Patents by Inventor Sang Cheol Shin

Sang Cheol Shin 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: 20230283214
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus which drives a motor including a plurality of winding portions corresponding to a plurality of phases, respectively, includes a motor including a plurality of winding portions corresponding to a plurality of phases, respectively, a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements and electrically connected to a first end of each of the winding portions, a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements and electrically connected to a second end of each of the winding portions, a plurality of third switching elements including first ends electrically connected to the second ends of the plurality of winding portions, respectively, and second ends electrically connected to each other, and a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Ho JEONG, Myung Ho KIM, Sang Cheol SHIN, Young Seul LIM
  • Publication number: 20230253908
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus of driving a motor including a plurality of windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases is disclosed. The motor driving apparatus include a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements and connected to a first end of each of the windings, a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements and connected to a second end of each of the windings, and a controller configured for controlling ON/OFF states of the first switching elements and the second switching elements based on a required output of the motor, wherein the first inverter may be connected to a first voltage source, the second inverter may be connected to a second voltage source, and the first voltage source and the second voltage source may have different grounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Ho JEONG, Myung Ho KIM, Sang Cheol SHIN, Young Seul LIM
  • Publication number: 20230253909
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus of driving the motor having a plurality of winding portions respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases is directed for improving inverter efficiency in driving the motor while varying the inductance of the motor by providing various motor driving modes to meet the required performance of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Ho JEONG, Myung Ho KIM, Sang Cheol SHIN, Young Seul LIM
  • Publication number: 20230253907
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus of driving a motor including a plurality of windings corresponding to a plurality of phases, includes a first inverter including first switching elements and including a first direct-current (DC) terminal connected to a battery and a first alternating-current (AC) terminal connected to one ends of the plurality of windings; a second inverter including second switching elements and including a second DC terminal selectively short circuited or opened with the first DC terminal and a second AC terminal connected to another ends of the plurality of windings; a third switching element including one end connected to the first DC terminal and another end connected to the second DC terminal, and configured to selectively short circuit or open the first DC terminal and the second DC terminal; and a controller configured to control ON/OFF states of the first switching elements, the second switching elements and the third switching element based on a required output of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Nae Chun PARK, Han Geun Jang, In Ho Kim, Sang Cheol Shin, Choul Woo Jung
  • Publication number: 20230249566
    Abstract: A battery charging system includes a first inverter including first switching elements and DC and AC terminals connected to the battery and a first end of the windings of a motor, respectively; a second inverter including second switching elements and DC and AC terminals connected to the battery and a second end of the windings, respectively; third switching elements each having a first end connected to the second end of the windings and a second end connected to each other; a charging capacitor provided between the second end of the third switching elements and a negative terminal of the battery, and to which a DC charging voltage is applied for charging the battery; a fourth switching element connected in series with the charging capacitor between the second end of the third switching elements and the negative terminal; and a controller configured to control the first to fourth switching elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Myung Ho KIM, Young Seul LIM, Sang Cheol SHIN, Kang Ho JEONG
  • Patent number: 11699951
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes: a first capacitor; a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element, and a fourth switching element sequentially connected to one another in series between both ends of the first capacitor; a second capacitor having both ends connected at a connection node of the first switching element and the second switching element and a connection node of the third switching element and the fourth switching element, respectively; and a controller configured to determine whether an overvoltage is applied to both ends of the first to fourth switching elements, respectively, based on a first sensed voltage obtained by sensing a voltage applied to the first capacitor and a second sensed voltage obtained by sensing a voltage applied to the second capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yoo Jong Lee, Ji Woong Jang, Ki Jong Lee, Sang Cheol Shin
  • Publication number: 20230029229
