Patents by Inventor Deukkuen Ahn

Deukkuen Ahn 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: 11355764
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for removing residual hydrogen in a fuel cell. The device for removing residual hydrogen in a fuel cell sucks residual hydrogen gas in a fuel cell system and easily removes the sucked hydrogen gas so as to prevent a fire, an explosion, and the like which may occur due to residual hydrogen in the fuel cell system during maintenance work of a fuel cell vehicle. In particular, the device may be manufactured as a simple ejector structure in which a nozzle, a venturi, and a diffuser are sequentially combined, the nozzle and the venturi are combined, and the like to use compressed air as a driving flow and use gas inside a fuel cell system as a suction flow and thus easily remove the residual hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sekwon Jung, Hojune Bae, Hyunjoon Lee, HyunJae Lee, Deukkuen Ahn
  • Patent number: 9466846
    Abstract: A fuel cell system is disclosed. More specifically, the fuel cell system may include a stack that includes an electrical generation assembly of a fuel cell, an air supply unit that supplies air to a cathode of the fuel cell, a humidifier that humidifies exhaust air that is exhausted from the cathode and supply air that is supplied from the air supply unit, a hydrogen supply unit that supplies the anode of the fuel cell with hydrogen, and a water trap that traps condensate that is generated by the anode and exhausts it. In particular, the supply air is supplied to an upstream side of the humidifier and the condensate that is trapped in the water trap is supplied to an upstream side of the humidifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyo Sub Shim, Se Joon Im, HyunJae Lee, Deukkuen Ahn, Jong Hyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20150311544
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for removing residual hydrogen in a fuel cell. The device for removing residual hydrogen in a fuel cell sucks residual hydrogen gas in a fuel cell system and easily removes the sucked hydrogen gas so as to prevent a fire, an explosion, and the like which may occur due to residual hydrogen in the fuel cell system during maintenance work of a fuel cell vehicle. In particular, the device may be manufactured as a simple ejector structure in which a nozzle, a venturi, and a diffuser are sequentially combined, the nozzle and the venturi are combined, and the like to use compressed air as a driving flow and use gas inside a fuel cell system as a suction flow and thus easily remove the residual hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Sekwon Jung, Hojune Bae, Hyunjoon Lee, HyunJae Lee, Deukkuen Ahn
  • Publication number: 20130130135
    Abstract: A fuel cell system is disclosed. More specifically, the fuel cell system may include a stack that includes an electrical generation assembly of a fuel cell, an air supply unit that supplies air to a cathode of the fuel cell, a humidifier that humidifies exhaust air that is exhausted from the cathode and supply air that is supplied from the air supply unit, a hydrogen supply unit that supplies the anode of the fuel cell with hydrogen, and a water trap that traps condensate that is generated by the anode and exhausts it. In particular, the supply air is supplied to an upstream side of the humidifier and the condensate that is trapped in the water trap is supplied to an upstream side of the humidifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hyo Sub Shim, Se Joon Im, HyunJae Lee, Deukkuen Ahn, Jong Hyun Lee