and a driving shaft for supplying rotational force of the driving motor may be connected to the gear set, and a linkage, wherein a base bracket to which the driving shaft of the driving portion may be connected may be provided on the linkage, wherein the linkage includes a plurality of links that may be connected to a spoiler bracket connected to the driving shaft, the base bracket and a spoiler, and wherein the plurality of links may be rotated together with the driving shaft when the driving motor of the driving portion operates thereby to draw out or stow the spoiler such that angle and height of the spoiler may be varied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Phil Jung Jeong, Hyun Gyung Kim, Young Sub Oh, Dong Eun Cha, Bock Cheol Lee, Seung Mok Lee
  • Patent number: 9499717
    Abstract: Disclosed is a one coat painting composition comprising a base including a polyester resin in an amount of about 15 to 45 wt %, a first acrylic resin in an amount of about 15 to 25 wt %, and a second acrylic resin in an amount of about 35 to 65 wt % and a coating method thereof. The composition makes it possible to maintain and improve a high gloss finish of a high gloss injection molded substrate through a single primary coating on the substrate and satisfies environment resistant properties of exterior parts, such as adhesiveness, weather resistance, and scratch resistance, and, thus, is widely suitable for use on exterior plastic parts of automobiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Noroobee Chemical Co., Ltd., Ecoplastic Corporation
    Inventors: Phil Jung Jeong, Dong Eun Cha, Seung Mok Lee, Hyun Gyung Kim, Jig Gyun Jung, Jae Beom Ahn, Young Seok Kim, Sung Hun Kim, Young Chool Kim, Chang Ho Song
  • Publication number: 20160318557
    Abstract: An automobile roof rack made of a continuous fiber thermoplastic composite may include a resin body having a roof rack shape, and an insert-reinforcing layer formed on an inner surface of the resin body to be integrated with the resin body into a single body and made of a continuous fiber thermoplastic composite (CFT).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., LG Hausys, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Gyung KIM, Seung Mok Lee, Jeong Ho Lee, Chun Ho Park, Sung Jun Hong
  • Patent number: 9481408
    Abstract: A variable deflector apparatus for a side step of a vehicle may include a slide plate receiving power from a drive device to be received in and drawn out from the side step, and a side-step deflector comprising a plurality of joints connected to each other in a row to be coupled with the slide plate and folded or unfolded with respect to a junction of each of the joints, in which the side-step deflector is configured to be received together with the slide plate when it is received in the side step and to be drawn out together with the slide plate and simultaneously separated therefrom when the slide plate is drawn out from the side step, and a drawn-out portion of the side-step deflector separated from the slide plate is configured to be perpendicularly deployed downwards from the side step, thus improving aerodynamic performance of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seung Mok Lee, Young Sub Oh, Jin Young Yoon, Bock Cheol Lee, Hyun Gyung Kim, Dong Eun Cha
  • Patent number: 9481333
    Abstract: A bumper back beam for a vehicle may include side portions connected to a vehicle body and formed of general plastic on both sides and an intermediate portion connecting the side portions on both sides and formed of high-strength plastic and a predetermined section, both ends of which encroach into the side portions to form overlap sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, LG Hausys, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Mok Lee, Phil Jung Jeong, Hyun Gyung Kim, Dong Eun Cha, Hee June Kim, Yong Kil Kil, Tae Hwa Lee, Kang Hyun Song
  • Patent number: 9469233
    Abstract: A cargo loading apparatus of a vehicle luggage room may include a rail mechanism including a fixation rail fixed to a rear back beam and a movable rail that moves forward and/or rearward along the fixation rail, a pair of left and right side plates connected with the movable rail to move together with the movable rail, an upper plate in which a rear side surface is rotatably connected with the side plates through a hinge stopper to be rotatable substantially perpendicularly to the side plates and a rear end is connected with a bumper door, and a lifter installed so that one end of which is connected to a side plate of the side plates and the other end of which is connected to the upper plate, the lifter maintaining a rotational state of the upper plate while a length of the lifter is varied when the upper plate rotates upward around the hinge stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Hyun Gyung Kim, Seung Mok Lee, Phil Jung Jeong
  • Publication number: 20160297371
