Patents by Inventor Seung Kyu Kang
Seung Kyu Kang 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: 11958368Abstract: An apparatus for preventing a sub-frame of an electric vehicle with a wireless charging pad from being pushed back includes: a push bracket member having one side portion coupled to a front end module provided in front of a sub-frame of the electric vehicle and extending to be disposed between the sub-frame and a wireless charging pad mounted below the sub-frame. Upon a forward vehicle collision, the apparatus can induce deformation of the sub-frame equipped with the wireless charging pad to prevent the sub-frame from being pushed backward.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Jong-Hun Choi, Seung-Kyu Kang
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Publication number: 20240054916Abstract: Disclosed is a test dummy including: a dummy body, a reservoir fixed to the dummy body and having an internal space for storing a fluid, a tube unit having a flow path through which the fluid stored in the reservoir circulates, and a heating unit configured to heat the fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: February 15, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Seung Kyu Kang
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Patent number: 11840192Abstract: A panoramic window safety system applied to a vehicle moves a piston in a piston movement space of a piston carriage by a gas pressure of an inflator located on the bottom portion of a panoramic window space, and switches a wire that forms a side bending arrangement in the panoramic window space into an intermediate linear arrangement by a forward movement of the piston to be stood perpendicular to the panoramic window space to support an airbag covering the panoramic window space, preventing the risk of a passenger leaving when a panoramic window having the size at which the upper body of a passenger is exposed is damaged to meet the North American regulations that prescribe preventing the passenger from leaving.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Seung-Kyu Kang
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Patent number: 11833992Abstract: An embodiment occupant restraining apparatus includes a base to be fastened to a body of a vehicle, a support having a first end hinge-connected to the base and a second end configured to support a deployed airbag, and a bellows configured to be expanded by gas to pivot the support. During deployment of the airbag, the bellows is configured to receive the gas in concert with the deployment of the airbag.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Seung-Kyu Kang
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Patent number: 11745692Abstract: A curtain airbag apparatus for a vehicle is configured to connect a curtain airbag cushion to a vehicle body by a cushion restriction device including a tether carriage and a cushion tether to reinforce a restriction force of the deployed curtain airbag cushion, and to reinforce restriction on movement of an occupant during a side collision by use of the curtain airbag cushion having the reinforced restriction force to prevent the occupant from being thrown through a vehicle side window during a side collision even when a panorama window is used as the side window.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2022Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Seung Kyu Kang, Jae Deok Byeon, Eun Mook Park
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Patent number: 11746574Abstract: A locking mechanism for pillarless doors includes a first body mounted on a first side door and having a first cavity, a second body mounted on a second side door and having a second cavity opposite the first cavity, a locking member configured to be movably received between the first cavity of the first body and the second cavity of the second body, and a gas generator including a squib and an inflator chamber containing a gas generant configured to be burned by ignition of the squib, wherein the inflator chamber is separated from the first cavity by a burst membrane.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Seung Kyu Kang
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Publication number: 20230211748Abstract: An embodiment occupant restraining apparatus includes a base to be fastened to a body of a vehicle, a support having a first end hinge-connected to the base and a second end configured to support a deployed airbag, and a bellows configured to be expanded by gas to pivot the support. During deployment of the airbag, the bellows is configured to receive the gas in concert with the deployment of the airbag.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventor: Seung-Kyu Kang
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Patent number: 11618403Abstract: A seat cushion airbag for a vehicle includes an airbag cushion that is formed with a center part installed in a center of or around a front part of a seat cushion of a vehicle and is located between legs of a passenger when being deployed. An extension part extends on both sides of the center part and is located above the legs of the passenger and an inflator is connected to the airbag cushion and provides an expansion force to the airbag cushion.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Seung Kyu Kang, Sung Ung Ryu, Seoung Hyun Lee, Han Jo Jeong, Myeong Hwan Kim, Dae Hyun Choi
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Publication number: 20230063413Abstract: A panoramic window safety system applied to a vehicle moves a piston in a piston movement space of a piston carriage by a gas pressure of an inflator located on the bottom portion of a panoramic window space, and switches a wire that forms a side bending arrangement in the panoramic window space into an intermediate linear arrangement by a forward movement of the piston to be stood perpendicular to the panoramic window space to support an airbag covering the panoramic window space, preventing the risk of a passenger leaving when a panoramic window having the size at which the upper body of a passenger is exposed is damaged to meet the North American regulations that prescribe preventing the passenger from leaving.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Seung-Kyu KANG
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Publication number: 20230021237Abstract: A curtain airbag apparatus for a vehicle is configured to connect a curtain airbag cushion to a vehicle body by a cushion restriction device including a tether carriage and a cushion tether to reinforce a restriction force of the deployed curtain airbag cushion, and to reinforce restriction on movement of an occupant during a side collision by use of the curtain airbag cushion having the reinforced restriction force to prevent the occupant from being thrown through a vehicle side window during a side collision even when a panorama window is used as the side window.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Seung Kyu KANG, Jae Deok BYEON, Eun Mook PARK
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Patent number: 11554861Abstract: The present invention relates to a downwash blocking apparatus of air mobility configured such that multi-stage guide shells configured for blocking downwash and guiding the downwash to a discharge portion of a vertiport are mounted to a rotor guide of a flying vehicle for air urban mobility to be movable upwards and downwards, whereby it is possible to prevent the downwash from affecting passengers at the time of boarding and deboarding, and therefore it is possible to solve passenger inconvenience at the time of boarding and deboarding.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Seung Kyu Kang, Chae Uk Min, Seung Hee Yu, Dae Hyun Choi, Seoung Hyun Lee
