Patents by Inventor Sang Won HWANGBO

Sang Won HWANGBO 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: 20240092298
    Abstract: An airbag device and a method for controlling deployment of the same are proposed. The airbag device is configured to protect a passenger by controlling an airbag cushion deployed toward the rear space of a seatback in an event of a vehicle collision, and the airbag device includes an airbag cushion deploying toward the rear space of the seatback, a sensor part detecting a seating status and a seating posture of a passenger with respect to each seat, and a controller, in an event of a collision, configured to change and control a deploying status of the airbag cushion and an inflation amount of the airbag cushion in response to the seating status and the seating posture of the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiwoon SONG, Dong Gil LEE, Sang Won HWANGBO, Byung Ho MIN, Jae Jun HARM
  • Publication number: 20240092305
    Abstract: Disclosed are a shoulder airbag and an airbag cushion thereof that are capable of restricting an occupant from being moved upward along a seatback and from being abruptly pushed in a direction away from a collision side of a vehicle when vehicle collision occurs, thereby safely protecting the occupant. The shoulder airbag includes an airbag cushion mounted in a seatback and configured to be deployed so as to cover each of the shoulders of an occupant sitting in a seat in three axis directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiwoon SONG, Dong Gil LEE, Sang Won HWANGBO, Byung Ho MIN, Jae Jun HARM
  • Publication number: 20240034265
    Abstract: A seat airbag device for a vehicle is proposed. The seat airbag device for a vehicle includes: a main chamber located in a vehicle seat at a side portion of an occupant and configured to be deployed toward a front portion of the vehicle when gas is injected thereinto; a sub-chamber connected to a front end of the main chamber and configured to be deployed in a direction intersecting a deployment direction of the main chamber when the gas is injected thereinto; and an expansion portion expanded from the front end of the main chamber and connected to an upper portion or a lower portion of the sub-chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Won HWANGBO, Choong Ryung LEE
  • Patent number: 11851019
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle seat airbag apparatus, wherein: when a side collision accident occurs, an active vent hole is closed to delay the deployment speed of a front cushion and thus to enable a side cushion so as to have sufficient internal pressure, thereby improving ability to respond to a side collision; and when a frontal collision accident occurs, the active vent hole maintains an open state to rapidly deploy the front cushion, thereby improving ability to respond to a frontal collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Sang Won Hwangbo
  • Patent number: 11851018
    Abstract: A seat airbag apparatus for a vehicle and a method of controlling the operation thereof, includes side cushions deployed from the seatback, front cushions configured to be deployed from the side cushions, and inflators for the side cushions and inflators for the front cushions. The deployment operation of the side cushions and the deployment operation of the front cushions are respectively controlled depending on a normal seating mode and a relax mode of an occupant and a side collision and a front collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Sang Won Hwangbo
  • Patent number: 11820314
    Abstract: A seat airbag includes a cushion part mounted to a seatback of a seat, at least two chambers connected to each other in a vertical direction of the seatback, and an inflator provided to supply inflating gas to the cushion part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiwoon Song, Jong Seob Lee, Dong Gil Lee, Byung Ho Min, Sang Won Hwangbo
  • Patent number: 11820311
    Abstract: A seat airbag device for a vehicle is proposed. The seat airbag device for a vehicle includes: a main chamber located in a vehicle seat at a side portion of an occupant and configured to be deployed toward a front portion of the vehicle when gas is injected thereinto; a sub-chamber connected to a front end of the main chamber and configured to be deployed in a direction intersecting a deployment direction of the main chamber when the gas is injected thereinto; and an expansion portion expanded from the front end of the main chamber and connected to an upper portion or a lower portion of the sub-chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Won Hwangbo, Choong Ryung Lee
  • Patent number: 11814004
    Abstract: A side airbag for a vehicle including an inflator part that discharges an inflation gas; and a cushion part that covers the inflator part, is deployed by the gas discharged from the inflator part. The cushion part includes a main chamber part deployed between a passenger and a vehicle body, and a protruding chamber part extended from the main chamber part and deployed in front of the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Won Hwangbo, Choong Ryung Lee
  • Patent number: 11702028
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a seat airbag for a vehicle in which a cushion storage space 810 capable of accommodating a front cushion 200 is provided at a front end 720 connected to the front cushion 200 in a side cushion 100, and the front cushion 200 folded in a bellows type is inserted and accommodated into the cushion storage space 810. The side cushion 100 and the front cushion 200 can be deployed sequentially with a time difference, so that the reliability of the cushion deployment can be secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choong Ryung Lee, Sang Won Hwangbo
  • Patent number: 11685331
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a seat airbag for a vehicle in which a side cushion 100 is deployed to protrude forward from a seatback 10 and protects the side of a passenger 20, a front cushion 200 is deployed to protrude from the side cushion 100 to the front of the passenger 20 and protects the front of the passenger 20, an upper tether 300 and a lower tether 400 exhibiting strong restraint force are connected to the side cushion 100 and the front cushion 200. Thus, it is possible to effectively restrain the passenger's lateral behavior, forward behavior, and diagonal behavior, thereby further enhancing the passenger's protective effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choong Ryung Lee, Sang Won Hwangbo
