Patents by Inventor In-wook Hwang

In-wook Hwang 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: 20210206256
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle includes a first input shaft mounted along an axis of an engine shaft and selectively connectable to the engine shaft, a second input shaft formed as a hollow shaft, coaxially mounted with the first input shaft, and fixedly connected to a rotor of the first motor-generator, a third input shaft formed as a hollow shaft, coaxially mounted with the first input shaft, and selectively connectable to the first input shaft, an intermediate shaft mounted in parallel with the first input shaft, an output shaft mounted in parallel to the first input shaft and outputting a shifted toque, a planetary gear set mounted on the output shaft, having an element fixed to the output shaft and forming a shifted torque, and a plurality of gear sets mounted over the first, second, and third input shafts, the intermediate shaft, and the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seong Wook HWANG, Soonki EO, Ilhan YOO, Dongwoo KIM, Yong Sug CHOI, Jong Hyo PARK
  • Patent number: 11052750
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus of a hybrid electric vehicle using an engine and a motor/generator as power sources includes: a first input shaft selectively connected to a rotor of the motor/generator; a second input shaft disposed external to the first input shaft, and selectively connected to the rotor; an idle shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft; an intermediate shaft shifting rotational power transmitted from the first input shaft to the idle shaft; a first output shaft shifting and outputting rotational power transmitted from the second input shaft and the idle shaft; a second output shaft shifting and outputting rotational power transmitted from the first input shaft; and a plurality of gear sets shifting the rotational power input through the first and second input shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Wook Hwang, Seongwook Ji, Ki Tae Kim, Chon Ok Kim, Soonki Eo, Wonmin Cho, Ilhan Yoo, Juhyeon Park, Dongwoo Kim, Hye Jin Lim, Dong Hwan Hwang, Jong Hyo Park
  • Publication number: 20210204435
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a front plate, a back plate facing a direction opposite to the front plate, a side member surrounding a space between the front plate and the back plate, constructed integrally with respect to the back plate, or bonded to the back plate, wherein the side member includes an outer structure constructed of a first metallic material and including at least one first surface constructing an outer surface of the side member and at least one second surface facing the space, an inner structure constructed of a second metallic material different from the first metallic material and including at least one third surface at least partially in contact with the second surface and at least one fourth surface facing the space, a touch screen display exposed through the front plate, an internal structure disposed to the space so as to be adjacent to the side member, constructed of a first polymer material, and including at least one fifth surfac
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Byoung Hee CHOI, Jin Ho LEE, Young Soo JANG, Yun Sung HA, Yong Wook HWANG, Jung Hyeon HWANG, Chang Youn HWANG, Hyeon Woo LEE, Chong Kun CHO
  • Publication number: 20210172503
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus for a hybrid electric vehicle may employ two clutches, two brakes, a dog clutch unit to a planetary gear train of having three planetary gear sets, and thereby provide various shifting modes such as an engine mode and a parallel hybrid mode of multiple shift-stages, an electronically-controlled continuously variable shifting mode, and an electric vehicle mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Wook HWANG, Soonki EO, Ilhan YOO, Dongwoo KIM, Yong Sug CHOI, Jong Hyo PARK
  • Publication number: 20210162832
    Abstract: A vehicle integrated control method includes determining a road surface status, determining a vehicle status, determining an integrated control mode by determining a control status of an electronic control suspension and a motion of a sprung mass and an unsprung mass based on the determination results of the road surface status and the vehicle status, and controlling the electronic control suspension and an in-wheel system by determining a control amount based on the determined integrated control mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventor: Sung Wook Hwang
  • Patent number: 11007861
    Abstract: A double clutch apparatus for a hybrid electric vehicle having a motor and an engine includes: first and second clutches transmitting a motor torque and an engine torque to first and second input shafts; and first and second slave cylinders disposed at a transmission case and configured to respectively operate the first and second clutches in an axial direction. In particular, a rotor hub of the motor is rotatably supported by an end of a radially interior side of a front cover, and is connected to the first input shaft through a clutch retainer of the second clutch and a first connection member to transmit the motor torque to the first input shaft. In addition, the first and second clutches are disposed in parallel in an interior circumference of the rotor hub to selectively transmit the engine torque to the first and second input shafts, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juhyeon Park, Seong Wook Hwang, Jae Young Jeon, Dongwoo Gwak, Seongeun Yun, Wonmin Cho, Bong Hyun Cho, Seongwook Ji
  • Patent number: 11002005
    Abstract: Disclosed is an insert for a construction slab which includes: main body in which an operation space having a planar cross-section of a polygonal shape in an axial direction is formed; a support block which is formed at a lower side of the main body to have a diameter smaller than that of the main body and has a withdrawal hole at an inner side thereof so that a support stepped portion is formed at a lower end of the operation space; a support plate formed at the lower side of the support block to be in contact with a mold; a cover member coupled to an upper portion of the main body so as to seal the operation space; and an anchor bolt member inserted into the operation space to be pressed to the withdrawal hole by a spring member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: MAKESOON INC.
