Patents by Inventor Sang Do Park

Sang Do Park 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: 12643483
    Abstract: A vehicle seat apparatus includes: a receiving device provided on a seat of a vehicle, where an auxiliary battery and a portable electronic device are received in the receiving device, and a controller that controls power transmission between the auxiliary battery received in the receiving device and a convenience device of the seat. The receiving device is provided on a back board of the seat, and the auxiliary battery and the portable electronic device may be received in the receiving device or taken from the receiving device. During charging, the auxiliary battery is charged with power of a vehicle power supply or the portable electronic device is wirelessly charged with power of the auxiliary battery in normal times, and the power of the auxiliary battery may be supplied to the convenience device of the seat in an emergency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Hyeong Jong Kim, Ju Yeol Kong, Byeong Kwang Kim, Seong Hyeon Shin, Han Su Yoo, Byung Yong Choi, Sang Do Park, So Young Yoo, Jeong Mi Seo
  • Patent number: 12630059
    Abstract: A walk-in apparatus for a vehicle seat includes a walk-in bracket rotatably coupled to a crossbar of a cushion frame and operable to release a fixing member by contacting the fixing member of a seat rail; a compensator bracket operably connected to the walk-in bracket through a hinge, the compensator bracket also being connected to a walk-in cable; and a compensator spring configured to support the walk-in bracket and the compensator bracket, rotate at least one of the walk-in bracket and the compensator bracket, and operate in such a manner as to return the compensator bracket. Even when the walk-in cable is released due to a seatback rebound phenomenon during a walk-in operation, the walk-in bracket maintains a pressing state of the fixing member to maintain continuously an unlocking state of the seat rail, allowing the vehicle seat to move forward smoothly to enable a walk-in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc., DAS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mu Young Kim, Jun Hwan Lee, Jun Young Heo, Ho Suk Jung, Hyeok Seung Lee, Keun Gwack, Sang Do Park, Chan Ho Jung, Jae Hun Jeong, Sang Soo Lee, Sai Youn Jung, Seon Ho Park, Jun Hyuk Park, Jae Yong Jang, Jun Sik Hwang, Joong Geol Gug, Woo Ryang Kim, Jai Wha Choi, Gil Hwan Ryu, So Yun Kim
  • Patent number: 12600275
    Abstract: A seat adjustment apparatus for a vehicle includes a plurality of connection frames provided along two opposite sides of a seat frame and two opposite sides of a back frame and configured to move forward or rearward depending on a folding direction of the back frame, guide parts provided at middle points of the plurality of connection frames and configured to be moved upward or downward by forward or rearward movements of the connection frames, and a seat cushion pipe provided inside the two connection frames and configured such that front ends of the seat cushion pipe are connected to the guide parts, and a position of a rear end of the seat cushion pipe is adjusted upward or downward by upward or downward movements of the guide parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Mu Young Kim, Chan Ho Jung, Dong Hoon Keum, Sang Soo Lee, Ho Suk Jung, Sang Do Park, Jong Su Kim, In Hoe Jeong, Soo Yong Kim, Jung Eun Kwon, Dong Jin Kim, Gwon Hwa Bok, Jun Sik Hwang, Cheol Hwan Yoon
  • Patent number: 12583371
    Abstract: A sliding interlocking reclining seat structure includes a seat cushion assembly configured to move forward and backward within a vehicle body, a rail assembly positioned on a lower end of the seat cushion assembly and configured so that the seat cushion assembly slides, a seatback assembly connected to the seat cushion assembly through a hinge part and configured to move in a height direction of the vehicle body in response to the sliding of the seat cushion assembly, and a latch assembly, disposed on an upper end of the seatback assembly, including a guide bracket having a slot formed therein in a height direction, and configured to be fastened to one end of a striker fixed to the vehicle body. While the seat cushion assembly slides, the latch assembly vertically moves along the slot when fastened to the striker, and the seatback assembly moves in the height direction of the vehicle body as the hinge part moves forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DAEWON PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Chan Choe, Hyun Ko, Sang Do Park, Hyo Cheol Kang, Yun Ho Shin, Hyo Jin Ahn
  • Patent number: 12552298
