Patents by Inventor Jin-woo Cho

Jin-woo Cho 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: 10161289
    Abstract: A cooling system of an engine may include a cylinder liner formed in a hollow cylindrical shape and pressed against an inside of a cylinder of the engine, a block coolant jacket positioned in an outer side of the cylinder liner in a radial direction to cool a cylinder block, the cylinder block provided with the cylinder liner and the block coolant jacket therein, and a cylinder head engaged on the cylinder block, including an exhaust port and an intake port fluidically-communicated with a combustion chamber and respectively formed at an exhaust side and an intake side, and provided with a head coolant jacket inside, in which the block coolant jacket includes an upper coolant jacket and a lower coolant jacket and a division wall is disposed between the upper coolant jacket and the lower coolant jacket to block fluid flow therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Soo Hyung Woo, Kwang Sik Yang, Jin Woo Cho, Seung Kook Han, Jin Wook Son, Wootae Kim
  • Patent number: 10071721
    Abstract: A control method and apparatus of a hybrid vehicle are provided. The control method includes determining whether the speed of a motor exceeds a first threshold value, when supply of power to a battery is cut off and thus the hybrid vehicle is driven by an engine. The speed is then adjusted to be the first threshold value or less, when the speed exceeds the first threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dae Ro Park, Jin Woo Cho, Seung Ho Lee, Hyun Min Park, Hae Seung Lee, Ji Yeol Park
  • Publication number: 20180230985
    Abstract: A compressor is disclosed. The compressor includes an upper shell and a lower shell forming an appearance of the compressor. The compressor also includes a coupling portion provided between the upper shell and the lower shell and configured to protrude from a side surface of the upper shell or the lower shell to outside the upper shell or the lower shell. The coupling portion includes at least one coupling protrusion configured to protrude from a side surface of a flange portion to the outside, to increase a rigidity of the flange portion and the coupling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Jin Woo CHO, Jin Sol JE, Ji Hoon HAN
  • Patent number: 10008890
    Abstract: A rotor and an electric motor including the rotor are provided. The electric motor includes a rotor and a plurality of stators. The rotor includes a plurality of main magnets that are disposed spaced apart from each other along a circumferential direction with respect to a rotation axis of the rotor, and have a magnetizing direction that is a direction of the rotation axis, a plurality of auxiliary magnetic units that are disposed on both sides of each of the main magnets in the direction of the rotation axis, and have a magnetizing direction that is the circumferential direction, so as to concentrate magnetic flux in each of the main magnets, and a plurality of webs that are disposed between the auxiliary magnetic units so as to generate a reluctance torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Ho Kim, Seong-Taek Lim, Jin-Woo Cho
  • Publication number: 20180127909
    Abstract: A motor for a washing machine includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor includes a rotor casing including a base portion formed in a disk shape and a vertical wall extending substantially perpendicularly from an outer periphery of the base portion, a permanent magnet provided on an inner surface of the vertical wall of the rotor casing, and a connecting member provided at a center of the base portion of the rotor casing and connected to a shaft. The base portion of the rotor casing includes a first ring portion facing a coil portion of the stator and a second ring portion, provided with a plurality of air inlet holes, that is positioned between the first ring portion and the connecting member and does not face the coil portion of the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-woo CHO, Jong-jin LEE, Jin-sol JE, Tae-sang PARK, Woon-yong LEE
  • Patent number: 9896104
    Abstract: A method of controlling coasting of a vehicle, may include a preparing step of measuring an interval between an objective vehicle and a foregoing vehicle traveling ahead of the objective vehicle. a starting step of calculating a distance moved by coasting for a first predetermined time from a current speed of the objective vehicle and of starting coasting when the calculated movement distance is larger than the interval measured in the preparing step. an ending step of calculating a distance moved by coasting for a second predetermined time from the current speed of the objective vehicle after coasting is started in the starting step, and of giving an instruction to end coasting when the calculated movement is larger than the interval measured in the preparing step, in which the time T1 is longer than the time T2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Hyuck Kim, Jin Woo Cho, Jae Hoon Cho
  • Publication number: 20180029599
