Patents by Inventor Seungmin Kwon

Seungmin Kwon 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).

  • Suspension system for vehicle
    Patent number: 11214108
    Abstract: A suspension system for a vehicle may include a knuckle configured of rotatably supporting a wheel, and a lower control arm mounted along a vehicle's width direction and connecting the knuckle and a vehicle body, wherein the lower control arm may include a wheel-side end portion connected to a lower portion of the knuckle through a lower external joint, a vehicle body-side front end portion connected to the vehicle body through a front lower inner joint, and a vehicle body-side rear end portion connected to the vehicle body through a rear lower inner joint, wherein one of the vehicle body-side front and rear end portions is connected to a portion of the vehicle body through a compliance control arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Dongil Shin, Sang Min Han, Suh In Kim, Seok Won Kang, Yoon Young Kim, Yong Sub Yi, Seungmin Kwon, Seung Hoon Woo
  • Suspension system for vehicle
    Patent number: 11186132
    Abstract: A suspension system for a vehicle may include a knuckle rotatably supporting a wheel, and a lower control arm disposed along a vehicle's width direction and connecting the knuckle and a vehicle body, wherein the lower control arm includes a wheel-side end portion connected to a lower portion of the knuckle through a front lower external joint and a rear lower external joint, and two vehicle body-side end portions connected to the vehicle body through a front lower inner joint and a rear lower inner joint, the two vehicle body-side end portions including first and second vehicle body-side end portions, wherein the first vehicle body-side end portion among the two vehicle body-side end portions is connected to the vehicle body interposing a compliance control arm between the first vehicle body-side end portion and the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Dongil Shin, Sang Min Han, Suh In Kim, Seok Won Kang, Yoon Young Kim, Yong Sub Yi, Moon Won Kang, Seungmin Kwon
  • SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200189342
    Abstract: A suspension system for a vehicle may include a knuckle rotatably supporting a wheel, and a lower control arm disposed along a vehicle's width direction and connecting the knuckle and a vehicle body, wherein the lower control arm includes a wheel-side end portion connected to a lower portion of the knuckle through a front lower external joint and a rear lower external joint, and two vehicle body-side end portions connected to the vehicle body through a front lower inner joint and a rear lower inner joint, the two vehicle body-side end portions including first and second vehicle body-side end portions, wherein the first vehicle body-side end portion among the two vehicle body-side end portions is connected to the vehicle body interposing a compliance control arm between the first vehicle body-side end portion and the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Dongil Shin, Sang Min Han, Suh In Kim, Seok Won Kang, Yoon Young Kim, Yong Sub Yi, Moon Won Kang, Seungmin Kwon
  • SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200189341
    Abstract: A suspension system for a vehicle may include a knuckle configured of rotatably supporting a wheel, and a lower control arm mounted along a vehicle's width direction and connecting the knuckle and a vehicle body, wherein the lower control arm may include a wheel-side end portion connected to a lower portion of the knuckle through a lower external joint, a vehicle body-side front end portion connected to the vehicle body through a front lower inner joint, and a vehicle body-side rear end portion connected to the vehicle body through a rear lower inner joint, wherein one of the vehicle body-side front and rear end portions is connected to a portion of the vehicle body through a compliance control arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Dongil SHIN, Sang Min HAN, Suh ln KIM, Seok Won KANG, Yoon Young KIM, Yong Sub YI, Seungmin KWON, Seung Hoon WOO
  • Suspension system for vehicle
    Patent number: 10435068
    Abstract: A suspension system for a vehicle may include a knuckle rotatably supporting a wheel and a plurality of arms connecting the knuckle with a vehicle body wherein an arm among the plurality of arms may be a virtual link formed by a virtual link module and a point at which the virtual link applies a constraint force to the knuckle may be formed at a virtual space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Seungmin Kwon, Yong Sub Yi, Seung Hoon Woo, Yoon Young Kim, Suh In Kim
  • SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180162443
    Abstract: A suspension system for a vehicle may include a knuckle rotatably supporting a wheel and a plurality of arms connecting the knuckle with a vehicle body wherein an arm among the plurality of arms may be a virtual link formed by a virtual link module and a point at which the virtual link applies a constraint force to the knuckle may be formed at a virtual space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Seungmin Kwon, Yong Sub Yi, Seung Hoon Woo, Yoon Young Kim, Suh In Kim