Patents by Inventor Seok hoon KO

Seok hoon KO 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: 11565652
    Abstract: The present invention provides an external airbag system for a vehicle, the external airbag system including a detection sensor configured to detect an object moving at a rear or lateral side of a vehicle, an airbag cushion provided on a rear frame on which a door of the vehicle is mounted, the airbag cushion being configured to be deployed to extend in a leftward/rightward direction of the vehicle in a state in which the door of the vehicle is opened, and a control unit configured to perform control to deploy the airbag cushion when the detection sensor detects the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Min Lee, Seok Hoon Ko
  • Patent number: 11518333
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a driver airbag apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus having a configuration in which a driver airbag module (20) is mounted on a hub (12) of a steering wheel (10) and a display (30) is mounted on a front side of the airbag module (20), wherein an airbag cover (400) is lift-opened upward by deployment pressure of an airbag cushion (200), an opening angle of the airbag cover (400) is limited by a configuration of an opening angle limiter (500) provided in an airbag housing (100) and the airbag cover (400), and deployment direction of the airbag cushion (200) is controlled by the airbag cover (400) having a limited opening angle so that that airbag cushion may avoid the display (30) and deploy toward the driver through a space (13) between the display (30) and a rim (11) of the steering wheel (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min June Song, Seok Hoon Ko
  • Patent number: 11511696
    Abstract: Provided is a driver airbag device for a vehicle deploying to the front of a steering wheel while avoiding an obstacle in the rear of the steering wheel on which the obstacle is positioned at a center portion, the driver airbag device comprising an airbag cushion deploying to the front of the steering wheel by passing between the obstacle and the steering wheel when gas is injected inside; a gas injection device positioned under the airbag cushion to inject gas into the airbag cushion through a gas outlet; and a diffuser positioned inside the airbag cushion and configured to partially or entirely cover the gas outlet from above to deploy by the gas injected through the gas outlet and induce the gas to flow to an opening opened toward the front of the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min June Song, Seok Hoon Ko
  • Publication number: 20220371541
    Abstract: A pedestrian airbag includes: an airbag cushion stored in a pedestrian airbag room located between a roof and a headliner of a vehicle in a folded state, and configured to be deployed to cover both a windshield glass and an A-pillar by being expanded during deployment thereof; and an inflator configured to supply gas to the airbag cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Min Lee, Seok Hoon Ko, Kyu Sang Lee
  • Publication number: 20220348162
    Abstract: The present invention provides an external airbag system for a vehicle, the external airbag system including a detection sensor configured to detect an object moving at a rear or lateral side of a vehicle, an airbag cushion provided on a rear frame on which a door of the vehicle is mounted, the airbag cushion being configured to be deployed to extend in a leftward/rightward direction of the vehicle in a state in which the door of the vehicle is opened, and a control unit configured to perform control to deploy the airbag cushion when the detection sensor detects the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Min LEE, Seok Hoon KO
  • Publication number: 20220306039
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus for protecting a pedestrian. An unfolded airbag cushion includes a roof chamber part unfolded to cover a front part of a roof panel, left and right pillar chamber parts unfolded to cover front pillars, and a windshield chamber part unfolded to cover the entire surface of a windshield glass. The airbag apparatus is configured to protect the head and upper body of the pedestrian maximally and efficiently by using the roof chamber part, the pillar chamber parts, the windshield chamber part in a contact accident between a vehicle and a pedestrian and a cyclist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Min LEE, Seok Hoon KO
  • Patent number: 11453358
    Abstract: A driver airbag apparatus for vehicle with an illumination emblem, capable of preventing the deployment pressure of an airbag cushion 10 from being directly transmitted to a cover hinge part 43 of an airbag cover 40, thereby preventing the cover hinge part 43 from being broken due to the deployment pressure of the airbag cushion 10 and the departure of the illumination emblem 50 from a driver airbag module, by using a guide support 60 installed to cover the cover hinge part 43 of the airbag cover 40 at an inner position of the illumination emblem 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Kwon Park, Seok Hoon Ko, Do Hyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11427147
