Patents by Inventor Young Hun KONG

Young Hun KONG 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: 9874257
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electric caliper brake. The electric caliper brake includes a carrier including a pair of pad plates installed to be moveable forward and backward, a caliper housing configured to be installed to be slidable on the carrier and to have a cylinder in which a piston of which an inside is dug in a form of a cup is moveable forward and backward due to a brake hydraulic pressure, a power conversion unit including a spindle member installed to pass through a rear of the cylinder and rotating due to a rotational force delivered from an actuator and a nut member screw-coupled to the spindle member, disposed in the piston, moving forward and backward according to rotation of the spindle member, pressurizing the piston, and releasing the pressurizing, and a filling member configured to be disposed in the piston in such a way that rotation of the filling member is limited, the filling member being coupled to the nut member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong-Gu Son, Young-Hun Kong
  • Publication number: 20170082159
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic disc brake. The electronic disc brake includes a disc configured to rotate with vehicle wheels, a caliper housing configured to operate pad plates installed at both sides of the disc, and an actuator having a piston provided inside the caliper housing to press the pad plates to adhere the pad plates to the disc, a spindle rotatably installed at the caliper housing to reciprocate the piston, an electric motor configured to rotate the spindle, and a decelerator configured to transmit a rotational force of the electric motor to the spindle. The decelerator includes a power connection unit connected to the electric motor, planetary gear units configured to connect the power connection unit to the spindle, and a center pin configured to pass through the power connection unit and the planetary gear units. The power connection unit includes a driving gear provided at a shaft of the electric motor and a driven gear connected to the planetary gear units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jong-Gu SON, Young-Hun KONG
  • Publication number: 20170082161
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electric caliper brake. The electric caliper brake includes a carrier including a pair of pad plates installed to be moveable forward and backward, a caliper housing configured to be installed to be slidable on the carrier and to have a cylinder in which a piston of which an inside is dug in a form of a cup is moveable forward and backward due to a brake hydraulic pressure, a power conversion unit including a spindle member installed to pass through a rear of the cylinder and rotating due to a rotational force delivered from an actuator and a nut member screw-coupled to the spindle member, disposed in the piston, moving forward and backward according to rotation of the spindle member, pressurizing the piston, and releasing the pressurizing, and a filling member configured to be disposed in the piston in such a way that rotation of the filling member is limited, the filling member being coupled to the nut member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jong-Gu SON, Young-Hun KONG
  • Patent number: 9441691
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electric disk brake including: a carrier in which a pair of pad plates for pressing both sides of a rotating disk together with wheels are installed to make advance and retreat; a caliper housing that is slidably installed in the carrier and has a cylinder in which a piston is installed to make advance and retreat due to brake hydraulic pressure; an adjuster disposed in the piston; a push rod that is installed in the cylinder and is screw-coupled to the adjuster; a ramp unit that is installed to penetrate the rear of the cylinder, converts a rotation motion into a rectilinear motion by receiving a rotation force from an actuator that generates a parking brake force, and presses the push rod toward the piston; and an elastic member that is disposed in a spring case formed between an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder and the push rod and provides an elastic force to the push rod, further including a connector having one end coupled to a rotating ramp plate of the ramp unit so
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Hun Kong, Jae-Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 9347508
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic disc brake. The electronic disc brake includes a caliper housing at which a piston is installed, a carrier coupled with the caliper housing, a pair of pad plates installed at the carrier to be slidable toward a disc, an adjuster to prevent the pad plates from moving away from the disc and maintain the pad plates at a certain distance from the disc, a push rod screw-coupled to the adjuster, a spindle unit coupled to the push rod and installed at a cylinder of the caliper housing, a spring case forming an accommodation space between the cylinder and the push rod, a low-pressure spring and a high-pressure spring arranged in parallel in the spring case, and a support plate slidably installed in the cylinder so that a gap is formed between the low-pressure spring and the high-pressure spring in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Mando Corporation
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun Lee, Young-Hun Kong
  • Publication number: 20150362031
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electric disk brake including: a carrier in which a pair of pad plates for pressing both sides of a rotating disk together with wheels are installed to make advance and retreat; a caliper housing that is slidably installed in the carrier and has a cylinder in which a piston is installed to make advance and retreat due to brake hydraulic pressure; an adjuster disposed in the piston; a push rod that is installed in the cylinder and is screw-coupled to the adjuster; a ramp unit that is installed to penetrate the rear of the cylinder, converts a rotation motion into a rectilinear motion by receiving a rotation force from an actuator that generates a parking brake force, and presses the push rod toward the piston; and an elastic member that is disposed in a spring case formed between an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder and the push rod and provides an elastic force to the push rod, further including a connector having one end coupled to a rotating ramp plate of the ramp unit so
