Patents by Inventor Jong Kweon Pyun

Jong Kweon Pyun 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: 8833853
    Abstract: A seat for a vehicle constructed so that a side seat is provided on an opposite side of a center seat may include a first hinge shaft to which a center seat back of the center seat may be rotatably coupled for folding the center seat back forwards, a second hinge shaft to which a side seat back of the side seat may be rotatably coupled for folding the side seat back forwards, and a folding actuator assembly selectively engaging the side seat back with the center seat back, wherein the folding actuator assembly locks the center seat back to the side seat back when the side seat back may be folded, and releases the center seat back from the side seat back to fold only the center seat back when the center seat back may be folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Bong Ku Kim, Sang Ho Kim, Chan Ho Jeong, Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Deok Soo Lim, Ji Hyun Kim, Tae Hoon Lee, Soo Hyun Moon, Jun Yeol Heo, Jong Kweon Pyun
  • Patent number: 8672386
    Abstract: A seat latch structure is provided, which includes a base bracket mounted on a seat for a vehicle and having a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole formed thereon and an opening which is formed on one side thereof and into which a striker fixed to a vehicle body is inserted, a claw having a first through-hole formed thereon to correspond to the first insertion hole and a locking groove formed on one side thereof, a pawl provided on one side of the claw and having a second through-hole formed thereon to correspond to the second insertion hole, a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft inserted into the first through-hole of the claw and the second through-hole of the pawl, respectively, and a double torsion spring connecting the first through-hole and the second through-hole into which the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are inserted, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Pyeonghwa Automotive
    Inventors: Jong Moon Yoo, Tae Hoon Lee, Tae Hyung Kim, Won Gyu Kang, Byung Yong Choi, Jong Kweon Pyun, Wan Hyun Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Su Jin Jung, Seong Tae Hong
  • Patent number: 8602495
    Abstract: A fold-and-dive structure for a vehicle seat is provided, which includes a connection member connecting a cushion frame built in a seat cushion and a back frame built in a seat back to each other, a rotating link connecting a front end portion of the cushion frame and a support frame to each other, and a recliner provided on the support frame to which a lower end portion of the back frame is rotatably connected, wherein a guide frame is provided on a front side portion of the connection member, and the cushion frame is slidably coupled to the guide frame to make the seat cushion slide forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Daewon Sanup Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chan Ho Jeong, Sang Do Park, Tae Hoon Lee, Jong Kweon Pyun, Seon Chae Na, Kwang Bin Im, Do Kyun Kim, Jae Myung Hur
  • Patent number: 8408510
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing rotation of a seat frame for a vehicle having the seat frame that includes an inner link portion and an outer link portion that may be provided with a height adjustment device to adjust a height of a seat and a rack gear link may include a height link, wherein one end portion of the height link may be pivotally connected to a set bracket and the other end portion thereof may be pivotally connected to a cushion side member, and a rotation prevention link provided on the inner link portion wherein one end portion of the rotation prevention link may be pivotally hinged to the height link and the other end portion thereof may be movably installed on the set bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Dymos Inc.
    Inventors: Chan Ho Jeong, Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Bong Ku Kim, Tae Hoon Lee, Jong Kweon Pyun, Sang-Nam Park, Yong-Hee Shin
  • Patent number: 8292020
    Abstract: An automatic moving apparatus may include a collision prediction sensor, a control unit comparing a value measured by the collision prediction sensor, with a reference value stored in the control unit, and outputting a control signal when it may be determined that the value measured by the collision prediction sensor is higher than the reference value, and a headrest moving unit moving a headrest unit toward a passenger's head before the headrest unit comes into contact with the passenger's head, and including a stay rod connected to the headrest unit, both sides of the stay rod being placed in a vertical direction, tilting device tilting the stay rod forwards or backwards relative to a seatback in response to the control signal of the control unit, and vertical moving device moving the stay rod in a vertical direction in response to the control signal of the control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Dymos Inc.
