Hwaseong, South Korea

Deug-Heon Kang

This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation. Active years: 2019.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Deug-Heon Kang. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/deug-heon-kang

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Years Active: 2019

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Title: Deug-Heon Kang: Automotive Lighting Inventor

Introduction

Deug-Heon Kang is an inventor based in Hwaseong, South Korea. His work includes a patented projection optical system designed for vehicle headlamps. The provided information lists 1 patent associated with him.

Latest Patents

Kang’s listed patent is titled “Dual Light Path Forming Type Projection Optical System and Head Lamp and Vehicle to Which the Same Optical System Is Applied.” It describes an optical system that directs light along two paths to produce low-beam and high-beam illumination.

The system uses a reflector to form upward- and downward-directed light paths. A prism lens redirects light to create a prism low beam and changes the incident angle to produce a prism high beam. An aspheric lens combines the prism light with reflected light to generate the final low- or high-beam output.

Career Highlights

Kang’s listed company affiliations include Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation. His patent concerns vehicle headlamp optics and the formation of different beam patterns.

Collaborations

Kwang-Min Ko and Yang-Gi Lee are identified as Kang’s coworkers. The provided information does not specify their roles in the patent or their particular collaborations with him.

Conclusion

Deug-Heon Kang’s listed invention applies a dual-light-path optical design to vehicle headlamps, combining reflector, prism, and aspheric lens components to produce low- and high-beam illumination.

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