Patents by Inventor Hyung Min Baek

Hyung Min Baek 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).

  • Publication number: 20250129617
    Abstract: A modular floor tile is disclosed having a top surface including a plurality of upper rib members intersecting to form apertures. Lower rib members forming a downward trending curvilinear shape traverse the apertures. Rib protrusions extend from the lower rib members through the aperture toward the top surface, and may terminate below, at or above the top surface to provide added traction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Hyung Min Baek, Bastien Puech
  • Patent number: 11900309
    Abstract: A system for delivering items or packages to an unattended vehicle after receiving an order for delivery of an item or package to a vehicle is disclosed. The system determines identifying information for the vehicle, where the identifying information includes a wireless identifier of the vehicle. The system determines a delivery location of the vehicle. The system transmits a request to dispatch a delivery vehicle to deliver a package to the vehicle, wherein the request comprises the identifying information and the delivery location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Aysha Habbaba, John Weizhong Luo, Lynn Valerie Keiser, Hyung Min Baek, Sudipto Aich, Simon Murtha Smith, Alexander Silvio Muller, Jennifer L. Brace
  • Patent number: 11455593
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for delivering items to unattended vehicles. In general, aspects of the invention facilitate controlled access to one or more portions of a vehicle for item deliver. A vehicle is configured with partitions. The partitions can be deployed to close off portions of the vehicle from an area used to accept a delivered item. Partitions may be automatically deployed when a delivery arrives (from a delivery person or robot) to section off a compartment of the vehicle to limit access to the sectioned compartment. Partitions can be re-configured to prevent external access to the sectioned off compartment after a delivery is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Weizhong Luo, Lynn Valerie Keiser, Hyung Min Baek, Aysha Habbaba
  • Patent number: 11264667
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a battery array and a foam shell that surrounds the battery array. The battery array may be housed within a foam shell, and a barrier can be secured to the foam shell to establish a battery assembly. The battery assembly may then be secured to a vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hyung Min Baek, Patrick Daniel Maguire, Amar Marpu
  • Patent number: 10978763
    Abstract: An exemplary battery pack cover includes a polymer layer and a metallic layer grounded to a chassis of an electric vehicle. An exemplary method includes shielding battery cells of a battery pack against electromagnetic interference and thermal energy using a multilayer cover that is grounded to a chassis of an electrified vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Hyung Min Baek
  • Patent number: 10933806
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for indicating a status of a vehicle or a seat in a vehicle are disclosed herein. A system includes a plurality of seats in a vehicle, a light-diffusing fiber optic light source attached to at least one of the seats, a receiver configured to receive a status of at least one of the seats, and a controller. The controller may be configured to determine an illumination scheme based on the status of at least one of the seats and illuminate the light-diffusing fiber optic light source according to the illumination scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary David Nelson, Hyung Min Baek, Daniel Boccuccia
  • Patent number: 10804511
    Abstract: A battery array frame may include a frame body extending along a longitudinal axis and including a top frame rail, a bottom frame rail, and frame arms that connect between the top frame rail and the bottom frame rail. An insert extends inside the frame body for increasing the stiffness of the frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hyung Min Baek, Rajaram Subramanian
  • Patent number: 10744914
    Abstract: A seat includes one or more cushions secured to a shell. The cushions include a 3D printed lattice of repeating cells. The cells may include nodes interconnected by branches. The nodes may be arranged in a cubic, parallelepiped, diamond, or other arrangement. The branches may extend directly between nodes or may be bent. The branches may extend from each node to an adjacent node that is closest to its point of attachment to the each node or the branches may be curved or bent to secure to a different adjacent node. The 3D printed lattice may include 3D printed barbs formed thereon that engage receptacles in the seat shell. The 3D printed lattice may be printed with a groove that engages a fastening structure on a cover or a separate fastening element. The cover may be a perforated sheet of material or fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Hyung Min Baek, Daniel Boccuccia
  • Patent number: 10632856
    Abstract: An integrated endplate for a battery pack includes an inner wall and an outer wall. The outer wall has a first side adjacent to the inner wall and a second side opposite the first side. The outer wall includes a connector interface protruding from the second side and defining at least one aperture therethrough. The integrated endplate further includes at least one electrical connector extending between the inner wall and the outer wall to the at least one aperture of the connector interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: John Sturza, Neil Robert Burrows, Sai K. Perumalla, Rohit Gunna, Hyung Min Baek
  • Patent number: 10622687
    Abstract: A battery pack according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an enclosure including a monolithic body with at least a first sidewall and a base connected to the first sidewall and a fluid channel extending inside of at least one of the first sidewall and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Rohit Gunna, Kanchana Perumalla, Neil Robert Burrows, Hyung Min Baek
  • Publication number: 20200090117
    Abstract: Example delivery systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method identifies multiple items for delivery to a vehicle and determines whether any of the items are temperature-sensitive. If any of the items are temperature-sensitive, the method determines whether the vehicle has a variable-temperature compartment to receive the temperature-sensitive items. If the vehicle has a variable-temperature compartment, the vehicle is notified of an estimated delivery time for the temperature-sensitive items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: John Weizhong LUO, Sudipto AICH, Simon Murtha SMITH, Alexander Silvio MULLER, Jennifer L. BRACE, Hyung Min BAEK, Lynn Valerie KEISER, Aysha HABBABA
