Patents by Inventor Jun Yeol Choi
Jun Yeol Choi 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: 11541841Abstract: Disclosed is an airbag apparatus capable of safely protecting a passenger by increasing the width of an airbag cushion in a leftward-rightward direction when the passenger comes into contact with the airbag cushion. The airbag apparatus includes: a first tether disposed inside the airbag cushion in a forward-backward direction, and a second tether disposed inside the airbag cushion in the leftward-rightward direction and connected to the first tether. When the passenger comes into contact with the airbag cushion upon deployment of the airbag cushion, the width of the airbag cushion in the leftward-rightward direction is increased.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Jun Yeol Choi
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Publication number: 20220185222Abstract: Disclosed is an airbag apparatus capable of safely protecting a passenger by increasing the width of an airbag cushion in a leftward-rightward direction when the passenger comes into contact with the airbag cushion. The airbag apparatus includes: a first tether disposed inside the airbag cushion in a forward-backward direction, and a second tether disposed inside the airbag cushion in the leftward-rightward direction and connected to the first tether. When the passenger comes into contact with the airbag cushion upon deployment of the airbag cushion, the width of the airbag cushion in the leftward-rightward direction is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2021Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Jun Yeol CHOI
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Patent number: 11305721Abstract: A curtain airbag system of a vehicle is provided and omits a front or rear pillar area of a roof/side frame for a space for accommodating an airbag cushion. The airbag cushion is guided by a connection tether for a deployment direction to deploy the airbag cushion to a protection zone for an occupant. Additionally, the airbag cushion is folded in a zigzag form to expose the connection tether, thereby guiding the airbag cushion for the deployment direction and securing a deployment speed.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Jun Yeol Choi
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Patent number: 11299122Abstract: An airbag apparatus may include an airbag module mounted at a lower end portion of a crash pad; an airbag cushion configured to deploy from the airbag module to deploy in a space between a knee portion and a head portion of a passenger, wherein a tether is connected to the airbag cushion in a deployment direction of the airbag cushion toward at least one of the knee portion, a chest portion, and the head portion of the passenger to form an integrated deployment shape of the airbag cushion; and a release device connected to the tether close to the airbag module, and operated to allow the tether to be released or maintained in a fixed state in a deployment process of the airbag cushion depending on a body shape of the passenger on a seat of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Jun Yeol Choi
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Publication number: 20210387591Abstract: An airbag apparatus may include an airbag module mounted at a lower end portion of a crash pad; an airbag cushion configured to deploy from the airbag module to deploy in a space between a knee portion and a head portion of a passenger, wherein a tether is connected to the airbag cushion in a deployment direction of the airbag cushion toward at least one of the knee portion, a chest portion, and the head portion of the passenger to form an integrated deployment shape of the airbag cushion; and a release device connected to the tether close to the airbag module, and operated to allow the tether to be released or maintained in a fixed state in a deployment process of the airbag cushion depending on a body shape of the passenger on a seat of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2020Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Jun Yeol CHOI
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Patent number: 11148626Abstract: A method of controlling an airbag inflator, may include determining, when an occupant is accommodated on a seat, whether the weight of the occupant is in which of first to fourth weight ranges sequentially allocated by a controller, performing a first logic for operating an inflator at the lowest one of three intensities by the controller when it is determined that the weight of the occupant is in the lightest first weight range, and performing a second logic for operating the inflator at the intermediate intensity or a third logic for operating the inflator at the highest intensity by the controller, according to conditions such as a position of a seat, a state of operation of a recliner, a collision condition, a collision pulse, and wearing of a belt, when it is determined that the weight of the occupant is in the third or fourth weight range.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Jun Yeol Choi
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Publication number: 20210107425Abstract: A curtain airbag system of a vehicle is provided and omits a front or rear pillar area of a roof/side frame for a space for accommodating an airbag cushion. The airbag cushion is guided by a connection tether for a deployment direction to deploy the airbag cushion to a protection zone for an occupant. Additionally, the airbag cushion is folded in a zigzag form to expose the connection tether, thereby guiding the airbag cushion for the deployment direction and securing a deployment speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventor: Jun Yeol Choi
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Patent number: 10940826Abstract: A passenger airbag inflator for a vehicle includes: a housing having a first gunpowder therein, including a vent hole, and communicating with an airbag cushion; a first chamber located in a first side inner space of the housing, having a first booster and a first igniter, and configured to be triggered forwardly when the first igniter is ignited; and a second chamber located in a second side inner space of the housing, having a second booster and a second gunpowder, including a second igniter, and configured to be triggered forwardly when the second igniter is ignited.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Jun Yeol Choi
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Publication number: 20200189509Abstract: A method of controlling an airbag inflator, may include determining, when an occupant is accommodated on a seat, whether the weight of the occupant is in which of first to fourth weight ranges sequentially allocated by a controller, performing a first logic for operating an inflator at the lowest one of three intensities by the controller when it is determined that the weight of the occupant is in the lightest first weight range, and performing a second logic for operating the inflator at the intermediate intensity or a third logic for operating the inflator at the highest intensity by the controller, according to conditions such as a position of a seat, a state of operation of a recliner, a collision condition, a collision pulse, and wearing of a belt, when it is determined that the weight of the occupant is in the third or fourth weight range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Jun Yeol CHOI
