Patents by Inventor Seock Joong Yoon

Seock Joong Yoon 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: 20180163578
    Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus include a cam rotating together with a camshaft, a lever body being rolling-contacted to one end portion of the cam, and making a lever motion by receiving torque of the cam, two valves operating depending on a lever motion of the lever body, a valve gap control device being disposed at the other end portion of the lever body to simultaneously push the two valves by a main lift and controlling a gap of the valve, and an operation portion operated to selectively push a variable valve which is one among the two valves by a sub lift and disposed at the other end portion of the lever body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung Mo KIM, Seock Joong YOON
  • Patent number: 9964007
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a variable valve duration/variable valve lift system including a camshaft in a first cam with a variable relative phase angle with respect to the camshaft, an inner bracket transmitting rotation of the camshaft, a slider housing, a first rocker arm of which a first end contacts the first cam, a rocker shaft connected to the first rocker arm on which hydraulic lines are formed, solenoid valves configured to selectively supply hydraulic pressure through the hydraulic lines, a position controller configured to selectively change a position of the slider housing according to supplied hydraulic pressure from the solenoid valves, a first bridge connected to a second end of the first rocker arm and to which a first valve is connected, and a first valve lift device disposed within the first bridge for changing valve lift of the first valve according to supplied hydraulic pressure from hydraulic lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Kyung Mo Kim, Seock Joong Yoon
  • Patent number: 9828890
    Abstract: A valve opening and closing apparatus is disclosed having one or a plurality of rocker arms in contact with the cam, such that each of the rocker arms causes a valve to be opened and closed using the rotation of a cam. An eccentricity-creating unit is disposed on the rocker arm, and changes an eccentric position using rotation of a rotary shaft extending through the plurality of rocker arms. A driving unit is connected to the rotary shaft of the eccentricity-creating unit to rotate the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jae Hee Jeon, Min Hui Yu, You Sang Son, Seock Joong Yoon
  • Patent number: 9822675
    Abstract: A valve opening and closing apparatus includes a rocker arm which is in contact with a cam and causes a valve to be opened and closed using rotation of the cam. In particular, the valve opening and closing apparatus includes an eccentricity-creating unit which is disposed on the rocker arm and changes an eccentric position using rotation. A contact-maintaining unit of the valve opening and closing apparatus is disposed between the rocker arm and the eccentricity-creating unit so as to maintain the contact between the cam and the rocker arm when the cam is rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jae Hee Jeon, Min Hui Yu, You Sang Son, Seock Joong Yoon
  • Patent number: 9732638
    Abstract: A valve lash adjuster for vehicles may include a piston having a body and an opening/closing unit. The body has an open surface in a bottom and an oil passage extending from a rocker arm shaft to the open surface, such that oil flows through the oil passage. The opening/closing unit is disposed on the oil passage to selectively open the oil passage depending on a pressure of the oil. A cylinder accommodates the piston. The cylinder slides downward to form an oil chamber between an inner side surface thereof and the piston. The oil chamber contains the oil therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Seock Joong Yoon
  • Publication number: 20170167319
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a variable valve duration/variable valve lift system including a camshaft in a first cam with a variable relative phase angle with respect to the camshaft, an inner bracket transmitting rotation of the camshaft, a slider housing, a first rocker arm of which a first end contacts the first cam, a rocker shaft connected to the first rocker arm on which hydraulic lines are formed, solenoid valves configured to selectively supply hydraulic pressure through the hydraulic lines, a position controller configured to selectively change a position of the slider housing according to supplied hydraulic pressure from the solenoid valves, a first bridge connected to a second end of the first rocker arm and to which a first valve is connected, and a first valve lift device disposed within the first bridge for changing valve lift of the first valve according to supplied hydraulic pressure from hydraulic lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Kyung Mo KIM, Seock Joong YOON
  • Publication number: 20170030231
    Abstract: A valve opening and closing apparatus includes a rocker arm which is in contact with a cam and causes a valve to be opened and closed using rotation of the cam. In particular, the valve opening and closing apparatus includes an eccentricity-creating unit which is disposed on the rocker arm and changes an eccentric position using rotation. A contact-maintaining unit of the valve opening and closing apparatus is disposed between the rocker arm and the eccentricity-creating unit so as to maintain the contact between the cam and the rocker arm when the cam is rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jae Hee Jeon, Min Hui YU, You Sang SON, Seock Joong YOON
