Patents by Inventor Yong Soo Chang

Yong Soo Chang 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: 10160288
    Abstract: A heating system for a hybrid vehicle may include a first heating line connecting an engine, having a temperature which is controlled through water-cooling, to a heater core that is heated using a heat generated from the engine, a second heating line allowing for heat exchange between various electronic devices and an auxiliary radiator controlling the temperatures of the various electronic devices, a branch line connected to the first heating line and the second heating line and exchanging heat therebetween, a plurality of valves provided on each of the first heating line, the second heating line, and the branch line, and a controller controlling each valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Hee Sang Park, Yong Soo Chang, Bock Cheol Lee, In Keun Kang
  • Patent number: 9981528
    Abstract: An air condition and lamp control system based on a light sensing of a vehicle may include an illumination sensor configured to detect an amount of irradiation of light irradiated into an interior side of the vehicle to be distinguished in a left and a right, an air condition controller configured to receive a left input voltage and a right input voltage according to the amount of irradiation of light detected by the illumination sensor and to independently compensate for left and right interior temperatures, a voltage amplifier configured to sum the left input voltage and the right input voltage which are transferred from the illumination sensor and to amplify the summed voltage to an amplified voltage, and a lamp controller configured to receive the amplified voltage amplified by the voltage amplifier, to compare the amplified voltage and a prestored lamp operation voltage, and to drive a lamp apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong Ho Kwon, June Kyu Park, Yong Soo Chang, Kwang Woon Cho
  • Patent number: 9663002
    Abstract: A device of folding a seat for a vehicle may include a seat cushion disposed on a bottom of a vehicle body and rotatable by a rotation mechanism and provided with a first position fixing mechanism, a seat back rotatably disposed at a rear of the seat cushion and provided with a second position fixing mechanism, a headrest rotatably disposed at an upper portion of the seat back and fixed in position by a third position fixing mechanism disposed in the seat back, and an operation mechanism disposed in the seat back and unlocking the first position fixing mechanism to unlock the second position fixing mechanism and the third position fixing mechanism at a time of rotating the seat cushion so as to rotate the seat back and the headrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., DAS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Jae Lee, Yong Soo Chang, Min Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 9555709
    Abstract: An apparatus for operating an AVN (Audio, Video and Navigation) monitor for a vehicle may include a belt guider which is installed in an accommodation space of a dashboard and around which a belt, moving in a longitudinal direction of the belt guider, is wound, a guide rail fixed to the belt guider and extending in the longitudinal direction of the belt guider, a monitor hinge connected to the belt and engaged to the guide rail and an end of a connection bracket so as to move along the guide rail, wherein the connection bracket is connected to the AVN monitor, and a driving force transmission gear engaged with the belt to move the belt in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Ju Lee, Min Young Lee, Jong Hyup Kim, Bock Cheol Lee, Yong Soo Chang, Chan Woong Jung, Kyung Ho Lee, Min Geun Oh
  • Publication number: 20160288610
    Abstract: An air condition and lamp control system based on a light sensing of a vehicle may include an illumination sensor configured to detect an amount of irradiation of light irradiated into an interior side of the vehicle to be distinguished in a left and a right, an air condition controller configured to receive a left input voltage and a right input voltage according to the amount of irradiation of light detected by the illumination sensor and to independently compensate for left and right interior temperatures, a voltage amplifier configured to sum the left input voltage and the right input voltage which are transferred from the illumination sensor and to amplify the summed voltage to an amplified voltage, and a lamp controller configured to receive the amplified voltage amplified by the voltage amplifier, to compare the amplified voltage and a prestored lamp operation voltage, and to drive a lamp apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong Ho KWON, June Kyu PARK, Yong Soo CHANG, Kwang Woon CHO
  • Patent number: 9395695
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus may include a printed circuit board (PCB) for supplying power, a light source electrically connected to the PCB and generating light, a reflector installed to be positioned at a front of the light source and positioned in a case and guiding the light generated from the light source together with the case, and a prism installed to be positioned at a front of the reflector and surround a dial plate and concentrating the light guided by the reflector and the case into the dial plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Hyun Kim, Yong Soo Chang, Bock Cheol Lee, Wook Hyun Choi
  • Publication number: 20160183834
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semi-contact type ECG measurement system, comprising a contact-type sensor configured to directly contact a skin of a passenger in a vehicle and detect a first ECG signal; a non-contact type sensor configured to be in proximity to the passenger to detect a second ECG signal without directly contacting the skin of the passenger; and an ECG sensor module configured to process the first and second ECG signals and configured to determine a biological status of the passenger from the first and second ECG signals microcontroller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Byung Jae LEE, Yong Soo CHANG, Kyu Ho LEE, Hyun Seok SONG, Kwang Ho SONG, Young Deok KIM, Tae Hyoung YANG, In Ho LEE, Taek Jun NAM
  • Patent number: 9365137
    Abstract: An apparatus for locking a folded state of a seat for a vehicle may include first links each of which rotates depending on whether the seat is fastened to a vehicle body, a second link that rotates depending on the rotation of the first links, and a locking link which has a plurality of fastening portions and is rotatable in accord with rotation of the seat. The second link is selectively fastened to different fastening portions of the locking link depending on the rotation of the second link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, DAS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Byung Jae Lee, Yong Soo Chang, Won Hyo Jo
