Patents by Inventor Suk-won Hong
Suk-won Hong 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: 12377767Abstract: An embodiment vehicle seat includes a seatback configured to support an occupant's upper body, the seatback including an upper seatback part and a lower seatback part, wherein the upper seatback part includes a tilting part pivotably hinged onto the lower seatback part so as to be tiltable forward and backward with respect to the lower seatback part as the upper seatback part is pivoted forward and backward about the lower seatback part, and a tilting device configured to tilt the tilting part forward and backward in conjunction with a reclining operation of the seatback, wherein the tilting device is configured to tilt the tilting part forward in conjunction with a backward reclining operation of the seatback.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2023Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Daechang Seat Co., LTD-DongtanInventors: Sang Man Seo, Suk Won Hong, Jae Hwa Lee, Chan Ki Cho, Myung Soo Lee
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Publication number: 20250162716Abstract: In a seat for a mobility vehicle configured for absorbing an impact load vertically applied in the event of an accident of an aerial mobility vehicle, ensuring the safety of a passenger, the seat includes a seat frame supporting at least a seat bottom of the seat; at least one leg portion supporting the seat frame and including an elongated hole formed to extend in a longitudinal direction of the at least one leg portion; and a pin member mounted on the seat frame and inserted into the elongated hole to connect the seat frame and the leg portion to each other. The elongated hole at least partially includes a narrow portion including a width narrower than a diameter or a width of the pin member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2024Publication date: May 22, 2025Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.Inventors: Suk Won HONG, Ga Be NAM, Jong Seok HAN, Gil Ju KIM, Sang Do PARK, Sang Man SEO, Hyun Ji LEE, Hyung Rae KIM, Jeong Yong YOO, Gyung Do PARK, Dong Hwan KIM
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Publication number: 20250153613Abstract: In an embodiment of a vehicle seat device for assistance in entering and exiting a vehicle, the vehicle seat device includes an integrated assistance device mounted on a seat swivel device and configured to perform a seat relaxation operation and a seat assistance operation of allowing a passenger to enter and exit the vehicle, thereby not only implementing a relaxation posture of a seat, but also allowing the passenger to conveniently enter and exit the vehicle through a seat swivel operation and a seat operation for assistance in entering and exiting the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2024Publication date: May 15, 2025Inventors: Mu Young Kim, Suk Won Hong, Hee Dong Choi, Seok Ju Gim
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Publication number: 20250145296Abstract: A foldable chair includes a first frame; a second frame disposed in parallel with the first frame; a connection portion configured to movably connect the first frame and the second frame and change in length based on movement between the first frame and the second frame; a seat accommodation portion disposed on one of the first frame or the second frame; and a seat portion. In particular, at least a portion of the seat portion is accommodated in the seat accommodation portion, and the seat portion is configured to be drawn out from the seat accommodation portion and detachably fastened to the other of the first frame or the second frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Ga Be Nam, Mu Young Kim, Jong Seok Han, Gil Ju Kim, Sang Man Seo, Hyun Ji Lee, Hyung Rae Kim, Jeong Yong Yoo, Gyung Do Park, Dong Hwan Kim
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Patent number: 12293042Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with touch sensors. One or more shielding layers may be interposed between the display and the touch sensors. The shielding layers may include shielding structures such as a conductive mesh structure and/or a transparent conductive film. The shielding structures may be actively driven or passively biased. In the active driving scheme, one or more inverting circuits may receive a noise signal from a cathode layer in the display and/or from the shielding structures, invert the received noise signal, and drive the inverted noise signal back onto the shielding structures to prevent any noise from the display from negatively impacting the performance of the touch sensors. In the passive biasing scheme, the shielding structures may be biased to a power supply voltage.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2023Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Inventors: Rungrot Kitsomboonloha, Donggeon Han, Jason N Gomez, Kyung Wook Kim, Nikolaus Hammler, Pei-En Chang, Saman Saeedi, Shih Chang Chang, Shinya Ono, Suk Won Hong, Szu-Hsien Lee, Victor H Yin, Young-Jik Jo, Yu-Heng Cheng, Joyan G Sanctis, Hongwoo Lee
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Publication number: 20250058687Abstract: An armrest device for a vehicle includes a tray module configured to provide a cup holder function, an article storage function, and a table function; a frame module configured to enclose a periphery of the tray module and coupled to a rear seat of the vehicle; and a cover module configured to cover the tray module. The armrest device enables implementation of an arm rest function for allowing a passenger to put an arm on an armrest, as well as the cup holder function, the article storage function, and the table function utilizing a first slide cover having no vertically-extending hole, and a second slide cover formed with a cup holder hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2024Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Sang Man Seo, Sang Hyeok Yun, Jong Seok Han, Gil Ju Kim, Suk Won Hong, Hyun Mok Kim, Byoung Su You, Ryu Seok Ko, Soon Man Jang
