Patents by Inventor Kyoung Hoon PARK

Kyoung Hoon PARK 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: 11479113
    Abstract: A fuel door opener assembly is configured to lock or unlock a fuel door of a vehicle and includes: an opener housing in which a space is formed; a locking block slidably installed inside the opener housing, elastically supported in a direction to be drawn out from the opener housing, and configured to lock and unlock the fuel door; a locking pin configured to be moved along a heart-shaped cam formed on the locking block to restrict a location of the locking block in accordance with a position thereof on a profile of the heart-shaped cam; and an elastic member disposed in the opener housing and elastically supporting the locking pin to allow the locking pin to be positioned on the profile of the heart-shaped cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, PYEONG HWA AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-Muk Lee, Kyoung-Hoon Park
  • Publication number: 20200189386
    Abstract: A fuel door opener assembly is configured to lock or unlock a fuel door of a vehicle and includes: an opener housing in which a space is formed; a locking lever slidably installed inside the opener housing, elastically supported in a direction to be drawn out from the opener housing, and configured to lock and unlock the fuel door; a locking pin configured to be moved along a heart cam formed on the locking lever to restrict a location of the locking lever in accordance with a position thereof on a profile of the heart cam; and an elastic member disposed in the opener housing and elastically supporting the locking pin to allow the locking pin to be positioned on the profile of the heart cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, PYEONG HWA AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-Muk Lee, Kyoung-Hoon Park
  • Patent number: 10155441
    Abstract: A fuel door opener may include a main body coupled in a fuel door housing, and disposed to face a hinge of a fuel door rotatably coupled at one side of the fuel door housing, a locking rod which is disposed to be movable between a locking position where the fuel door is locked and an unlocking position where the fuel door is unlocked in accordance with opened and closed states of the fuel door, and an opening detection switch disposed in the main body adjacent to the locking rod, and detecting the opened and closed states of the fuel door by selectively coming into contact with the locking rod as the locking rod is positioned at the unlocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sin Kook Kim, In Hwang, Byung Joo Lee, Gi Won Kim, Byoung Haan Choi, Kyoung Hoon Park
  • Publication number: 20170240040
    Abstract: A fuel door opener may include a main body coupled in a fuel door housing, and disposed to face a hinge of a fuel door rotatably coupled at one side of the fuel door housing, a locking rod which is disposed to be movable between a locking position where the fuel door is locked and an unlocking position where the fuel door is unlocked in accordance with opened and closed states of the fuel door, and an opening detection switch disposed in the main body adjacent to the locking rod, and detecting the opened and closed states of the fuel door by selectively coming into contact with the locking rod as the locking rod is positioned at the unlocking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sin Kook KIM, In HWANG, Byung Joo LEE, Gi Won KIM, Byoung Haan CHOI, Kyoung Hoon PARK