  • Patent number: 10581039
    Abstract: A traction-battery assembly includes a retention structure having a separator and first and second openings on opposing sides of the separator. The assembly also includes first and second arrays each having cells arranged such that terminals of the cells are on a terminal side of the array. The terminal sides of the first and second arrays are each disposed in one of the first or second openings such that the terminal sides face the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Lohr, Hyung Min Baek
  • Publication number: 20200019924
    Abstract: The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for delivering items to unattended vehicles. In general, aspects of the invention facilitate controlled access to one or more portions of a vehicle for item deliver. A vehicle is configured with partitions. The partitions can be deployed to close off portions of the vehicle from an area used to accept a delivered item. Partitions may be automatically deployed when a delivery arrives (from a delivery person or robot) to section off a compartment of the vehicle to limit access to the sectioned compartment. Partitions can be re-configured to prevent external access to the sectioned off compartment after a delivery is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: John Weizhong LUO, Lynn Valerie KEISER, Hyung Min BAEK, Aysha HABBABA
  • Publication number: 20190344707
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for indicating a status of a vehicle or a seat in a vehicle are disclosed herein. A system includes a plurality of seats in a vehicle, a light-diffusing fiber optic light source attached to at least one of the seats, a receiver configured to receive a status of at least one of the seats, and a controller. The controller may be configured to determine an illumination scheme based on the status of at least one of the seats and illuminate the light-diffusing fiber optic light source according to the illumination scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Zachary David NELSON, Hyung Min BAEK, Daniel BOCCUCCIA
  • Patent number: 10446893
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a heat exchanger plate having a first attachment feature and a battery assembly having a second attachment feature configured to engage the first attachment feature as the battery assembly is moved against the heat exchanger plate to thermally couple the battery assembly to the heat exchanger plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, Hyung Min Baek
  • Publication number: 20190311327
    Abstract: A system for delivering items or packages to an unattended vehicle after receiving an order for delivery of an item or package to a vehicle is disclosed. The system determines identifying information for the vehicle, where the identifying information includes a wireless identifier of the vehicle. The system determines a delivery location of the vehicle. The system transmits a request to dispatch a delivery vehicle to deliver a package to the vehicle, wherein the request comprises the identifying information and the delivery location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Aysha HABBABA, John Weizhong LUO, Lynn Valerie KEISER, Hyung Min BAEK, Sudipto AICH, Simon Murtha SMITH, Alexander Silvio MULLER, Jennifer L. BRACE
  • Patent number: 10411314
    Abstract: An exemplary battery thermal management assembly includes a first structure having a first material composition, and a second structure having a different, second material composition. The second structure is configured to exchange thermal energy between a battery array and a fluid communicated through a fluid channel that is bounded by the first and second structures. An exemplary battery thermal management method includes securing a first structure of a first material composition relative to a second structure of a different, second material composition to provide a fluid channel. The method further includes using the second structure to pass thermal energy between a battery and a fluid within the fluid channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Liptak, Hyung Min Baek, Olivia Lomax, Patrick Daniel Maguire
  • Publication number: 20190270395
    Abstract: A seat includes one or more cushions secured to a shell. The cushions include a 3D printed lattice of repeating cells. The cells may include nodes interconnected by branches. The nodes may be arranged in a cubic, parallelepiped, diamond, or other arrangement. The branches may extend directly between nodes or may be bent. The branches may extend from each node to an adjacent node that is closest to its point of attachment to the each node or the branches may be curved or bent to secure to a different adjacent node. The 3D printed lattice may include 3D printed barbs formed thereon that engage receptacles in the seat shell. The 3D printed lattice may be printed with a groove that engages a fastening structure on a cover or a separate fastening element. The cover may be a perforated sheet of material or fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Hyung Min Baek, Daniel Boccuccia
  • Patent number: 10381621
    Abstract: An exemplary battery pack assembly includes an enclosure having a plurality of horizontally facing sides extending between a first and a second vertically facing side to provide an interior, a component within the interior, and a pocket of the first vertically facing side. The pocket is vertically recessed such that a pocket floor of the pocket is vertically aligned with a portion of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Maguire, Hyung Min Baek, Rodolfo Palma, Sr., Yi Zhang, Stephen Liptak, Olivia Lomax
  • Publication number: 20190232842
    Abstract: A seat assembly includes a massage system having first and second frame members spaced-apart from one another. One or more wires interconnect the first and second frame members to define a wire array. The individual wires of the wire array are operable between at-rest and contracted conditions. One or more leads are operably coupled to the one or more wires. The leads supply a current to the one or more wires to heat the wires and move the wires from the at-rest condition to the contracted condition. The wire array can be divided into sections that contract and expand together to provide a massage sequence controlled by a controller in a preprogrammed massage feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel Boccuccia, Andres Almeida Senatore, Hyung Min Baek