Patents by Inventor Hark Koo Kim

Hark Koo Kim 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: 10816012
    Abstract: A mounting assembly of an electric pump may include a mounting body configured to mount the electric pump, and a bracket including a structure configured for enclosing and fixing the mounting body. Furthermore, force dampening elements of the electric pump hit a seating portion of the mounting body along a fracture line of the mounting body to break the seating portion and move the electric pump toward a front of the vehicle. Accordingly, the safety for driving a vehicle is improved and the injury of a driver is reduced during a collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hark-Koo Kim, Seung-Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20200049164
    Abstract: A mounting assembly of an electric pump may include a mounting body configured to mount the electric pump, and a bracket including a structure configured for enclosing and fixing the mounting body. Furthermore, fracture portions of the electric pump hit a seating portion of the mounting body along a fracture line of the mounting body to break the seating portion and move the electric pump toward a front of the vehicle. Accordingly, the safety for driving a vehicle is improved and the injury of a driver is reduced during a collision of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Hark-Koo KIM, Seung-Yong LEE
  • Patent number: 9719517
    Abstract: A canned motor pump that includes a pipe-shaped can part which accommodates a rotor, a plurality of supports protruding radially outward from sides of the can part, and a plurality of the split cores each of which is inserted inside a corresponding support of the supports. Each distal end of the split cores extends in a direction toward a corresponding insulator part. A plurality of insulator parts are respectively formed on distal ends of the supports. An annular outer ring surrounds the outer circumference of the insulator parts. The inner circumference of the outer ring adjoins to exposed outermost ends of the split cores. Coils then are wound on the supports to provide a can motor pump with fewer parts and better performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hark Koo Kim, Seung Yong Lee, Chi Myung Kim, Jong Won Park, Chang Gook Lee
  • Patent number: 9618000
    Abstract: A canned motor pump is provided that includes a rotor of a motor and a shaft shaped as a bar. The shaft penetrates through and is coupled with the rotor. A bearing is shaped as a circular cylinder, and is coupled to an upper side of the rotor. Further, the shaft penetrates through the bearing. A housing surrounds the rotor and the bearing to expose an upper end of the bearing and to house the rotor and the bearing within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hark Koo Kim, Seung Yong Lee, Chi Myung Kim, Yeon Seok Jung, Kyung Yub Kim, Chang Gook Lee
  • Patent number: 9522609
    Abstract: A thermal management system is provided which may be miniaturized and may have a reduced weight by integrating thermal management parts in a fuel cell vehicle. In particular, a new type of thermal management system integrated housing in which a housing of a pump housing part, a housing of a 3-way valve fluid part, and a bypass channel among parts of the thermal management system for a fuel cell vehicle are integrated into a single structure to reduce the size of the overall system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Min Kyu Lee, Hun Woo Park, Seung Yong Lee, Sung Wook Na, Ki Young Nam, Su Dong Han, Hyung Kook Kim, Hark Koo Kim
  • Patent number: 9488178
    Abstract: A canned motor pump includes a stator assembly and a housing surrounding the outer portion of the state assembly. The housing is coupled with the stator assembly in a state in which the housing is divided into a plurality of pieces by cutting lines, and has a through-hole in a side portion into which a fastener is fastened. A fixing ring is coupled to the inside of the housing and the stator assembly so as to provide a seal between the housing and the stator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hark Koo Kim, Seung Yong Lee, Chi Myung Kim, Jong Won Park, Chang Gook Lee
  • Patent number: 9174513
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heating control method for a fuel cell vehicle, in which an additional heating source is used together with a typical electric heater to reduce power consumption and increase fuel efficiency as compared to the sole use of the electric heater. For this purpose, the present invention provides a heating control method for a fuel cell vehicle which comprises an electric heater for heating air supplied to the interior of the vehicle, and a heater core provided in a coolant line for cooling a fuel cell stack and heating the air supplied to the interior of the vehicle by heat exchange with the coolant discharged from the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Yong Lee, Chi Myung Kim, Eung Young Kim, Gi Young Nam, Sung Wook Na, Hark Koo Kim, Kwang Ok Han, Kyoon Soo Lim, Yong Sun Park