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus which drives a motor including a plurality of windings corresponding to a plurality of phases, respectively, includes: a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements and connected to a first end of each of the windings; a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements and connected to a second end of each of the windings; and a controller obtaining a vector corresponding to a voltage command of the motor by combining switching vectors which cause difference between a common mode voltage of the first inverter and a common mode voltage of the second inverter to be zero and configured to control the plurality of first switching elements and the plurality of second switching elements in a pulse width modulation method based on the obtained vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Kang Ho JEONG, Sang Cheol SHIN, Jung Ik HA, Hyeon Gyu CHOI, Jae Hoon SIM
  • Publication number: 20230017022
    Abstract: A system for charging a battery for a vehicle using a motor driving system that operates a motor having a plurality of windings is disclose. The system includes a first inverter having a plurality of first switching elements, a DC terminal connected to the battery, and an AC terminal connected to one terminal of the plurality of windings, a second inverter having a plurality of second switching elements, a DC terminal selectively short-circuited/opened with the DC terminal of the first inverter, and an AC terminal connected to the other terminal of the plurality of windings, and a controller configured to control an electric connection state between the DC terminals of the first inverter and the second inverter and an open/short-circuited state of the first switching elements and the second switching elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Ho JEONG, Myung Ho KIM, Sang Cheol SHIN, Young Seul LIM
  • Publication number: 20230006596
    Abstract: Charging system and method using a motor driving system are proposed. The charging system includes a battery, an inverter to which D.C. power stored in the battery is applied, including a plurality of legs each including two switching elements, a motor including a plurality of coils of which first ends are respectively connected to connection nodes of the switching elements of each of the plurality of legs, and second ends are connected to each other to form a neutral point, and an inverter driving part configured to control switching of the switching elements, so that switching speeds of the switching elements are different for each mode of a motor driving mode and a charging mode so as to change magnitude of charging voltage supplied to the neutral point of the motor and to output the charging voltage to the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Woong JANG, Sang Cheol SHIN, Yoo Jong LEE, Ki Jong LEE, Ho Tae CHUN
  • Publication number: 20220410741
    Abstract: A system for charging a vehicle battery using a motor driving system includes a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements; a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements; a plurality of transfer switches having first ends and second ends, the first ends thereof being respectively connected to the second ends of a plurality of windings, and the second ends thereof being connected to each other; and a controller configured, in a charging mode, to control opened/shorted states of the switching elements included in the first inverter and the second inverter and the plurality of transfer switches, so that a DC charging voltage applied to a portion between of the second ends of the plurality of transfer switches and a negative terminal of the battery is supplied to the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Ho JEONG, Yong Jae LEE, Myung Ho KIM, Sang Cheol SHIN, Young Seul LIM
  • Publication number: 20220416560
    Abstract: A system for charging a vehicle battery using a motor driving system is proposed. The battery charging system includes a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements; a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements; a plurality of transfer switches having first ends and second ends, the first ends thereof being respectively connected to the second ends of a plurality of windings, and the second ends thereof being connected to each other; and a controller configured, in a charging mode, to control a connection state between a DC terminal of the first inverter and a DC terminal of the second inverter, and opened/shorted states of the plurality of first switching elements, the plurality of second switching elements, and the plurality of transfer switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Ho JEONG, Myung Ho KIM, Sang Cheol SHIN, Young Seul LIM
  • Publication number: 20220401612
    Abstract: A deodorization module including a housing having a suction port and a discharge port formed therein, a fan disposed between the suction port and the discharge port, a photocatalytic filter disposed between the suction port and the fan, a light source module including a substrate and an ultraviolet light source and configured to irradiate the photocatalytic filter with ultraviolet light, and an ion generator disposed between the fan and the discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Ji Won KIM, Jae Hak JEONG, Byeong Cheol JU, Sang Cheol SHIN
  • Patent number: 11497147
    Abstract: A cooling module for a parallel type power module of an inverter may include parallel type power modules configured to be disposed in three or more columns and rows, wherein three parallel type power modules are disposed to correspond to U, V, and W phases of the inverter in the three or more rows in each of the three or more columns, a first cooling water passage having a passage through which cooling water flows and configured to be brought into contact with an upper surface and a lower surface of a power module disposed at a first row, and a second cooling water passage having a passage through which the cooling water flows and configured to be brought into contact with an upper surface and a lower surface of a power module disposed at a third row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Je-Hwan Lee, Han-Geun Jang, Eun-Cheol Lee, Seong-Min Lee, Yun-Ho Kim, Sang-Cheol Shin
  • Publication number: 20220352838
