Patents by Inventor Taeho Won

Taeho Won 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).

  • Publication number: 20140041959
    Abstract: A muffler for a vehicle may include a main muffler in front of a rear suspension when viewing from a front of the vehicle, a plurality of baffles dividing an interior of the main muffler into a plurality of chambers, an inlet pipe installed substantially at an center of one side of the main muffler and passing through the plurality of the baffles, a discharge pipe installed at a lower side of the other side of the main muffler and passing through the plurality of the baffles, wherein the discharge pipe exhausts an exhaust gas flowed in the inlet pipe to an exterior of the main muffler, an intermediate pipe in fluidic communication with an outlet port of the inlet pipe, and a variable valve selectively opened or closed in response to a back pressure of the exhaust gas from an outlet port of the intermediate pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Taeho WON
  • Patent number: 8636103
    Abstract: A muffler for a vehicle may include a main muffler in front of a rear suspension when viewing from a front of the vehicle, a plurality of baffles dividing an interior of the main muffler into a plurality of chambers, an inlet pipe installed substantially at an center of one side of the main muffler and passing through the plurality of the baffles, a discharge pipe installed at a lower side of the other side of the main muffler and passing through the plurality of the baffles, wherein the discharge pipe exhausts an exhaust gas flowed in the inlet pipe to an exterior of the main muffler, an intermediate pipe in fluidic communication with an outlet port of the inlet pipe, and a variable valve selectively opened or closed in response to a back pressure of the exhaust gas from an outlet port of the intermediate pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Taeho Won