  • Publication number: 20150183338
    Abstract: A thermal management system is provided which may be miniaturized and may have a reduced weight by integrating thermal management parts in a fuel cell vehicle. In particular, a new type of thermal management system integrated housing in which a housing of a pump housing part, a housing of a 3-way valve fluid part, and a bypass channel among parts of the thermal management system for a fuel cell vehicle are integrated into a single structure to reduce the size of the overall system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: Min Kyu Lee, Hun Woo Park, Seung Yong Lee, Sung Wook Na, Ki Young Nam, Su Dong Han, Hyung Kook Kim, Hark Koo Kim
  • Publication number: 20150023816
    Abstract: A canned motor pump is provided that includes a rotor of a motor and a shaft shaped as a bar. The shaft penetrates through and is coupled with the rotor. A bearing is shaped as a circular cylinder, and is coupled to an upper side of the rotor. Further, the shaft penetrates through the bearing. A housing surrounds the rotor and the bearing to expose an upper end of the bearing and to house the rotor and the bearing within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hark Koo Kim, Seung Yong Lee, Chi Myung Kim, Yeon Seok Jung, Kyung Yub Kim, Chang Gook Lee
  • Publication number: 20150023823
    Abstract: A canned motor pump includes a stator assembly and a housing surrounding the outer portion of the state assembly. The housing is coupled with the stator assembly in a state in which the housing is divided into a plurality of pieces by cutting lines, and has a through-hole in a side portion into which a fastener is fastened. A fixing ring is coupled to the inside of the housing and the stator assembly so as to provide a seal between the housing and the stator assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hark Koo KIM, Seung Yong LEE, Chi Myung KIM, Jong Won PARK, Chang Gook LEE
  • Publication number: 20150023817
    Abstract: A canned motor pump that includes a pipe-shaped can part which accommodates a rotor, a plurality of supports protruding radially outward from sides of the can part, and a plurality of the split cores each of which is inserted inside a corresponding support of the supports. Each distal end of the split cores extends in a direction toward a corresponding insulator part. A plurality of insulator parts are respectively formed on distal ends of the supports. An annular outer ring surrounds the outer circumference of the insulator parts. The inner circumference of the outer ring adjoins to exposed outermost ends of the split cores. Coils then are wound on the supports to provide a can motor pump with fewer parts and better performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Hark Koo Kim, Seung Yong Lee, Chi Myung Kim, Jong Won Park, Chang Gook Lee
  • Patent number: 8816560
    Abstract: Disclosed is a canned motor for restraining a cogging torque from being generated by inserting magnetic metal pins into slot openings of a stator, thereby reducing noise and vibrations during an operation of the canned motor. The canned motor includes: a can inserted into a housing to seal a coil mounted within the housing; and a stator installed on an outer peripheral surface of the can and inserted along an inner peripheral surface of the housing. A plurality of fixing guides protrude from an outer peripheral surface of the can and metal pins are inserted into the fixing guides to be integral with the fixing guide, such that the metal pins are inserted into and attached to slot openings of the stator when inserted into the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Yong Lee, Jea Woong Yi, Chi Myung Kim, Hark Koo Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Bong Sang Lee, Tae Sung Oh, Yu Man Won
  • Publication number: 20130119818
    Abstract: Disclosed is a canned motor for restraining a cogging torque from being generated by inserting magnetic metal pins into slot openings of a stator, thereby reducing noise and vibrations during an operation of the canned motor. The canned motor includes: a can inserted into a housing to seal a coil mounted within the housing; and a stator installed on an outer peripheral surface of the can and inserted along an inner peripheral surface of the housing. A plurality of fixing guides protrude from an outer peripheral surface of the can and metal pins are inserted into the fixing guides to be integral with the fixing guide, such that the metal pins are inserted into and attached to slot openings of the stator when inserted into the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD., KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Yong Lee, Jea Woong Yi, Chi Myung Kim, Hark Koo Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Bong Sang Lee, Tae Sung Oh, Yu Man Won
