Patents by Inventor Jin-ho Hwang

Jin-ho Hwang 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: 11648985
    Abstract: A prefabricated vehicle may include a body module providing a vehicle body; a platform module having a battery and a driving wheel, and selectively fastened to the body module; a connecting portion that includes a magnetic module provided in any one of the body module and the platform module and an armature provided in a remaining one of the body module and the platform module, the connecting portion being configured such that the magnetic module and the armature face each other when the body module and the platform module are fastened to each other; and a controller connecting the body module and the platform module to each other to be easily replaceable by applying power to the magnetic module to allow the magnetic module and the armature to be connected to each other by a magnetic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 11642987
    Abstract: A sliding unit for a vehicle, the sliding unit may include a rail provided on the vehicle; a fixing portion formed of a material through which magnetism is flowable and provided along a direction in which the rail extends; a moving portion that is slidable along the rail; and a magnetic module provided in the moving portion, disposed toward the fixing portion, and selectively locked to the fixing portion by a magnetic path to selectively fix the moving portion to the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee
  • Publication number: 20230110162
    Abstract: A logistics transport system includes individual transport cart of traveling by first driving unit and transporting a cargo to a delivery position; a transport vehicle of traveling by second driving unit and driving to the delivery position in loading the individual transport cart thereon to deliver a cargo or driving to an intermediate base point and then separating the individual transport cart therefrom at the intermediate base point; and a control unit configured to, when the cargo is delivered from a terminal at which the cargo is loaded to the delivery position, control the individual transport cart to deliver the cargo from the terminal to the delivery position by the individual transport cart, or control the transport vehicle to deliver the individual transport cart to the intermediate base point and then control the individual transport cart to deliver the cargo from the intermediate base point to the delivery position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Heon LEE, Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230105498
    Abstract: A sliding device configured for a vehicle, includes a magnetic module configured to slide on a floor of the vehicle and be fixed to the floor by a magnetic force or unfixed from the floor depending on a change in magnetic circuit due to a rotation of a first magnetic body provided in the magnetic module; a plurality of catching portions formed on the floor, spaced from one another, and provided along a movement route of the magnetic module, and fastening portions provided on the magnetic module and configured to be pressed downward by a first elastic body, the fastening portions being configured to mechanically fasten the magnetic module to the floor by being lowered and caught by the catching portions when the fastening portions are matched with the catching portions while the magnetic module moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Yong San Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Ho HWANG, Sang Heon LEE, Dong Eun CHA, Choon Taik KIM, Hyung Jin KIM, Sang Hoon LEE
  • Patent number: 11603009
    Abstract: A vehicle battery exchange system includes: a battery charger configured to store multiple batteries therein, and including a first battery locking device that is configured to be unlocked when each of the batteries is withdrawn from the battery charger and is configured to be locked when the batteries are stored in the battery charger, the battery charger charging a battery among the stored batteries when a state-of-charge of the corresponding battery is insufficient; and a server configured to: communicate with the battery charger and a vehicle and guiding the vehicle to a position of the battery charger when a charge request is received from the vehicle, control the first battery locking device to be unlocked when the vehicle is authenticated, and control the first battery locking device to be locked when exchange of batteries between the authenticated vehicle and the battery charger is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha
  • Publication number: 20230069876
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a noise reduction device includes a housing; and a slit located inside the housing and having a unit cell located therein, the unit cell comprising a sound absorbing layer configured to absorb noise generated from a sound source inside the housing, and a meta-material panel layer located on one surface of the sound absorbing layer, the meta-material panel layer comprising a sound meta-material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Ji Ah Kim, Min Ho Cho, Byoung Chul Park, Young Hwan Yoon, Kang Ho Cheon, Eun Gook Kim, Young Don Choi, Jin Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11597306
    Abstract: A multi-functional door for a vehicle includes a door body disposed on one side of the vehicle and configured to be opened or closed. The door body has an inner side surface facing an indoor space of the vehicle and an outer side surface facing the outside of the vehicle. The multi-functional door further includes a door seat that is coupled to the inner side surface of the door body and is configured to be enclosed in or unfolded from the door body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha
  • Patent number: 11597262
    Abstract: A connection system for a house and a vehicle, may include a vehicle door provided in the vehicle to open or close a vehicle entrance through which a passenger enters or exits the vehicle and allowing an internal space of the vehicle to be exposed into the house when authenticated by the house; and a hatch provided in a house entrance on a side wall of the house to selectively couple the house entrance and the vehicle entrance with each other so that an internal space of the vehicle and an internal space of the house are connected to each other in a state that the vehicle door is open when the authenticated vehicle is parked on a side of the house entrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 11597300
    Abstract: A vehicle body of a vehicle may include a floor portion which is provided for a driving unit of the vehicle to be mounted therein, and a seat frame member mounted with a seat of the vehicle while being selectively coupled to a plurality of points on the floor portion, to form the vehicle body, for achieving seat mounting and vehicle body configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Hyun Song
  • Publication number: 20230061957
    Abstract: A cover unit is disposed on both sides of a mounting plate that is coupled to a roof side of a vehicle, respectively. The cover unit includes a first movement guide and a second movement guide formed with movement paths and a guide frame unit that is disposed on the cover unit, respectively, and connected to each other, and sliding and moving along a guide rail provided on the mounting plate. AN angle adjustment unit has a mounting angle that is adjusted as the guide frame unit slides and moves and is coupled to be engaged with the guide frame unit. A handle unit is rotatably coupled to the guide frame unit, and has a drawn-out location and a drawn-out angle that is adjusted step by step by moving along the movement path to allow the angle adjustment unit to be selectively engaged with the guide frame unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Min Ho Cho, Ji Ah Kim, Jin Ho Hwang, Ha Ryung Park