    Abstract: A motor-driving apparatus for driving a motor having a plurality of windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases is provided. The motor-driving apparatus includes a first inverter having a plurality of first switching devices and connected to first ends of the plurality of windings and a second inverter having a plurality of second switching devices and connected to second ends of the plurality of windings. A third switching device is configured to selectively connect and disconnect points at which a number of turns of each of the windings is divided in a preset ratio. A controller is configured to adjust an on/off state of the first to third switching devices based on required output of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kang Ho Jeong, Jong Kyong Lim, Suk Hyun Lim, Ji Woong Jang, Beom Sik Kim, Sang Cheol Shin
  • Publication number: 20220348536
    Abstract: Disclosed is a recovery method of a nitrile-based monomer including: supplying a feed stream including a nitrile-based monomer, a nitrogen compound, and water to a first distillation tower to separate the stream into a lower discharge stream and an upper discharge stream; condensing the upper discharge stream of the first distillation tower and supplying the condensed stream to a decanter to separate the stream into a water layer and an organic layer; supplying an organic layer stream discharged from the decanter to a second distillation tower to separate the stream into a lower discharge stream and an upper discharge stream; and splitting a part of the upper discharge stream from the second distillation tower and refluxing the split stream to the second distillation tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Cheol SHIN, Jun Seok KO, Yong Heon CHO, Joon Ho SHIN
  • Publication number: 20220321048
    Abstract: A motor-driving apparatus for driving a motor having a plurality of windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases is provided. The motor-driving apparatus includes a first inverter having a plurality of first switching devices and connected to first ends of the plurality of windings and a second inverter having a plurality of second switching devices and connected to second ends of the plurality of windings. A third switching device is configured to selectively connect and disconnect points at which a number of turns of each of the windings is divided in a preset ratio. A controller is configured to adjust an on/off state of the first to third switching devices based on required output of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Kang Ho Jeong, Jong Kyong Lim, Suk Hyun Lim, Ji Woong Jang, Beom Sik Kim, Sang Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 11452792
    Abstract: A deodorization module including a housing having a suction port and a discharge port formed therein, a fan disposed between the suction port and the discharge port, a photocatalytic filter disposed between the suction port and the fan, a light source module including a substrate and an ultraviolet light source and configured to irradiate the photocatalytic filter with ultraviolet light, and an ion generator disposed between the fan and the discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Seoul Viosys Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Won Kim, Jae Hak Jeong, Byeong Cheol Ju, Sang Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 11418142
    Abstract: A motor-driving apparatus for driving a motor having a plurality of windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases is provided. The motor-driving apparatus includes a first inverter having a plurality of first switching devices and connected to first ends of the plurality of windings and a second inverter having a plurality of second switching devices and connected to second ends of the plurality of windings. A third switching device is configured to selectively connect and disconnect points at which a number of turns of each of the windings is divided in a preset ratio. A controller is configured to adjust an on/off state of the first to third switching devices based on required output of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Ho Jeong, Jong Kyong Lim, Suk Hyun Lim, Ji Woong Jang, Beom Sik Kim, Sang Cheol Shin
  • Publication number: 20220220300
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polyalkylene carbonate-based resin having excellent thermal stability, thereby having an improved heat shrinkage phenomenon, and a molded article produced using the same. The polyalkylene carbonate-based resin includes 100 parts by weight of a base resin including a polyalkylene carbonate resin and a polylactide resin, and 5 parts by weight to 10 parts by weight of a heat shrinkage prevention agent, wherein the base resin includes the polyalkylene carbonate resin and the polylactide resin in a weight ratio of 6:4 to 4:6, and the heat shrinkage prevention agent is one or more selected from the group consisting of a polyalkyl(meth)acrylate-based resin, a polyalphaolefin-vinyl acetate-based resin, and a polyoxyalkylene-based resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Won Hee WOO, Seung Young PARK, Sung Kyoung KIM, Sang Cheol SHIN, Kyung Min MIN, Won Seok KIM
  • Publication number: 20220199491
    Abstract: A motor drive device includes: a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements and connected to a plurality of coils; a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements and connected to the plurality of coils; a plurality of transfer switching elements connected to the second ends; a capacitor disposed at one side of a casing of a motor; first and second cooling channels disposed at both sides of the capacitor; a plurality of first power modules including some of the plurality of first switching elements and some of the transfer switching elements; and a plurality of second power modules including some of the plurality of second switching elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Hyun Koo LEE, Jun Hee PARK, Sang Cheol SHIN, Kang Ho JEONG