Patents by Inventor Sang Hark LEE

Sang Hark LEE 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: 20240083384
    Abstract: A vehicle seat reinforcement device includes a leg portion mounted on a floor panel, a seat cushion frame slidably mounted on the leg portion, and a load reinforcing structure connected between the leg portion and the seat cushion frame, wherein when a seat belt anchorage load is transferred to the seat cushion frame, the seat cushion frame is locked to the leg portion by the load reinforcing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Daechang Seat Co.,LTD-Dongtan, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Soo LEE, Chan Ho JUNG, Mu Young KIM, Sang Hark LEE, Ho Suk JUNG, Deok Soo LIM, Sang Do PARK, In Sun BAEK, Sin Chan YANG, Chan Ki CHO, Myung Soo LEE, Jae Yong JANG, Jun Sik HWANG, Ho Sung KANG, Hae Dong KWAK, Hyun Tak KO
  • Publication number: 20240075853
    Abstract: An apparatus of tilting a seat cushion of a vehicle, includes a tilting motor, a pinion gear, a sector gear, and a tilting link which perform the tilting operation of the seat cushion and exert a binding force in a tilted state of the seat cushion and are provided to be connected to both of one side and the other side of a seat cushion frame, and has two sector gears positioned on left and right sides and connected to each other by a connection bar so that, by strengthening a binding force of the front portion of the seat cushion, it is possible to secure the safety of passengers in the event of a collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, DAS CO., LTD, Faurecia Korea, Ltd., Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Soo LEE, Mu Young KIM, Sang Hark LEE, Ho Suk JUNG, Sang Do PARK, Chan Ho JUNG, Dong Hoon LEE, Hea Yoon KANG, Deok Soo LIM, Seung Pil JANG, Seon Ho KIM, Jong Seok YUN, Hyo Jin KIM, Dong Gyu SHIN, Jin Ho SEO, Young Jun KIM, Taek Jun NAM
  • Publication number: 20240067065
    Abstract: Provided is a duct docking device for a ventilation seat of a vehicle. The duct docking device enables air to be easily blown to a seatback and a seat cushion with a passenger in a seat using only one blower by enabling a seatback duct mounted at the seatback and a seat cushion duct mounted at the seat cushion to be hermetically docked through a connector duct, etc. at an unfolded position of the seatback in which a passenger can sit, and by enabling the seatback duct mounted at the seatback and the seat cushion duct mounted at the seat cushion to be separated from each other at a folded position of the seatback in consideration of that there is no passenger in the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Deok Soo Lim, Sang Hark Lee, Sang Soo Lee, Jung Sang You, Sang Do Park, Chan Ho Jung, Gun Chu Park, Gi Tae Jo, Jin Sik Kim, Hee Dong Yoon, Ho Sub Lim, Jae Hyun Park
  • Publication number: 20240034200
    Abstract: Disclosed is a seat adjustment apparatus for a mobility vehicle, in which a seat cushion slides in a forward/rearward direction while moving upward or downward when the seat cushion is tilted, thereby allowing an occupant to take a stable posture. In one aspect, the seat apparatus comprises 1) a fixing bracket fixed to a floor surface; 2) a setting bracket disposed above the fixing bracket and connected to a back frame so that the back frame is rotatable; 3) a guide unit disposed at a front end of the fixing bracket and a front end of the setting bracket; 4) a guide part disposed at a rear end of the fixing bracket and a rear end of the setting bracket; and 5) a drive unit connected to the guide unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Soo Lee, Chan Ho Jung, Mu Young Kim, Sang Hark Lee, Ho Suk Jung, Deok Soo Lim, Sang Do Park, Jae Yong Jang, Hyun Tak Ko, Ho Sung Kang, Hae Dong Kwak, In Sun Baek, Sin Chan Yang, Jun Sik Hwang, Chan Ki Cho, Myung Soo Lee
  • Publication number: 20230211714
    Abstract: An embodiment vibration motor assembly of a seat includes a vibration motor and an upper housing disposed around the vibration motor to hold and fix the vibration motor, the upper housing configured to be fixed to a pad of the seat, and the upper housing including a holding part disposed at a circumference of a front surface of the upper housing to hold a circumference of the vibration motor and a fixing part protruding from a rear surface of the upper housing to cover and fix a rear surface of the vibration motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Sang-Hark Lee, Sang-Do Park, Hyun-Seok Song, Chan-Ho Jung, Hyun-Gyu Sung, Jong-Su Ryu, Sang-In Woo, Ho-Suk Jung, Tae-Hyoung Yang, Deok-Soo Lim, Sang-Soo Lee, Jung-Sang You, Sang-Gyu Byeon, Beom-Sun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230201070
    Abstract: Proposed is a massage device which can be installed on a seat. The massage device includes a striking unit, a driving unit providing a driving force for driving the striking unit, and an operation unit configured to convert a rotation force provided by the driving unit into a linear motion to linearly move the striking unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Hark Lee, Sang Do Park, Deok Soo Lim, Jung Sang You, Ho Suk Jung, Chan Ho Jung, Sang Soo Lee, Jong Soo Ryu, Sang Gyu Byeon, Hyun Gyu Sung, Hyun Seok Song, Beom Sun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230191675