    Abstract: Disclosed is a driver airbag apparatus for a vehicle configured to be deployed from the region behind a steering wheel, having at the center portion thereof an obstacle, toward the region in front of the steering wheel while avoiding the obstacle. The driver airbag apparatus includes an airbag housing disposed behind the steering wheel, an airbag cushion accommodated in the airbag housing and configured to be deployed by gas injected thereinto toward the region in front of the steering wheel through a space between the obstacle and the steering wheel, and a housing cover coupled to the airbag housing so as to cover an opening in the airbag housing and configured to be ruptured by the deployment pressure of the airbag cushion so as to open the airbag housing to a limited angle toward the region in front of the steering wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min June Song, Seok Hoon Ko, Do Hyoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20220242355
    Abstract: A driver seat airbag apparatus for a vehicle is proposed. The driver seat airbag apparatus includes an airbag module including an airbag cushion and an inflator, and provided in rear of a functional unit at a center portion of a steering wheel, and an actuator provided at the steering wheel and connected to the functional unit, and in operation thereof, the actuator being configured to move the functional unit to expand an unfolding space of the airbag cushion between the functional unit and the airbag module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min June SONG, Seok Hoon KO, Geum Dong KIM
  • Publication number: 20220169196
    Abstract: An airbag cover structure for a steering wheel. The airbag cover structure with a lighting emblem includes: a mounting plate with an airbag cushion; an inner cover including an inner locking portion, a storage portion, and an inner hinge portion; an outer cover including an outer locking portion, an indicating portion, and an outer hinge portion; and an absorption area provided on the inner hinge portion of the inner cover, and configured to concentrate and absorb stress generated by a force that unfolds a bent portion of the outer hinge portion during deployment of the airbag cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Jun HARM, Seok Hoon KO, Do Hyoung KIM
  • Patent number: 11338758
    Abstract: A rooftop airbag apparatus may include: a rear cushion installed above a rear seat, connected to a rear inflator, and expanded and deployed as gas is injected from the rear inflator; and a rear tether connected to the rear cushion to bend a front side of the rear cushion downward when the rear cushion is deployed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hae Kwon Park, Seok Hoon Ko
  • Patent number: 11305718
    Abstract: A driver airbag module with a lighting device installed in a steering wheel of a vehicle is proposed. The driver airbag module includes an inner cover extending in a direction of a plane parallel to the steering wheel and having an accommodation space recessed downwards; an emblem panel accommodated in the accommodation space to be disposed in an upper portion of the inner cover and integrally coupled with the inner cover; a lighting device accommodated in the accommodation space to be disposed between the emblem panel and the inner cover; and an outer cover extending in the direction of the plane parallel to the steering wheel and integrally coupled with an upper surface of the inner cover while covering the emblem panel and the inner cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Hoon Ko, Do Hyoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20220080919
    Abstract: A driver airbag module with a lighting device installed in a steering wheel of a vehicle is proposed. The driver airbag module includes an inner cover extending in a direction of a plane parallel to the steering wheel and having an accommodation space recessed downwards; an emblem panel accommodated in the accommodation space to be disposed in an upper portion of the inner cover and integrally coupled with the inner cover; a lighting device accommodated in the accommodation space to be disposed between the emblem panel and the inner cover; and an outer cover extending in the direction of the plane parallel to the steering wheel and integrally coupled with an upper surface of the inner cover while covering the emblem panel and the inner cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Seok Hoon KO, Do Hyoung KIM
  • Patent number: 11267423
    Abstract: A driver seat airbag including a horn plate seated on a steering wheel armature and provided with a plurality of restraint holes; holders disposed in the plurality of restraint holes; restraint clips installed in the plurality of holders to be elastically deformable; a mounting plate seated on the horn plate; and hooks provided to protrude from the mounting plate to correspond to the plurality of restraint holes, inserted into the plurality of restraint holes, and hooked on and restrained by the restraint clips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Hoon Ko, Hae Kwon Park, Do Hyoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20220063539
