Patents by Inventor Won-Sik Kim

Won-Sik Kim 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: 11613166
    Abstract: An air vent device for a vehicle includes an upper air guide wing and a lower air guide wing are mounted within an air duct to be rotatable vertically, and an air guide control plate, which vertically rotates the upper and lower air guide wings by driving an actuator, is mounted at the side position of the air duct, thereby easily controlling the vertical wind direction of the air by the rotation of the upper air guide wing or the lower air guide wing which interlocks when the air guide control plate rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo Hwa Kim, Seung Cheol Kim, Won Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20230067559
    Abstract: An air vent that enables both the adjustment by a knob and the adjustment by an external adjuster by applying an independent knob that is not mechanically connected to the air vent, along with a method for controlling the same, is disclosed. The air vent includes: a wind direction adjustment mechanism configured to adjust a wind direction of a wind discharged from the air vent; an actuator configured to drive the wind direction adjustment mechanism; a knob configured to control the actuator to adjust the wind direction adjustment mechanism; and a position sensor configured to detect a position of the wind direction adjustment mechanism. The knob is electrically connected to the actuator and is not mechanically connected to the wind direction adjustment mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20230042840
    Abstract: An air vent apparatus for a vehicle according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a rear wing having a plurality of lead wires plated in a longitudinal direction by a laser manufacturing antenna (LMA) method, and a knob connected to the rear wing and configured such that a position of the knob is horizontally adjustable. At this point, the knob includes a housing surrounding a partial section of the rear wing, an electrode portion located inside the housing and having input and output terminals electrically connected to the lead wire, and a light source electrically connected between the input and output terminals of the electrode portion to emit light into a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won Sik KIM
  • Patent number: 11554643
    Abstract: An air vent device for a vehicle may be mounted with an upper rear wing and a lower rear wing within an air duct to be linearly movable along the front-rear direction, and be rotatably mounted with an upper air guide wing and a lower air guide wing at the front end portions of the upper rear wing and the lower rear wing, thereby controlling the wind direction of the air downward while the upper air guide wing rotates downward when the upper rear wing moves forward, or controlling the wind direction of the air upward while the lower air guide wing rotates upward when the lower rear wing moves forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo Hwa Kim, Seung Cheol Kim, Won Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20220410814
    Abstract: Disclosed are vehicle cockpit module assembly including an actuator module to provide power, and fixed to an interior of a dashboard assembly, a main housing fixed to the interior of the dashboard assembly to fix the actuator module at one side and to accommodate a pulley, a timing belt, and a timing belt clip, a motor using power from the actuator module to provide a rotational force to a motor rotating shaft, a slip gear module connected to the motor rotating shaft through a center between a rear slip gear and a front slip gear and configured to transmit the rotational force transmitted from the motor rotating shaft through a frictional force between the rear slip gear and the front slip gear, the pulley rotates due to the rotational force transmitted through the slip gear module, and the timing belt connected to the pulley converts rotary motion into linear motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won Sik KIM
  • Publication number: 20220410666
    Abstract: A vehicle air vent structure includes a vent duct having a front surface facing a vehicle interior and being open to form a discharge port configured to discharge air, a rear wing accommodated in a region of the discharge port and being rotatably coupled to the vent duct, a plurality of front wings disposed in a direction orthogonal to the rear wing behind the rear wing, a driving member mounted outside the vent duct and being coupled to the front wings to selectively rotate the front wings, and a spacer elongated in a width direction of the vent duct to rotate the plurality of front wings, wherein the front wings rotate together with the driving member, in response to a driving force being generated from the driving member and the front wings being manually rotatable, in response to the driving force being blocked from the driving member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won Sik KIM
  • Patent number: 11433741
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vehicle air vent that includes a duct having a channel therein through which air flows, and a discharge end through which the air is discharged, a first adjuster installed in the duct so as to be rotatable about a first rotary shaft, an extending direction of a first opening being varied depending on the angle of rotation of the first adjuster, a second adjuster installed in the duct so as to be rotatable about a second rotary shaft, an extending direction of a second opening being varied depending on the angle of rotation of the second adjuster, a third adjuster installed on the discharge end so as to be rotatable about a third rotary shaft, a third opening being defined between the third adjuster and the duct, and an interlocking connector operatively connecting the first adjuster to the third adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 11390143
    Abstract: An air vent for a vehicle may include: a duct part having an internal path through which air is moved; a first adjusting part rotatably installed in the duct part, and guiding the direction of discharged air while rotated in a side-to-side direction; a second adjusting part rotatably installed in the duct part with the first adjusting part, and adjusting a flow rate and direction of discharged air while rotated in an upward/downward direction or blocking an air flow passing through the duct part; a driving part connected to the second adjusting part and configured to supply power to rotate the second adjusting part; and a rotation pressing part connected to the second adjusting part and elastically supporting the second adjusting part to rotate the second adjusting part in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20220134883
    Abstract: A vehicle cockpit module assembly disposed inside a dashboard for a vehicle and including a dashboard connection frame inserted into a bent inner side surface of an upper dashboard and including a structure insertion groove for insertion disposed at one extended side; a rail assembly including a main housing to accommodate a linear power transmitting portion, which includes a pulley and a timing belt and a fixing bracket coupled to one side of the main housing, the fixing bracket inserted into the structure insertion groove of the dashboard connection frame, and including a sliding hole formed to allow horizontal sliding of a monitor; and a connection frame fastened to the linear power transmitting portion, which is disposed inside the main housing, through the sliding hole and fastened to the monitor to allow the monitor to slide in the sliding hole due to the linear power transmitting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won Sik KIM