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicant: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: YOUNG-HUN KONG, Jae-Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 9181997
    Abstract: Provided is a caliper brake including a caliper housing that constitutes an exterior of the caliper brake and has one end on which a fork is formed and is bent, a brake cylinder that is mounted on a side of the caliper housing to face the fork and generates a brake force inside the brake cylinder using an oil pressure of a damping oil transmitted from a brake line, a piston that is mounted within the brake cylinder and pressurizes a brake disc between the piston and the fork using the brake force, a pressurization rod part that is mounted within the piston on a common axis, extends in an axial direction when abrasion occurs in the fork and a frictional pad of the piston so as to compensate for abrasion, and a return spring part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Mando Corporation
    Inventors: Young Hun Kong, Seon Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 9175738
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a disc brake having a carrier at which a pair of pad plates is installed and a caliper housing slidably installed on the carrier and provided with a cylinder allowing a piston to be installed therein, the disc brake including an adjuster installed in the piston, a push rod installed in the cylinder and provided with a flange extending toward an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, a ramp coupled to the flange to prevent rotation of the push rod and moving along with the push rod and seated in a seating groove provided at a rear wall of the cylinder, a spring case fixed to the cylinder and forming a predetermined accommodation space between the cylinder and the push rod, and an elastic member arranged in the accommodation space of the spring case to provide elastic force to the push rod and the ramp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seon Ki Hong, Young Hun Kong
  • Patent number: 9163684
    Abstract: Disclosed is a disc brake including a carrier on which a pair of pad plates are movably installed and a caliper housing, which is slidably installed on the carrier and is provided with a cylinder having a piston mounted so as to move forward and backward by a hydraulic braking pressure, the disc brake including: an adjuster installed in the piston to prevent the pad plates from moving away from a disc and to maintain the pad plates at a constant distance from the disc; a push rod installed in the cylinder, a front portion thereof being screw-coupled to the adjuster and a rear portion thereof being provided with a flange extending toward an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder; a ramp unit into which the rear portion of the push rod is inserted and which is installed in the cylinder and compresses the push rod toward the piston in cooperation with a parking cable to prevent rotation of the push rod; a spring case having an end portion of one side thereof fixed to the cylinder and forming a predetermin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seon-ki Hong, Young-hun Kong
  • Patent number: 9010879
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a pre-fill system to improve brake feel and a method of increasing an initial flux using the same which may reduce an invalid travel distance of a brake pedal. The pre-fill system includes a first housing connected with the master cylinder and provided with a first bore having a smaller-diameter portion and a larger-diameter portion, a second housing provided with a stepped second bore communicating with the first bore to be coupled with the first housing to define a hydraulic pressure chamber, a piston arranged in the first bore and provided with an oil channel unit, and a valve assembly adapted to open and close the oil channel unit of the piston according to the hydraulic brake pressure, wherein the piston applies pressure to the hydraulic pressure chamber through the piston to supply hydraulic pressure to the disc brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Mando Corporation
    Inventor: Young Hun Kong
  • Patent number: 8973718
    Abstract: A caliper parking brake including: caliper housing having one end on which a cylinder is formed and the other end on which a fork is formed to face the cylinder; brake force input terminal rotatably mounted on an end of the cylinder by a parking cable; brake force switching terminal installed within the cylinder on a common axis so as to rotate together with the brake force input terminal; brake force output terminal directly connected to the brake force switching terminal on a common axis; and a brake terminal that is disposed between the fork and the brake force output terminal and stops rotation of a brake disc using the brake force output by the brake force output terminal, wherein the brake force output terminal compensates for abrasion that occurs in the fork and a frictional pad of the piston by moving an initial position of the piston forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Mando Corporation
    Inventors: Young Hun Kong, Seon Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20150053512
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic disc brake. The electronic disc brake includes a caliper housing at which a piston is installed, a carrier coupled with the caliper housing, a pair of pad plates installed at the carrier to be slidable toward a disc, an adjuster to prevent the pad plates from moving away from the disc and maintain the pad plates at a certain distance from the disc, a push rod screw-coupled to the adjuster, a spindle unit coupled to the push rod and installed at a cylinder of the caliper housing, a spring case forming an accommodation space between the cylinder and the push rod, a low-pressure spring and a high-pressure spring arranged in parallel in the spring case, and a support plate slidably installed in the cylinder so that a gap is formed between the low-pressure spring and the high-pressure spring in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun LEE, Young-Hun KONG