    Abstract: An embodiment manual seatback folding apparatus of an electric seat for a vehicle includes a shaft fastened to a seatback frame, wherein first and second end portions of the shaft are rotatably inserted into first and second seat cushion side frames, respectively, a first rotatable disk including a first locking recess, a second rotatable disk including a second locking recess and a pusher, a first manual control device detachably engaged with the first locking recess, a second manual control device to be connected to the first manual control device through a cable and detachably engaged with the second locking recess, and a switch device mounted on an outer surface of the second seat cushion side frame and configured to perform a switching operation in response to the pusher in a state in which the second rotatable disk is rotated in a folding direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DAS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Deok Soo Lim, Sang Do Park, Sang Soo Lee, Chan Ho Jung, Sang Hark Lee, Song Min Baek, Seung Heon Ryu
  • Patent number: 12534003
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a ventilation duct device for a vehicle seat, includes a cushion duct, a blower coupled to the cushion duct, configured for air exiting the blower to enter the cushion duct, a back duct, a corrugated pipe, configured for air exiting the blower to enter the back duct via the corrugated pipe, an elastic support unit coupled to and at least partially located within the corrugated pipe, a first end of the elastic support unit coupled to the cushion duct, a second end of the elastic support unit coupled to the back duct, and a spring member coupled between the first end of the elastic support unit and the second end of the elastic support unit, and the spring member being at least partially located within the corrugated pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, KBAUTOTECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Mu Young Kim, Sang Do Park, Ho Suk Jung, Chan Ho Jung, Jun Young Yun, Tae Soo Sung, Yong Jun Jo, Ho Chang Jin
  • Patent number: 12528396
    Abstract: An embodiment is a swing armrest for a seat, the swing armrest including a fixation bracket fixed to a seatback frame or fixed to a seatback bracket that is fixed to the seatback frame, a rotation bracket rotatably fixed to the fixation bracket by a rotation pin, a return spring configured to elastically support the rotation bracket in a direction in which the rotation bracket rotates with respect to the fixation bracket, a fixing post protruding from the rotation bracket to a side of the seat, and an armrest coupled to the fixing post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Chan Ho Jung, Deok Soo Lim, Jung Sang You, Sang Soo Lee, Sang Hark Lee, Mu Young Kim, Sang Do Park, Ho Suk Jung
  • Patent number: 12522152
    Abstract: An embodiment mounting and demounting device for a wireless electronic device includes a pair of holder wings arranged symmetrically to each other and configured to press both sides of the wireless electronic device, a holder wing adjusting device configured to apply a force to adjust a gap between the holder wings using a driving force of a drive motor, a lifting implementing device configured to interlock with the holder wing adjusting device to lift the wireless electronic device upward in a case in which the holder wings are spread apart by a predetermined reference gap or more, a lower housing wrapped around a lower side of the holder wings, the holder wing adjusting device, and the lifting implementing device, and an upper housing coupled to an upper side of the lower housing and configured to allow the wireless electronic device to pass through in an up and down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Guk Mu Park, Dong Woo Jeong, Dong Ho Kang, Jung Sang You, Hyung Joo Kim, Hyeong Jong Kim, Seung Min Jeong, Seung Young Lee, Byung Jin Son, Han Su Yoo, Hyo Seop Cha, Young Gyu Song, Yun Chang Kim, Jae Sik Choi, Dae Hee Lee, Byung Yong Choi, Seon Chae Na, Sang Do Park, Eun Sue Kim, Yong Seong Jang, Eom Seok Yoo, Seung Young Lee, Jin Wook Choi
  • Publication number: 20260005537
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a battery includes a memory that stores a program instruction, and a processor that executes the program instruction, wherein the processor may charge the battery based on a charging pattern of at least one pulse signal unit that includes a charging section in which a constant voltage is applied to the battery, and a rest section in which a current below a threshold current value is applied to the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoo Hong Jang, Sang Do Park, Hyo Kyung Lee, Ki Young Lee
  • Patent number: 12472855
