Patents by Inventor Kang-Ho Joo

Kang-Ho Joo 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: 20240399965
    Abstract: A cover apparatus for a vehicle includes a main body part configured to shield a luggage space of the vehicle and connected to a tailgate and includes a pair of side hinge parts coupled to the main body part and, as the tailgate is opened, guiding the main body part to rotate in a direction in which the main body part and the tailgate are opened together by being interlocked with each other. The cover apparatus includes a screen part mounted on the pair of side hinge parts and configured to be selectively drawn out to hook on a rear seat. An elastic force acts on the screen part in a direction to be drawn out. The elastic force is provided by the pair of side hinge parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Su Kim, Jae Eun Chang, Kyu Hee Kim, Suk Won Hong, Tae Sung Mun, Tae Oh Moon, Kang Ho Joo
  • Publication number: 20240010115
    Abstract: A cowl side trim is configured to be installed on a cowl side panel on a driver side of a vehicle. The cowl side trim includes a cowl part installed on the cowl side panel at a position adjacent to a door of the vehicle, a footrest part integrally formed with the cowl part, and a breakage forming part formed along a boundary line dividing a rear surface of the cowl part and a rear surface of the footrest part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: HAN SHIN, Kyu Hee Kim, Kang Ho Joo
  • Publication number: 20230158650
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for mounting interior parts of a vehicle. The device includes: a base plate for a sun visor pivot arm; a clip to mount the base plate on a vehicle body panel by a rotation of a lever and a forward movement of a clip fastening/removal bar. In particular, the clip can be automatically removed from the vehicle body panel by a reverse rotation of the lever and a backward movement of the clip fastening/removal bar, thereby allowing easy installation and removal of interior parts such as the sun visor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NVH KOREA, INC.
    Inventors: Han Shin, Jae Won Park, Kang Ho Joo, In Tae Kim, Sun Taek Kim, Bon Min Goo
  • Patent number: 11292321
    Abstract: A sliding sun visor having a reduced thickness is provided. The visor includes a sliding housing provided on a sun visor body and installed to be movable in an axial direction of a pivot arm. A clamp is installed in the sliding housing to be fixed to the pivot arm and configured to guide and support a movement of the sliding housing when the sliding housing slides, in which a guide, which is a substitute for the sliding housing, is installed at an inner-upper end of the sun visor body to minimize a width of the sliding housing that surrounds the pivot arm. The guide includes a guide rail integrally formed at the inner-upper end of the sun visor body, a clamp housing moving together with the sun visor body along the guide rail, and a clamp installed in the clamp housing and sliding on the pivot arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Han Shin, Kang-Ho Joo, Bon-Min Koo
  • Publication number: 20210260973
    Abstract: A sliding sun visor having a reduced thickness is provided. The visor includes a sliding housing provided on a sun visor body and installed to be movable in an axial direction of a pivot arm. A clamp is installed in the sliding housing to be fixed to the pivot arm and configured to guide and support a movement of the sliding housing when the sliding housing slides, in which a guide, which is a substitute for the sliding housing, is installed at an inner-upper end of the sun visor body to minimize a width of the sliding housing that surrounds the pivot arm. The guide includes a guide rail integrally formed at the inner-upper end of the sun visor body, a clamp housing moving together with the sun visor body along the guide rail, and a clamp installed in the clamp housing and sliding on the pivot arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Han Shin, Kang-Ho Joo, Bon-Min Koo