Patents by Inventor Kyu-Jung Kim

Kyu-Jung 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).

  • Publication number: 20230040751
    Abstract: A robot hand module includes a thumb module and a finger module each coupled to a palm part, wherein the thumb module or the finger module includes a phalangeal part movably coupled to the palm part and a cable part and a driving part each connected to the phalangeal part, wherein the driving part includes a driving part body extending in one direction and including a rotary shaft configured to rotate by receiving power, a drum member coupled to one side of the driving part body, connected to the rotary shaft, and having an outer periphery surrounded by the cable part, and a tensioner member spaced apart from the drum member in a direction in which the cable part extends outward, wherein the tensioner member is movable in the direction in which the cable part extends to adjust tension of the cable part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Beom Su Kim, Hyun Seop Lim, Sang In Park, Ki Hyeon Bae, Kyu Jung Kim, Dong Hyun Lee, Joo Won Lee, Hyo Joong Kim, Dong Jin Hyun, Ju Young Yoon
  • Publication number: 20230042573
    Abstract: A robot hand module includes a thumb module, a plurality of finger modules, and a palm part to which the thumb module and the finger modules are coupled. The thumb module and the finger modules each include a phalangeal part movably coupled to the palm part, a cable part having a first side connected to the phalangeal part, and a driving part connected to a second side of the cable part and configured to operate the phalangeal part by extending the cable part to the outside or retracting the cable part, wherein each of the driving parts includes an inlet region from which the cable part is extended to the outside, and wherein an acute angle is defined between a first direction in which the inlet region is directed toward the outside and a second direction in which the driving parts are disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Beom Su Kim, Hyun Seop Lim, Sang In Park, Ki Hyeon Bae, Kyu Jung Kim, Dong Hyun Lee, Joo Won Lee, Hyo Joong Kim, Dong Jin Hyun, Ju Young Yoon
  • Publication number: 20230038682
    Abstract: A robot hand module includes a finger phalangeal part movably coupled to a palm part, a finger cable part having a first side connected to the finger phalangeal part, and a finger driving part connected to a second side of the finger cable part for operating the finger phalangeal part by extending the finger cable part to the outside or retracting the finger cable part, wherein the finger phalangeal part includes finger link pails including a plurality of link members and a finger link driving part for transmitting power to the finger link parts in a rectilinear direction, and wherein when the finger link pails receive the power from the finger link driving part in the rectilinear direction, some of the link members rotate relative to remaining ones of the link members, such that the finger phalangeal part rotates relative to the palm part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Beom Su Kim, Hyun Seop Lim, Sang In Park, Ki Hyeon Bae, Kyu Jung Kim, Dong Hyun Lee, Joo Won Lee, Hyo Joong Kim, Dong Jin Hyun, Ju Young Yoon
  • Publication number: 20220383072
    Abstract: A knowledge distillation method based on a regression task according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes training a first deep neural network model that is a teacher model including a first encoder and a first decoder, constructing a second deep neural network model that is a student model including a second encoder and a second decoder according to a preset constraint of a target system and initializing parameters of the second deep neural network model, performing a first knowledge distillation operation on the second encoder of the second deep neural network model based on the trained first deep neural network model, and performing a second knowledge distillation operation on the second encoder and the second decoder of the second deep neural network model based on the trained first deep neural network model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: JoonHo LEE, Jae-Young YANG, Dae-Yeol SHIM, Mee-Kyoung PARK, Chang-Hyun BAEK, Jun-Ho KANG, Sang-Bum CHO, Chang-Hoon KIM, Kyu-Jung KIM
  • Patent number: 11515761
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a shift by wire (SBW) driving actuator capable of improving control performance and durability through control of a brushless direct current (BLDC) motor by an inductive sensor, and improving gear transmission efficiency by introducing a multistage teeth-shaped transmission unit configured to connect a sun gear and an output shaft of a reducer to transmit a rotational force to reduce a load resulting from eccentric rotation of the sun gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: KYUNG CHANG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD, SAM HYUN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Cheol Hyun, Kyu Jung Kim, Dae Yeon Kim, Jin Heo, Tae Keuk Choi, Jeong Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11491072
    Abstract: A wearable apparatus for assisting muscular strength includes a back support, and a connection chain having a first end portion coupled to the back support to be rotatable upward or downward. The connection chain extends from the back of the wearer to a side thereof and includes a plurality of rotary elements arranged abreast laterally, each rotary element being rotatably coupled to an adjacent rotary element laterally. The wearable apparatus further includes an upper arm module that extends in a direction in which an upper arm of the wearer extends, one end portion of the upper arm module coupled to a second end portion of the connection chain to be rotatable upward or downward with respect to the one end portion. The upper arm module generates a rotational force for rotating the upper arm of the wearer upward or downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyu Jung Kim, Hyun Seop Lim, Ki Hyeon Bae, Ju Young Yoon, Dong Jin Hyun, Kyung Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20220331189