  • Publication number: 20170016358
    Abstract: A valve lash adjuster for vehicles may include a piston having a body and an opening/closing unit. The body has an open surface in a bottom and an oil passage extending from a rocker arm shaft to the open surface, such that oil flows through the oil passage. The opening/closing unit is disposed on the oil passage to selectively open the oil passage depending on a pressure of the oil. A cylinder accommodates the piston. The cylinder slides downward to form an oil chamber between an inner side surface thereof and the piston. The oil chamber contains the oil therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Seock Joong Yoon
  • Publication number: 20170002697
    Abstract: A valve opening and closing apparatus is disclosed having one or a plurality of rocker arms in contact with the cam, such that each of the rocker arms causes a valve to be opened and closed using the rotation of a cam. An eccentricity-creating unit is disposed on the rocker arm, and changes an eccentric position using rotation of a rotary shaft extending through the plurality of rocker arms. A driving unit is connected to the rotary shaft of the eccentricity-creating unit to rotate the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jae Hee JEON, Min Hui YU, You Sang SON, Seock Joong YOON
  • Patent number: 9528398
    Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus includes a rocker arm having a rocker arm shaft penetrating therethrough. One portion of the rocker arm is supported by a cam shaft and another portion thereof contacts an upper end of an intake valve or an exhaust valve to open and close the intake valve or the exhaust valve. An actuator is disposed at an end of the rocker arm and protrudes toward the intake valve or the exhaust valve depending on an oil pressure applied to change an opening of the intake valve or the exhaust valve. A control valve applies the oil pressure to the actuator to maintain an opened state of the intake valve or the exhaust valve when the intake valve or the exhaust valve is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jae Hee Jeon, Seock Joong Yoon
  • Patent number: 9447713
    Abstract: An engine brake apparatus may include an exhaust rocker arm having a chamber in which an actuator is slidably inserted, an oil line coupling part which has a central portion extrapolated with an oil line, a communication line communicating with the oil line, a distribution line branched from the communication line and having one portion extending toward a check ball and another portion extending toward a relief valve, a supply line including one portion connected to the check ball and another portion connected to the chamber, and a discharge line including one portion connected to the relief valve and another portion connected to the chamber, wherein the check ball is elastically supported by a check spring in a direction in which the distribution line is closed, and wherein the relief valve is elastically supported by a relief spring in a direction in which the discharge line is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seock Joong Yoon, Kyung Mo Kim, Min Hui Yu
  • Publication number: 20160076407
    Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus includes a rocker arm having a rocker arm shaft penetrating therethrough. One portion of the rocker arm is supported by a cam shaft and another portion thereof contacts an upper end of an intake valve or an exhaust valve to open and close the intake valve or the exhaust valve. An actuator is disposed at an end of the rocker arm and protrudes toward the intake valve or the exhaust valve depending on an oil pressure applied to change an opening of the intake valve or the exhaust valve. A control valve applies the oil pressure to the actuator to maintain an opened state of the intake valve or the exhaust valve when the intake valve or the exhaust valve is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Jae Hee JEON, Seock Joong Yoon
  • Patent number: 9038587
    Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus may include a rocker arm coupled with a rocker arm shaft, a valve bridge disposed to be pressed by one end portion of the rocker arm, the valve bridge including a piston insertion hole and at least one pin insertion hole connecting to the piston insertion hole, a valve disposed to be pressed by the valve bridge, and a variable lift unit disposed in the valve bridge and variably controlling an amount that the rocker arm presses the valve bridge. The variable lift unit includes a variable piston of which the lower portion is inserted into the piston insertion hole, and a check pin disposed in the pin insertion hole to be selectively inserted into the pin groove formed on a side surface of the variable piston according to the hydraulic pressure supplied to the piston oil passage formed in the variable piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seock Joong Yoon, Kyung Mo Kim
  • Publication number: 20150122222
    Abstract: An engine brake apparatus may include an exhaust rocker arm having a chamber in which an actuator is slidably inserted, an oil line coupling part which has a central portion extrapolated with an oil line, a communication line communicating with the oil line, a distribution line branched from the communication line and having one portion extending toward a check ball and another portion extending toward a relief valve, a supply line including one portion connected to the check ball and another portion connected to the chamber, and a discharge line including one portion connected to the relief valve and another portion connected to the chamber, wherein the check ball is elastically supported by a check spring in a direction in which the distribution line is closed, and wherein the relief valve is elastically supported by a relief spring in a direction in which the discharge line is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seock Joong Yoon, Kyung Mo Kim, Min Hui Yu
