Patents by Inventor Ki-Eun Kim
Ki-Eun Kim 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: 12252013Abstract: A control system of a smart glass for a vehicle, which changes a transmittance and displays an image, includes the smart glass provided on a glass of the vehicle and having a changed transmittance or an image displayed thereon; an operation member into which a mode of the smart glass is input; and a control unit electrically connected to the smart glass and the operation member and configured to adjust the transmittance of the smart glass according to the mode input into the operation member, or to control the smart glass so that the image is displayed through the smart glass.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Ki-Eun Kim
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Patent number: 11965372Abstract: An embodiment door control method for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes a switch for opening or closing a door of the vehicle, includes receiving a first close input of the door of the vehicle from the switch, determining whether a keep-open mode of the door is in an ON state or an OFF state, wherein the keep-open mode is determined based on a user input, and controlling opening or closing of the door based on the ON state or the OFF state of the keep-open mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Ki Eun Kim
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Publication number: 20240043071Abstract: An embodiment provides a method of producing a component. A rigidity-reinforcing part is formed on a first part, a second part, or a third part adjacent to a point where a preceding weld and a following weld intersect each other. The first part and the second part are coupled to each other by performing the preceding weld in a state of overlapping and a part of a first junction part and a second junction part are pressurized. After performing the preceding weld, the first part, the second part, and the third part are coupled to each other by pressurizing and performing a following weld while overlapping a part of a third junction part with an opposite part of the first junction part and overlapping a remaining part of the third junction part with a cross junction part.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventor: Ki Eun Kim
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Publication number: 20240026046Abstract: The present invention relates to an olefin-based polymer, particularly, to a low-density olefin-based polymer introducing a highly crystalline region and showing high mechanical rigidity.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Sang Eun Park, Ji Yoon Woo, In Sung Park, Choong Hoon Lee, Ki Eun Kim, Rae Keun Gwak
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Patent number: 11827282Abstract: A component includes a first part in which a first junction part is configured, a second part in which a second junction part and a cross junction part intersecting the second junction part are configured. The second junction part and the first junction part are welded at a preceding weld. The component also includes a third part in which a third junction part is configured. A part of the third junction part is overlapped with an opposite part of the first junction part, a remaining part of the third junction part is overlapped with the cross junction part, and the first part and the second part are welded to the third part at a following weld at each of the overlapped parts.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Ki Eun Kim
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Patent number: 11814879Abstract: A vehicle tailgate locking device including an external door handle switch configured to be turned on and off in response to operation of an external door handle, a latch assembly including a latch member configured to engage or disengage a striker by rotation, a pawl member configured to restrain or release the latch member, and a latch motor configured to rotate the pawl member to release the latch member, and a controller configured to control power to be supplied to the latch motor in response to the external door handle switch being turned on, to stop the power supplied to the latch motor in response to either the external door handle switch being turned off after the external door handle switch is turned on or an elapse of a preset time.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Ki Eun Kim, Manhee Cho, Cheol Ho Lee, Seungwon You
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Publication number: 20230127726Abstract: A control system of a smart glass for a vehicle, which changes a transmittance and displays an image, includes the smart glass provided on a glass of the vehicle and having a changed transmittance or an image displayed thereon; an operation member into which a mode of the smart glass is input; and a control unit electrically connected to the smart glass and the operation member and configured to adjust the transmittance of the smart glass according to the mode input into the operation member, or to control the smart glass so that the image is displayed through the smart glass.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Ki-Eun KIM
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Patent number: 11597037Abstract: A method for producing a component by brazing and a related component are disclosed. The component may include a first part, a second part and a third part, wherein the first part includes a first junction part, the second part includes a second junction part and a cross junction part, and the third part includes a third junction part, and wherein the third junction part has a part and a remaining part. In an embodiment the method includes coupling the first part and the second part to each other by performing a preceding weld in a state of overlapping a part of the first junction part and the second junction part and, after performing the preceding weld, coupling the first part, the second part, and the third part to each other by performing a following weld.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Ki Eun Kim
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Publication number: 20230062258Abstract: An embodiment door control method for a vehicle, wherein the vehicle includes a switch for opening or closing a door of the vehicle, includes receiving a first close input of the door of the vehicle from the switch, determining whether a keep-open mode of the door is in an ON state or an OFF state, wherein the keep-open mode is determined based on a user input, and controlling opening or closing of the door based on the ON state or the OFF state of the keep-open mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventor: Ki Eun Kim
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Publication number: 20220403073Abstract: The present invention relates to an olefin-based polymer satisfying requirements: (1) a melt index (MI, 190° C., 2.16 kg load conditions) ranging from 1.0 to 10.0 g/10 min; (2) a density (d) ranging from 0.875 to 0.895 g/cc; (3) 0.5 J/g?dH(100)?3.0 J/g and 1.0 J/g?dH(90)?6.0 J/g as measured by successive self-nucleation/annealing (SSA) using a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC); (4) 15?T(90)?T(50)?30 and 50° C.?T(50)?75° C. as measured by SSA using a DSC; and (5) a melting point (Tm) of 55° C.?Tm?80° C. as measured using a DSC. The olefin-based polymer according to the present invention is a low-density olefin-based polymer and has a highly crystalline region introduced therein, thereby exhibiting high mechanical stiffness.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: In Sung Park, Ji Yoon Woo, Sang Eun Park, Ki Eun Kim, Sang Wook Han
