Patents by Inventor Sang Heon Wang

Sang Heon Wang 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: 20250214888
    Abstract: Vehicle glass has a three-dimensional pattern and includes a pattern layer printed on a glass substrate to implement a plurality of shaded portions. The vehicle glass also has a metallic coating layer stacked on the pattern layer to be exposed from the glass substrate through the shaded portions. The pattern layer is divided into a first region and a second region to implement the shaded portions. The pattern layer realizes a difference in shade between the first region and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KCC GLASS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Kyung Hwan Kim, Sang Heon Wang, Dae Hee Lee, Yeong Mi Kim, Jun Ho Bang, Kuk Bum Lee
  • Patent number: 12330480
    Abstract: A quarter glass assembly for a vehicle includes a glass window and a plastic glass disposed adjacent to the glass window and forming, with the glass window, a partitioned quarter glass. The assembly includes decorative members integrally provided to cover edges of one side and an opposite side of the plastic glass and provided vertically with respect to the front of the quarter glass, a main trim piece provided to surround a rim of the glass window and upper and lower portions of the plastic glass, and a molding member provided to integrate the glass window and the plastic glass by including the decorative members and the main trim piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SE JIN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Sang Heon Wang, Chan Joo Moon, Kyung Hwan Kim, Pil Gu Jang, Min Hyung Son
  • Publication number: 20250115192
    Abstract: A camera monitor system includes: a panel disposed outside a vehicle, a fixing part fixed to an inner side of the panel, a camera assembly disposed at the fixing part and selectively accommodated in an opening of the panel, and a link unit coupled to the fixing part to transmit driving force of a driving unit to the camera assembly so that the camera assembly selectively protrudes to the outside of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SL Mirrortech Corporation
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Kyung Hwan Kim, Sang Heon Wang, Hyun Sub Kim, Sung Hyuk Kang, Yong Hei Kim, Won Bin Kim, Yeong Kook Cho, Yong Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20250033577
    Abstract: A structure of a quadrant cover of a vehicle includes an A-pillar positioned without a step difference with a windshield glass, a quadrant cover adjacent to the A-pillar and fixed to a front door, and a rain gutter positioned on the quadrant cover. The rain gutter includes a first rain gutter positioned adjacent to the A-pillar and a second rain gutter positioned to be spaced apart from the A-pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Sang Heon Wang, Kyung Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20240382982
    Abstract: A nozzle system includes a head part having a spray part formed at a location corresponding to a sensor part and a body part having a portion of the head part inserted thereinto and located therein. The body part includes an inlet part configured to allow fluid to flow into the body part therethrough. The nozzle system includes a delay part insertable into at least the portion of the head part and located in the body part. The delay part protrudes in a movement direction of the head part. The fluid flows into the body part and the head part is moved along the delay part and the fluid is sprayed out of the spray part of the head part when the head part is located at and clear of an end of the delay part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC., DY AUTO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Hwan Kim, Nak Kyoung Kong, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Wang, Jae Hyoung Kim, Jong Wook Lee, Gyu Seon Lee
  • Publication number: 20240383448
    Abstract: A nozzle system includes: a nozzle housing configured to allow fluid flowing from a reservoir located in a vehicle body to flow thereinto; a nozzle cover located at an upper end of the nozzle housing and configured to form a flow path for the fluid flowing into the nozzle housing; and at least two or more nozzle chips configured to face a sensor part. Each of the nozzle chips is detachably coupled to a corresponding opening located in the nozzle cover. The nozzle chips includes two or more discharge ports having different spray angles, where the fluid is sprayed to an area of the sensor part at each of the spray angles through each of the discharge ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC., DY AUTO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Hwan Kim, Nak Kyoung Kong, Dong Eun Cha, Sang Heon Wang, Jae Hyoung Kim, Jong Wook Lee, Gyu Seon Lee
  • Publication number: 20240300447
    Abstract: A sensor cleaning system includes: a sensor unit configured to monitor an external environment of a vehicle; a cover lens configured to cover a measurement region of the sensor unit; an outer cleaner configured to selectively come in contact with the cover lens; and a transmission unit configured to transmit a driving force of a driving unit to the outer cleaner. The sensor cleaning system also includes a control unit configured to adjust a position of the outer cleaner such that the outer cleaner selectively comes in contact with the cover lens by the driving force of the driving unit, and to move the cover lens up and down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Heon Wang, Kyung Hwan Kim, Dong Eun Cha, Nak Kyoung Kong
  • Publication number: 20240198974
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a sensor includes: a sensor that is positioned in a vehicle; a sensor bearing unit that is positioned on a vehicle body adjacent to the sensor, and at least one nozzle assembly that is positioned in the sensor bearing unit. The at least one nozzle assembly stands up by a hydraulic pressure of inflowing washer fluid. The apparatus also includes: a washer fluid passage that is in fluid connection with the nozzle assembly and through which washer fluid flows; and a motor unit that is configured to apply a driving force so that the sensor bearing unit rotates based on the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Hwan Kim, Sang Heon Wang, Dong Eun Cha, Nak Kyoung Kong
  • Publication number: 20240149837
