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).

  • Patent number: 12252013
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Ki-Eun Kim
  • Patent number: 11965372
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Ki Eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20240043071
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventor: Ki Eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20240026046
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Eun Park, Ji Yoon Woo, In Sung Park, Choong Hoon Lee, Ki Eun Kim, Rae Keun Gwak
  • Patent number: 11827282
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Ki Eun Kim
  • Patent number: 11814879
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Eun Kim, Manhee Cho, Cheol Ho Lee, Seungwon You
  • Publication number: 20230127726
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Ki-Eun KIM
  • Patent number: 11597037
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Ki Eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230062258
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventor: Ki Eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20220403073
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: In Sung Park, Ji Yoon Woo, Sang Eun Park, Ki Eun Kim, Sang Wook Han
  • Publication number: 20220018166
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Eun Kim, Manhee Cho, Cheol Ho Lee, Seungwon You
  • Publication number: 20210238398
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seul Ki Kim, Hae Woong Park, Young Woo Lee, Ki Eun Kim, Choong Hoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20210187661
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Ki Eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210188367
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventor: Ki Eun Kim
  • Patent number: 10718139
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ki-Eun Kim, Seong-Won Yu
  • Publication number: 20190112843
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Ki-Eun Kim, Seong-Won Yu
  • Patent number: 10132112
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Seung Won Yu, Ki Eun Kim
  • Publication number: 20170275940
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Seung Won YU, Ki Eun KIM
  • Patent number: D864822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Eun Kim, Jun Hyuk Yim
  • Patent number: D955954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yun-Seok Oh, Ki-Eun Kim