    Abstract: Provided is a mold for a seat pad with a mesh fixed, which can easily fix a mesh to be inserted in a molding process. The mold includes a plurality of mold members overlapping each other and molding a seat pad by foaming a resin injected into a space formed between the mold members, the mold members are formed with a mesh accommodating groove accommodating a mesh, and the mesh is fitted into and fixed to the mesh-accommodating groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Sang-Hark Lee, Sang-Do Park, Deok-Soo Lim, Chan-Ho Jung, Sang-Soo Lee, Beom-Sun Kim, Sang-In Woo, Hyun-Seok Song
  • Publication number: 20230158930
    Abstract: A mesh integrated seat pad assembly delivers vibration output from a massage module to the entire seat pad to prevent the vibration from being reduced by the pad. The mesh integrated seat pad assembly includes a pad provided in a seatback supporting the back of a passenger or a seat cushion supporting the hip and the thigh of the passenger to provide additional comfort to the passenger, a mesh mounted on one side surface of the pad, and a massage module installed to be in contact with the mesh.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Sang-Hark Lee, Sang-Do Park, Deok-Soo Lim, Chan-Ho Jung, Sang-Soo Lee, Beom-Sun Kim, Sang-In Woo, Hyun-Seok Song
  • Publication number: 20230149257
    Abstract: Disclosed is a massage device for a legrest of a vehicle seat in which a massage module capable of massaging the calves of a passenger by striking the same is installed so as to massage the calves of the passenger, thereby improving blood flow to the calves and significantly reducing the fatigue of the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Hark Lee, Sang Do Park, Deok Soo Lim, Jung Sang You, Ho Suk Jung, Chan Ho Jung, Sang Soo Lee, Hyun Gyu Sung, Sang Gyu Byeon, Hyun Seok Song, Beom Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 11648861
    Abstract: A headrest for a vehicle with improved collision performance includes: a headrest stay provided integrally with a seat back and exposed at an upper end of the seat back; a blower connected to the headrest stay; and a rotation direction change member installed between the headrest stay and the blower, connecting the headrest stay and the blower, and configured to allow a rotation direction of the headrest stay and a rotation direction of the blower to be opposite to each other in an event of a rear collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mu-Young Kim, Sang-Do Park, Deok-Soo Lim, Ji-Hyun Kim, Bong-Ku Kim, Ho-Suk Jung, Hyeok-Seung Lee, Sang-Hark Lee, Hoon-Bok Lee, Jun-Young Yun, Jun-Hwan Lee, Chan-Ho Jung, Han-Kyeol Cho
  • Publication number: 20230092189
    Abstract: A device for adjusting a position of a seat for a purpose built vehicle for mobility services allows a seatback to be mounted on an inner wall surface of a vehicle body in an adjustable manner. The device also includes a seat cushion fixed on a floor panel in an adjustable manner. The device is capable of adjusting the seat to various desired positions such as a storage position for cargo loading, a general seating position, a position of a comfortable posture for relaxation, a bed position, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Deok Soo Lim, Sang Do Park, Bong Ku Kim, Sang Hark Lee, Jun Hwan Lee, Dong Hoon Keum, Chan Ho Jung, Sang Soo Lee
  • Publication number: 20230073385
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle rear-seat position adjustment apparatus including a pair of support frames mounted on a floor panel in such a manner as to be spaced apart; a leg frame having a structure where a slot of a predetermined length is formed and fixedly mounted on the support frame; a tilting link of which a front end portion is connected to a slot in the leg frame in a manner that is movable backward and forward; a seat cushion frame of which a front end portion is connected to the leg frame and of which a rear end portion is connected to a rear end portion of the tilting link; a recliner mounted on a side frame connected to a rear end portion of the support frame; and a drive device connected to the front end portion of the tilting link and configured to move the tilting link backward and forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Deok Soo Lim, Sang Do Park, Sang Soo Lee, Jun Hwan Lee, Dong Hoon Keum, Chan Ho Jung, Sang Hark Lee
  • Publication number: 20230044679
    Abstract: A seat for a vehicle includes support links enabling a rotating motion and a sliding motion between a seat frame and seat rails, the support links being mounted so that the seat may be rotated in the forward and rearward directions as in a seesaw motion about a shaft of the vehicle in a width direction of the vehicle, so as to easily implement a facing mode posture, in which passengers sit facing each other, a relaxed comfort posture, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Chan Ho Jung, Ho Suk Jung, Han Kyeol Cho, Hyeok Seung Lee, Da Eun Lee, Hoon Bok Lee, Jun Young Yun, Jun Hwan Lee, Sang Do Park, Sang Hark Lee
  • Patent number: 11485267
    Abstract: A cup holder for a vehicle may include a holder body slidably coupled to a cup holder mounting portion in the vehicle, a finger elastically and pivotably mounted to the holder body, and configured to press and support a side surface of a cup inserted into the cup holder together with the holder body, a support connected to the holder body by a link such that the support is vertically movable in accordance with pivotal movement of the link, the support being configured to support a bottom portion of the cup, and a locking member disposed between the finger and the link, to lock the link, for prevention of pivotal movement of the link, or to unlock the link in linkage with pivotal operation of the finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc., HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Hyun Ko, Sang Hark Lee, Hoon Bok Lee, Won Sang Cho, Hyun Kim, Hyeok Song