    Inventors: Su Hwan Hwang, Bong Joon Lee, Eun Soo Kim, Gil Ju Kim, Jun Yeol Heo, Jong Kweon Pyun, In Ho Lee, Seung Jai Kim, Do Hyoung Kim, Sang Nam Park, Dong Gi Kim, Jin Young Nam
  • Publication number: 20120228910
    Abstract: A seat for a vehicle constructed so that a side seat is provided on an opposite side of a center seat may include a first hinge shaft to which a center seat back of the center seat may be rotatably coupled for folding the center seat back forwards, a second hinge shaft to which a side seat back of the side seat may be rotatably coupled for folding the side seat back forwards, and a folding actuator assembly selectively engaging the side seat back with the center seat back, wherein the folding actuator assembly locks the center seat back to the side seat back when the side seat back may be folded, and releases the center seat back from the side seat back to fold only the center seat back when the center seat back may be folded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Bong Ku KIM, Sang Ho Kim, Chan Ho Jeong, Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Deok Soo Lim, Ji Hyun Kim, Tae Hoon Lee, Soo Hyun Moon, Jun Yeol Heo, Jong Kweon Pyun
  • Publication number: 20120139306
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing rotation of a seat frame for a vehicle having the seat frame that includes an inner link portion and an outer link portion that may be provided with a height adjustment device to adjust a height of a seat and a rack gear link may include a height link, wherein one end portion of the height link may be pivotally connected to a set bracket and the other end portion thereof may be pivotally connected to a cushion side member, and a rotation prevention link provided on the inner link portion wherein one end portion of the rotation prevention link may be pivotally hinged to the height link and the other end portion thereof may be movably installed on the set bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Dymos Inc., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Chan Ho JEONG, Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Bong Ku Kim, Tae Hoon Lee, Jong Kweon Pyun, Sang-Nam Park, Yong-Hee Shin
  • Publication number: 20120139311
    Abstract: A fold-and-dive structure for a vehicle seat is provided, which includes a connection member connecting a cushion frame built in a seat cushion and a back frame built in a seat back to each other, a rotating link connecting a front end portion of the cushion frame and a support frame to each other, and a recliner provided on the support frame to which a lower end portion of the back frame is rotatably connected, wherein a guide frame is provided on a front side portion of the connection member, and the cushion frame is slidably coupled to the guide frame to make the seat cushion slide forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, DAEWON SANUP CO., LTD., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Chan Ho Jeong, Sang Do Park, Tae Hoon Lee, Jong Kweon Pyun, Seon Chae Na, Kwang Bin Im, Do Kyun Kim, Jae Myung Hur
  • Patent number: 8183477
    Abstract: A switch apparatus for adjusting a power seat in a vehicle, may include a body, a plurality of switches installed on the body including a first switch manipulated in a horizontal direction, and a second switch spaced apart from the first switch and manipulated in a vertical direction, and a guide bracket, a first end portion of which is integrally coupled to the first switch and a second end portion of which is placed around the second switch and selectively coupled to the second switch according to a horizontal movement of the first switch, wherein the second switch is movable in the vertical direction while the first switch is in a neutral position, while the first switch is out of the neutral position, and wherein the second end portion of the guide bracket is interfered with the second switch while the second switch is out of a neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Duckil Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Woo Jeong, Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Seung Su Han, Dong Yeoul Kim, Gil Ju Kim, Bong Ku Kim, Yeong Uk Kim, Jun Yeol Heo, Jong Kweon Pyun, Myung Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8172319
    Abstract: An actuator of an active headrest apparatus for a vehicle, which is operably connected to a headrest assembly and selectively allows a headrest of the headrest assembly to pop out forwards when a vehicle collision occurs, may include a housing installed on a seatback frame and formed with a guide groove, an operating plate elastically supported over the housing, an operating bracket arranged between the housing and the operating plate and having a guide projection slidably inserted into the guide groove of the housing, and an operating wire unit connecting the operating bracket with the headrest assembly, wherein the operating wire unit includes an operating wire and an operating wire retainer to slidably receive the operating wire therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Dymos Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Dong Woo Jeong, Gil Ju Kim, Bong Ku Kim, Jun Yeol Heo, Jong Kweon Pyun, Sang Nam Park, Jong Yun Lee, In Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20120080928
