Patents by Inventor Joo Seon YOO
Joo Seon YOO 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: 11851009Abstract: The emblem for a steering wheel includes: a rim of the steering wheel; the rim including a coupling groove formed in an outer surface thereof; an emblem bracket coupled into the coupling groove; and an emblem assembly including an emblem body, an emblem logo, and a logo portion formed on the emblem logo, the emblem assembly fastened into the emblem bracket in a state in which the logo portion is exposed from a surface of the emblem body.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia CorporationInventors: Joo Seon Yoo, Jun Yong Min
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Patent number: 11390238Abstract: A seat-mounted airbag device may include a seatback cushion built in a seatback of a vehicle. The seatback cushion includes side portions configured to be deployed from both side peripheral portions of a seat to a front of the seat to protect sides of an occupant when deployed by gas supplied by an inflator into the seatback cushion. Chest portions of the seatback cushion extend from front ends of the side portions to surround a chest of the occupant to protect the chest of the occupant. The airbag device includes one or more seatback tethers connected to a seat frame and mounted in the seat. When the seatback cushion is deployed, the seatback tethers are deployed along with the seatback cushion to support the chest in a top-bottom direction thereof, thereby supporting an upper body of the occupant.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyo Shub Shin, Hyock In Kwon, Joo Seon Yoo, Choong Ryung Lee, Sang Won Hwangbo
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Patent number: 11383666Abstract: A side airbag (SAB) of a vehicle includes: a main chamber disposed in a seat to be deployed from a side surface portion of the seat and, when deployed, configured to cover at least one of a thoracic region, an abdomen region, or a pelvis region of an occupant; a main inflator configured to supply gas to the main chamber to deploy the main chamber; and an auxiliary chamber communicating with the main chamber to allow the gas inside the main chamber to be supplied to an interior of the auxiliary chamber and connected to the main chamber to be deploy above the main chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Joo Seon Yoo, Hyock In Kwon, Hyo Shub Shin
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Publication number: 20220194305Abstract: The emblem for a steering wheel includes: a rim of the steering wheel; the rim including a coupling groove formed in an outer surface thereof; an emblem bracket coupled into the coupling groove; and an emblem assembly including an emblem body, an emblem logo, and a logo portion formed on the emblem logo, the emblem assembly fastened into the emblem bracket in a state in which the logo portion is exposed from a surface of the emblem body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia CorporationInventors: Joo Seon YOO, Jun Yong MIN
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Patent number: 11287830Abstract: A control method of a multipurpose rollable moving device may include monitoring the object docked at a docking portion, a docking portion and a driving device; identifying the object mounted on a mounting portion through an identifier element; determining whether or not a camera is mounted; determining whether or not a current mode is an object following mode when the camera is mounted; recognizing a following object when the current mode is the object following mode; determining a distance and a direction to the object; and executing a driving control and a posture control through the driving device depending on the distance and direction to the object.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Nam Gyun Kim, Jae Suk Seo, Hong Gyun Lim, Joo Seon Yoo, Young A Jung, Yong Uk Seo, Kyung Ho Yoo
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Patent number: 11142157Abstract: An airbag system for a vehicle includes: a plurality of airbag modules disposed at a roof of a vehicle, allowing a cushion to be deployed toward an indoor space of the vehicle when deployed, and arranged to correspond to respective seats of the vehicle; at least one actuator configured to move an airbag module of the plurality of airbag modules in a longitudinal or lateral direction of the vehicle and to rotate the airbag module in place; and a controller controlling the at least one actuator to move the airbag module corresponding to a matched seat of the vehicle when a position of a seat or a reclined angle of a seatback is changed, and to rotate the airbag module when an orientation angle of the seat is changed, and to control the cushion of the airbag module to be deployed when a vehicle collision occurs.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Tae In Kim, Joo Seon Yoo
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Publication number: 20210170983Abstract: A seat-mounted airbag device may include a seatback cushion built in a seatback of a vehicle. The seatback cushion includes side portions configured to be deployed from both side peripheral portions of a seat to a front of the sear to protect sides of an occupant when deployed by gas supplied by an inflator into the seatback cushion. Chest portions of the seatback cushion extend from front ends of the side portions to surround a chest of the occupant to protect the chest of the occupant. The airbag device includes one or more seatback tethers connected to a seat frame and mounted in the seat. When the seatback cushion is deployed, the seatback tethers are deployed along with the seatback cushion to support the chest in a top-bottom direction thereof, thereby supporting an upper body of the occupant.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hundai Mobis Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyo Shub SHIN, Hyock In Kwon, Joo Seon Yoo, Choong Ryung Lee, Sang Won Hwangbo
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Publication number: 20210122318Abstract: A side airbag (SAB) of a vehicle includes: a main chamber disposed in a seat to be deployed from a side surface portion of the seat and, when deployed, configured to cover at least one of a thoracic region, an abdomen region, or a pelvis region of an occupant; a main inflator configured to supply gas to the main chamber to deploy the main chamber; and an auxiliary chamber communicating with the main chamber to allow the gas inside the main chamber to be supplied to an interior of the auxiliary chamber and connected to the main chamber to be deploy above the main chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2020Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Joo Seon Yoo, Hyock In Kwon, Hyo Shub Shin
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Patent number: 10933836Abstract: A safety device for a vehicle, which includes a main armrest, an auxiliary armrest that obliquely extends from a front end portion of the main armrest toward the center of a seat, a first airbag chamber that is accommodated in the main armrest and that, when triggered to expand, expands upward along a lateral body of a vehicle occupant and thus laterally holds an arm of the vehicle occupant in place, a second airbag chamber that extends protrusively from an upper end portion of the first airbag chamber toward a neck of the vehicle occupant and thus holds a shoulder of the vehicle occupant in place, and a front-body abdominal chamber that is mounted in the auxiliary armrest and that, when triggered to expand, expands toward an abdomen of the vehicle occupant and thus holds a front body of the vehicle occupant in place.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Joo Seon Yoo, Hyo Shub Shin
