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).

  • Publication number: 20130292927
    Abstract: A roof airbag device includes an outer cushion and an inner cushion. The outer cushion includes a left wing part and a right wing part, which are oppositely disposed about the passenger's head, an upper cushion part connecting the left and right wing parts, and an outlet hole through which an inflation gas from an inflator is transferred. The inner cushion is disposed between the left and right wing parts, and has an inlet hole through which the inflation gas is supplied, and a discharge hole through which the inflation gas is discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Lee, Jun Yeol Choi, Un Koo Lee
  • Patent number: 8573634
    Abstract: A center curtain air bag apparatus for a vehicle efficiently protects a rear seat passenger with an air bag cushion that is deployed during a car collision accident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jun Yeol Choi, Dae Young Kwak
  • Publication number: 20130196660
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for handover of a mobile terminal. In the method, a group of mobile terminals for handover is formed by grouping a plurality of mobile terminals. A first terminal of the group scans a target base station. One or more other terminals of the group perform handover to the target base station using the scan information of the first terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: HEE YONG YOUN, HWI WOON JEONG, JUN YEOL CHOI, HYUNG KU KANG
  • Publication number: 20130134697
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle may include a vent hole formed on an airbag cushion to discharge an expanding gas inside of the airbag cushion, a cover attached on the outside of the airbag and selectively covering the vent hole, a rope, one end of which may be fixed to the inside of the airbag cushion and the other end of which may be fixed to the cover through the vent hole to provide a tensile force to the cover such that the cover opens or closes the vent hole according to the tensile force applied to the cover via the rope, and a rope-guide attached to the inside of the airbag cushion and upholding the rope to the airbag cushion, wherein the rope may be slidably engaged to the rope-guide and a section of the rope may be aligned longitudinally in the airbag cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jun Yeol Choi, Hyo Shub Shin
  • Publication number: 20130087995
    Abstract: A relatively small capacity of airbag apparatus can be used by relatively shortening the distance between locations on which a passenger and the airbag apparatus are mounted to more effectively prevent a head and a neck of the passenger from being damaged through a discriminated supporting action of an upper body and a head part of the passenger while reducing a weight and a price of the airbag apparatus and the airbag apparatus can be easily standardized by configuration the airbag apparatus regardless of the shapes of a crash pad and a wind shield glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Lee, Jun Yeol Choi, Un Koo Lee
  • Patent number: 8403358
    Abstract: An internal airbag device may include an inflator, an airbag housing mounted in a roof in a region between a front seat and a rear seat, and an airbag received in the airbag housing to deploy downwards by gas supplied from the inflator, wherein the airbag includes a horizontal airbag section supported by the roof during the gas may be supplied therein in a deployment thereof, and a vertical airbag section fluid-connected to the horizontal airbag section and extending downwards from an end of the horizontal airbag section opposite the rear seat in a deployment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyeong Ho Choi, Jun Yeol Choi
  • Publication number: 20130069348
    Abstract: A center curtain air bag apparatus for a vehicle efficiently protects a rear seat passenger with an air bag cushion that is deployed during a car collision accident.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jun Yeol CHOI, Dae Young KWAK
  • Patent number: 8398113
    Abstract: A knee air bag for a vehicle has an inflator, a diffuser and a cushion to protect a passenger's knee when the cushion is deployed. The knee air bag also includes an inflator connector which is provided on a back of the cushion, and an external tether which is provided on an upper portion of the inflator connector and secured at lower and upper ends thereof to the back of the cushion, thus guiding the cushion so that the cushion is deployed upwards. The knee air bag makes the cushion come into close contact with a seatback of the vehicle when the knee air bag is deployed, thus reducing interference with a roof air bag located at an upper position, therefore preventing a passenger's head or neck from suffering secondary injuries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Jun Yeol Choi, Wan Dong Yoo, Do Gwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8393637
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle may include an inflator, and an airbag cushion having a depressed head support portion formed in a rear portion of the airbag cushion so that when the airbag cushion may be deployed by gas supplied from the inflator, the head support portion receives a head of a passenger, and shoulder support portions protruding from lateral sides of the head support portion in a rearward direction and forming a space between the shoulder support portions to have the head support portion therebetween when the airbag cushion may be deployed, and a support tether provided in the airbag cushion and extending in a transverse direction across the shoulder support portions such that a gas path may be defined in a front portion of the airbag cushion below the support tether, the gas path guiding the gas downwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignees: Hyndai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Jun Yeol Choi, Wan Dong Yoo, Jae Man Go
  • Patent number: 8366145
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a curtain airbag cushion. The cushion has a length appropriate for being deployed to the chest of a passenger. A blocking part which partitions the interior of the cushion into portions is oriented in the vertical direction. The lower end of the blocking part is spaced apart from the bottom of the cushion by a predetermined distance. Thus, when an inflator explodes, gas discharged from the inflator is guided towards the lower portion of the cushion and then guided towards the front or upper portion of the cushion through the space between the lower end of the blocking part and the bottom of the cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Jae Ho Choi, Hyeong Ho Choi, Seong Woo Lee, Jun Yeol Choi, Hyock In Kwon, Soon Bok Lee, Hyong Sok Oh
  • Patent number: 8297651
    Abstract: A pre-crash side airbag device includes a side collision detection sensor, a pre-crash sensor, a main airbag, an auxiliary airbag, and a control unit. The side collision detection sensor detects a collision occurring at the side of a vehicle. The pre-crash sensor detects physical quantities related to the speed of an approaching object. The main airbag is deployed when a control signal is input. The auxiliary airbag is coupled to one side of the main airbag. The control unit controls the deployment of the main airbag and the auxiliary airbag depending on a pre-crash case where a high-speed side collision is expected and a normal case where a low-speed side collision is expected or the measurement value is erroneous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyock In Kwon, Hyeong Ho Choi, Seung Woo Lee, Jae Ho Choi, Jun Yeol Choi