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Publication number: 20220410832Abstract: A device for restraining a passenger in a relaxed position for a vehicle seat and a method for controlling the device are configured such that when a seated passenger in an autonomous vehicle enters a relaxed mode, and thus is seated in a relaxed posture in the vehicle seat, and when a vehicle speed is greater than or equal to a predetermined speed, the device automatically operates such that legs of the seated passenger can be restrained, thereby effectively protecting the passenger in the relaxed position if an accident occurs. The device includes a rod member coupled to a seat cushion and configured to have a variable length; and a support foam connected to one end of the rod member and positioned in front of the seated passenger to restrain the legs of the seated passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventor: Seung Kyu Kang
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Publication number: 20220289132Abstract: A seat cushion airbag for a vehicle includes an airbag cushion that is formed with a center part installed in a center of or around a front part of a seat cushion of a vehicle and is located between legs of a passenger when being deployed. An extension part extends on both sides of the center part and is located above the legs of the passenger and an inflator is connected to the airbag cushion and provides an expansion force to the airbag cushion.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: September 15, 2022Inventors: Seung Kyu Kang, Sung Ung Ryu, Seoung Hyun Lee, Han Jo Jeong, Myeong Hwan Kim, Dae Hyun Choi
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Patent number: 11400879Abstract: An airbag support device for a vehicle swivel seat includes: a support frame disposed on a lateral side of a seat back frame; a side airbag disposed on a rear plate of the support frame; a plurality of support bars disposed in an extendable manner on a lateral plate of the support frame; an extension drive bar configured to extend such that the extension drive bar connects the plurality of support bars to each other while extending; and a support bar extension drive assembly, connected to the rear plate of the support frame and the extension drive bar, wherein the support bar extension drive assembly is configured to push the extension drive bar inward and outward and at the same time to extend the support bar when the side airbag is inflated.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Seung Kyu Kang
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Publication number: 20220235011Abstract: Provided is a phthalazinone compound, or a racemate, steroisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of Sirt6-associated diseases, including as an active ingredient, a phthalazinone compound, or a racemate, steroisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a method for treating Sirt6-associated diseases including administering a phthalazinone compound, or a racemate, steroisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject in need.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2020Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicants: ST PHARM CO., LTD., KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGYInventors: Kyungjin KIM, Kwangrok KIM, Uk-Il KIM, Hyung Tae BANG, Seul Ki LEE, Kwan-Young JEONG, Seung Kyu KANG, Heejung JUNG, Sang Dal RHEE, Won Hoon JUNG, Jun Mi LEE
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Publication number: 20220153406Abstract: The present invention relates to a downwash blocking apparatus of air mobility configured such that multi-stage guide shells configured for blocking downwash and guiding the downwash to a discharge portion of a vertiport are mounted to a rotor guide of a flying vehicle for air urban mobility to be movable upwards and downwards, whereby it is possible to prevent the downwash from affecting passengers at the time of boarding and deboarding, and therefore it is possible to solve passenger inconvenience at the time of boarding and deboarding.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2021Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Seung Kyu Kang, Chae Uk Min, Seung Hee Yu, Dae Hyun Choi, Seoung Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 11325507Abstract: A tether anchorage device for a swivel seat of a vehicle is provided. The device is configured such that an anchor including a horizontal bar and a vertical bar is mounted on a rear surface of the swivel seat, and a tether belt for fixing a baby seat is anchored to the anchor while being bound in a vertical direction as well as a horizontal direction of the swivel seat, so that the baby seat may be securely fixed to the swivel seat regardless of a rotating position of the swivel seat.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Seung Kyu Kang, Dae Hyun Choi, Myeong Hwan Kim
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Patent number: 11318905Abstract: A side airbag apparatus includes: an airbag cushion having a rear end configured to be secured to a side surface of a seat and a front end configured to move forwards while the airbag cushion is deployed forwards when gas is injected into the airbag cushion; at least one support tether having a first side coupled to a side surface of the seat to be rotatable about a rotating shaft extending in a direction parallel to a side of the seat, and extending in a longitudinal direction; and at least one outer tether having a first end coupled to a second side of the support tether, and a second end extending in the longitudinal direction and coupled to the front end of the airbag cushion.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Seung Kyu Kang
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Patent number: 11299116Abstract: A variable back beam and a method of allowing an inflator to vary the variable back beam in case of collision. The variable back beam includes a main beam connected to a front end module carrier, an inner beam inserted into each of both sides of the main beam, and an operation member operable to move the inner beam in a vehicle-width direction at the time of left front or right front collision of the vehicle. Since the back beam is extended in length at the time of collision, the impact area or shock absorption area of the back beam can be increased, the impact on the back beam, a crush box, and a collision object can be reduced, and particularly, it is possible to reduce the crush length of the left or right end of the back beam.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Seung-Kyu Kang, Dae-Hyun Choi, Sung-Ung Ryu
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Publication number: 20220073025Abstract: An airbag support device for a vehicle swivel seat includes: a support frame disposed on a lateral side of a seat back frame; a side airbag disposed on a rear plate of the support frame; a plurality of support bars disposed in an extendable manner on a lateral plate of the support frame; an extension drive bar configured to extend such that the extension drive bar connects the plurality of support bars to each other while extending; and a support bar extension drive assembly, connected to the rear plate of the support frame and the extension drive bar, wherein the support bar extension drive assembly is configured to push the extension drive bar inward and outward and at the same time to extend the support bar when the side airbag is inflated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: March 10, 2022Inventor: Seung Kyu Kang