    Abstract: A method of controlling coasting of a vehicle, may include a preparing step of measuring an interval between an objective vehicle and a foregoing vehicle traveling ahead of the objective vehicle. A starting step of calculating a distance moved by coasting for a first predetermined time from a current speed of the objective vehicle and of starting coasting when the calculated movement distance is larger than the interval measured in the preparing step. An ending step of calculating a distance moved by coasting for a second predetermined time from the current speed of the objective vehicle after coasting is started in the starting step, and of giving an instruction to end coasting when the calculated movement is larger than the interval measured in the preparing step, in which the time T1 is longer than the time T2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Hyuck KIM, Jin Woo CHO, Jae Hoon CHO
  • Patent number: 9821816
    Abstract: A control method for driving of a vehicle for fail-safe, including: determining, by a controller, whether an interface apparatus selecting a shift range fails; confirming, by the controller, the shift range selected upon the failure determination; determining whether the vehicle is in a parking state when the shift range selected upon the failure determination is out of a D range; as a result of performing the determining of the parking, when the vehicle is in the parking state, guiding, by the controller, a driver to step on an accelerator pedal for forward driving of the vehicle; and after the guiding of the driving, when a manipulated quantity of an accelerator pedal is detected, limiting, by the controller, a torque to reduce an output torque value of the vehicle depending on the manipulated quantity of the accelerator pedal for a predetermined reference time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Dae Ro Park, Jin Woo Cho
  • Publication number: 20170317567
    Abstract: A fan motor for an air conditioner includes a rotor shaft, a plurality of rotor cores arranged in a circumferential direction about a center of the rotor shaft, a bridge configured to couple the rotor cores, permanent magnets coupled to the plurality of rotor cores, and an insert-injected rotor body provided in a space formed through the rotor shaft, the rotor cores, the bridge, and the permanent magnets. A cable holder for the fan motor includes an upper cable holder in which a plurality of protrusion walls are formed downwardly, a lower cable holder in which a plurality of guide walls coupled between the plurality of protrusion walls are formed upwardly, and a soldering land which is formed in a lower portion of the lower cable holder and upon which a wire can be soldered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-woo CHO, Nam-su KIM, Uk-ho SEO, Jong-jun SEO, Ji-hoon HAN, Min-woo HONG, Woong HWANG
  • Publication number: 20170240160
    Abstract: A control method and apparatus of a hybrid vehicle are provided. The control method includes determining whether the speed of a motor exceeds a first threshold value, when supply of power to a battery is cut off and thus the hybrid vehicle is driven by an engine. The speed is then adjusted to be the first threshold value or less, when the speed exceeds the first threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Dae Ro Park, Jin Woo Cho, Seung Ho Lee, Hyun Min Park, Hae Seung Lee, Ji Yeol Park
  • Patent number: 9667111
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments disclose a rotor of an electric motor and an electric motor using the same. The rotor includes a core which includes a plurality of protrusion portions which are arranged along an outer circumference of the core and protrude radially to an outer portion of the core, and a plurality of concave portions interposed between the protrusion portions; a plurality of permanent magnets which are respectively disposed at the plurality of concave portions; and a plurality of pole pieces which are disposed at the plurality of concave portions and at outer sides of the plurality of permanent magnets. A length of each of the plurality of pole pieces in an axial direction is shorter than a length of each of the plurality of protrusion portions in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Won-ho Kim, Seong-taek Lim, Hong-soon Choi, Jin-woo Cho
  • Patent number: 9622764
    Abstract: A surgical instrument utilized in a minimally invasive surgery is provided. The surgical instrument includes an end effecter configured to conduct a surgical operation, a piezoelectric driver configured to generate motive power, a power transmitting unit configured to transmit the motive power generated by the piezoelectric driver to the end effecter to operate the end effecter, and a housing which encloses the power transmitting unit and the at least one piezoelectric driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Do Choi, Yeon-ho Kim, Jin-woo Cho
  • Publication number: 20170101109
    Abstract: A control method for driving of a vehicle for fail-safe, including: determining, by a controller, whether an interface apparatus selecting a shift range fails; confirming, by the controller, the shift range selected upon the failure determination; determining whether the vehicle is in a parking state when the shift range selected upon the failure determination is out of a D range; as a result of performing the determining of the parking, when the vehicle is in the parking state, guiding, by the controller, a driver to step on an accelerator pedal for forward driving of the vehicle; and after the guiding of the driving, when a manipulated quantity of an accelerator pedal is detected, limiting, by the controller, a torque to reduce an output torque value of the vehicle depending on the manipulated quantity of the accelerator pedal for a predetermined reference time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Dae Ro PARK, Jin Woo CHO