    Abstract: A walking assisting apparatus includes a leg mounted device configured to be mounted on a leg of a user to assist walking of the user. A waist mounted device is provided on an upper side of the leg mounted device and configured to be mounted on a waist of the user. A support is located on a front side of the leg mounted device and configured to contact a ground surface. A control device is coupled to a front side of the waist mounted device, electrically connected to the leg mounted device, and configured to control the leg mounted device. A connector connects the control device and the leg mounted device to detachably housing house the support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Kyu Jung Kim, Hyun Seop Lim, Ju Young Yoon, Dong Jin Hyun, Sang In Park
  • Patent number: 11413207
    Abstract: A wearable apparatus for assisting muscular strength includes: a main body mechanism extending in a vertical direction of a wearer's torso, and being fixed to a side of a wearer's torso under a wearer's shoulder; a fastening mechanism extending along an extension direction of a wearer's upper arm, and being disposed at and being in contact with a lower surface of the wearer's upper arm; a connecting mechanism having a first end coupled to the fastening mechanism and a second end movably coupled to the main body mechanism so as to be movable with respect to the main body mechanism; and a support mechanism movably coupled between the first end and the second end of the connecting mechanism to apply a support force to the connecting mechanism, and coupled to the main body mechanism and movable with respect thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyu Jung Kim, Hyun Seop Lim, Beom Su Kim, Ju Young Yoon, Dong Jin Hyun, Ki Hyeon Bae
  • Publication number: 20220242506
    Abstract: A movable object includes an upper frame and a drive part that is provided under the upper frame and is connected to the upper frame. The drive part includes a first actuator that is connected to the upper frame and rotates on a vertical axis, a first link that is connected to the first actuator and rotatable on the vertical axis by the first actuator, a second actuator that is provided on a first side of the first link and rotates on a horizontal axis, and a second link that faces the first link and is rotatable on a first end portion thereof facing the first link by the second actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Hyeon Bae, Hyun Seop Lim, Sang In Park, Ju Young Yoon, Dong Hyun Lee, Beom Su Kim, Joo Won Lee, Hyo Joong Kim, Dong Jin Hyun, Kyu Jung Kim
  • Publication number: 20220241133
    Abstract: A controller includes: a head part including a display unit providing information and images and a button unit having operation buttons; and a body part joined to the head part, where the display unit includes a projection portion engaged with the body part, the body part includes a recessed portion into which the projection portion is inserted, a first uneven portion is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the projection portion, a second uneven portion having a shape corresponding to that of the first uneven portion is provided on an inner circumferential surface of the recessed portion, and at least one of the first uneven portion or the second uneven portion includes a plurality of uneven portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Kyu Jung Kim, Hyun Seop Lim, Sang In Park, Ju Young Yoon, Beom Su Kim, Dong Jin Hyun, Ki Hyeon Bae
  • Patent number: 11376148
    Abstract: A combined structure of a wearable apparatus includes: a torso fastening part fixedly fastened to a wearer's torso; a fixed link extending from the torso fastening part to a position above a wearer's shoulder; a first link and a second link being respectively coupled to the fixed link to be laterally rotatable, and crossing each other while being vertically spaced apart from each other; a rotatable part disposed at a position above the wearer's shoulder, and coupled to the first link and the second link to be laterally rotatable; a connecting part coupled to the rotatable part; and an upper arm module coupled to be rotatable upward or downward about the connecting part while an end thereof is coupled to the connecting part at a position corresponding to an upper end portion of a wearer's upper arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyu Jung Kim, Hyun Seop Lim, Beom Su Kim, Dong Jin Hyun, Ki Hyeon Bae
  • Patent number: 11357333
    Abstract: Proposed is a wearable chair with a truss structure, the wearable chair including: an upper rod extending in a longitudinal direction thereof and connected to a wearer's thigh; a lower rod extending in a longitudinal direction thereof and connected to a lower leg of the wearer, the lower rod being coupled to a lower end part of the upper rod at an upper end part of the lower rod and being in contact with the ground at a lower end part of the lower rod when the wearer sits; and a support rod slidably coupled to the upper rod at an upper end part of the support rod and rotatably coupled to the lower rod at a lower end part of the support rod to support a compression force between the upper rod and the lower rod in a longitudinal direction of the support rod when the wearer sits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Hyeon Bae, Kyung Mo Jung, Kyu Jung Kim, Ju Young Yoon, Dong Jin Hyun
  • Publication number: 20220160570
    Abstract: A strength assist device includes: a base frame; a plurality of rotating bodies provided on left and right sides of the base frame, and rotatably connected to the base frame; a plurality of actuators rotatably connected to the respective rotating bodies, and forming respective restoring torques according to rotation angles with respect to the rotating bodies; and a cable connecting the rotating bodies. In particular, rotational motions of the rotating bodies with respect to the base frame are restricted against each other by a tension of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Hyeon BAE, Hyun Seop LIM, Sang In PARK, Beom Su KIM, Ju Young YOON, Kyu Jung KIM, Dong Jin HYUN
