Patents by Inventor Seong-Min Gwak

Seong-Min Gwak 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: 11912109
    Abstract: A flush glass apparatus includes a fixed glass having an opening, an operation glass configured to open and close the opening of the fixed glass, a lower rail configured to slidably support a lower portion of the operation glass, a sealing member provided below the lower rail to seal a gap between an inner surface of the fixed glass and a vehicle body, one or more upper drain holes provided on the lower rail to discharge rainwater on the lower rail to a buffer area between the lower rail and the sealing member, and a drain induction member interposed between the inner surface of the fixed glass and the sealing member and providing a lower drain hole to discharge rainwater in the buffer area to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Korea Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
  • Patent number: 11760174
    Abstract: A flush glass apparatus includes an operation glass comprising a glass portion and a frame and configured to open and close an opening of a fixed glass by sliding in a lateral direction, and a locking device configured to lock and unlock the operation glass, wherein the locking device comprises an operation handle installed on the frame, an upper locking lever installed on an upper side of the frame, a first lower locking lever installed on a lower side of the frame, a second lower locking lever installed on the lower side of the frame, an upper operation member installed on the upper side of the frame and connected to the operation handle, and a lower operation member installed on the lower side of the frame and connected to the operation handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Korea Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
  • Patent number: 11660947
    Abstract: A flush glass apparatus includes an operation glass including a glass portion and a frame and configured to open and close an opening of a fixed glass, an upper rail having an upper guide groove configured to slidably support an upper portion of the operation glass, a lower rail having a lower guide groove configured to slidably support a lower portion of the operation glass, a locking device including an upper locking pin and a lower locking pin installed on upper and lower sides of the frame, respectively, to enter the upper and lower guide grooves, respectively, and lock or unlock the operation glass, and upper and lower removal guide members installed on the upper rail and the lower rail, respectively, and configured to guide the upper and lower locking pins to be removed from the upper and lower guide grooves by entering the upper or lower guide grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
  • Patent number: 11458819
    Abstract: A flush glass apparatus includes an operation glass including a glass portion and a frame, and a locking device including an operation handle installed on the frame, an upper lifting member installed on an upper side of the frame and including an upper cam groove and an upper locking pin, an upper operation shaft having a lower side connected to the operation handle and an upper side entering the upper cam groove and including an upper protrusion, an upper spring, a lower lifting member installed on a lower side of the frame and including a lower cam groove and a lower locking pin protruding to the lower side of the frame, a lower operation shaft having an upper side connected to the operation handle and a lower side entering the lower cam groove and including a lower protrusion, and a lower spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Korea Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
  • Publication number: 20210245593
    Abstract: A flush glass apparatus includes an operation glass including a glass portion and a frame and configured to open and close an opening of a fixed glass, an upper rail having an upper guide groove configured to slidably support an upper portion of the operation glass, a lower rail having a lower guide groove configured to slidably support a lower portion of the operation glass, a locking device including an upper locking pin and a lower locking pin installed on upper and lower sides of the frame, respectively, to enter the upper and lower guide grooves, respectively, and locking or unlocking the operation glass, and upper and lower removal guide members installed on the upper rail and the lower rail, respectively, and configured to guide the upper and lower locking pins to be removed from the upper and lower guide grooves by entering the upper or lower guide grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jeong Hyeon KIM, Seong Min GWAK, Su Yun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210245592
    Abstract: A flush glass apparatus includes a fixed glass having an opening, an operation glass configured to open and close the opening of the fixed glass, a lower rail configured to slidably support a lower portion of the operation glass, a sealing member provided below the lower rail to seal a gap between an inner surface of the fixed glass and a vehicle body, one or more upper drain holes provided on the lower rail to discharge rainwater on the lower rail to a buffer area between the lower rail and the sealing member, and a drain induction member interposed between the inner surface of the fixed glass and the sealing member and providing a lower drain hole to discharge rainwater in the buffer area to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
