Patents by Inventor Taeheun Jin

Taeheun Jin 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: 9359030
    Abstract: A door hinge loading device for a vehicle includes a door hinge storage that is attached to an attachment frame, where one or more door hinges are loaded on the door hinge storage, a clamping unit that extracts the door hinges from the door hinge storage, and clamps the extracted door hinges while aligning bolts, and a moving unit that is provided at a position corresponding to the clamping unit to be connected to the clamping unit, and selectively moves the clamping unit toward the door hinge storages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Taeheun Jin
  • Patent number: 9333606
    Abstract: A device for aligning door hinges of an automatic system that mounts door hinges to a vehicle automatically mounts a plurality of door hinges within a hinge box to upper and lower seats on pillars of a vehicle body conveyed by a conveying unit. The device includes at least one stand frame and a tilting plate that is coupled to the stand frame to tile the tilting plate in an upward and downward direction. In addition, the device includes a tilting cylinder that is vertically disposed with one side hinged to the stand frame and the other side hinged to the tilting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Taeheun Jin
  • Patent number: 9242322
    Abstract: A jig for aligning door hinges into a position at a predetermined mounting angle in an automatic system that automatically mounts door hinges to upper and lower seats on pillars of a vehicle body conveyed by a conveying unit. The jig may include a support frame, a first support part fixed to the support frame and supporting a hinge bracket of the door hinge, a pair of second support parts movably disposed at both sides of the first support part and respectively supporting both sides of a door bracket of the door hinge, and an actuating cylinder fixed to the support frame and connected with the second support parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Taeheun Jin
  • Publication number: 20150183474
    Abstract: A door hinge loading device for a vehicle includes a door hinge storage that is attached to an attachment frame, where one or more door hinges are loaded on the door hinge storage, a clamping unit that extracts the door hinges from the door hinge storage, and clamps the extracted door hinges while aligning bolts, and a moving unit that is provided at a position corresponding to the clamping unit to be connected to the clamping unit, and selectively moves the clamping unit toward the door hinge storages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Taeheun Jin
  • Publication number: 20140167342
    Abstract: A jig for aligning door hinges into a position at a predetermined mounting angle in an automatic system that automatically mounts door hinges to upper and lower seats on pillars of a vehicle body conveyed by a conveying unit. The jig may include a support frame, a first support part fixed to the support frame and supporting a hinge bracket of the door hinge, a pair of second support parts movably disposed at both sides of the first support part and respectively supporting both sides of a door bracket of the door hinge, and an actuating cylinder fixed to the support frame and connected with the second support parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Taeheun Jin
  • Publication number: 20140165386
    Abstract: An automatic system for automatically mounting door hinges to upper and lower seats on pillars of a vehicle body conveyed by a conveying unit may include i) a first aligning unit automatically aligning a plurality of door hinges, ii) a first gripper disposed on one side of a mounting frame fixed to an arm of a first handling robot, and taking out the door hinges from the hinge box, iii) a second aligning unit loading the door hinges, and arranging the door hinges into position at a predetermined mounting angle, iv) a second gripper disposed on the other side of the mounting frame, and unloading the door hinges aligned by the second aligning unit, v) a mounting jig clamping and setting the door hinges into seats on the vehicle body, and vi) a bolt runner bolting the door hinges set in the seats on the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Taeheun Jin
  • Publication number: 20140165387
    Abstract: A device for aligning door hinges of an automatic system that mounts door hinges to a vehicle automatically mounts a plurality of door hinges within a hinge box to upper and lower seats on pillars of a vehicle body conveyed by a conveying unit. The device includes at least one stand frame and a tilting plate that is coupled to the stand frame to tile the tilting plate in an upward and downward direction. In addition, the device includes a tilting cylinder that is vertically disposed with one side hinged to the stand frame and the other side hinged to the tilting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Taeheun Jin