Patents by Inventor Sehyun CHANG

Sehyun CHANG 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: 20240124074
    Abstract: A fastening device for mobility and a mobility including the same includes a first fastening unit provided in a first module of the mobility, and a second fastening unit disposed in a second module of the mobility, the second fastening unit coupled or decoupled to the first fastening unit for attachment or detachment between the first module and the second module, wherein the first fastening unit and the second fastening unit include a first fastening member and a second fastening member selectively screw-coupled together, respectively, the second fastening unit further includes a support member configured to support rotatably the second fastening member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Danghee PARK, Sukmin CHOI, Sunwook KIM, Hongmin KIM, Sangwoo HWANG, Sehyun CHANG, Injae HWANG
  • Patent number: 11945276
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a preview vehicle height control system and a method of controlling the same. The system includes a monitoring device configured to detect the road surface condition of a driving path of a vehicle, an active suspension configured to adjust a vehicle height, a memory configured to store a plurality of data maps distinguished based on a type of bump, each data map having a vehicle dynamic characteristic as an input and a tuning factor as an output, and a controller configured to derive the tuning factor based on a data map, among the plurality of data maps of the memory, corresponding to the bump detected by the monitoring device, derive a target vehicle height in a form of a Gaussian distribution by substituting the tuning factor, and control the active suspension to follow the derived target vehicle height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND BUSINESS SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Youngil Sohn, Min Jun Kim, Sang Woo Hwang, Sehyun Chang, Jun Ho Seong, Yong Hwan Jeong, Seong Jin Yim
  • Publication number: 20240100898
    Abstract: A suspension includes a knuckle to which a wheel of a vehicle is fastened, a steering drive portion connected to the knuckle, a lower arm positioned at a lower end portion of the steering drive portion and including a first end portion connected to the knuckle and a second end portion connected to a vehicle body frame, a connecting link including a first end portion connected to an upper end portion of the steering drive portion, an upper arm connected to a second end portion of the connecting link, a damper connecting the upper arm and the vehicle body frame, and a push rod including a first end portion connected to the upper arm and a second end portion connected to the lower arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sehyun CHANG, Youngil SOHN, Jun Ho SEONG, Min Jun KIM, Sang Woo HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240092134
    Abstract: A vehicle-height control system of an independent corner module, includes a suspension link connected to a wheel and configured to be rotated according to upward-downward displace of the wheel, a gear unit connected to a vehicle body and a rotational center portion of the suspension link and configured to receive a rotation force from the suspension link, a control torsion bar, a first end portion thereof being connected to the gear unit and the second end portion thereof being connected to a torsion variation unit, the torsion variation unit applying a drive force to adjust a height of the control torsion bar and to maintain the adjusted height, and a controller connected to the torsion variation unit and adjusting the height of the control torsion bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sehyun CHANG, Sang Woo HWANG, Min Jun KIM, Youngil SOHN
  • Patent number: 11879508
    Abstract: A clutch for preventing backdrive, includes a housing: a cover portion positioned on one end portion of the housing; an external shaft, at least one portion of which is positioned inside the housing, the other end portion thereof passing through the housing; a rocker positioned between the housing and the cover portion and fastened to the external shaft; an input shaft, one end portion thereof being inserted into an opening portion in the locker, and the other end portion thereof passing through the cover portion; and a gear portion positioned on the housing or the cover portion so that a serrated portion positioned on the locker is selectively brought into contact with the gear portion, wherein rotation of the rocker is restricted so that the external shaft is rotated along a rotation direction of the input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Woo Hwang, Youngil Sohn, Sehyun Chang, Min Jun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230391157
    Abstract: A leaf spring suspension includes a knuckle having a wheel to be coupled thereto, a fixed frame positioned on a vehicle body and coupled to the knuckle through a trailing arm, a leaf spring having a first end portion coupled to the knuckle and having a second end portion having a variable support point, and a support unit configured to vary the support point on the second end portion of the leaf spring, wherein the support unit includes a spring support positioned to be brought into contact with the leaf spring, and a spring driver coupled to the spring support and configured to apply driving force to change the position of the spring support, and wherein the spring driver moves the position of the spring support to change the support point on the leaf spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sehyun CHANG, Youngil SOHN, Jun Ho SEONG, Min Jun KIM, Sang Woo HWANG
  • Patent number: 11820449
