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).
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Patent number: 11912109Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Korea Holdings Ltd.Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
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Patent number: 11760174Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Korea Holdings Ltd.Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
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Patent number: 11660947Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
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Patent number: 11458819Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Korea Holdings Ltd.Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
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Publication number: 20210245592Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
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Publication number: 20210245593Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Jeong Hyeon KIM, Seong Min GWAK, Su Yun CHOI
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Publication number: 20210170834Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
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Publication number: 20210156183Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
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Patent number: 10953732Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corpoation, Webasto Donghee HoldingsInventors: Jeong Hoon Park, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
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Patent number: 10618386Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee HoldingsInventors: Jeong Hoon Park, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
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Publication number: 20190299763Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2019Publication date: October 3, 2019Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corpoation, Webasto Donghee HoldingsInventors: Jeong Hoon PARK, Seong Min GWAK, Su Yun CHOI
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Patent number: 10427507Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee HoldingsInventors: Hoo Sang Park, Seong Min Gwak
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Publication number: 20190135350Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee HoldingsInventors: Hoo Sang PARK, Seong Min GWAK
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Publication number: 20190061493Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2017Publication date: February 28, 2019Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee HoldingsInventors: Hoo Sang Park, Seong Min Gwak
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Publication number: 20180313124Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2017Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee HoldingsInventors: Jeong Hoon Park, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
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Publication number: 20180201102Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Webasto Donghee HoldingsInventors: Jeong Hoon PARK, Seong Min GWAK, Su Yun CHOI
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Publication number: 20130341972Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: WEBASTO DONGHEE CO., LTD.Inventors: Su-Yun Choi, Jong-Rak Kim, Seong-Min Gwak, Chang-Min Park
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Publication number: 20130341973Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2013Publication date: December 26, 2013Applicant: WEBASTO DONGHEE CO., LTD.Inventors: Su-Yun Choi, Jong-Rak Kim, Seong-Min Gwak, Chang-Min Park