    Inventors: Jong Wook Hwang, Han Chan Kim, Hang Jun Lee, Hyeong Min Jung
  • Patent number: 11002339
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus for a vehicle may include a first input shaft directly connected to a motor/generator, a second and third input shafts coaxial and selectively connectable to the first input shaft, a torque mediating shaft coaxial with the first input shaft, an intermediate shaft and output shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft, a first shifting section receiving torque from the third input shaft and outputting a modified torque to the torque mediating shaft, a second shifting section including first planetary gear set, shifting torque of the first input shaft to output the shifted torque to the torque mediating shaft, and selectively stopping the torque mediating shaft, and a third shifting section including second planetary gear set, forming an output torque in combination of torques from the first and second shifting sections and the second input shaft, and outputting the output torque to the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Cheol Ho Jang, Woochurl Son, Sun Sung Kwon, Seong Wook Hwang, Kijong Park, Yong Uk Shin, Seongwook Ji, Ki Tae Kim, Chon Ok Kim, Wonmin Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, Ilhan Yoo, Juhyeon Park, Minho Chae, Dongwoo Kim, Hye Jin Lim, Soonki Eo, Ki Dong Kim, Woo Jin Chang, Yong Sug Choi, Young Chan Gweon
  • Patent number: 10994598
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus for an electric vehicle having a motor as a power source may include: first and second input shafts coaxially disposed with a motor shaft of the motor and selectively connected to the motor shaft; an output shaft disposed in parallel with the first and second input shafts; and a planetary gear set disposed on the output shaft and including: a rotation element fixedly connected to the output shaft, and two rotation elements receiving torques from the first and second input shafts through respective external gear sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wonmin Cho, Kijong Park, Seongwook Ji, Juhyeon Park, Ilhan Yoo, Seong Wook Hwang, Ki Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 10989277
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus may include a first input shaft fixedly connected to an engine output shaft, a second input shaft external and selectively connectable to the first input shaft, a third input shaft selectively connectable to the first input shaft, an intermediate shaft and an output shaft mounted in parallel with the input shafts, a planetary gear set having first to third elements and mounted on the intermediate shaft where two of the three elements are selectively connectable to the intermediate shaft, a plurality of gear sets allowing torque flows between the various shafts and the planetary gear set, first and second synchronizers mounted on the at least one output shaft to selectively receive torques from the second and third input shafts through a plurality of paths and to transmit the received torque to the at least one output shaft, and four clutches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Chon Ok Kim, Seong Wook Hwang, Soonki Eo, Minho Chae, Sun Sung Kwon, Yong Uk Shin
  • Publication number: 20210115335
    Abstract: An etching composition for silicon nitride layers and a method of etching a silicon nitride layer using the composition, the etching composition including an inorganic acid or a salt thereof; a solvent; an acid-modified silica or an acid-modified silicic acid; and a cyclic compound containing four or more nitrogen atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Jung Min CHOI, Jun Young JANG, Hyun Jung KIM, Hyung Rang MOON, Ji Hye LEE, Kwen Woo HAN, Ki Wook HWANG
  • Patent number: 10981442
    Abstract: A multi-stage dual clutch transmission for a vehicle includes: a first input shaft selectively connectable to an engine through a first clutch and having odd driving gears fixed thereon; a second input shaft disposed coaxially with the first input shaft, selectively connectable to the engine through a second clutch, and having even driving gears fixed thereon; a first output shaft and a second output shaft disposed in parallel with the first and second input shafts and have odd and even driven gears being freely rotatable thereon in mesh with the odd and even driving gears, respectively; and a motor shaft disposed in parallel with the first and second output shafts, connected to a motor, having first and second delivery gears being freely rotatable thereon, and having first and second one-way clutches transmitting power to the first and second delivery gears, respectively, when rotating in a predetermined direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Woo Churl Son, Sun Sung Kwon, Seong Wook Hwang
  • Publication number: 20210102371
    Abstract: Disclosed is an insert for a construction slab which includes: main body in which an operation space having a planar cross-section of a polygonal shape in an axial direction is formed; a support block which is formed at a lower side of the main body to have a diameter smaller than that of the main body and has a withdrawal hole at an inner side thereof so that a support stepped portion is formed at a lower end of the operation space; a support plate formed at the lower side of the support block to be in contact with a mold; a cover member coupled to an upper portion of the main body so as to seal the operation space; and an anchor bolt member inserted into the operation space to be pressed to the withdrawal hole by a spring member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: MAKESOON INC.
