Patents by Inventor Min-Hwan La

Min-Hwan La 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: 6752408
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle suspension where bump stoppers are installed in an upper end of a strut and on an upper end of a lower arm respectively so that the bump stoppers can operate separately or simultaneously, depending on the size of a load, to absorb or reduce vibration or shocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: KIA Motors Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Min-Hwan La
  • Publication number: 20030168827
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vehicle suspension where bump stoppers are installed in an upper end of a strut and on an upper end of a lower arm respectively so that the bump stoppers can operate separately or simultaneously, depending on the size of a load, to absorb or reduce vibration or shocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventor: Min-Hwan La
  • Patent number: 6318709
    Abstract: Disclosed is an upper seat structure for a rear coil spring, which is arranged on a side frame member so as to support an upper portion of the rear coil spring installed on a rear axle and thereby to prevent occupant's comfort from being degraded due to vibration generated while a motor vehicle runs. The upper seat structure comprises an inner seat part; an outer seat part, the inner and outer seat parts being disposed on an inner side surface of the side frame member; a pair of cross members extending, parallel to each other, through a wall of the side frame member into a space defined in the side frame member; and a reinforcing plate coupled at both ends thereof to the pair of cross members, respectively, thereby to support the inner and outer seat parts, the reinforcing plate being formed with at least one reinforcing bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Min-Hwan La