    Abstract: A bicycle carrier apparatus for a vehicle may include a slide carrier configured to slidably move in forward and backward directions on a bumper back beam to be drawn out or accommodated, an extended support installed on the slide carrier to be extended and spread in both side directions and formed to carry a bicycle thereon, and an expandable box seated on the extended support and carried on the slide carrier, to have an accommodation space formed therein, and to be expanded or contracted in a spreading direction of the extended support when the extended support is extended and spread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Young Yoon, Seung Mok Lee, Hyun Gyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20160297386
    Abstract: A bumper apparatus for a vehicle may include an airbag module and a rotary member. The airbag module has an airbag cushion to be deployed through a bumper. The rotary member rotatably is provided on a vehicle body, and coupled at an end to a bumper portion that is removable by a force generated when the airbag cushion is deployed. The rotary member is rotatable about the vehicle body along with the bumper portion when the airbag cushion is deployed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seung Mok Lee, Young Sub Oh, Jin Young Yoon, Bock cheol Lee, Hyun Gyung Kim, Dong Eun Cha
  • Publication number: 20160288729
    Abstract: A bicycle carrier system for a vehicle includes a guide rail provided on a bumper back beam and formed to extend in forward and backward directions, a carrier portion connected to the guide rail to be slidably drawn out or accommodated along the guide rail, an extended support portion installed on the carrier portion to extend or return in both side directions to carry a bicycle, a motor module installed on the carrier portion and including a first driving portion to enable the carrier portion to move along the guide rail and a second driving portion to extend/return the extended support portion, and a communication control module to store a drawing/accommodating command of the carrier portion and an extending/returning command of the extended support portion and to control operation of the first driving portion and the second driving portion in accordance with an input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong Eun CHA, Hyun Gyung KIM, Jin Young YOON, Seung Mok LEE, Soo Hyun HYUN
  • Publication number: 20160264057
    Abstract: A variable deflector apparatus for a side step of a vehicle may include a drive device, a side deflector operated by power transmitted from the drive device, the side deflector configured to be received in the side step when the side deflector is not deployed and to be perpendicularly drawn out downwards from the side step when the side deflector is deployed, thus improving aerodynamic performance of the vehicle, and a front deflector connecting a front end of the side step with a front end of the side deflector, the front deflector being kept folded when the side deflector is not deployed and configured to be unfolded to cover a lower portion of the front end of the side step when the side deflector is deployed, thus improving the aerodynamic performance of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seung Mok Lee, Dong Eun CHA, Jin Young YOON, Hyun Gyung KIM
  • Publication number: 20160264193
    Abstract: A variable deflector apparatus for a side step of a vehicle may include a slide plate receiving power from a drive device to be received in and drawn out from the side step, and a side-step deflector comprising a plurality of joints connected to each other in a row to be coupled with the slide plate and folded or unfolded with respect to a junction of each of the joints, in which the side-step deflector is configured to be received together with the slide plate when it is received in the side step and to be drawn out together with the slide plate and simultaneously separated therefrom when the slide plate is drawn out from the side step, and a drawn-out portion of the side-step deflector separated from the slide plate is configured to be perpendicularly deployed downwards from the side step, thus improving aerodynamic performance of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seung Mok Lee, Young Sub Oh, Jin Young Yoon, Bock Cheol Lee, Hyun Gyung Kim, Dong Eun Cha
  • Patent number: 9428117
    Abstract: An under cover apparatus of a rear bumper multi-carrier includes a fixed rail cover coupled to a pair of fixed rails to cover a first opening part between the fixing rails. The pair of fixed rails is installed at left and right sides of a vehicle body in front and rear directions. A moving rail cover is coupled to a pair of moving rails to cover a second opening part between the moving rails. The pair of moving rails is coupled to the fixed rails to be slidable along the fixed rails, withdrawn rearward together with a rear bumper, and has the carrier coupled thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Seung Mok Lee, Young Sub Oh, Jin Young Yoon, Bock Cheol Lee, Hyun Gyung Kim, Dong Eun Cha
  • Publication number: 20160221067
    Abstract: A tubular back beam assembly may include a plurality of main members, each of which is formed by cold rolling and hot stamping and the plurality of main members may be coupled to form a vertically stacked structure with flat portions coupled in a surface contact fashion, or the tubular back beam assembly may include a main member and at least one support member that are directly coupled to form a vertically stacked structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyun Gyung KIM, Seok Jae PARK, Dong Hak KIM