  • Publication number: 20220121297
    Abstract: Disclose are projection switching devices including a projection configured to project a symbol on a lower garnish, the lower garnish configured to cover a lower dashboard and to display control information projected from the projection, touch sensors disposed on a lower portion of the lower garnish to sense a touch of a user, and a controller configured to output control information corresponding to symbol information at a position where the touch has occurred to a corresponding device, in response to the touch being sensed by the touch sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won Sik KIM
  • Publication number: 20220083218
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle table device that is extracted toward a driver or a passenger to place foods or books thereon for a simple meal or reading, and a method of controlling a virtual keyboard thereof. The method includes: determining a state of a table accommodated inside a housing by a controller; determining a position of a monitor by the controller when, in the determining of the state of the table, the table is determined to be extracted from the housing; and activating a virtual keyboard on the table by the controller when, in the determining of the position of the monitor, the monitor is determined to be located on a passenger seat side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Whaon PARK, Won Sik KIM
  • Patent number: 11225126
    Abstract: A motor driven air vent device for a vehicle can perform not only left/right angular rotation operation of a vertical wing for adjusting a left/right-directional airflow direction of air discharged indoors but also an opening/closing operation of a damper for interrupting or allowing an indoor discharge of air using a link bar for performing a straight line motion to the left or right thereof by driving a motor and a cam plate for angularly rotating by the link bar, etc. in a motor driven manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc., Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Ju Lee, Pill Yoon Kim, Byung Gyu Choi, Young Rok Lee, Choong Yeul Kim, Seung Hyeok Chang, Jae Seob Choi, Kwan Woo Lee, Won Sik Kim, Ji Hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20210260969
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air vent device for a vehicle, which may be mounted with an upper rear wing and a lower rear wing within an air duct to be linearly movable along the front-rear direction, and be rotatably mounted with an upper air guide wing and a lower air guide wing at the front end portions of the upper rear wing and the lower rear wing, thereby controlling the wind direction of the air downward while the upper air guide wing rotates downward when the upper rear wing moves forward, or controlling the wind direction of the air upward while the lower air guide wing rotates upward when the lower rear wing moves forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Joo Hwa Kim, Seung Cheol Kim, Won Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20210260968
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air vent device for a vehicle, in which an upper air guide wing and a lower air guide wing are mounted within an air duct to be rotatable vertically, and an air guide control plate, which vertically rotates the upper and lower air guide wings by driving an actuator, is mounted at the side position of the air duct, thereby easily controlling the vertical wind direction of the air by the rotation of the upper air guide wing or the lower air guide wing which interlocks when the air guide control plate rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Joo Hwa Kim, Seung Cheol Kim, Won Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 11100645
    Abstract: A Computer-Aided Diagnosis (CAD) apparatus and a CAD method are provided. The CAD apparatus includes an automatic diagnoser configured to perform automatic diagnosis using an image that is received from a probe, and generate diagnosis information including results of the automatic diagnosis. The CAD apparatus further includes an information determiner configured to determine diagnosis information to be displayed among the generated diagnosis information, based on a manual diagnosis of a user, and a display configured to display the received image and the determined diagnosis information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Sik Kim, Ha Young Kim, Hye Jin Kam, Hyo A Kang, Joo Hyuk Jeon, Seung Chul Chae, Seung Woo Ryu
  • Patent number: 11065939
    Abstract: A motor-driven air vent device for a vehicle is provided. The motor-driven air vent device connects a horizontal wing of an air vent to an output shaft of a driving motor through a link structure and rotatably operates the driving motor in the forward direction or the reverse direction by a touch type switch operation. Accordingly, the vertical angular rotation operation for the horizontal wing is automatically performed by the operation of the link structure delivering the torque of the driving motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc., Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Ju Lee, Pill Yoon Kim, Byung Gyu Choi, Young Rok Lee, Choong Yeul Kim, Seung Hyeok Chang, Jae Seob Choi, Kwan Woo Lee, Won Sik Kim, Ji Hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20210129672
    Abstract: Provided are a system and a method for controlling a display of a vehicle. The system for controlling a display of a vehicle includes an input part for receiving a touch input signal with respect to a touch operation region, a memory in which a haptic feedback provision program with respect to a touch input is stored, and a processor for executing the haptic feedback provision program, wherein the processor provides haptic feedback of a different feel for each touch operation region and for each function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Sung Joon AHN, Tae Hun KIM, Seung Hwan LEE, Myung Bin CHOI, Won Sik KIM
  • Patent number: 10960729
    Abstract: An air vent for a vehicle may include: a duct having a passage through which air is moved; a first adjuster rotatably installed in the duct, and configured to guide a discharge direction of air while rotating in a side-to-side direction; a second adjuster rotatably installed in the duct with the first adjuster, and configured to guide a discharge direction of air while rotating in an up and down direction or block an air flow passing through the duct; and a driving unit connected to the second adjuster and configured to supply power to rotate the second adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Won Sik Kim
  • Patent number: D963036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventors: Hyung Chan Kim, Won Sik Kim
  • Patent number: D963037
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Inventors: Hyung Chan Kim, Won Sik Kim