  • Publication number: 20150053511
    Abstract: Disclosed is a disc brake including a carrier on which a pair of pad plates are movably installed and a caliper housing, which is slidably installed on the carrier and is provided with a cylinder having a piston mounted so as to move forward and backward by a hydraulic braking pressure, the disc brake including: an adjuster installed in the piston to prevent the pad plates from moving away from a disc and to maintain the pad plates at a constant distance from the disc; a push rod installed in the cylinder, a front portion thereof being screw-coupled to the adjuster and a rear portion thereof being provided with a flange extending toward an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder; a ramp unit into which the rear portion of the push rod is inserted and which is installed in the cylinder and compresses the push rod toward the piston in cooperation with a parking cable to prevent rotation of the push rod; a spring case having an end portion of one side thereof fixed to the cylinder and forming a predetermin
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Seon-ki HONG, Young-hun KONG
  • Patent number: 8881874
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a disc brake which may improve restoration of a piston which occurs when braking operation is terminated. The disc brake having a carrier and a caliper housing includes an adjuster installed inside the piston to maintain the pad plates at a distance from the disc, a pull-rod installed in the cylinder, a front portion thereof being screwed to the adjuster and a rear portion thereof being provided with a flange extending toward an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, a support member coupled with a rear wall of the cylinder to support the pull-rod and seal an inside of the cylinder, a spring case adapted to have one end fixed to the support member and form a predetermined accommodating space, and an elastic member arranged in the accommodating space of the spring case to return the piston to an original position thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Mando Corporation
    Inventor: Young Hun Kong
  • Publication number: 20140020989
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a disc brake having a carrier at which a pair of pad plates is installed and a caliper housing slidably installed on the carrier and provided with a cylinder allowing a piston to be installed therein, the disc brake including an adjuster installed in the piston, a push rod installed in the cylinder and provided with a flange extending toward an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder, a ramp coupled to the flange to prevent rotation of the push rod and moving along with the push rod and seated in a seating groove provided at a rear wall of the cylinder, a spring case fixed to the cylinder and forming a predetermined accommodation space between the cylinder and the push rod, and an elastic member arranged in the accommodation space of the spring case to provide elastic force to the push rod and the ramp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Inventors: Seon Ki Hong, Young Hun Kong
  • Publication number: 20140020991
    Abstract: A caliper parking brake including: caliper housing having one end on which a cylinder is formed and the other end on which a fork is formed to face the cylinder; brake force input terminal rotatably mounted on an end of the cylinder by a parking cable; brake force switching terminal installed within the cylinder on a common axis so as to rotate together with the brake force input terminal; brake force output terminal directly connected to the brake force switching terminal on a common axis; and a brake terminal that is disposed between the fork and the brake force output terminal and stops rotation of a brake disc using the brake force output by the brake force output terminal, wherein the brake force output terminal compensates for abrasion that occurs in the fork and a frictional pad of the piston by moving an initial position of the piston forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Hun KONG, Seon Ki HONG
  • Publication number: 20140020990
    Abstract: Provided is a caliper brake including a caliper housing that constitutes an exterior of the caliper brake and has one end on which a fork is formed and is bent, a brake cylinder that is mounted on a side of the caliper housing to face the fork and generates a brake force inside the brake cylinder using an oil pressure of a damping oil transmitted from a brake line, a piston that is mounted within the brake cylinder and pressurizes a brake disc between the piston and the fork using the brake force, a pressurization rod part that is mounted within the piston on a common axis, extends in an axial direction when abrasion occurs in the fork and a frictional pad of the piston so as to compensate for abrasion, and a return spring part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Hun KONG, Seon Ki HONG
  • Publication number: 20130187442
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a pre-fill system to improve brake feel and a method of increasing an initial flux using the same which may reduce an invalid travel distance of a brake pedal. The pre-fill system includes a first housing connected with the master cylinder and provided with a first bore having a smaller-diameter portion and a larger-diameter portion, a second housing provided with a stepped second bore communicating with the first bore to be coupled with the first housing to define a hydraulic pressure chamber, a piston arranged in the first bore and provided with an oil channel unit, and a valve assembly adapted to open and close the oil channel unit of the piston according to the hydraulic brake pressure, wherein the piston applies pressure to the hydraulic pressure chamber through the piston to supply hydraulic pressure to the disc brake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Young Hun KONG