    Abstract: A seat latch structure is provided, which includes a base bracket mounted on a seat for a vehicle and having a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole formed thereon and an opening which is formed on one side thereof and into which a striker fixed to a vehicle body is inserted, a claw having a first through-hole formed thereon to correspond to the first insertion hole and a locking groove formed on one side thereof, a pawl provided on one side of the claw and having a second through-hole formed thereon to correspond to the second insertion hole, a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft inserted into the first through-hole of the claw and the second through-hole of the pawl, respectively, and a double torsion spring connecting the first through-hole and the second through-hole into which the first rotating shaft and the second rotating shaft are inserted, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, PYEONGHWA AUTOMOTIVE, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Moon YOO, Tae Hoon Lee, Tae Hyung Kim, Won Gyu Kang, Byung Yong Choi, Jong Kweon Pyun, Wan Hyun Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Su Jin Jung, Seong Tae Hong
  • Publication number: 20120013155
    Abstract: An automatic moving apparatus may include a collision prediction sensor, a control unit comparing a value measured by the collision prediction sensor, with a reference value stored in the control unit, and outputting a control signal when it may be determined that the value measured by the collision prediction sensor is higher than the reference value, and a headrest moving unit moving a headrest unit toward a passenger's head before the headrest unit comes into contact with the passenger's head, and including a stay rod connected to the headrest unit, both sides of the stay rod being placed in a vertical direction, tilting device tilting the stay rod forwards or backwards relative to a seatback in response to the control signal of the control unit, and vertical moving device moving the stay rod in a vertical direction in response to the control signal of the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Applicants: Dymos Inc., Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Su Hwan HWANG, Bong Joon Lee, Eun Soo Kim, Gil Ju Kim, Jun Yeol Heo, Jong Kweon Pyun, In Ho Lee, Seung Jai Kim, Do Hyoung Kim, Sang Nam Park, Dong Gi Kim, Jin Young Nam
  • Patent number: 8079640
    Abstract: The present invention provides a seat cover for a vehicle which is configured such that when a side airbag is initially deployed, an airbag can be smoothly guided in a lateral direction. The seat cover includes a front sheet, a rear sheet and a side sheet. A reinforcing fabric is provided on an inner surface of the front sheet. The side sheet is sewn at a first edge thereof to the front sheet and sewn at a second edge thereof to the rear sheet. A reinforcing liner is adhered or welded to an inner surface of the side sheet. The reinforcing fabric is less extensible or stretchable than the reinforcing liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Ho Kim, Ki Jin Kwon, Jong Kweon Pyun, Jae Young Kim
  • Patent number: 8052208
    Abstract: An apparatus for locking a table of a seat back to selectively secure the table in multiple stages, may include a base, a shaft coupled to the base and the table, an actuating arm fastened to the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, the actuating arm having actuating gear teeth, a locking arm rotatably provided on the base, wherein the locking arm includes locking gear teeth and the locking gear teeth is selectively engaged with the actuating gear teeth by the actuating arm such that when the actuating arm is rotated in a forward direction, the actuating gear teeth is engaged with the locking gear teeth or pass over the locking gear teeth according to rotational degree of the actuating arm, and a locking arm holding unit co-axially coupled with the actuating arm to the base and selectively activated by the actuating arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Dymos Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Ho Kim, Hyun Ko, Chae Hoon Ma, Sung Ah Kim, Seung Hyock Tak, Jong Kweon Pyun, Jin Ho Seo
  • Patent number: 7967382
    Abstract: The side bolster apparatus includes a pressing unit formed on one side of a foldable seat back and rotating around a rotating shaft of the seat back, bolster installed so as to protrude from a rear side of the seat back, and an external force transmitting unit receiving external force from the pressing unit when the seat back is unfolded and transmitting the received external force to the bolster such that the bolsters protrude from the seat back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Kweon Pyun, Chan Ho Jeong, Jung Sang You, Ki Jin Kwon