  • Patent number: 8196954
    Abstract: A passenger seat air-bag module, may include a cushion plate on which an air-bag cushion is provided, the cushion plate mounted to a vehicle body, an inflator unit secured to the cushion plate and providing gas pressure to the air-bag cushion, and a seat cover secured at a first side thereof to the inflator unit and the cushion plate and secured at a second side thereof to the cushion plate to cover an outer portion of the air-bag cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Jun Yeol Choi
  • Publication number: 20120133114
    Abstract: An internal airbag device may include an inflator, an airbag housing mounted in a roof in a region between a front seat and a rear seat, and an airbag received in the airbag housing to deploy downwards by gas supplied from the inflator, wherein the airbag includes a horizontal airbag section supported by the roof during the gas may be supplied therein in a deployment thereof, and a vertical airbag section fluid-connected to the horizontal airbag section and extending downwards from an end of the horizontal airbag section opposite the rear seat in a deployment thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyeong Ho Choi, Jun Yeol Choi
  • Publication number: 20120126516
    Abstract: A knee air bag for a vehicle has an inflator, a diffuser and a cushion to protect a passenger's knee when the cushion is deployed. The knee air bag also includes an inflator connector which is provided on a back of the cushion, and an external tether which is provided on an upper portion of the inflator connector and secured at lower and upper ends thereof to the back of the cushion, thus guiding the cushion so that the cushion is deployed upwards. The knee air bag makes the cushion come into close contact with a seatback of the vehicle when the knee air bag is deployed, thus reducing interference with a roof air bag located at an upper position, therefore preventing a passenger's head or neck from suffering secondary injuries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Autoliv Development AB, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Yeol Choi, Wan Dong Yoo, Do Gwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20120049492
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle may include an inflator, and an airbag cushion having a depressed head support portion formed in a rear portion of the airbag cushion so that when the airbag cushion may be deployed by gas supplied from the inflator, the head support portion receives a head of a passenger, and shoulder support portions protruding from lateral sides of the head support portion in a rearward direction and forming a space between the shoulder support portions to have the head support portion therebetween when the airbag cushion may be deployed, and a support tether provided in the airbag cushion and extending in a transverse direction across the shoulder support portions such that a gas path may be defined in a front portion of the airbag cushion below the support tether, the gas path guiding the gas downwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Yeol CHOI, Wan Dong YOO, Jae Man GO
  • Publication number: 20120043740
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a curtain airbag cushion. The cushion has a length appropriate for being deployed to the chest of a passenger. A blocking part which partitions the interior of the cushion into portions is oriented in the vertical direction. The lower end of the blocking part is spaced apart from the bottom of the cushion by a predetermined distance. Thus, when an inflator explodes, gas discharged from the inflator is guided towards the lower portion of the cushion and then guided towards the front or upper portion of the cushion through the space between the lower end of the blocking part and the bottom of the cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicants: Autoliv Development AB, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jae Ho CHOI, Hyeong Ho Choi, Seung Woo Lee, Jun Yeol Choi, Hyock In Kwon, Soon Bok Lee, Hyong Sok Oh
  • Publication number: 20120032425
    Abstract: A pre-crash side airbag device includes a side collision detection sensor, a pre-crash sensor, a main airbag, an auxiliary airbag, and a control unit. The side collision detection sensor detects a collision occurring at the side of a vehicle. The pre-crash sensor detects physical quantities related to the speed of an approaching object. The main airbag is deployed when a control signal is input. The auxiliary airbag is coupled to one side of the main airbag. The control unit controls the deployment of the main airbag and the auxiliary airbag depending on a pre-crash case where a high-speed side collision is expected and a normal case where a low-speed side collision is expected or the measurement value is erroneous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hyock In KWON, Hyeong Ho Choi, Seung Woo Lee, Jae Ho Choi, Jun Yeol Choi
  • Patent number: 8002309
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle may include an inflator; a housing installed in a roof, and a cushion contained in the housing and configured to be deployed downwards by a gas discharged from the inflator to protect an occupant in the vehicle, wherein an upper surface of the cushion is supported by the roof when the cushion is in a deployed state, and a front surface of the cushion extends in a rear direction of the vehicle in an inclined shape to form a recess to prevent interference with a seatback of the front seat while the cushion is deployed downwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Sun Kim, Jun Yeol Choi
  • Patent number: 7992893
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an asymmetrically expanding airbag cushion for a vehicle, which is inflated when airbag gas flows from an inflator through a gas hole to an interior of a cushion bag as a result of a vehicle collision. The airbag cushion includes a central expansion portion, a lower expansion portion and an upper expansion portion. The central expansion portion is provided on the central portion of the cushion bag to communicate with the gas hole. The lower expansion portion is surrounded by a lower sewing line which is open at a lower portion, and positioned under the central expansion portion. The upper expansion portion is surrounded by an upper sewing line which is open at an upper portion, and positioned above the central expansion portion. The central, lower and upper expansion portions are sequentially inflated when the airbag gas flows into the cushion bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyeong Ho Choi, Chang Hyun Lee, Jun Yeol Choi
  • Patent number: 7967098
    Abstract: An exterior airbag cushion for a vehicle is constructed so that a cushion unit is rapidly expanded ahead of a vehicle and a device having the exterior airbag cushion. The exterior airbag device includes a plurality of airbag housings which are mounted to a vehicle bumper, a cushion unit which is accommodated in the airbag housings and expanded ahead of the vehicle bumper, a shape memory wire which extends along the edge of the cushion unit, and an inflator which supplies airbag gas to provide an expansionary force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Jun Yeol Choi