    Abstract: An embodiment independent corner module includes a knuckle unit positioned at an inward area of a wheel, an upper arm fastened between an upper end of the knuckle unit and a vehicle body, a lower arm fastened between a lower end of the knuckle unit and the vehicle body, a steering unit configured to input a steering angle to the knuckle unit by being rotated with respect to the lower arm, and a rack steering unit positioned under the steering unit and fastened to the knuckle unit, the rack steering unit being configured to apply a rotating force to the knuckle unit by varying a length thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sehyun Chang, Sang Woo Hwang, Min Jun Kim, Young Il Sohn
  • Publication number: 20230331057
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a preview vehicle height control system and a method of controlling the same. The system includes a monitoring device configured to detect the road surface condition of a driving path of a vehicle, an active suspension configured to adjust a vehicle height, a memory configured to store a plurality of data maps distinguished based on a type of bump, each data map having a vehicle dynamic characteristic as an input and a tuning factor as an output, and a controller configured to derive the tuning factor based on a data map, among the plurality of data maps of the memory, corresponding to the bump detected by the monitoring device, derive a target vehicle height in a form of a Gaussian distribution by substituting the tuning factor, and control the active suspension to follow the derived target vehicle height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Foundation for Research and Business, Seoul National University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Youngil SOHN, Min Jun KIM, Sang Woo HWANG, Sehyun CHANG, Jun Ho SEONG, Yong Hwan JEONG, Seong Jin YIM
  • Publication number: 20230296146
    Abstract: A clutch for preventing backdrive includes a housing, a cover portion located at one end portion of the housing, an external shaft, at least a portion of which is located in the housing, and another end portion of which passes through the housing, a plurality of lockers located inside the housing and surrounding the first end portion of the external shaft, an input shaft, a first end portion of which is inserted into openings of the plurality of lockers and a second end portion of which is configured to pass through the cover portion, and a brake unit configured to be selectively engaged to the lockers to restrict rotations of the lockers. The external shaft is restricted by the lockers so that the external shaft and the lockers are rotated in a rotation direction of the input shaft, and movements of the lockers are restricted by the brake unit when the external shaft is rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Woo HWANG, Youngil SOHN, Sehyun CHANG, Min Jun KIM
  • Publication number: 20230296143
    Abstract: A clutch for preventing backdrive, includes a housing: a cover portion positioned on one end portion of the housing; an external shaft, at least one portion of which is positioned inside the housing, the other end portion thereof passing through the housing; a rocker positioned between the housing and the cover portion and fastened to the external shaft; an input shaft, one end portion thereof being inserted into an opening portion in the locker, and the other end portion thereof passing through the cover portion; and a gear portion positioned on the housing or the cover portion so that a serrated portion positioned on the locker is selectively brought into contact with the gear portion, wherein rotation of the rocker is restricted so that the external shaft is rotated along a rotation direction of the input shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Woo HWANG, Youngil SOHN, Sehyun CHANG, Min Jun KIM
  • Publication number: 20230287947
    Abstract: An automotive electro-mechanical brake apparatus includes a clamping unit provided to be able to axial move forwards and rearwards thereof along a torque member and configured to press a disc through a friction pad by moving rearward in braking, a pressing unit accommodated in the clamping unit, selectively moving forward or rearward when rotation is input thereto, and configured to move forward, press the disc through the friction pad, and guide rearward movement of the clamping unit in braking, a gear unit engaged with the pressing unit, and a clutch unit connected to the gear unit, configured to transmit rotational driving force for inputting the rotation to the pressure unit to the gear unit, and configured to prevent displacement against reverse rotation input from the gear unit in driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Woo Hwang, Youngil Sohn, Sehyun Chang, Min Jun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230278384
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes a knuckle unit coupled to a strut, positioned inside a wheel, and moving in upward and downward directions along a pair of sliding pillars supported by a fixing frame, a stopper unit configured to selectively move in a downward direction on the sliding pillar and limit a range that the knuckle unit moves in the upward and downward directions, a power transmission unit connected to the sliding pillar and configured to transmit power for moving the stopper unit in the downward direction, a clutch unit connected to the power transmission unit and transmitting a rotational force to the power transmission unit as a control motor is driven, and a control unit electrically connected to the control motor and transmitting a power transmission signal to the control motor to control the stopper unit to selectively move in the upward and downward directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Sehyun Chang, Sang Woo Hwang, Min Jun Kim, Youngil Sohn
  • Publication number: 20230159098