    Abstract: A foldable seat apparatus for a multi-purpose vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a seat unit composed of a seat cushion, and a seatback rotatably coupled to the seat cushion, and configured to rotate the seatback and formed to make a horizontal state with the seat cushion according to an operation of an operation lever, a headrest unit mounted on the seatback, and provided to be separable, a mounting guide unit fixed and coupled to the seat cushion; and a pillow mounting unit positioned to be latched to the mounting guide unit to be stored in the seat cushion, drawn out to the outside of the seat cushion by selectively being latch-released from the mounting guide unit in the horizontal state, and equipped with the headrest unit to guide the headrest unit to be switched to a set pillow mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, DAS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Sang Hwi Yoon, Hyun Ko, Hyo Cheol Kang, Sang Do Park, Du Go Jung, Yong Jae Sung, Jin Ho Choi
  • Publication number: 20250289392
    Abstract: A seat belt device may be coupled to a frame of a chair. The seat belt device may include: a main body including a first gear and a second gear engaged with each other, a belt including a waist belt portion wound around the first gear and a shoulder belt portion extending from the waist belt portion and wound around the second gear, and a slider to which the belt is connected and slidably coupled to a portion of the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Mu Young Kim, Sang Hyun Lee, Gil Ju Kim, Sang Do Park, Ga Be Nam, Hyun Ji Lee, Hyung Rae Kim, Jeong Yong Yoo, Gyung Do Park, Dong Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 12377761
    Abstract: An embodiment walk-in seat locking device for a vehicle includes a rear link including a first sector gear, the rear link having a first end portion hinge-fastened to a rear portion of a seat cushion frame and a second end portion hinge-fastened to a rear portion of a seat rail, a locking link including a second sector gear engageable with the first sector gear, wherein the second sector gear is on a rear portion of the locking link and is hinge-fastened to the seat cushion frame, a lever having a first end portion to which a cable is connected and a second end portion hinge-fastened to the seat cushion frame, a first locking cam having a first end portion coaxially connected to the lever, and a second locking cam having a first end portion coaxially connected to the lever and the first locking cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, DAS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Deok Soo Lim, Sang Do Park, Ho Suk Jung, Sang Hark Lee, Chan Ho Jung, Sang Soo Lee, Dong Geon Lee, Seung Heon Ryu
  • Publication number: 20250236219
    Abstract: Provided is a device for adjusting a seat of a vehicle. The device integrates a fold-and-dive function in addition to a walk-in function of a seat and also enables a forward or backward sliding movement function of the seat to be linked with other functions, so that the walk-in operation that tilts second-row seats or third-row seats to a forward direction for securing an aisle for a passenger to get in or out of the vehicle may be easily performed. Further, the walk-in operation state may be robustly maintained since the seat is robustly fixed after the walk-in operation is performed, and the device contributing to a standardization in which various functions in addition to the walk-in function are integrated with each other and contributing to functional expandability may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Ho Suk Jung, Sang Ho Kim, Jun Hwan Lee, Mu Young Kim, Sang Soo Lee, Sang Do Park, Chan Ho Jung, Dong Man Lee, Woo Ryang Kim, Jae Hwa Choi, Jong Beom Na, Cheol Hwan Yoon, Hae Dong Kwak, Jun Sik Hwang, Jung Bin Lee
  • Patent number: 12365273
    Abstract: An embodiment luggage gap cover device for a rear seat of a vehicle is provided. The rear seat includes an interlocking frame connecting a seatback of the rear seat to a seat cushion for a dive operation, and the luggage gap cover device includes a foldable cover mat on a rear surface of the seatback configured to cover a gap between the seatback and a floor plate of a luggage compartment and a support protrusion on the interlocking frame, the support protrusion being configured to push and support the cover mat in a direction of covering the gap between the seatback and the floor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Mu Young Kim, Jun Young Yun, Han Kyeol Cho, Ho Suk Jung, Sang Do Park, Chan Ho Jung, Jun Hwan Lee, Dong Jin Kim, Hee Won Kwon, Jung Eun Kwon, Soo Yong Kim, Ye Eun Song, Jeong Su Yoon
  • Patent number: 12337729