  • Publication number: 20230166682
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a vehicle seat airbag apparatus, wherein: when a side collision accident occurs, an active vent hole is closed to delay the deployment speed of a front cushion and thus to enable a side cushion so as to have sufficient internal pressure, thereby improving ability to respond to a side collision; and when a frontal collision accident occurs, the active vent hole maintains an open state to rapidly deploy the front cushion, thereby improving ability to respond to a frontal collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Sang Won Hwangbo
  • Patent number: 11654851
    Abstract: A vehicle airbag system is proposed. The vehicle airbag system includes: a front airbag mounted to a portion of a vehicle in front of a passenger and configured to be unfolded toward a front of the passenger; an upper airbag mounted to a portion of the vehicle above the passenger and configured to be unfolded toward the front of the passenger; a seat detector configured to detect a seating posture of the passenger; and a controller configured to control unfolding of the front airbag or the upper airbag on the basis of the passenger's seating posture detected by the seat detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Min Lee, Hae Kwon Park, Ga Ram Jeong, Dong Oh Lee, Sang Won Hwangbo
  • Publication number: 20230106061
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a seat airbag apparatus for a vehicle, in which a raw cushion fabric 210 provided in the form of a single flat panel is coupled by sewing to an inner cushion part 110 provided in the form of a flat panel, and a front cushion 200 is formed by using the raw cushion fabric 210 provided in the form of a flat panel. Therefore, the sewing coupling may be easily and smoothly performed, and particularly the tolerance in respect to the sewing coupling may be reduced, thereby improving quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Won HWANGBO, Dong Young KIM
  • Patent number: 11618407
    Abstract: A side airbag for a vehicle includes: a main cushion located at a seat of the vehicle and configured to be unfolded at a front side of a passenger to a front of the vehicle when gas is injected into the main cushion; a sub cushion connected to a front-end portion of the main cushion and configured to be unfolded from the front-end portion of the main cushion toward the passenger when gas is injected into the sub cushion; a support tether having a first end connected to the seat and a second end connected to the sub cushion so as to support the sub cushion; and a cushion cover surrounding both the main cushion and the sub cushion, and having a tether slit through which the support tether passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Won Hwangbo, Choong Ryung Lee
  • Publication number: 20230077128
    Abstract: A seat airbag apparatus for a vehicle and a method of controlling the operation thereof, includes side cushions deployed from the seatback, front cushions configured to be deployed from the side cushions, and inflators for the side cushions and inflators for the front cushions. The deployment operation of the side cushions and the deployment operation of the front cushions are respectively controlled depending on a normal seating mode and a relax mode of an occupant and a side collision and a front collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Chang SUNG, Sang Won HWANGBO
  • Patent number: 11590923
    Abstract: A roof mounted airbag is proposed. The roof mounted airbag includes: an airbag cushion having an upper portion fixed to a roof of a vehicle and configured to be expanded downward when gas is supplied therein; a vent hole formed on the airbag cushion, and configured to discharge the gas in the airbag cushion to the outside of the airbag cushion during opening of the vent hole; and a closing tether having a first end fixed to the roof of the vehicle, and a second end connected to the vent hole to close the vent hole when tension is applied thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ga Ram Jeong, Sang Won Hwangbo, Hae Kwon Park
  • Patent number: 11584329
    Abstract: A seat airbag apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. A side cushion is deployed so as to protrude forward from a seatback in order to protect the lateral sides of an occupant, and a front cushion is deployed so as to protrude from the side cushion to the front of the occupant in order to protect the front side of the occupant. The deployment of the side cushion and the front cushion is limited by an upper dual-surface tether structure, formed by an upper-side surface tether and an upper-front surface tether, and a lower dual-surface tether structure, formed by a lower-side surface tether and a lower-front surface tether, thereby increasing force with which movement of the occupant is restricted, thus further enhancing an occupant protection effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Chang Sung, Sang Won Hwangbo, Choong Ryung Lee
  • Patent number: 11584330
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle is proposed. The airbag apparatus is configured to protect an occupant from an impact during a vehicle collision, to restrain the occupant to minimize occupant injuries, and to have improved storage performance to reduce a seat package volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choong Ryung Lee, Hae Kwon Park, Sang Won Hwangbo
  • Patent number: 11565649
    Abstract: A headrest airbag of a vehicle is proposed. The headrest airbag includes an inflator located inside a seatback, and connected to a headrest stay and configured to supply gas through the headrest stay during operation thereof, and an airbag cushion located inside the headrest, and configured to expand when being supplied with the gas through the headrest stay and to be unfolded outside of the headrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Won Hwangbo, Kyu Sang Lee, Jiwoon Song
  • Patent number: 11560114
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an airbag apparatus that includes a pair of main cushions installed to respective left and right sides of a seat back and deployed forward when gas is delivered to an internal filling chamber, to restrain a passenger from sides, and a pair of auxiliary cushions coupled to respective front ends of the main cushions while in communication with the main cushions and deployed laterally at one ends thereof to restrain the passenger from a front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Choong Ryung Lee, Sang Won Hwangbo