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Publication number: 20200180549Abstract: A passenger airbag inflator for a vehicle includes: a housing having a first gunpowder therein, including a vent hole, and communicating with an airbag cushion; a first chamber located in a first side inner space of the housing, having a first booster and a first igniter, and configured to be triggered forwardly when the first igniter is ignited; and a second chamber located in a second side inner space of the housing, having a second booster and a second gunpowder, including a second igniter, and configured to be triggered forwardly when the second igniter is ignited.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventor: Jun Yeol Choi
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Patent number: 10501046Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle may include an airbag cushion configured to be provided with a vent hole for discharging inflation gas therein to the outside; a flap configured to have an external circumferential surface partially coupled to the airbag cushion along a rim of the vent hole; and a tether configured to have one end portion penetrating through the vent hole of the airbag cushion to be coupled to an internal side surface of the flap and be partially supported on an internal side surface of the airbag cushion to pull the flap when the airbag cushion is fully deployed, to close the vent hole and release a tensile force when the airbag cushion is loaded to deploy the flap outwardly of the airbag cushion by the inflation gas, to open the vent hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Kyung Taek Lim, Jun Yeol Choi, Jae Ho Choi
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Patent number: 10434997Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes an input portion configured to receive an engagement operation signal; a determiner configured to determine whether the engagement operation signal is generated before a vehicle is stopped and whether a current state is a first state; when the current state is the first state, determine whether the current state is a second state in which the vehicle is intended to be stopped on flat land; and, when the current state is the second state, determine that the current state is a third state in which it is impossible for the EPB apparatus to determine an inclination; and a controller configured to turn off an inclination determining mode and turn on an inclination determination impossible mode of the EPB apparatus when the current state is determined as the first state, the second state, and the third state.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Jun-Yeol Choi
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Patent number: 10166943Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle my include an airbag housing accommodating an airbag cushion, an inflator supplying gas into the airbag cushion, a hard retainer fixing the inflator to the airbag housing, and a soft retainer having a first side coupled to the hard retainer and controlling a flow of the gas supplied from the inflator.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2016Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Jun Yeol Choi
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Publication number: 20180334129Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle may include an airbag cushion configured to be provided with a vent hole for discharging inflation gas therein to the outside; a flap configured to have an external circumferential surface partially coupled to the airbag cushion along a rim of the vent hole; and a tether configured to have one end portion penetrating through the vent hole of the airbag cushion to be coupled to an internal side surface of the flap and be partially supported on an internal side surface of the airbag cushion to pull the flap when the airbag cushion is fully deployed, to close the vent hole and release a tensile force when the airbag cushion is loaded to deploy the flap outwardly of the airbag cushion by the inflation gas, to open the vent hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2017Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Kyung Taek LIM, Jun Yeol Choi, Jae Ho Choi
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Patent number: 10081328Abstract: A curtain airbag for a vehicle is configured to prevent a driver's neck from being broken by preventing a driver's head from being excessively rotated upon a crash of the vehicle in a state in which the driver's head contacts an airbag tube. The curtain airbag is also configured to prevent the driver's head from slipping through or between the curtain airbag and a driver airbag by removing a gap between the curtain airbag and the driver airbag when the driver's head moves forward during a crash of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Jun Yeol Choi
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Publication number: 20180134244Abstract: Disclosed is a front airbag for a vehicle comprising an air bag cushion including front and rear panels on which a passenger is received safely; an air bag housing in which the air bag cushion is installed and to which the rear panel is affixed; a first panel tether provided in a vertical direction inside the air bag cushion and connecting the air bag housing and the front panel; and a second panel tether provided in a vertical direction inside the air bag cushion and connecting the air bag housing and the front panel, wherein the length of the second panel tether from the air bag housing to the front panel is longer than the length of the first panel tether from the air bag housing to the front panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2017Publication date: May 17, 2018Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventor: Jun Yeol Choi
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Publication number: 20180126944Abstract: A curtain airbag for a vehicle is configured to prevent a driver's neck from being broken by preventing a driver's head from being excessively rotated upon a crash of the vehicle in a state in which the driver's head contacts an airbag tube. The curtain airbag is also configured to prevent the driver's head from slipping through or between the curtain airbag and a driver airbag by removing a gap between the curtain airbag and the driver airbag when the driver's head moves forward during a crash of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2017Publication date: May 10, 2018Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Jun Yeol Choi
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Publication number: 20180118178Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle control apparatus and a control method thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: May 3, 2018Inventor: Jun-Yeol CHOI
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Patent number: 9862346Abstract: An airbag system for a vehicle is provided that prevents a passenger seated in each seat from being struck and injured by a roof airbag when the roof airbag is deployed in the event of vehicle collision. In addition, the airbag system for a vehicle secures safety by effectively protecting the passenger using the roof airbag.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Jun Yeol Choi
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Patent number: 9862343Abstract: A method for controlling a passenger airbag may include determining whether an occupant is present on a passenger seat; determining whether the occupant seated on the passenger seat has fastened a safety belt; determining whether deployment of a passenger airbag is required; and deploying, when the deployment of the passenger airbag is required, a main chamber of the passenger airbag, and further deploying a sub-chamber connected to the main chamber of the passenger airbag to be interlocked with the deployment of the main chamber when the occupant is present on the passenger seat and has fastened the safety belt.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Jun Yeol Choi, Hyo Shub Shin, Kyung Taek Lim