    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: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignees: 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: 20250178507
    Abstract: Provided is an automatic pop-up device for a vehicle legrest having the following effects. A seatback reclining mechanism, a tilting mechanism, and a legrest deployment mechanism are formed as a simple integrated mechanism configured to adjust a relaxation position of a passenger, and the integrated mechanism allows the legrest to be automatically deployed when a reclining operation of a seatback and a tilting operation of a seat cushion are performed together, thereby reducing the number of components, costs, and weight. Additionally, provided is a single switch configured to adjust the relaxation position of the passenger, thereby improving the convenience of a switch operation of adjusting the relaxation position of the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Min Seok Kim, Sang Do Park, Tae Jun Kwon, Du Go Jung, Chan Ho Jung, Hyun Kyu Moon
  • Publication number: 20250162716
    Abstract: In a seat for a mobility vehicle configured for absorbing an impact load vertically applied in the event of an accident of an aerial mobility vehicle, ensuring the safety of a passenger, the seat includes a seat frame supporting at least a seat bottom of the seat; at least one leg portion supporting the seat frame and including an elongated hole formed to extend in a longitudinal direction of the at least one leg portion; and a pin member mounted on the seat frame and inserted into the elongated hole to connect the seat frame and the leg portion to each other. The elongated hole at least partially includes a narrow portion including a width narrower than a diameter or a width of the pin member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Suk Won HONG, Ga Be NAM, Jong Seok HAN, Gil Ju KIM, Sang Do PARK, Sang Man SEO, Hyun Ji LEE, Hyung Rae KIM, Jeong Yong YOO, Gyung Do PARK, Dong Hwan KIM
  • Patent number: 12293958
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided. The semiconductor device includes a substrate which comprises a first surface and a second surface opposing each other, and a hard macro which is disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The hard macro comprises a cell area and a halo area formed along the periphery of the cell area. In addition, the hard macro comprises a first connection wiring disposed at a first metal level and having at least a part extending from the cell area to the halo area, a first power rail which is disposed on the second surface of the substrate and receives a first voltage, and a first through via which penetrates the halo area and the substrate to connect the first power rail and the first connection wiring and is a single structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Doo Kim, Sang Do Park
  • Patent number: 12291130
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a seat cushion extension device for a fold-and-dive seat. The seat cushion extension device may include a pair of seat cushion side frames arranged at a predetermined interval, a seatback frame rotatably connected to the pair of seat cushion side frames and having a guide pin formed on an outer surface thereof, a seat cushion frame, a pair of links rotatably connected between the pair of seat cushion side frames and a front end of the seat cushion frame, and a pair of extension frames. Each of the pair of extension frames may have a front end connected to the seat cushion frame, and a rear end formed with a guide hole, into which a guide pin may be inserted. The seat cushion extension device may facilitate a forward extension of a seat cushion regardless of a position of a seatback of the fold-and-dive seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Hoon Keum, Sang Do Park, Sang Soo Lee, Hoon Bok Lee, Mu Young Kim, Chan Ho Jung, Da Eun Lee
  • Patent number: RE50798
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reclining device for a seat, which can adjust a seatback at various angles through movement of a striker installed in a vehicle body. The reclining device for a seat includes a latch installed on a side of a seatback and configured to be rotated together with the seatback, and a striker module in which the latch is engaged with a striker installed in a vehicle body, where the striker moves in a certain section overlapping a rotation trajectory of the latch in a state where the latch is engaged and reclines the seatback together with the latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DAECHANG SEAT CO., LTD-DONGTAN
    Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Jong Seok Han, Jun Yong Kim, Sang Do Park, Sang Man Seo, Sung Hak Hong, Myung Soo Lee, In Chang Hwang, Kyoung Min Cho