Patents by Inventor Yoonsick Woo

Yoonsick Woo 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: 20120079999
    Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus including an inner tappet, an outer tappet surrounding and slidably contacting the inner tappet, and a latching pin slidably inserted into the inner tappet so as to implement a high lift and a low lift by selectively joining the inner tappet and the outer tappet may include a stopper partially inserted into the outer tappet and spaced apart from the latching pin in a movement direction of the latching pin so as to limit movement of the latching pin, and forming a latching pin joining groove in the outer tappet to selectively receive the latching pin, wherein the stopper partially projects to the outside of the outer tappet and is slidably engaged to a cylinder head groove formed to a cylinder head bore to prevent the variable valve lift apparatus from being rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Chang Ho Yang, Byong Young Choi, Gee Wook Shin, Yoonsick Woo, Jin Kook Kong, Soo Hyung Woo