Patents by Inventor Kap Seong Jung

Kap Seong Jung 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: 11820318
    Abstract: Disclosed is an airbag device which varies and deploys a shape of an airbag cushion according to an attitude of a seat and a posture of a passenger to safely protect the passenger. In particular, the airbag device includes: a first tether of which one end is connected to an airbag housing, a second tether which includes a first portion connected between the other end of the first tether and a front surface of the airbag cushion, and a second portion connected between the other end of the first tether and the airbag housing to have a margin length, and a tether cutter provided to cut the first tether and configured to perform one deployment mode of a first deployment mode and a second deployment mode according to whether first tether is cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Se Ho Kim, Eung Man Kim, Kap Seong Jung, Yong Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20230134443
    Abstract: Disclosed is an airbag device which varies and deploys a shape of an airbag cushion according to an attitude of a seat and a posture of a passenger to safely protect the passenger. In particular, the airbag device includes: a first tether of which one end is connected to an airbag housing, a second tether which includes a first portion connected between the other end of the first tether and a front surface of the airbag cushion, and a second portion connected between the other end of the first tether and the airbag housing to have a margin length, and a tether cutter provided to cut the first tether and configured to perform one deployment mode of a first deployment mode and a second deployment mode according to whether first tether is cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Se Ho Kim, Eung Man Kim, Kap Seong Jung, Yong Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 11623605
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus includes an airbag cushion including a sub-vent hole, an opening/closing panel temporarily attached to the airbag cushion, and a tether including one end portion fixed to the airbag cushion and the other end portion fixed to the opening/closing panel, in which tension applied to the tether by a force for inflating the airbag cushion allows the tether to pull the opening/closing panel toward the sub-vent hole to close the sub-vent hole, and additional tension applied to the tether by an additional force loaded onto the airbag cushion allows the tether to additionally pull the opening/closing panel and separate the opening/closing panel in a detachably attached state from the airbag cushion to open the sub-vent hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Se Ho Kim, Eung Man Kim, Kap Seong Jung, Yong Tae Kim