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Patent number: 10836337Abstract: A multi-frontal airbag for a vehicle and an airbag deployment system using the same are provided. The system includes a sensing unit that collects the state information of a seat. A first airbag module is disposed within the vehicle and includes a first cushion that is deployed toward the front of a passenger and a first inflator that supplies gas to the first cushion. A second airbag module is disposed within a roof above the passenger and includes a second cushion that is deployed downwards and a second inflator that supplies gas to the second cushion. A controller receives the state information of the seat from the sensing unit, and adjusts the operations or operation timings of the first airbag module and the second airbag module.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hyo Shub Shin, Joo Seon Yoo
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Publication number: 20200346607Abstract: An airbag system for a vehicle includes: a plurality of airbag modules disposed at a roof of a vehicle, allowing a cushion to be deployed toward an indoor space of the vehicle when deployed, and arranged to correspond to respective seats of the vehicle; at least one actuator configured to move an airbag module of the plurality of airbag modules in a longitudinal or lateral direction of the vehicle and to rotate the airbag module in place; and a controller controlling the at least one actuator to move the airbag module corresponding to a matched seat of the vehicle when a position of a seat or a reclined angle of a seatback is changed, and to rotate the airbag module when an orientation angle of the seat is changed, and to control the cushion of the airbag module to be deployed when a vehicle collision occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Tae In Kim, Joo Seon Yoo
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Patent number: 10759374Abstract: an airbag for a vehicle is provided. In particular, a deployment position of an airbag cushion is changed to correspond to the occupant's seating position or the occupant's lying position in response to the vehicle collision. Accordingly, the occupant is more safely protected regardless of seating position.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Joo Seon Yoo, Hyock In Kwon
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Publication number: 20200189514Abstract: A safety device for a vehicle, which includes a main armrest, an auxiliary armrest that obliquely extends from a front end portion of the main armrest toward the center of a seat, a first airbag chamber that is accommodated in the main armrest and that, when triggered to expand, expands upward along a lateral body of a vehicle occupant and thus laterally holds an arm of the vehicle occupant in place, a second airbag chamber that extends protrusively from an upper end portion of the first airbag chamber toward a neck of the vehicle occupant and thus holds a shoulder of the vehicle occupant in place, and a front-body abdominal chamber that is mounted in the auxiliary armrest and that, when triggered to expand, expands toward an abdomen of the vehicle occupant and thus holds a front body of the vehicle occupant in place.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors CorporationInventors: Joo Seon Yoo, Hyo Shub Shin
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Publication number: 20200183410Abstract: A control method of a multipurpose rollable moving device may include monitoring the object docked at a docking portion, a docking portion and a driving device; identifying the object mounted on a mounting portion through an identifier element; determining whether or not a camera is mounted; determining whether or not a current mode is an object following mode when the camera is mounted; recognizing a following object when the current mode is the object following mode; determining a distance and a direction to the object; and executing a driving control and a posture control through the driving device depending on the distance and direction to the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Nam Gyun KIM, Jae Suk SEO, Hong Gyun LIM, Joo Seon YOO, Young A JUNG, Yong Uk SEO, Kyung Ho YOO
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Publication number: 20200122665Abstract: A multi-frontal airbag for a vehicle and an airbag deployment system using the same are provided. The system includes a sensing unit that collects the state information of a seat. A first airbag module is disposed within the vehicle and includes a first cushion that is deployed toward the front of a passenger and a first inflator that supplies gas to the first cushion. A second airbag module is disposed within a roof above the passenger and includes a second cushion that is deployed downwards and a second inflator that supplies gas to the second cushion. A controller receives the state information of the seat from the sensing unit, and adjusts the operations or operation timings of the first airbag module and the second airbag module.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2018Publication date: April 23, 2020Inventors: Hyo Shub Shin, Joo Seon Yoo
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Publication number: 20190176744Abstract: an airbag for a vehicle is provided. In particular, a deployment position of an airbag cushion is changed to correspond to the occupant's seating position or the occupant's lying position in response to the vehicle collision. Accordingly, the occupant is more safely protected regardless of seating position.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventors: Joo Seon Yoo, Hyock In Kwon
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Patent number: 10131314Abstract: A curtain airbag for a vehicle may include a curtain airbag cushion; a venting chamber that fills a space between an end portion of a frontal airbag on the door window side and an A pillar; and a first vent opening formed in a portion of the venting chamber, the portion being near the door window.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Joo Seon Yoo, Jae Ho Choi
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Publication number: 20180099525Abstract: A multipurpose rollable moving device is provided. The multipurpose rollable moving device includes: a spherical driving wheel; a driving device that is installed within the driving wheel in order to apply a torque to the spherical driving wheel; a docking portion that is installed within the spherical driving wheel to generate a magnetic force; and a mounting portion that may be attached to a surface of the spherical driving wheel by a magnetic force of the docking portion and that may mount an article. Therefore, the multipurpose rollable moving device can mount an article and easily stably move in an omnidirection on the ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Nam Gyun KIM, Kyung Ho YOO, Jae Suk SEO, Yong Uk SEO, Young A JUNG, Hong Gyun LIM, Joo Seon YOO
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Publication number: 20180079382Abstract: A curtain airbag for a vehicle may include a curtain airbag cushion; a venting chamber that fills a space between an end portion of a frontal airbag on the door window side and an A pillar; and a first vent opening formed in a portion of the venting chamber, the portion being near the door window.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: March 22, 2018Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Joo Seon YOO, Jae Ho Choi