Patents by Inventor Yeongkil Kim

Yeongkil 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: 8173923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary switch assembly for an air conditioner in a vehicle, in which detent means is mounted on a holder joined to a front housing to mount a knob on the holder, so that a cable switch assembly for operating a cable to control the air conditioner can be used to various switches in common without regard to existence and nonexistence of a detent structure or positions of the detent structure and the rotary switch assembly can prevent a movement of the knob and effectively transfer a manipulation force of the knob to the cable switch assembly since the detent means is mounted on the holder adjacent to the knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Halla Climate Control Corporation
    Inventors: Jeongyeop Lee, Yeongkil Kim
  • Publication number: 20090229387
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotary switch assembly for an air conditioner in a vehicle, in which detent means is mounted on a holder joined to a front housing to mount a knob on the holder, so that a cable switch assembly for operating a cable to control the air conditioner can be used to various switches in common without regard to existence and nonexistence of a detent structure or positions of the detent structure and the rotary switch assembly can prevent a movement of the knob and effectively transfer a manipulation force of the knob to the cable switch assembly since the detent means is mounted on the holder adjacent to the knob.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Jeongyeop Lee, Yeongkil Kim
  • Publication number: 20090229388
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable connecting apparatus of a controller for an air conditioner in a vehicle, which can connect a cable to actuating means of the controller and actuating means of an air-conditioning case to actuate a door, wherein the cable connecting apparatus includes bending preventing means mounted thereon for connecting an end portion of the cable with the actuating means, thereby enhancing durability and a manipulation feeling, minimizing abrasion of components, using the cable as a flexible cable without any restriction in route of the cable and without bending of the cable, and reducing a manufacturing cost since the connecting apparatuses respectively mounted on the air-conditioning case and on the controller have the same structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Jeongyeop LEE, Yeongkil Kim