  • Publication number: 20220194281
    Abstract: A headrest for a vehicle with improved collision performance includes: a headrest stay provided integrally with a seat back and exposed at an upper end of the seat back; a blower connected to the headrest stay; and a rotation direction change member installed between the headrest stay and the blower, connecting the headrest stay and the blower, and configured to allow a rotation direction of the headrest stay and a rotation direction of the blower to be opposite to each other in an event of a rear collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mu-Young KIM, Sang-Do PARK, Deok-Soo LIM, Ji-Hyun KIM, Bong-Ku KIM, Ho-Suk JUNG, Hyeok-Seung LEE, Sang-Hark LEE, Hoon-Bok LEE, Jun-Young YUN, Jun-Hwan LEE, Chan-Ho JUNG, Han-Kyeol CHO
  • Patent number: 11285855
    Abstract: A side bolster adjustment apparatus of a vehicle seat may include a guide frame which is mounted to a seat back frame, and is formed with a guide groove; a slider which slides along a direction in which a bolster protrudes from a seat back, which is the longitudinal direction of the guide groove, by a guide means formed in the guide groove; a lead screw which is provided to penetrate the slider, and is mounted in the longitudinal direction of the guide groove; a motor which is coupled to the lead screw and selectively rotate the lead screw; and a bolster plate which is coupled to the slider, and rotates around a vertical longitudinal direction of the seat back by operation of the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Hark Lee, Tae-Hoon Lee, Ji-Hwan Kim, Sang-Do Park, Ho-Sub Lim
  • Patent number: 11148557
    Abstract: A device and a method for automatically restoring a seatback is provided in which a seatback is electrically deployed at a predetermined angle by being interlocked when a seat of a vehicle is moved to a predetermined position to facilitate a passenger to get into and out of the vehicle. The device includes a seat cushion, a seatback installed in the seat cushion to be adjustable in angle, a seat rail, and a seat track slidably installed in the seat rail. A seat position detection sensor detects a position of the seat track and a seat position detection member operates the seat position detection sensor. A seatback angle adjustment motor adjusts an angle of the seatback. When the seat position detection sensor detects that the seat track reaches a predetermined operating position, the seatback angle adjustment motor deploys the seatback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hoon-Bok Lee, Bong-Ku Kim, Sang-Hark Lee, Sang-Do Park, Hyun Ko
  • Publication number: 20210245642
    Abstract: A side bolster adjustment apparatus of a vehicle seat may include a guide frame which is mounted to a seat back frame, and is formed with a guide groove; a slider which slides along a direction in which a bolster protrudes from a seat back, which is the longitudinal direction of the guide groove, by a guide means formed in the guide groove; a lead screw which is provided to penetrate the slider, and is mounted in the longitudinal direction of the guide groove; a motor which is coupled to the lead screw and selectively rotate the lead screw; and a bolster plate which is coupled to the slider, and rotates around a vertical longitudinal direction of the seat back by operation of the slider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Hark LEE, Tae-Hoon Lee, Ji-Hwan Kim, Sang-Do Park, Ho-Sub Lim
  • Publication number: 20210146817
    Abstract: A cup holder for a vehicle may include a holder body slidably coupled to a cup holder mounting portion in the vehicle, a finger elastically and pivotably mounted to the holder body, and configured to press and support a side surface of a cup inserted into the cup holder together with the holder body, a support connected to the holder body by a link such that the support is vertically movable in accordance with pivotal movement of the link, the support being configured to support a bottom portion of the cup, and a locking member disposed between the finger and the link, to lock the link, for prevention of pivotal movement of the link, or to unlock the link in linkage with pivotal operation of the finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc., HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Hyun Ko, Sang Hark Lee, Hoon Bok Lee, Won Sang Cho, Hyun Kim, Hyeok Song
  • Publication number: 20210138934
    Abstract: A device and a method for automatically restoring a seatback is provided in which a seatback is electrically deployed at a predetermined angle by being interlocked when a seat of a vehicle is moved to a predetermined position to facilitate a passenger to get into and out of the vehicle. The device includes a seat cushion, a seatback installed in the seat cushion to be adjustable in angle, a seat rail, and a seat track slidably installed in the seat rail. A seat position detection sensor detects a position of the seat track and a seat position detection member operates the seat position detection sensor. A seatback angle adjustment motor adjusts an angle of the seatback. When the seat position detection sensor detects that the seat track reaches a predetermined operating position, the seatback angle adjustment motor deploys the seatback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Hoon-Bok Lee, Bong-Ku Kim, Sang-Hark Lee, Sang-Do Park, Hyun Ko