Patents by Inventor Mun-Su Yoo

Mun-Su Yoo 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: 5904362
    Abstract: A forward-drive apparatus for a bicycle comprises a drive transferring portion 40 including a pedal 20 fixed to a pedal shaft 22 of a bicycle and for transferring the drive force to a drive sprocket 30 connected by means of a chain to a rear wheel; a drive switching portion 50 for enabling the drive force generated from the drive transferring portion 40 to rotate the rear wheel in a forward or idle state; and a drive coupling portion 60 for enabling the forward or idle rotation of the drive sprocket 30 according to the operation of the drive switching portion 50 and for working the bicycle in a forward or idle rotation according to the selection of a lever during the back-pedaling of the bicycle, thereby relieving user's fatigues preventing the loss of the physical energy and enabling the well-muscled movement of legs in every-day life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: World Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mun-Su Yoo
  • Patent number: 5895336
    Abstract: An apparatus for changing power direction for a bicycle is provided. The apparatus for changing power direction roughly including a shaft housing, a change ring, a carrier, a sun gear and a sprocket cap is located between a pedal shaft and a driving sprocket. The shaft housing supports the rotating pedal shaft and controls the carrier by using a plurality of pawls to be released from and inserted into a plurality of openings formed at the inside of a rim of a right cap of the shaft housing when pedaling rearward. The change ring releases and inserts the pawls from and into the shaft housing when pedaling rearward, and the carrier having a first ratchet and a second ratchet at the outside and inside of a left portion thereof, respectively, and a plurality of planetary gears to be rotatably set at a right portion maintains or changes the direction of power from the pedal shaft, thereby transmitting the power to a driving sprocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Inventor: Mun-Su Yoo