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Publication number: 20250050814Abstract: An umbrella storage apparatus for a vehicle may include a housing provided in an interior of the vehicle and equipped with a loading space for storing an umbrella or other accessory and in which an opening is formed; a cover installed on the housing and configured to open or close the opening; and an ejection unit provided in the loading space to elastically support the stored umbrella to be unloaded toward the opening. The umbrella storage apparatus may secure utilization of an interior space of the vehicle by storing the umbrella in an unused space of the interior of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Gil Ju Kim, Jong Seok Han, Sang Hwi Yoon, Sang Man Seo, Sang Do Park, Sang Hyeok Yun
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Publication number: 20250042234Abstract: A storage system for a vehicle has a configuration capable of storing a plurality of high-voltage battery packs in a separably assembled state in a seat backboard of the vehicle through a coupling structure of a protrusion and a groove. Only a broken or failed high-voltage battery pack from among a plurality of high-voltage battery packs assembled to the seat backboard is separated from the seat backboard, and a new high-voltage battery pack can then replace the failed high-voltage battery pack through assembly thereof to the seat backboard at a position from which the failed high-voltage battery pack has been separated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: February 6, 2025Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Hyeong Jong Kim, Ju Yeol Kong, Byeong Kwang Kim, So Young Yoo, Han Su Yoo, Byung Yong Choi, Sang Do Park, Seong Hyeon Shin
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Publication number: 20250033568Abstract: A vehicle seat apparatus includes: a receiving device provided on a seat of a vehicle, where an auxiliary battery and a portable electronic device are received in the receiving device, and a controller that controls power transmission between the auxiliary battery received in the receiving device and a convenience device of the seat. The receiving device is provided on a back board of the seat, and the auxiliary battery and the portable electronic device may be received in the receiving device or taken from the receiving device. During charging, the auxiliary battery is charged with power of a vehicle power supply or the portable electronic device is wirelessly charged with power of the auxiliary battery in normal times, and the power of the auxiliary battery may be supplied to the convenience device of the seat in an emergency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Hyeong Jong Kim, Ju Yeol Kong, Byeong Kwang Kim, Seong Hyeon Shin, Han Su Yoo, Byung Yong Choi, Sang Do Park, So Young Yoo, Jeong Mi Seo
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Publication number: 20240424967Abstract: A headrest position adjustment apparatus for a vehicle includes a headrest having a headrest pad, a sliding device configured to move the headrest pad in a forward/rearward direction, and a reciprocator configured to move the headrest pad in an upward/downward direction. The headrest position adjustment apparatus is configured to adjust a distance between the head of a passenger and the headrest pad to a desired distance through adjustment of a position of the headrest pad in both the upward/downward direction and the forward/rearward direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: December 26, 2024Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Seung Hyun Kim, Gil Ju Kim, Sang Man Seo, Hae Il Jeong, Yong Hwan Kim
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Publication number: 20240399965Abstract: A cover apparatus for a vehicle includes a main body part configured to shield a luggage space of the vehicle and connected to a tailgate and includes a pair of side hinge parts coupled to the main body part and, as the tailgate is opened, guiding the main body part to rotate in a direction in which the main body part and the tailgate are opened together by being interlocked with each other. The cover apparatus includes a screen part mounted on the pair of side hinge parts and configured to be selectively drawn out to hook on a rear seat. An elastic force acts on the screen part in a direction to be drawn out. The elastic force is provided by the pair of side hinge parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: December 5, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Min Su Kim, Jae Eun Chang, Kyu Hee Kim, Suk Won Hong, Tae Sung Mun, Tae Oh Moon, Kang Ho Joo
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Publication number: 20240391367Abstract: A tether anchor of a seatback of a vehicle seat includes a first wire fixed in at least a first end of the first wire to a seatback frame and forming a cover mounting part for fixing a cover, a second wire fixed at both ends of the second wire to the seatback frame and forming an anchor part for fixing a top tether of a car seat while crossing the cover mounting part of the first wire, and a cover mounted on the cover mounting part. The cover may be mounted on the cover mounting part so as to expose the anchor part to a rear of the seatback, and to seal the rear of the seatback.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: November 28, 2024Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Sang Hyeok Yun, Seon Hyeok Lee, Seung Hyun Kim, Seok Hwan Kim, Gil Ju Kim, Kyu Seok Kim, Bo Youn Seo
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Publication number: 20240286537Abstract: An apparatus for tilting a seat cushion of a rear seat of a vehicle includes: a fixing member connected to a vehicle body and being shaft-rotated while a location of the fixing member is fixed; a tilting motor coupled to the fixing member; and a linkage connecting the tilting motor and the seat cushion of the seat, and operable to move a front end of the seat cushion vertically when the tilting motor is moved. The front end of the seat may be moved vertically so as to implement a tilting function, and a tilting apparatus of the rear seat may be operated simultaneously with occurrence of a collision or immediately before a collision so as to adjust the front end of the seat cushion upward, so that movement of a passenger in an accident can be restricted.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Jong Seok Han, Sang Hyeok Yun, Gil Ju Kim, Sang Man Seo, Bo Youn Seo, Ji Sung Bae