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Publication number: 20220018166Abstract: A vehicle tailgate locking device including an external door handle switch configured to be turned on and off in response to operation of an external door handle, a latch assembly including a latch member configured to engage or disengage a striker by rotation, a pawl member configured to restrain or release the latch member, and a latch motor configured to rotate the pawl member to release the latch member, and a controller configured to control power to be supplied to the latch motor in response to the external door handle switch being turned on, to stop the power supplied to the latch motor in response to either the external door handle switch being turned off after the external door handle switch is turned on or an elapse of a preset time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Ki Eun Kim, Manhee Cho, Cheol Ho Lee, Seungwon You
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Publication number: 20210238398Abstract: The present invention provides an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer satisfying the following conditions (a) to (d): (a) density: 0.850 to 0.910 g/cc, (b) melt index (MI, 190° C., 2.16 kg load conditions): 0.1 to 100 dg/min, (c) molecular weight distribution (MWD): 1.5 to 3.0, and (d) a Rv value of 0.18 to 0.59.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2019Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Seul Ki Kim, Hae Woong Park, Young Woo Lee, Ki Eun Kim, Choong Hoon Lee
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Publication number: 20210187661Abstract: A method of producing a component includes coupling a first part and a second part to each other by performing a preceding weld in a state of overlapping and pressurizing a part of a first junction part and a second junction part, and after performing the preceding weld, coupling the first part, the second part, and a third part to each other by pressurizing and performing a following weld while overlapping a part of a third junction part with an opposite part of the first junction part and overlapping a remaining part of the third junction part with a cross junction part, and allowing the following weld to intersect across a point spaced apart with a certain distance from a start point and an end point of the preceding weld.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventor: Ki Eun Kim
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Publication number: 20210188367Abstract: A component includes a first part in which a first junction part is configured, a second part in which a second junction part and a cross junction part intersecting the second junction part are configured. The second junction part and the first junction part are welded at a preceding weld. The component also includes a third part in which a third junction part is configured. A part of the third junction part is overlapped with an opposite part of the first junction part, a remaining part of the third junction part is overlapped with the cross junction part, and the first part and the second part are welded to the third part at a following weld at each of the overlapped parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2020Publication date: June 24, 2021Inventor: Ki Eun Kim
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Patent number: 10718139Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a wiper-integrated tailgate handle switch mounted to a window glass of a tailgate. The wiper-integrated tailgate handle switch includes a tailgate handle switch, which is configured to press a current carrying switch arranged in the internal space thereof using the height of an insertion space defined by a difference in height between transverse and longitudinal bodies of a handle switch housing, and a wiper. Therefore, a degree of freedom in design of the tailgate is increased which improves the aesthetic of the tailgate by removing the tailgate handle switch from the tailgate.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Ki-Eun Kim, Seong-Won Yu
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Publication number: 20190112843Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a wiper-integrated tailgate handle switch mounted to a window glass of a tailgate. The wiper-integrated tailgate handle switch includes a tailgate handle switch, which is configured to press a current carrying switch arranged in the internal space thereof using the height of an insertion space defined by a difference in height between transverse and longitudinal bodies of a handle switch housing, and a wiper. Therefore, a degree of freedom in design of the tailgate is increased which improves the aesthetic of the tailgate by removing the tailgate handle switch from the tailgate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventors: Ki-Eun Kim, Seong-Won Yu
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Patent number: 10132112Abstract: A door operation apparatus for a vehicle is provided to open or shut a door at a speed corresponding to a user's force or information selected by the user. In particular, the door operating apparatus installed in a body to open and shut an internal room of the body includes: a power member connected to the door for applying a moving force to the door; a detector for detecting a force applied by the user to the door; a controller for determining an open and shut speed corresponding to the detected force and controlling the power member to be driven to open and shut the door at the determined open and shut speed; and a driver for driving the power member based on a command from the controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Seung Won Yu, Ki Eun Kim
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Publication number: 20170275940Abstract: A door operation apparatus for a vehicle is provided to open or shut a door at a speed corresponding to a user's force or information selected by the user. In particular, the door operating apparatus installed in a body to open and shut an internal room of the body includes: a power member connected to the door for applying a moving force to the door; a detector for detecting a force applied by the user to the door; a controller for determining an open and shut speed corresponding to the detected force and controlling the power member to be driven to open and shut the door at the determined open and shut speed; and a driver for driving the power member based on a command from the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2016Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Seung Won YU, Ki Eun KIM
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Patent number: D864822Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Ki Eun Kim, Jun Hyuk Yim
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Patent number: D955954Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Inventors: Yun-Seok Oh, Ki-Eun Kim