    Abstract: Disclosed is a driver airbag apparatus for a vehicle configured to be deployed from the region behind a steering wheel, having at the center portion thereof an obstacle, toward the region in front of the steering wheel while avoiding the obstacle. The driver airbag apparatus includes an airbag housing disposed behind the steering wheel, an airbag cushion accommodated in the airbag housing and configured to be deployed by gas injected thereinto toward the region in front of the steering wheel through a space between the obstacle and the steering wheel, and a housing cover coupled to the airbag housing so as to cover an opening in the airbag housing and configured to be ruptured by the deployment pressure of the airbag cushion so as to open the airbag housing to a limited angle toward the region in front of the steering wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Min June SONG, Seok Hoon KO, Do Hyoung KIM
  • Publication number: 20220063518
    Abstract: A driver airbag with an emblem is proposed. The driver airbag with an emblem includes: a first cover mounted to a steering wheel; an emblem arranged on an upper portion of the first cover; a second cover having an emblem hole exposing a portion or all of the emblem upward, covering the emblem or the first cover from above the emblem, and coupled to the first cover or the steering wheel; and an airbag module coupled to the steering wheel below the first cover, and configured to deploy an airbag cushion toward a front portion of an occupant while rotating the first cover or the second cover during an operation thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hyoung KIM, Seok Hoon KO
  • Publication number: 20220063548
    Abstract: A driver airbag apparatus for a vehicle is proposed. The driver airbag apparatus includes: the driver airbag apparatus being located at rear of a steering wheel having an obstacle and configured to be deployed forward of the steering wheel while avoiding the obstacle, an airbag cushion configured to be deployed forward of the steering wheel via a gap between the obstacle and the steering wheel when gas is supplied thereinto; a gas injector located below the airbag cushion and configured to inject the gas into the airbag cushion via a gas outlet; and a diffuser configured to be deployed in the airbag cushion, and covering a part or all of the gas outlet from above the gas outlet and being open at a front portion thereof so as to guide the gas injected via the gas outlet to flow in front of an occupant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Hoon KO, Min June SONG
  • Publication number: 20220063540
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a driver airbag apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus having a configuration in which a driver airbag module (20) is mounted on a hub (12) of a steering wheel (10) and a display (30) is mounted on a front side of the airbag module (20), wherein an airbag cover (400) is lift-opened upward by deployment pressure of an airbag cushion (200), an opening angle of the airbag cover (400) is limited by a configuration of an opening angle limiter (500) provided in an airbag housing (100) and the airbag cover (400), and deployment direction of the airbag cushion (200) is controlled by the airbag cover (400) having a limited opening angle so that that airbag cushion may avoid the display (30) and deploy toward the driver through a space (13) between the display (30) and a rim (11) of the steering wheel (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min June SONG, Seok Hoon KO
  • Publication number: 20220063541
    Abstract: Provided is a driver airbag device for a vehicle deploying to the front of a steering wheel while avoiding an obstacle in the rear of the steering wheel on which the obstacle is positioned at a center portion, the driver airbag device comprising an airbag cushion deploying to the front of the steering wheel by passing between the obstacle and the steering wheel when gas is injected inside; a gas injection device positioned under the airbag cushion to inject gas into the airbag cushion through a gas outlet; and a diffuser positioned inside the airbag cushion and configured to partially or entirely cover the gas outlet from above to deploy by the gas injected through the gas outlet and induce the gas to flow to an opening opened toward the front of the steering wheel
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min June SONG, Seok Hoon KO
  • Publication number: 20220017035
    Abstract: Proposed is an apparatus for connecting a steering wheel and an airbag module. The airbag module is mounted on a front portion of the steering wheel. A coupling hole extends through the steering wheel in a front-rear direction. A hook extends from the airbag module through the coupling hole to protrude from a rear surface of the steering wheel. A bend on a distal end of the hook is bent in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the hook. A fixing clip blocks the movement of the hook in a forward direction of the steering wheel, with first end being fixed to the steering wheel, and the second end being caught by the bend of the hook. A fixing recess is indented into the steering wheel, thereby allowing the second end of the fixing clip to move in the forward direction of the steering wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hyoung KIM, Seok Hoon KO