  • Patent number: 9608484
    Abstract: A motor includes a first rotor and a second rotor which are disposed at opposite sides of a stator, and each of the first rotor and the second rotor includes a plurality of modules, each including a pair of permanent magnets and a connection unit which connects ends of the permanent magnets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Woo Cho, Seong-Taek Lim
  • Patent number: 9601678
    Abstract: A thermoelectric device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The thermoelectric device includes a middle substrate, electrodes, N-type thermopiles, and P-type thermopiles, in which the N-type thermopile and the P-type thermopile are electrically connected to each other by the electrodes in series. The thermoelectric device includes further includes an upper substrate bonded to an upper surface of the middle substrate and a lower substrate bonded to a lower surface of the substrate, such that a temperature difference is provided between opposite sides of each of the N-type thermopiles and the P-type thermopiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin-woo Cho
  • Publication number: 20170074152
    Abstract: A cooling system of an engine may include a cylinder liner formed in a hollow cylindrical shape and pressed against an inside of a cylinder of the engine, a block coolant jacket positioned in an outer side of the cylinder liner in a radial direction to cool a cylinder block, the cylinder block provided with the cylinder liner and the block coolant jacket therein, and a cylinder head engaged on the cylinder block, including an exhaust port and an intake port fluidically-communicated with a combustion chamber and respectively formed at an exhaust side and an intake side, and provided with a head coolant jacket inside, in which the block coolant jacket includes an upper coolant jacket and a lower coolant jacket and a division wall is disposed between the upper coolant jacket and the lower coolant jacket to block fluid flow therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Soo Hyung WOO, Kwang Sik YANG, Jin Woo CHO, Seung Kook HAN, Jin Wook SON, Wootae KIM
  • Patent number: 9574516
    Abstract: Disclosed are an engine having a cylinder block and a method for manufacturing an engine having a cylinder block. The engine may include cylinder liners each having a cylinder space formed therein, a protruded portion formed on an outside circumference thereof, and a flat surface formed on one side of the protruded portion. The cylinder liners may be arranged such that the flat surfaces of adjacent cylinder liners are in close contact with one another. The engine may also include a liner covering unit formed to surround an outside of the cylinder liners, and an outer block which forms a cooling water chamber with an outside surface of the liner covering unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Bosung Shin, Yeon Ho Ju, Kihyuk Kim, Kwang Min Kim, Hosung Kim, Jin Woo Cho
  • Patent number: 9306430
    Abstract: An in-wheel assembly includes an in-wheel actuator and a wheel. The in-wheel actuator includes a driving motor; a hollow shaft which is disposed inside of the driving motor and driven by a rotational speed of the driving motor to rotate; a decelerator which is arranged in an inner space of the hollow shaft and configured to reduce a rotational speed of the hollow shaft and output the reduced rotational speed to an output shaft; and a shaft support which is configured to support the hollow shaft to rotate with respect to the driving motor and the decelerator. The wheel accommodates the in-wheel actuator and is driven by a rotational speed decreased by the decelerator to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Woo Cho, Seong-Taek Lim, Sung-Hyuk Park
  • Patent number: 9254741
    Abstract: An in-wheel assembly includes an in-wheel actuator and a wheel. The in-wheel actuator includes a driving motor, a decelerator which is disposed in the driving motor and configured to decrease a rotational speed received from the driving motor, and an output shaft which is configured to receive the rotational speed decreased by the decelerator. The wheel is configured to accommodate the in-wheel actuator in an inner space and is driven by the rotational speed of the output shaft to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Hyuk Park, Seong-Taek Lim, Jin-woo Cho
  • Publication number: 20150288233
    Abstract: A rotor and a motor using the same may include a cylindrical main core having an inner diameter and an outer diameter; a plurality of radial cores, each of which extends in a direction perpendicular to an outer circumference edge of the main core; a plurality of magnetic flux concentration cores placed between the radial cores, respectively; a plurality of inner coupling parts, each of which connects the main core and the plurality of magnetic flux concentration cores and has a width smaller than the width of the radial core; a rotor core having permanent magnet seating parts provided at both sides of the radial core in parallel with the radial core; and a plurality of permanent magnets placed on the permanent magnet seating parts, and magnetized such that opposite poles face each other with the radial core centered therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Ho Kim, Seong Taek Lim, Jin Woo Cho, Sung Il Kim