  • Publication number: 20210170834
    Abstract: A flush glass apparatus includes an operation glass comprising a glass portion and a frame and configured to open and close an opening of a fixed glass by sliding in a lateral direction, and a locking device configured to lock and unlock the operation glass, wherein the locking device comprises an operation handle installed on the frame, an upper locking lever installed on an upper side of the frame, a first lower locking lever installed on a lower side of the frame, a second lower locking lever installed on the lower side of the frame, an upper operation member installed on the upper side of the frame and connected to the operation handle, and a lower operation member installed on the lower side of the frame and connected to the operation handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
  • Publication number: 20210156183
    Abstract: A flush glass apparatus includes an operation glass including a glass portion and a frame, and a locking device including an operation handle installed on the frame, an upper lifting member installed on an upper side of the frame and including an upper cam groove and an upper locking pin, an upper operation shaft having a lower side connected to the operation handle and an upper side entering the upper cam groove and including an upper protrusion, an upper spring, a lower lifting member installed on a lower side of the frame and including a lower cam groove and a lower locking pin protruding to the lower side of the frame, a lower operation shaft having an upper side connected to the operation handle and a lower side entering the lower cam groove and including a lower protrusion, and a lower spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
  • Patent number: 10953732
    Abstract: A structure of an electric sunshade and a sunroof may include glass sleds which both open and close a sunroof glass by sliding in a longitudinal direction along mechanism rails disposed at both sides of a roof panel of a vehicle, wherein a front sled and a rear sled are rotatably coupled to both end portions of each of glass sleds, respectively, main cable devices which are connected to a driving motor by a cable, and movable along the mechanism rails, and separately include a cable protrusion slidably accommodated in glass grooves formed in lateral surfaces of the front sled, the rear sled, and the glass sled, and sunshade sleds which are selectively coupled to the main cable devices, and slide to open or close the sunshade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corpoation, Webasto Donghee Holdings
    Inventors: Jeong Hoon Park, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
  • Patent number: 10618386
    Abstract: An electric sunshade and sunroof structure may include cable assembly connected to a drive motor via a cable, sliding longitudinally along each of guide slide assemblies disposed on rails provided on both sides of a roof panel of a vehicle, thus opening or closing a sunshade, and moving integrally with the guide slide assembly to open a sunroof glass, a sunshade guide lever provided on the sunshade and selectively coupled with the cable assembly to move the sunshade, and a guide slide lever provided on a rear end portion of the guide slide assembly and selectively coupled with the cable assembly to move the sunroof glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee Holdings
    Inventors: Jeong Hoon Park, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
  • Publication number: 20190299763
    Abstract: A structure of an electric sunshade and a sunroof may include glass sleds which both open and close a sunroof glass by sliding in a longitudinal direction along mechanism rails disposed at both sides of a roof panel of a vehicle, wherein a front sled and a rear sled are rotatably coupled to both end portions of each of glass sleds, respectively, main cable devices which are connected to a driving motor by a cable, and movable along the mechanism rails, and separately include a cable protrusion slidably accommodated in glass grooves formed in lateral surfaces of the front sled, the rear sled, and the glass sled, and sunshade sleds which are selectively coupled to the main cable devices, and slide to open or close the sunshade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corpoation, Webasto Donghee Holdings
    Inventors: Jeong Hoon PARK, Seong Min GWAK, Su Yun CHOI
  • Patent number: 10427507
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dual tilt sunroof structure. A dual tilt sunroof structure for tilting a dual sunroof according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a front glass panel and a rear glass panel disposed in a roof panel; front sleds and rear sleds moving on guide rails disposed at both sides of the roof panel; and front carriages and rear carriages fixed to both ends of the front and rear glass panels, respectively, to integrally move with the glass panels, in which when the dual sunroof is tilted, the front sleds and the rear sleds are moved backward to respectively come in contact with supports formed at first ends of the front carriages and supports formed at first ends of the rear carriages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee Holdings
    Inventors: Hoo Sang Park, Seong Min Gwak
  • Publication number: 20190135350
