Patents by Inventor Seongsu Shin

Seongsu Shin 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: 10807647
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure may include: two first rear side members respectively provided on opposite sides of a rear floor; a rear sub-frame including a front cross member and a rear cross member spaced apart from each other, where opposite ends of the front cross member and opposite ends of the rear cross member are coupled to two of the first rear side members, respectively; a vehicle body cross member which is spaced rearward from the rear sub-frame, connected to the first rear side members, and fixed to the rear floor; two second rear side members provided between two of the first rear side members, and arranged side by side with each of two of the first rear side members; and two truss members each extending from first connecting portions to second connecting portions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seongsu Shin, Mincheol Kim
  • Publication number: 20200180701
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure may include: two first rear side members respectively provided on opposite sides of a rear floor; a rear sub-frame including a front cross member and a rear cross member spaced apart from each other, where opposite ends of the front cross member and opposite ends of the rear cross member are coupled to two of the first rear side members, respectively; a vehicle body cross member which is spaced rearward from the rear sub-frame, connected to the first rear side members, and fixed to the rear floor; two second rear side members provided between two of the first rear side members, and arranged side by side with each of two of the first rear side members; and two truss members each extending from first connecting portions to second connecting portions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seongsu SHIN, Mincheol KIM
  • Patent number: 9868474
    Abstract: A reinforcement structure for a rear floor of a vehicle includes a rear floor panel, a first cross member extending along a vehicle width direction to be combined with a rear end of the rear floor panel, a side member combined with a side portion of the rear floor panel, a side seal combined with the side member, an extension panel combined with a rear end of the rear floor panel and including a tunnel portion, and a second cross member extending along the vehicle width direction and being combined with the first cross member and the side member, wherein the first cross member and the second cross member are directly combined with the extension panel, and one end of the second cross member is bent to be combined with the first cross member, and the first cross member and the second member form a ring shape at both sides of the tunnel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seongsu Shin, Soo Heung Eom, Joonam Kim
  • Publication number: 20170158250
    Abstract: A reinforcement structure for a rear floor of a vehicle includes a rear floor panel, a first cross member extending along a vehicle width direction to be combined with an upper end of the rear floor panel, a side member combined with a side portion of the rear floor panel, a side seal combined with the side member, an extension member combined with an upper end of the rear floor panel and including a tunnel portion, and a second cross member extending along the vehicle width direction and being combined with the first cross member and the side member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Seongsu Shin, Soo Heung Eom, Joonam Kim
  • Patent number: 9381950
    Abstract: A shock absorber housing of a vehicle may include a shock absorber housing body formed in a shape of a box and in which an upper portion of a shock absorber is mounted by being inserted therein, and flanges formed along at least one of edges of the box-shaped shock absorber housing body and thus being coupled to a vehicle body, in which the shock absorber housing body includes a low strength portion and a high strength portion respectively having different strengths due to a thickness difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyunsik Kim, Sunju Lee, Joonam Kim, Seongsu Shin
  • Patent number: 9333990
    Abstract: A connection structure may include at least one of left/right front pillars and a cowl, wherein the cowl may include a lower cowl having a body plate extended in a width direction of the vehicle and defining a lower portion of the cowl and a first flange, and an upper cowl covering an upper portion of the lower cowl, wherein the front pillar includes an inner front pillar forming an inner side portion of the front pillar in the width direction of the vehicle, and an outer front pillar forming an outer side portion of the front pillar in the width direction of the vehicle, and wherein the lower cowl is fixedly coupled to the front pillar by at least one inner side surface of the body plate and the first flange contacting an outer side surface of the inner front pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Seongsu Shin
  • Patent number: 9168958
    Abstract: An automotive wheel separation mechanism may include a hitting member that hits and breaks a lateral arm connecting a wheel to a vehicle body by being pushed back in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle due to a shock force from the outside in a front collision, and an anti-sliding protrusion that is disposed on the lateral arm to prevent the hitting member hitting the lateral arm from sliding on the lateral arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kim, Sung Uk Hong, Joonam Kim, Soo Heung Eom, Seongsu Shin
  • Publication number: 20150290989
    Abstract: A shock absorber housing of a vehicle may include a shock absorber housing body formed in a shape of a box and in which an upper portion of a shock absorber is mounted by being inserted therein, and flanges formed along at least one of edges of the box-shaped shock absorber housing body and thus being coupled to a vehicle body, in which the shock absorber housing body includes a low strength portion and a high strength portion respectively having different strengths due to a thickness difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyunsik KIM, Sunju Lee, Joonam Kim, Seongsu Shin
  • Publication number: 20150291223
    Abstract: A connection structure may include at least one of left/right front pillars and a cowl, wherein the cowl may include a lower cowl having a body plate extended in a width direction of the vehicle and defining a lower portion of the cowl and a first flange, and an upper cowl covering an upper portion of the lower cowl, wherein the front pillar includes an inner front pillar forming an inner side portion of the front pillar in the width direction of the vehicle, and an outer front pillar forming an outer side portion of the front pillar in the width direction of the vehicle, and wherein the lower cowl is fixedly coupled to the front pillar by at least one inner side surface of the body plate and the first flange contacting an outer side surface of the inner front pillar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Seongsu SHIN
  • Publication number: 20150166115
    Abstract: An automotive wheel separation mechanism may include a hitting member that hits and breaks a lateral arm connecting a wheel to a vehicle body by being pushed back in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle due to a shock force from the outside in a front collision, and an anti-sliding protrusion that is disposed on the lateral arm to prevent the hitting member hitting the lateral arm from sliding on the lateral arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyun Sik KIM, Sung Uk Hong, Joonam Kim, Soo Heung Eom, Seongsu Shin