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Publication number: 20240262272Abstract: An open space type headrest is applied to a vehicle seat in which a covering, which surrounds a foam pad of a volume body positioned on a mounting cover of a flat body coupled to a front surface of an exterior cover formed of a protrusion body, is fixed to the mounting cover, and opening spaces are formed in the exterior cover, the mounting cover, and the foam pad to enlarge front viewing of a rear passenger due to a see-through characteristic of a mesh fabric of the covering.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: Jong-Seok Han, Sang-Do Park, Deok-Soo Lim, Sang-Soo Lee, Sang-Hark Lee, Chan-Ho Jung, Suk-Won Hong, Hyun-Suk Kang, Sang-Sub Jeon, Sung-Chol An, Min-Soo Kim
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Publication number: 20240190358Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a beam projector apparatus for a vehicle, in which a beam projector installed on an armrest of a rear seat may be used to project a video onto a screen provided in a vehicle and enable a vehicle passenger to watch the video in a situation in which the vehicle passenger takes a rest, and as necessary, the projector may be taken out of the armrest and used in an outdoor resting space outside the vehicle to allow a user to watch a video.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Suk Won HONG, Ga be Nam, Gil Ju Kim, Sang Man Seo, Tae Hwan Kim, Hyung Sun Park, Ji Sung Bae
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Publication number: 20240190316Abstract: An armrest for a rear center seat of a vehicle includes a foam pad for the rear armrest and a convenience device mounted in the foam pad. The foam pad has formed therein a concave portion configured to induce deformation due to impact and distribute load at a portion in contact with the convenience device so as to satisfy the static strength test on a center headrest for the rear center seat, and at the same time, improve comfort of a passenger seated on the rear center seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Sang Hyeok Yun, Jong Seok Han, Gil Ju Kim, Sang Man Seo, Heung Suk Yang, Jae Beom Park, Eu Ddeum Yang, Ji Hyun Kim
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Publication number: 20240174151Abstract: An embodiment vehicle seat includes a seatback configured to support an occupant's upper body, the seatback including an upper seatback part and a lower seatback part, wherein the upper seatback part includes a tilting part pivotably hinged onto the lower seatback part so as to be tiltable forward and backward with respect to the lower seatback part as the upper seatback part is pivoted forward and backward about the lower seatback part, and a tilting device configured to tilt the tilting part forward and backward in conjunction with a reclining operation of the seatback, wherein the tilting device is configured to tilt the tilting part forward in conjunction with a backward reclining operation of the seatback.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Sang Man Seo, Suk Won Hong, Jae Hwa Lee, Chan Ki Cho, Myung Soo Lee
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Publication number: 20240086014Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with touch sensors. One or more shielding layers may be interposed between the display and the touch sensors. The shielding layers may include shielding structures such as a conductive mesh structure and/or a transparent conductive film. The shielding structures may be actively driven or passively biased. In the active driving scheme, one or more inverting circuits may receive a noise signal from a cathode layer in the display and/or from the shielding structures, invert the received noise signal, and drive the inverted noise signal back onto the shielding structures to prevent any noise from the display from negatively impacting the performance of the touch sensors. In the passive biasing scheme, the shielding structures may be biased to a power supply voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Rungrot Kitsomboonloha, Donggeon Han, Jason N Gomez, Kyung Wook Kim, Nikolaus Hammler, Pei-En Chang, Saman Saeedi, Shih Chang Chang, Shinya Ono, Suk Won Hong, Szu-Hsien Lee, Victor H Yin, Young-Jik Jo, Yu-Heng Cheng, Joyan G Sanctis, Hongwoo Lee
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Patent number: 11861110Abstract: An electronic device may have a display with touch sensors. One or more shielding layers may be interposed between the display and the touch sensors. The shielding layers may include shielding structures such as a conductive mesh structure and/or a transparent conductive film. The shielding structures may be actively driven or passively biased. In the active driving scheme, one or more inverting circuits may receive a noise signal from a cathode layer in the display and/or from the shielding structures, invert the received noise signal, and drive the inverted noise signal back onto the shielding structures to prevent any noise from the display from negatively impacting the performance of the touch sensors. In the passive biasing scheme, the shielding structures may be biased to a power supply voltage.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Rungrot Kitsomboonloha, Donggeon Han, Jason N Gomez, Kyung Wook Kim, Nikolaus Hammler, Pei-En Chang, Saman Saeedi, Shih Chang Chang, Shinya Ono, Suk Won Hong, Szu-Hsien Lee, Victor H Yin, Young-Jik Jo, Yu-Heng Cheng, Joyan G Sanctis, Hongwoo Lee
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Publication number: 20230145513Abstract: Provided is a tether anchor assembly for a vehicle including a seat frame including a support panel coupled to a back frame, the support panel including an anchor groove provided therein, and a mounting wire exposed to an outside through the anchor groove, and a tether cover configured to allow the mounting wire to be fitted and coupled to an inside thereof and to be exposed to the outside through the anchor groove when inserted into the anchor groove, and to be directly coupled to the support panel to fix a position of insertion thereof into the anchor groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Suk Won Hong, Sang Hyeok Yun, Sung Man Seo, Sung Hak Hong, Jong Seok Han, Ji Sun Lee