  • Publication number: 20230054338
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a luggage loading device for mobility capable of improving loading convenience by automating the loading and arrangement of a luggage inside the loading space of the mobility, and a luggage loading method for mobility using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun CHA, Sang Heon LEE
  • Patent number: 11577566
    Abstract: A combinable and detachable vehicle includes: a front connecting portion and a rear connecting portion provided at a front portion and a rear portion of a vehicle, respectively, and connected to another vehicle when the vehicle is combined with the other vehicle; a front monitoring portion and a rear monitoring portion monitoring a forward area and a rearward area of the vehicle, respectively; and a controller determining whether the other vehicle is connected to the front connecting portion or the rear connecting portion of the vehicle based on information received from the front connecting portion or the rear connecting portion, or the front monitoring portion or the rear monitoring portion, and controlling whether to operate each of a front component and a rear component of the vehicle depending on a direction of the vehicle is connected to the other vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
  • Publication number: 20230038501
    Abstract: An armrest apparatus for vehicles includes a body that is combined with a mounting area provided on a side surface of an interior of a vehicle to be slidably movable and on which a passenger rests an arm. A movement guide of the apparatus protrudes from the body and is inserted into a mounting groove provided in the mounting area to guide movement of the body along the mounting groove. A mounting unit is provided in the mounting area and supports the body and fixes a position of the body withdrawn from the mounting area through sliding movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Ji Ah Kim, Min Ho Cho, Jin Ho Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230045059
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an assembled vehicle and introduces a multipurpose assembly-type vehicle comprising: a chassis module comprising multiple floor parts constituting a lower portion of the vehicle, each floor part being able to exchange electric power or data with an adjacent floor part when fastened to each other; and a cabin module comprising multiple cabin parts constituting an upper portion of the vehicle, each cabin part being fastened to a corresponding floor part of the lower portion so as to form an indoor space, and each cabin part being able to exchange electric power or data with the floor part or with another cabin part adjacent thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun CHA, Sang Heon LEE, Jin Ho HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230045723
    Abstract: A parking management system includes a guide robot disposed in a parking space provided with a plurality of parking areas, the guide robot being configured to be matched with a vehicle entering the parking space and to be driven ahead of the matched vehicle to guide the matched vehicle to an allocated parking area, and a management server configured to recognize the vehicle entering the parking space, to match the recognized vehicle with the guide robot, to monitor the parking space to identify a parking status of each of the parking areas, to allocate a parking area to the matched vehicle based on the identified parking status, and to control the guide robot to be driven to the allocated parking area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Woo Young CHOI, Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun CHA, Sang Heon LEE
  • Publication number: 20230044597
    Abstract: Each panel forming a variable mechanism is maintained in a state accommodated on an internal wall surface to secure a cabin space of a mobility, and according to the need of a passenger, the rotational position of each panel is changed so that a shape of the variable mechanism is transformed, providing a convenient function. Accordingly, a space utilization apparatus of mobility that can secure a cabin space by removing an unused space of the cabin space when the convenience function is not used in the cabin space of the mobility, and can improve the space utilization by selectively providing the convenience function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun CHA, Sang Heon LEE, Jin Ho HWANG
  • Patent number: 11571985
    Abstract: A parking guidance system of a parking lot includes: a first license plate number recognizing device recognizing a license plate number of a vehicle entering or exiting from a parking lot; and a server classifying a priority of the vehicle and distinguishing whether the vehicle is a parking or charging use vehicle based on the license plate number, assigning a parking or charging spot based on at least one of the classified priority, information on whether the vehicle is the parking use vehicle or the charging use vehicle, or information on remaining parking spots and remaining charging spots, providing a guidance on a position of the assigned parking spot or charging spot to the vehicle until the vehicle arrives at the position, and determining a parking fee or a charging fee of the vehicle and providing a guidance on the fee when the vehicle exits the parking lot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha
  • Publication number: 20230022812
    Abstract: A storage vehicle for a mobility includes a seat provided inside the storage vehicle and spaced from a floor of the storage vehicle upward to form a separation space below the seat; a storage slot formed in the separation space below the seat, opened to an external side of the storage vehicle through a portion of a sidewall of the storage vehicle, and configured to store the mobility therein; a door provided in the opening portion of the storage slot; and an opening/closing portion provided on a side of the door and configured to operate the door upward or downward to open or close an opening portion of the storage slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun CHA, Sang Heon LEE, Jin Ho HWANG
  • Patent number: 11560098
    Abstract: A vehicle roof system and a method of controlling the vehicle roof system are provided. The vehicle roof system includes an opening-closing module that is provided on a roof of a vehicle and a loading module that is provided on the top of the opening-closing module. A locking mechanism is also provided within the loading module. The opening-closing module is slid in one direction or in the opposite direction to open or close the roof. The loading module has a loading space that is separated from an indoor space in the vehicle, with the opening-closing module disposed in between. The locking mechanism supports a weight of a load when in operation for locking and no longer supports the weight of the load when in operation for unlocking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 11554824
    Abstract: A mobility unit may include a driving portion connected to a driveshaft of a vehicle for providing driving force to the vehicle, a rear glass portion provided at a rear portion of the vehicle to be operable to isolate the rear portion of the vehicle, a front connection portion or a rear connection portion provided at the front or at the rear of the vehicle to be fastened to another vehicle, and an integrated controller for controlling the operation of the front connection portion or the rear connection portion depending on the direction in which the vehicle is coupled to another vehicle and controlling the operation of the rear glass portion and the driving portion when the vehicle is coupled to another vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Heon Lee, Jin Ho Hwang, Dong Eun Cha