  • Patent number: 9376062
    Abstract: A carrier apparatus for a vehicle may include guide rails, a carrier, an extending bar, an extending linkage, a support unit and lamps. The guide rails may be symmetrically disposed under a rear bumper beam and extend in a front-rear direction. The carrier may have a panel and sliding rails and be stowed in or drawn out from the rear bumper beam. The extending bar may be coupled to a driving unit disposed on a front of the carrier and extend rearward from the driving unit and be connected to the panel. The extending linkage may include a plurality of links on the the extending bar which open laterally away from the extending bar when the driving unit operates. The support unit may be connected to the links and moves laterally with the links. The lamps may be mounted on the support unit and slide laterally with the support unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Hyun Gyung Kim, Seung Mok Lee, Phil Jung Jeong, Young Sub Oh, Soo Hyun Hyun
  • Publication number: 20160159303
    Abstract: A crash box for a vehicle may include a front connection portion that is connected to both ends of a back beam of the vehicle, a rear connection portion that is connected to a side member of the vehicle, an intermediate connection portion for connecting the front connection portion and the rear connection portion, which is formed as a hollow box shape and through which a cut cross-section of a heptangular shape is formed in a vehicle width direction, and a plurality of reinforcement ribs formed at an inner space of the intermediate connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Jeong Ho LEE, Seung Mok Lee, Hyun Gyung Kim, Nam Cheol Kim, Dong Eun Cha
  • Publication number: 20160159301
    Abstract: A crash box for a vehicle may include a front connection portion that is connected to both ends of a back beam of the vehicle, a rear connection portion that is connected to a side member of the vehicle, an intermediate connection portion for connecting the front connection portion and the rear connection portion, which is formed as a hollow box shape and through which a cut cross-section of a heptangular shape is formed in a vehicle width direction, and a plurality of reinforcement ribs formed at an inner space of the intermediate connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Jeong Ho LEE, Seung Mok LEE, Hyun Gyung KIM, Nam Cheol KIM, Dong Eun CHA
  • Publication number: 20160159302
    Abstract: A crash box for a vehicle may include a front connection portion that is connected to both ends of a back beam of the vehicle, a rear connection portion that is connected to a side member of the vehicle, an intermediate connection portion for connecting the front connection portion and the rear connection portion, which is formed as a hollow box shape and through which a cut cross-section of a heptangular shape is formed in a vehicle width direction, and a plurality of reinforcement ribs formed at an inner space of the intermediate connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Jeong Ho LEE, Seung Mok LEE, Hyun Gyung KIM, Nam Cheol KIM, Dong Eun CHA
  • Publication number: 20160152190
    Abstract: An under cover apparatus of a rear bumper multi-carrier includes a fixed rail cover coupled to a pair of fixed rails to cover a first opening part between the fixing rails. The pair of fixed rails is installed at left and right sides of a vehicle body in front and rear directions. A moving rail cover is coupled to a pair of moving rails to cover a second opening part between the moving rails. The pair of moving rails is coupled to the fixed rails to be slidable along the fixed rails, withdrawn rearward together with a rear bumper, and has the carrier coupled thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Seung Mok LEE, Young Sub OH, Jin Young YOON, Bock Cheol LEE, Hyun Gyung KIM, Dong Eun CHA
  • Patent number: 9352699
    Abstract: A carrier apparatus for a vehicle may include guide rails symmetrically disposed under a rear bumper beam and extending in a front-rear direction, a carrier having a panel and sliding rails and stowed or drawn out under the rear bumper beam by sliding in the front-rear direction along the guide rails, tilting rails extending on same lines at rear ends of the guide rails and capable of tilting on the rear bumper beam, tilting adjusters disposed adjacent the tilting rails at the rear ends of the guide rails and restricting turning of the tilting rails by being selectively coupled to the tilting rails, and damping units having first ends connected to the guide rails and second ends connected to the tilting adjusters, and reducing turning speed of the tilting rails when the tilting adjusters are separated from the tilting rails and the tilting rails turn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Hyun Gyung Kim, Seung Mok Lee, Phil Jung Jeong, Nam Cheol Kim, Soo Hyun Hyun