  • Publication number: 20130108490
    Abstract: An electric water pump with a canned motor is provided. The electric water pump includes a can-integrated volute body and a rotor support. The can-integrated volute body includes a volute body part disposed between a water power part housing and a motor housing and a can part disposed between a rotor and a stator. The volute body part separates a water power part from a driving motor and the can part separates the rotor from the stator. The volute body part and the can part may be integrally formed as one continuous piece and the rotor support is disposed inside the volute body part and rotatably supports the rotor and a motor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD., KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Yong Lee, Jea Woong Yi, Chi Myung Kim, Hark Koo Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Bong Sang Lee, Tae Sung Oh, Kyung Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20120118988
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heating system for a fuel cell vehicle, in which an additional heating source is used together with an electric heater to lower power consumption and increase fuel efficiency of prior systems. For this purpose the present invention provides a heating system for a fuel cell vehicle, the heating system including: an electric heater for heating air blown by a blower fan and supplied to the interior of the vehicle; and a heater core provided in a coolant line, through which coolant for cooling a fuel cell stack is circulated, and is used for heating the air, blown by the blower fan and supplied to the interior of the vehicle, by heat transfer between the coolant and the air, wherein the heater core is provided at the downstream side of the fuel cell stack in a coolant circulation path such that the air is heated by waste heat of the coolant discharged from the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Seung Yong Lee, Chi Myung Kim, Eung Young Kim, Gi Young Nam, Sung Wook Na, Hark Koo Kim, Kwang Ok Han, Kyoon Soo Lim, Yong Sun Park
  • Publication number: 20120122000
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heating control method for a fuel cell vehicle, in which an additional heating source is used together with a typical electric heater to reduce power consumption and increase fuel efficiency as compared to the sole use of the electric heater. For this purpose, the present invention provides a heating control method for a fuel cell vehicle which comprises an electric heater for heating air supplied to the interior of the vehicle, and a heater core provided in a coolant line for cooling a fuel cell stack and heating the air supplied to the interior of the vehicle by heat exchange with the coolant discharged from the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Seung Yong Lee, Chi Myung Kim, Eung Young Kim, Gi Young Nam, Sung Wook Na, Hark Koo Kim, Kwang Ok Han, Kyoon Soo Lim, Yong Sun Park
  • Publication number: 20110132483
    Abstract: The present invention provides a three-way proportional control valve for actively controlling coolant and a proportional control method using the same. The three-way proportional control valve according to the present invention may preferably include a valve body including a pump port, through which coolant is introduced, and a radiator port and a bypass port, through which the coolant is discharged; a valve spool which linearly reciprocates on a valve path formed inside the valve body and opens and closes the radiator port and the bypass port; and a solenoid mounted on the valve body and pushing the valve spool such that the radiator port is opened and the bypass port is closed when electrical power is applied thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hark Koo Kim, Seung Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20110123370
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electric water pump, in which the direction and angle of a volute casing, through which coolant is suctioned and discharged, with respect to an electric motor fixedly mounted in a vehicle body can be freely adjusted during assembly according to vehicle model. The electric water pump of the present invention may preferably include an electric motor for rotating an impeller; a volute cover including an inlet and an outlet and forming a front portion of a spiral chamber; an interface including a mechanical seal, interposed between the electric motor and the interface, and interposed between the electric motor and the volute cover to form a rear portion of the spiral chamber, and a rotatable connection member to allow the interface to be rotated at a desired angle with respect to the electric motor and connected by a bolt such that the direction and angle of the inlet and the outlet of the volute cover are adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hark Koo Kim, Seung Yong Lee