  • Publication number: 20100140905
    Abstract: The present invention provides a seat cover for a vehicle which is configured such that when a side airbag is initially deployed, an airbag can be smoothly guided in a lateral direction. The seat cover includes a front sheet, a rear sheet and a side sheet. A reinforcing fabric is provided on an inner surface of the front sheet. The side sheet is sewn at a first edge thereof to the front sheet and sewn at a second edge thereof to the rear sheet. A reinforcing liner is adhered or welded to an inner surface of the side sheet. The reinforcing fabric is less extensible or stretchable than the reinforcing liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Ho KIM, Ki Jin KWON, Jong Kweon PYUN, Jae Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20100133082
    Abstract: A switch apparatus for adjusting a power seat in a vehicle, may include a body, a plurality of switches installed on the body including a first switch manipulated in a horizontal direction, and a second switch spaced apart from the first switch and manipulated in a vertical direction, and a guide bracket, a first end portion of which is integrally coupled to the first switch and a second end portion of which is placed around the second switch and selectively coupled to the second switch according to a horizontal movement of the first switch, wherein the second switch is movable in the vertical direction while the first switch is in a neutral position, while the first switch is out of the neutral position, and wherein the second end portion of the guide bracket is interfered with the second switch while the second switch is out of a neutral position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Duckil Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Woo JEONG, Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Seung Su Han, Dong Yeoul Kim, Gil Ju Kim, Bong Ku Kim, Yeong Uk Kim, Jun Yeol Heo, Jong Kweon Pyun, Myung Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20100133857
    Abstract: An apparatus for locking a table of a seat back to selectively secure the table in multiple stages, may include a base, a shaft coupled to the base and the table, an actuating arm fastened to the shaft and rotatable with the shaft, the actuating arm having actuating gear teeth, a locking arm rotatably provided on the base, wherein the locking arm includes locking gear teeth and the locking gear teeth is selectively engaged with the actuating gear teeth by the actuating arm such that when the actuating arm is rotated in a forward direction, the actuating gear teeth is engaged with the locking gear teeth or pass over the locking gear teeth according to rotational degree of the actuating arm, and a locking arm holding unit co-axially coupled with the actuating arm to the base and selectively activated by the actuating arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Dymos Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Ho KIM, Hyun Ko, Chae Hoon Ma, Sung Ah Kim, Seung Hyock Tak, Jong Kweon Pyun, Jin Ho Seo
  • Publication number: 20100127540
    Abstract: An actuator of an active headrest apparatus for a vehicle, which is operably connected to a headrest assembly and selectively allows a headrest of the headrest assembly to pop out forwards when a vehicle collision occurs, may include a housing installed on a seatback frame and formed with a guide groove, an operating plate elastically supported over the housing, an operating bracket arranged between the housing and the operating plate and having a guide projection slidably inserted into the guide groove of the housing, and an operating wire unit connecting the operating bracket with the headrest assembly, wherein the operating wire unit includes an operating wire and an operating wire retainer to slidably receive the operating wire therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Dymos Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Do Park, Hak Gyun Kim, Dong Woo Jeong, Gil Ju Kim, Bong Ku Kim, Jun Yeol Heo, Jong Kweon Pyun, Sang Nam Park, Jong Yun Lee, In Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20100045087
    Abstract: The side bolster apparatus includes a pressing unit formed on one side of a foldable seat back and rotating around a rotating shaft of the seat back, bolster installed so as to protrude from a rear side of the seat back, and an external force transmitting unit receiving external force from the pressing unit when the seat back is unfolded and transmitting the received external force to the bolster such that the bolsters protrude from the seat back.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Kweon Pyun, Chan Ho Jeong, Jung Sang You, Ki Jin Kwon