    Abstract: An embodiment is a steering system including an in-wheel motor disposed on a wheel of a vehicle and configured to turn the wheel, a strut arm connecting the in-wheel motor and a vehicle body, a joint clutch on the vehicle body and configured to engage or disengage the strut arm to allow or disallow the strut arm to pivot about the vehicle body, and a controller configured to control the in-wheel motor and the joint clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Woo Hwang, Young II Sohn, Sehyun Chang, Min Jun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230150575
    Abstract: An independent corner module includes a knuckle fastened to a wheel, an axle gear link fastened to guide a vertical motion of the knuckle, a fixed frame adjacent to the axle gear link and fixed to a vehicle body, and a steering operator positioned between the axle gear link and the fixed frame to apply an operating force. Here, the steering operator rotates along the fixed frame upon application of operating force from the steering operator, and at a same time, the axle gear link rotates relative to the steering operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sehyun CHANG, Sang Woo HWANG, Min Jun KIM, Young Il SOHN
  • Publication number: 20230137268
    Abstract: An embodiment independent corner module includes a knuckle unit positioned at an inward area of a wheel, an upper arm fastened between an upper end of the knuckle unit and a vehicle body, a lower arm fastened between a lower end of the knuckle unit and the vehicle body, a steering unit configured to input a steering angle to the knuckle unit by being rotated with respect to the lower arm, and a rack steering unit positioned under the steering unit and fastened to the knuckle unit, the rack steering unit being configured to apply a rotating force to the knuckle unit by varying a length thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Sehyun Chang, Sang Woo Hwang, Min Jun Kim, Young Il Sohn
  • Publication number: 20230129358
    Abstract: An embodiment independent corner module includes a knuckle unit positioned on an inner side surface of a wheel, a steering unit disposed to face a strut coupled to the knuckle unit, the steering unit having a center shaft configured to be fixed to a vehicle body and configured to rotate about the center shaft, a guide rail configured to define a movement path through which the steering unit rotates and moves, and a rack steering unit positioned in the steering unit, fastened to the knuckle unit, and configured to apply rotating force to the knuckle unit in response to a movement in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Sehyun Chang, Sang Woo Hwang, Min Jun Kim, Youngil Sohn
  • Publication number: 20230115506
    Abstract: An embodiment independent corner module includes a knuckle fastened to a wheel, a steering frame fastened to the knuckle, the steering frame having an upper end configured to be fixed to a vehicle body and to rotate together with the knuckle to apply a steering angle to the wheel, a steering drive unit fastened to the steering frame, and a body guide rail fastened to the steering drive unit and configured to be disposed on the vehicle body, wherein, in response to reception of a driving force of the steering drive unit, the steering drive unit is configured to be rotated along the body guide rail and the steering frame is configured to be rotated simultaneously along with the rotation of the steering drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Sehyun Chang, Sang Woo Hwang, Min Jun Kim, Young Il Sohn
  • Publication number: 20230051754
    Abstract: An independent corner module includes an axle fastened to and positioned on a wheel, a steering frame fastened to the axle and rotated integrally with the axle to apply a steering angle to the wheel, a vehicle body guide rail positioned on a vehicle body and fastened to a rotation center axis of the steering frame, a steering driving portion positioned between the steering frame and the vehicle body guide rail to apply a driving force, and a leaf spring unit positioned between the axle and the steering frame, in which the steering driving portion is rotated along the vehicle body guide rail in response to the driving force of the steering driving portion, and at a same time, the steering frame is configured to be rated around the steering driving portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sehyun CHANG, Sang Woo HWANG, Min Jun Kim, Young Il SOHN
  • Publication number: 20230046848
    Abstract: An independent steering system includes a knuckle fastened to inside of a wheel and driven integrally with the wheel, an upper arm fastened to an upper end portion of the knuckle, a lower arm fastened to a lower end portion of the knuckle, a steering motor positioned on the lower arm, and a steering gear portion having a first end portion connected to the steering motor and a second end portion engaged to the knuckle, wherein the steering gear portion rotates integrally with the knuckle by a rotation force of the steering motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sehyun CHANG, Sang Woo Hwang, Min Jun Kim, Young II Sohn
  • Patent number: 10444889
    Abstract: A touch display device, as well as its driving method, is capable of supplying a touch driving signal for touch sensing and a force touch driving signal for force touch sensing, while also reducing current consumption. A driving circuit of the touch display device changes the number of changing a pulse waveform of a sync signal between a high logic level and a low logic level, wherein the sync signal is provided to control a touch driving signal supplied to a plurality of touch electrodes, and a force touch driving signal supplied to a display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SeHyun Chang, Dong-Woo Lee