Patents by Inventor Min Hyung Byun

Min Hyung Byun 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: 10415275
    Abstract: A trunk latch module for a vehicle may include a base plate, a first locking groove for insertion of a striker into the first locking groove, a main gear rotatably combined with the base plate at a position above the first locking groove, the main gear being supplied with power of a motor, a claw rotatably combined with the base plate, with a second locking groove provided at a first end of the claw, and with a stop protrusion provided on an outer surface of a second end of the claw, a link assembly combined with the main gear, the link assembly transmitting power to the claw by operating in conjunction with rotation of the main gear, a claw-locking assembly locking or releasing the claw by using power transmitted from the link assembly, and a guide lever guiding rotation directions of the link assembly and the claw-locking assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Hyung Byun, Yong Hyuck Im, Mun Bae Tak
  • Publication number: 20190169884
    Abstract: A door latch apparatus may include an inside handle lever to which operation force of an inside handle is transmitted via an inner knob cable, a lock lever for converting a door into a locked state or an unlocked state by means of operation of a safety knob, and a one-motion lever capable of rotating together with the inside handle lever when the inside handle lever is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Min-Hyung Byun, Seok-Hyun Hong, Ki-Hwan Jeong, Soon-Ho Her, Min-Wook Choi
  • Patent number: 9920556
    Abstract: An apparatus for opening and closing a tailgate for a vehicle includes a latch device provided in the tailgate and an actuator. The latch device includes a claw to engage with a striker provided at a vehicle body side, a pawl to engage with the claw to maintain the claw in a locked position, and an unlocking lever to operate the pawl to unlock the claw. The actuator includes a cinching/release lever to selectively operate a cinching cable connected to the claw to rotate the claw from an unlocked position to the locked position, and a release cable connected to the unlocking lever to operate the claw from the locked position to the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Min Hyung Byun, Dong Wuk Choi, Hyun Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20170298661
    Abstract: A trunk latch module for a vehicle may include a base plate, a first locking groove for insertion of a striker into the first locking groove, a main gear rotatably combined with the base plate at a position above the first locking groove, the main gear being supplied with power of a motor, a claw rotatably combined with the base plate, with a second locking groove provided at a first end of the claw, and with a stop protrusion provided on an outer surface of a second end of the claw, a link assembly combined with the main gear, the link assembly transmitting power to the claw by operating in conjunction with rotation of the main gear, a claw-locking assembly locking or releasing the claw by using power transmitted from the link assembly, and a guide lever guiding rotation directions of the link assembly and the claw-locking assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Hyung BYUN, Yong Hyuck IM, Mun Bae TAK
  • Publication number: 20160281400
    Abstract: An apparatus for opening and closing a tailgate for a vehicle includes a latch device provided in the tailgate and an actuator. The latch device includes a claw to engage with a striker provided at a vehicle body side, a pawl to engage with the claw to maintain the claw in a locked position, and an unlocking lever to operate the pawl to unlock the claw. The actuator includes a cinching/release lever to selectively operate a cinching cable connected to the claw to rotate the claw from an unlocked position to the locked position, and a release cable connected to the unlocking lever to operate the claw from the locked position to the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Min Hyung Byun, Dong Wuk CHOI, Hyun Woo KIM
  • Patent number: 9145725
    Abstract: An apparatus for opening and closing a trunk for a vehicle, may include a motor unit equipped with a motor, an inner tube provided outside the motor unit to surround the motor unit, with a plurality of protrusions protruding from an outer circumference of the inner tube, an outer tube provided outside the inner tube to surround the inner tube and including a threaded groove being indented along an inner circumference of the outer tube, a bar-shaped spindle having a threaded portion on an outer circumference thereof, and coupled to the motor unit to cause the threaded portion of the spindle to engage with the threaded groove of the outer tube when the motor may be rotated, thus allowing the spindle to perform translation simultaneously with rotation, and an elastic member-wound on an outer circumference of the outer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Yong Hyuck Im, Min Hyung Byun, Jong Wook Hong
  • Publication number: 20150075305
    Abstract: An apparatus for opening and closing a trunk for a vehicle, may include a motor unit equipped with a motor, an inner tube provided outside the motor unit to surround the motor unit, with a plurality of protrusions protruding from an outer circumference of the inner tube, an outer tube provided outside the inner tube to surround the inner tube and including a threaded groove being indented along an inner circumference of the outer tube, a bar-shaped spindle having a threaded portion on an outer circumference thereof, and coupled to the motor unit to cause the threaded portion of the spindle to engage with the threaded groove of the outer tube when the motor may be rotated, thus allowing the spindle to perform translation simultaneously with rotation, and an elastic member-wound on an outer circumference of the outer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Yong Hyuck Im, Min Hyung Byun, Jong Wook Hong