    Inventors: Jong Wook HWANG, Han Chan KIM, Hang Jun LEE, Hyeong Min JUNG
  • Patent number: 10968995
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus may include a first input shaft fixedly connected to an engine output shaft, a second input shaft and selectively connectable to the first input shaft, a third input selectively connectable to the first input shaft, an intermediate shaft and first and second output shafts, an idle shaft mounted, a planetary gear set, the second rotation element and one of the first and third rotation elements selectively connectable to the intermediate shaft, the first and third rotation elements connected to the third and second input shafts, a plurality of gear sets, a first synchronizer selectively receiving a torque from the second input shaft and transmitting the received first torque to the first output shaft, a second synchronizer selectively receiving a torque from the third input shaft and transmitting the received second torque to the second output shaft, and four clutches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Chon Ok Kim, Seong Wook Hwang, Minho Chae, Sun Sung Kwon, Yong Uk Shin
  • Publication number: 20210094404
    Abstract: A double clutch apparatus for a hybrid electric vehicle having a motor and an engine includes: first and second clutches transmitting a motor torque and an engine torque to first and second input shafts; and first and second slave cylinders disposed at a transmission case and configured to respectively operate the first and second clutches in an axial direction. In particular, a rotor hub of the motor is rotatably supported by an end of a radially interior side of a front cover, and is connected to the first input shaft through a clutch retainer of the second clutch and a first connection member to transmit the motor torque to the first input shaft. In addition, the first and second clutches are disposed in parallel in an interior circumference of the rotor hub to selectively transmit the engine torque to the first and second input shafts, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juhyeon PARK, Seong Wook HWANG, Jae Young JEON, Dongwoo GWAK, Seongeun YUN, Wonmin CHO, Bong Hyun CHO, Seongwook JI
  • Patent number: 10960708
    Abstract: A semi-pneumatic tire includes a tread portion configured to make contact with a road surface, a non-pneumatic portion coupled to an inner circumferential surface of the tread portion. The semi-pneumatic tire further includes a pneumatic portion coupled to an inner circumferential surface of the non-pneumatic portion and provided with a space into which an air is filled, and bonding layers respectively interposed between the tread portion and the non-pneumatic portion and between the non-pneumatic portion and the pneumatic portion. The non-pneumatic portion includes a band portion including an inner band coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the pneumatic portion and an outer band spaced apart from the inner band and surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the inner band, and spokes provided between the inner band and the outer band to connect the inner band and the outer band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: KUMHO TIRE CO., INC.
    Inventors: Chul-Woo Kwark, Kee-Woon Kim, Chang-Jung Park, Gwi-Sung Shin, Soon-Wook Hwang
  • Patent number: 10955036
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus for a vehicle may include a first input shaft fixedly connected to an engine output shaft, a second input shaft coaxial with the first input shaft a third input shaft coaxial with the second input shaft, an intermediate shaft and at least one output shaft, a planetary gear set mounted on an axis of the intermediate shaft, a plurality of gear sets, each of which allows at least one torque flow between the intermediate shaft, the first, second, and third input shafts, the output shaft and the planetary gear set, a first synchronizer mounted on the output shaft, selectively receiving a torque from the second input shaft, a second synchronizer mounted on the output shaft, selectively receiving a torque from the third input shaft through two paths, and transmitting the received torque to the output shaft, and four clutches each of which facilitating selective connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Chon Ok Kim, Seong Wook Hwang, Soonki Eo, Minho Chae, Sun Sung Kwon, Yong Uk Shin
  • Patent number: 10953872
    Abstract: A method for emergency steering control may include system cooperation control in which secondary collision avoidance is performed after forward collision avoidance by cooperatively controlling Emergency Steering Assist System (ESA) control through intervention in control of a Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS) against excessive steering that causes lane departure in the ESA control when emergency steering is detected by an emergency steering controller in a forward collision situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae-Il Park, Sung-Wook Hwang
  • Patent number: 10935164
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for supporting a horizontal pipe in four directions including: a clamp member fixed while surrounding a pipe, and a first support and a second support which are coupled to a bracket of which one end is coupled to the clamp member and the other end is fixed to a slab. The clamp member is constituted by a first member formed in a semi-arc shape, a second member formed in an arc shape at an angle of 120° to 150°, and a third member formed at an angle of 30° to 60° from a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: MAKESOON INC.
    Inventors: Jong Wook Hwang, Han Chan Kim, Hang Jun Lee, Hyeong Min Jung
  • Patent number: 10933733
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus for hybrid electric vehicle includes: input shaft coaxially disposed with an engine output shaft receiving engine torque; first and second output shafts coaxially disposed forward and rearward sides on the input shaft; third output shaft coaxial with the first output shaft; a shared drum connected to the input shaft and formed with a motor gear gear-meshed with a motor; an engine clutch sharing the shared drum and selectively transmitting torque between the engine output shaft and the input shaft; first and third clutches disposed in rows within the shared drum and selectively transmitting torque from the input shaft to the first and third output shafts; a planetary gear set disposed on the second output shaft and connected to the second output shaft; and a second clutch external to the planetary gear set and selectively connecting the input shaft and the planetary gear set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Juhyeon Park, Seong Wook Hwang, Jae Young Jeon, Dongwoo Gwak, Seongeun Yun, Wonmin Cho, Bong Hyun Cho, Seongwook Ji