    Abstract: A roof support structure of a motor vehicle for supporting a roof glass disposed on a roof rail of the vehicle to reinforce rigidity may include a connection support portion disposed between the roof rail and the roof glass surrounding the roof glass, wherein the connection support portion has front and rear flanges and includes a first joint space disposed between one end portion of the front flange and one end portion of the rear flanges and configured to face the roof rail and a second joint space disposed between the other end portion of the front flanges and other end portion of the rear flanges and configured to face the roof glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee Holdings
    Inventors: Hoo Sang PARK, Seong Min GWAK
  • Publication number: 20190061493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a dual tilt sunroof structure. A dual tilt sunroof structure for tilting a dual sunroof according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a front glass panel and a rear glass panel disposed in a roof panel; front sleds and rear sleds moving on guide rails disposed at both sides of the roof panel; and front carriages and rear carriages fixed to both ends of the front and rear glass panels, respectively, to integrally move with the glass panels, in which when the dual sunroof is tilted, the front sleds and the rear sleds are moved backward to respectively come in contact with front supports formed at first ends of the front carriages and rear supports formed at first ends of the rear carriages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee Holdings
    Inventors: Hoo Sang Park, Seong Min Gwak
  • Publication number: 20180313124
    Abstract: An electric sunshade and sunroof structure may include cable assembly connected to a drive motor via a cable, sliding longitudinally along each of guide slide assemblies disposed on rails provided on both sides of a roof panel of a vehicle, thus opening or closing a sunshade, and moving integrally with the guide slide assembly to open a sunroof glass, a sunshade guide lever provided on the sunshade and selectively coupled with the cable assembly to move the sunshade, and a guide slide lever provided on a rear end portion of the guide slide assembly and selectively coupled with the cable assembly to move the sunroof glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee Holdings
    Inventors: Jeong Hoon Park, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
  • Publication number: 20180201102
    Abstract: A structure of an electric sunshade and a sunroof may include glass sleds which both open and close a sunroof glass by sliding in a longitudinal direction along mechanism rails disposed at both sides of a roof panel of a vehicle, wherein a front sled and a rear sled are rotatably coupled to both end portions of each of glass sleds, respectively, main cable devices which are connected to a driving motor by a cable, and movable along the mechanism rails, and separately include a cable protrusion slidably accommodated in glass grooves formed in lateral surfaces of the front sled, the rear sled, and the glass sled, and sunshade sleds which are selectively coupled to the main cable devices, and slide to open or close the sunshade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee Holdings
    Inventors: Jeong Hoon PARK, Seong Min GWAK, Su Yun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20130341973
    Abstract: A two-way interlock sliding system and a roller blind apparatus having the system, which has a power transmission unit causing two drive units to interlock-slide using one motor, thereby realizing a simple construction of the apparatus. The roller blind apparatus includes a front roller blind provided in a sunroof of a vehicle, a rear roller blind interlocked with the front roller blind so as to be opened or closed simultaneously with the front roller blind; a drive means generating drive power; a moving glass operated in conjunction with opening or closing motions of the two roller blinds; a power transmission unit for transmitting the power of the drive means such that the moving glass can be operated in conjunction with the opening or closing motions of the two roller blinds; and a control unit for controlling the drive means so as to control operations of the two roller blinds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: WEBASTO DONGHEE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Yun Choi, Jong-Rak Kim, Seong-Min Gwak, Chang-Min Park
  • Publication number: 20130341972
    Abstract: A roller blind apparatus for panoramic sunroofs, in which front and rear roller blinds can be opened or closed by respective motors, thereby providing more convenience to a user. The apparatus includes front and rear roller blinds; a first drive means generating drive power for opening or closing the front roller blind; a second drive means generating drive power for opening or closing the rear roller blind such that the rear roller blind can be operated separately from the front roller blind; a power transmission unit that transmits the drive power of the first drive means so as to allow a moving glass to be operated in conjunction with the opening/closing motion of the front roller blind; and a control unit that controls a supply of electric power to the first and second drive means so as to control the motions of the front and rear roller blinds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: WEBASTO DONGHEE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Yun Choi, Jong-Rak Kim, Seong-Min Gwak, Chang-Min Park