  • Publication number: 20220160571
    Abstract: A strength assist device includes: a multi-link part including one or more links; a profile controller that is connected to one end portion of the multi-link part, and rotates around a central rotational axis; and an elastic force providing part that is connected to the other end portion of the multi-link part, and provides an elastic force to the multi-link part. When the profile controller rotates and one end portion of the multi-link part revolves around the central rotational axis, the elastic force applied to the multi-link part varies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI ROTEM COMPANY
    Inventors: Kyu Jung KIM, Hyun Seop LIM, Sang In PARK, Ju Young YOON, Dong Jin HYUN, Ki Hyeon BAE, Beom Su KIM, Dae Je KIM
  • Patent number: 11311445
    Abstract: A wearable apparatus for assisting muscular strength includes a base secured to a torso, a first rotary link coupled at a first end to the base to be rotatable about a first rotating axis and extending at a second end to a first side of the wearer to be moved forwards or backwards, a first extension link extending at a first end to the first side of the wearer and located at a second end on a wearer's flank, a first connecting part coupled at a first end to the second end of the first rotary link to be rotatable about a second rotating axis, and coupled at a second end to the first end of the first extension link to be rotatable about a third rotating axis, and a first upper-arm fixing part rotatably coupled at a first end to the second end of the first extension link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Beom Su Kim, Hyun Seop Lim, Kyu Jung Kim, Dong Jin Hyun, Ki Hyeon Bae
  • Patent number: 11255431
    Abstract: An acuator for a shift-by-wire system includes a drive motor installed inside a motor housing, the drive motor having a drive shaft, and a decelerator inside a decelerator housing coupled with the motor housing, the decelerator coupled to the drive shaft. The decelerator includes a sun gear connected to a first side of an eccentric part of the drive shaft, a ring gear engaged with the sun gear and fixed to the decelerator housing, an output shaft connected to a second side of the eccentric part, a first bearing coupled to one side of the eccentric part and supporting the sun gear, a second bearing coupled to the other side of the eccentric part and supporting the output shaft, and a power delivery unit coupled to the sun gear and the output shaft in a center region between the first and second bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Rae Cho, Byoung Hyuk Lee, Wonjin Jeong, Kyu-Jung Kim, Ki Cheol Hyun, Dae Yeon Kim
  • Publication number: 20210368991
    Abstract: Proposed is a wearable chair with a truss structure, the wearable chair including: an upper rod extending in a longitudinal direction thereof and connected to a wearer's thigh; a lower rod extending in a longitudinal direction thereof and connected to a lower leg of the wearer, the lower rod being coupled to a lower end part of the upper rod at an upper end part of the lower rod and being in contact with the ground at a lower end part of the lower rod when the wearer sits; and a support rod slidably coupled to the upper rod at an upper end part of the support rod and rotatably coupled to the lower rod at a lower end part of the support rod to support a compression force between the upper rod and the lower rod in a longitudinal direction of the support rod when the wearer sits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Ki Hyeon Bae, Kyung Mo Jung, Kyu Jung Kim, Ju Young Yoon, Dong Jin Hyun
  • Patent number: 11142935
    Abstract: A sliding stop switch may include a first rod extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, a second rod coupled to the first rod such that one end portion thereof is slidable in the longitudinal direction of the first rod, and a switch member coupled to the first rod to slide in the longitudinal direction of the first rod and to be fixed at a plurality of points on the first rod to stop the sliding of one end portion of the second rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Hyeon Bae, Kyung Mo Jung, Kyu Jung Kim, Ju Young Yoon, Dong Jin Hyun
  • Publication number: 20210275381
    Abstract: A gravity compensator applied to a wearable muscular strength assisting apparatus includes a first link configured to extend parallel to a first body portion of a wearer, a second link configured to extend parallel to a second body portion and which is rotatably coupled to an end of the first link, an elastic body, which is fixed at an end thereof to the first link so as to exert an elastic force, which varies according to a length between the two ends thereof, and a connection unit, which is connected an end thereof to the other end of the elastic body and extends in a longitudinal direction of the first link and which is connected at an end thereof to the second link so as to vary a length of the elastic body by relative rotation between the first link and the second link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Beom Su Kim, Seok Ryung Kwon, Kyu Jung Kim, Hyun Seop Lim, Ki Hyeon Bae
  • Publication number: 20210275379
    Abstract: A wearable muscular strength assisting apparatus includes a base configured to be positioned on a wearer and extending vertically, a link unit, which is configured to be positioned so as to be laterally spaced apart from the base and is configured to be connected to the wearer's upper arm, front arm or hand, a first connector, which is rotatably coupled at one end thereof to the base and extends laterally and which is rotatably coupled at a remaining end thereof to the link unit so as to connect the link unit to the base, and a second connector, which is rotatably coupled at one end thereof to the base, and extends laterally and which is rotatably coupled at a remaining end thereof to the link unit so as to connect the link unit to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Beom Su Kim, Seok Ryung Kwon, Kyu Jung Kim, Hyun Seop Lim, Ki Hyeon Bae