    Abstract: A sensor cleaning apparatus for a vehicle includes: a sensor housing in which a driver and a sensor are mounted, a cover part configured to rotate and exposed to the outside of the sensor housing through an open region formed on a front surface of the sensor housing, and a blade part connected to the cover part. The blade is rotated as the driver is driven and provided to allow air generated by its rotation to flow toward a front surface and a rear surface of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DY AUTO Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Heon Wang, Nak Kyoung Kong, Dong Eun Cha, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jung Kwan Choi
  • Publication number: 20240109518
    Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a sensor includes: at least one fluid flow path unit assembled and arranged to correspond to a size and a field of view (FOV) region of a sensor unit and formed with a spray flow path for flowing a fluid supplied through an inlet nozzle, a cover unit coupled to each of the fluid flow path units to shield an opened upper surface of the fluid flow path unit, and a spray nozzle unit selectively coupled to the cover unit and formed so that the fluid flowing along the spray flow path is sprayed toward the FOV region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Hwan Kim, Sang Heon Wang, Dong Eun Cha, Nak Kyoung Kong
  • Publication number: 20240025238
    Abstract: A quarter glass assembly for a vehicle includes a glass window and a plastic glass disposed adjacent to the glass window and forming, with the glass window, a partitioned quarter glass. The assembly includes decorative members integrally provided to cover edges of one side and an opposite side of the plastic glass and provided vertically with respect to the front of the quarter glass, a main trim piece provided to surround a rim of the glass window and upper and lower portions of the plastic glass, and a molding member provided to integrate the glass window and the plastic glass by including the decorative members and the main trim piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SE JIN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Sang Heon Wang, Chan Joo Moon, Kyung Hwan Kim, Pil Gu Jang, Min Hyung Son
  • Publication number: 20230421880
    Abstract: A camera monitoring system (CMS) disposed on a panel of a vehicle body. A housing is disposed on a vehicle body. A movable housing is movable along the housing. A CMS camera is disposed on one end of the movable housing. A motor part provides driving force by which the movable housing moves along the housing. A transparent part is disposed on the housing and is located in an area facing the CMS camera when the movable housing is retracted into the housing. A controller controls a driving amount of the motor part and controls turning on/off of the CMS camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SMR AUTOMOTIVE MODULES KOREA LTD.
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Dae Hee Lee, Kyung Hwan Kim, Sang Heon Wang, Won Sik Hong, Houng Young Shin, Chang Hwan Lim, Sung Min Cho
  • Patent number: 9849862
    Abstract: A washer liquid heating apparatus integrated into a reservoir may include an auxiliary tank which is integrally connected to the reservoir and in which a washer liquid inflowing from the reservoir is stored, and a heater assembly that is integrally attached to the auxiliary tank and heats the washer liquid stored in the auxiliary tank, wherein the heater assembly comprises a plate-type heater that is installed in a hole of the auxiliary tank to heat the washer liquid within the auxiliary tank, and wherein the plate-type heater is exposed to an inside of the auxiliary tank through the hole of the auxiliary tank such that a heating surface where heating is performed heats the washer liquid within the auxiliary tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Denso Korea Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Kil Baik, Sang Heon Wang, Seok Cheon Kang
  • Patent number: 9731686
    Abstract: A washer liquid heating apparatus integrated into a reservoir may include a plate-type heater that may be installed in a hole of the reservoir to heat a washer liquid within the reservoir, a protect cover that may be assembled into the reservoir to surround the heater, and a fastening device for fixing the heater and the protect cover to the reservoir, wherein the plate-type heater may be fixed to be exposed to an inside of the reservoir through the hole such that a heating surface where heating may be performed heats the washer liquid within the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, DENSO KOREA AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Kil Baik, Sang Heon Wang, Seok Cheon Kang
  • Publication number: 20160031420
    Abstract: A washer liquid heating apparatus integrated into a reservoir may include an auxiliary tank which is integrally connected to the reservoir and in which a washer liquid inflowing from the reservoir is stored, and a heater assembly that is integrally attached to the auxiliary tank and heats the washer liquid stored in the auxiliary tank, wherein the heater assembly comprises a plate-type heater that is installed in a hole of the auxiliary tank to heat the washer liquid within the auxiliary tank, and wherein the plate-type heater is exposed to an inside of the auxiliary tank through the hole of the auxiliary tank such that a heating surface where heating is performed heats the washer liquid within the auxiliary tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Denso Korea Automotive Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Kil BAIK, Sang Heon Wang, Seok Cheon Kang
  • Publication number: 20160031421
    Abstract: A washer liquid heating apparatus integrated into a reservoir may include a plate-type heater that may be installed in a hole of the reservoir to heat a washer liquid within the reservoir, a protect cover that may be assembled into the reservoir to surround the heater, and a fastening device for fixing the heater and the protect cover to the reservoir, wherein the plate-type heater may be fixed to be exposed to an inside of the reservoir through the hole such that a heating surface where heating may be performed heats the washer liquid within the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, DENSO KOREA AUTOMOTIVE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Kil BAIK, Sang Heon Wang, Seok Cheon Kang