  • Publication number: 20160046209
    Abstract: A device of folding a seat for a vehicle may include a seat cushion disposed on a bottom of a vehicle body and rotatable by a rotation mechanism and provided with a first position fixing mechanism, a seat back rotatably disposed at a rear of the seat cushion and provided with a second position fixing mechanism, a headrest rotatably disposed at an upper portion of the seat back and fixed in position by a third position fixing mechanism disposed in the seat back, and an operation mechanism disposed in the seat back and unlocking the first position fixing mechanism to unlock the second position fixing mechanism and the third position fixing mechanism at a time of rotating the seat cushion so as to rotate the seat back and the headrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., DAS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Jae LEE, Yong Soo CHANG, Min Kyu KIM
  • Publication number: 20150375646
    Abstract: An apparatus for locking a folded state of a seat for a vehicle may include first links each of which rotates depending on whether the seat is fastened to a vehicle body, a second link that rotates depending on the rotation of the first links, and a locking link which has a plurality of fastening portions and is rotatable in accord with rotation of the seat. The second link is selectively fastened to different fastening portions of the locking link depending on the rotation of the second link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, DAS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Byung Jae LEE, Yong Soo CHANG, Won Hyo JO
  • Publication number: 20150360539
    Abstract: A heating system for a hybrid vehicle may include a first heating line connecting an engine, having a temperature which is controlled through water-cooling, to a heater core that is heated using a heat generated from the engine, a second heating line allowing for heat exchange between various electronic devices and an auxiliary radiator controlling the temperatures of the various electronic devices, a branch line connected to the first heating line and the second heating line and exchanging heat therebetween, a plurality of valves provided on each of the first heating line, the second heating line, and the branch line, and a controller controlling each valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Hee Sang PARK, Yong Soo CHANG, Bock Cheol LEE, In Keun KANG
  • Publication number: 20150175066
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus may include a printed circuit board (PCB) for supplying power, a light source electrically connected to the PCB and generating light, a reflector installed to be positioned at a front of the light source and positioned in a case and guiding the light generated from the light source together with the case, and a prism installed to be positioned at a front of the reflector and surround a dial plate and concentrating the light guided by the reflector and the case into the dial plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Hyun Kim, Yong Soo Chang, Bock Cheol Lee, Wook Hyun Choi
  • Publication number: 20150158494
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for determining a carelessness of a driver may include detecting an object having an impedance substance by capacitive sensors provided in a headrest of a seat of a vehicle, detecting changes in electrostatic capacity by the capacitive sensors, measuring distance values between the object having the impedance substance and the capacitive sensors by using the changes in electrostatic capacity detected by the capacitive sensors, and determining whether the object having the impedance substance may be in a careless state by using the distance values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Dymos Inc.
    Inventors: Byung Jae LEE, Yong Soo CHANG, In Ho LEE, Tae Hyoung YANG, Hyun Seok SONG, Taek Jun NAM
  • Publication number: 20150008299
    Abstract: An apparatus for operating an AVN (Audio, Video and Navigation) monitor for a vehicle may include a belt guider which is installed in an accommodation space of a dashboard and around which a belt, moving in a longitudinal direction of the belt guider, is wound, a guide rail fixed to the belt guider and extending in the longitudinal direction of the belt guider, a monitor hinge connected to the belt and engaged to the guide rail and an end of a connection bracket so as to move along the guide rail, wherein the connection bracket is connected to the AVN monitor, and a driving force transmission gear engaged with the belt to move the belt in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Young Ju LEE, Min Young Lee, Jong Hyup Kim, Bock Cheol Lee, Yong Soo Chang, Chan Woong Jung, Kyung Ho Lee, Min Geun Lee
  • Publication number: 20140353392
    Abstract: A heating system for an electric vehicle heats an interior thereof by the driving force of a drive motor is activated by battery power, and includes: a heat exchanger that is connected to the drive motor via a cooling line circulating cooling water between the battery and the drive motor; a PTC connected to the battery via the cooling line and activated by battery power; a heat storage unit that collects and stores thermal energy from the cooling water, with its temperature raised while cooling the drive motor, and connected in series to the drive motor and the battery via the cooling line; and a valve unit installed in the cooling line interconnecting the drive motor, the heat exchanger, and the heat storage unit, which selectively connects the cooling line to the drive motor, the heat exchanger, and the heat storage unit by opening and closing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: June Kyu Park, Yong Soo CHANG, Bock Cheol LEE, Yong Joo CHO
  • Publication number: 20140183011
    Abstract: A switch device including: a circuit board, a mounting member, a push button and a rotary knob. The circuit board includes a switch, and the mounting member has a vertical slit and is fixed on the circuit board. The push button is inserted in the mounting member, is vertically guided along the slit, and when moved downward presses the switch. Additionally, the push button has a guide groove along the outer circumference. The rotary knob encloses the outer circumference of the push button, has a locking portion on an inner side which is inserted into the guide groove of the push button, and rotates independently from the push button but vertically moving with the push button while moving vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: June Kyu Park, Yong Soo Chang, Hyun Kim, Bock Cheol Lee