Patents by Inventor Yoon Keun CHO

Yoon Keun CHO 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: 9169811
    Abstract: An air cleaner for a vehicle has an improved door locking structure that is not affected by the temperature of an engine compartment, and is configured to performing a door opening/closing operation and a filter replacing operation by simple manipulation. The air cleaner includes: a filter assembly; a case accommodating and providing access to the filter assembly; a door rotatably installed at the case that opens and closes the entrance of the case; an elastic member mounted between the door and the case to apply an elastic restoring force; and a locking unit installed that locks the door at a closed position and unlocks the door by one touch manipulation of pressing the door at the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoon Keun Cho, Doo Seok Jung
  • Patent number: 9097222
    Abstract: An active control sound generator apparatus may include a housing disposed at an end of an intake duct in a vehicle, having an intake port at an end, and having a driving unit case thereon, a control actuator disposed at a side in the driving unit case, a valve plate disposed in the intake port and connected to a rotary shaft, wherein the valve plate selectively opens or closes the intake port, a control unit including a position sensing wheel disposed at an end of the rotary shaft of the valve plate, in the driving unit case to measure a rotation amount of the valve plate, and a driving gear assembly engaged with the valve plate and the rotary shaft, in the driving unit case, and reducing and transmitting torque of the control actuator to the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoon Keun Cho
  • Publication number: 20150040527
    Abstract: An air cleaner for a vehicle has an improved door locking structure that is not affected by the temperature of an engine compartment, and is configured to performing a door opening/closing operation and a filter replacing operation by simple manipulation. The air cleaner includes: a filter assembly; a case accommodating and providing access to the filter assembly; a door rotatably installed at the case that opens and closes the entrance of the case; an elastic member mounted between the door and the case to apply an elastic restoring force; and a locking unit installed that locks the door at a closed position and unlocks the door by one touch manipulation of pressing the door at the closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Keun Cho, Doo Seok Jung
  • Publication number: 20140165950
    Abstract: An active control sound generator apparatus may include a housing disposed at an end of an intake duct in a vehicle, having an intake port at an end, and having a driving unit case thereon, a control actuator disposed at a side in the driving unit case, a valve plate disposed in the intake port and connected to a rotary shaft, wherein the valve plate selectively opens or closes the intake port, a control unit including a position sensing wheel disposed at an end of the rotary shaft of the valve plate, in the driving unit case to measure a rotation amount of the valve plate, and a driving gear assembly engaged with the valve plate and the rotary shaft, in the driving unit case, and reducing and transmitting torque of the control actuator to the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Yoon Keun CHO
  • Patent number: D1025970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon-Young Kim, Yun-Su Cho, Hyun-Keun Son, Bum-Soo Park