  • Publication number: 20140165941
    Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus may include a rocker arm coupled with a rocker arm shaft, a valve bridge disposed to be pressed by one end portion of the rocker arm, the valve bridge including a piston insertion hole and at least one pin insertion hole connecting to the piston insertion hole, a valve disposed to be pressed by the valve bridge, and a variable lift unit disposed in the valve bridge and variably controlling an amount that the rocker arm presses the valve bridge. The variable lift unit includes a variable piston of which the lower portion is inserted into the piston insertion hole, and a check pin disposed in the pin insertion hole to be selectively inserted into the pin groove formed on a side surface of the variable piston according to the hydraulic pressure supplied to the piston oil passage formed in the variable piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: Kia Motor Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seock Joong Yoon, Kyung Mo Kim
  • Patent number: 8602000
    Abstract: An engine brake unit may include a rocker arm having a first space defined in a valve-pressing portion thereof, wherein the first space communicates with a supply passage, through which engine brake oil is introduced, a stopper fixedly provided above the first space of the rocker arm in a predetermined distance, an actuator located inside the first space and having a pressure piston, wherein the pressure piston is selectively raised by hydraulic pressure of the engine brake oil to butt against the stopper, thereby pressing a portion of the rocker arm downwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seock Joong Yoon, Kyung Mo Kim
  • Patent number: 8499740
    Abstract: An engine braking system for vehicles may include a rocker shaft having a lubricating oil passage and a braking oil passage, a valve unit selectively supplying part of the oil supplied to the lubricating oil passage, into the braking oil passage, and at least one exhaust rocker arm, into which the rocker shaft is inserted and pivotal about the rocker shaft, wherein the at least one exhaust rocker arm has, therein, a first connection passage communicating with the braking oil passage and a first recess, a stopper fixed above the first recess, and an actuator housed in the first recess and including a pressing piston, wherein the pressing piston moves to contact the stopper by hydraulic pressure of the oil supplied from the braking oil passage into the first recess and thus presses the at least one exhaust rocker arm in a downward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seock Joong Yoon, Kyung Mo Kim
  • Patent number: 8434451
    Abstract: An engine brake unit, may include a rocker shaft having an oil passage to open or close an exhaust valve when an engine braking is in operation, an exhaust rocker arm rotatable about the rocker shaft inserted into the exhaust rocker arm, wherein the exhaust rocker arm includes a supply oil passage communicating with the oil passage and the outside, and a recess connected to the supply oil passage and having an open lower portion, an actuator disposed in the recess of the exhaust rocker arm, wherein the actuator includes a piston that selectively moves downwards through the open lower portion of the recess by oil supplied from the supply oil passage to press the exhaust rocker arm while oil pressure in the oil passage has a predetermined pressure or more, and an oil control valve connected to the oil passage of the rocker shaft and controlling the oil pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seock Joong Yoon, Kyung Mo Kim
  • Publication number: 20120132162
    Abstract: A integrated variable valve actuator assembly of a variable valve lift apparatus may include a rocker arm rotating on a rocker shaft and including an oil supply line with selectively provided oil, a fastener penetrating the side of the rocker arm and discharging oil supplied from the oil supply line through the oil passage, a valve bridge located at the bottom of the fastener and pressurizing valves, an actuator device including an actuator piston being inserted in the valve bridge and formed with an oil supply passage, and an actuator spring being inserted in the actuator piston and providing the actuator piston with elastic force, and a variable control device located at the bottom of the actuator piston and adjusting the heights of the actuator piston by a movement generated by the hydraulic pressure of oil supplied from the oil supply passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seock Joong YOON, Kyung Mo KIM
  • Publication number: 20110073068
    Abstract: An engine brake unit, may include a rocker shaft having an oil passage to open or close an exhaust valve when an engine braking is in operation, an exhaust rocker arm rotatable about the rocker shaft inserted into the exhaust rocker arm, wherein the exhaust rocker arm includes a supply oil passage communicating with the oil passage and the outside, and a recess connected to the supply oil passage and having an open lower portion, an actuator disposed in the recess of the exhaust rocker arm, wherein the actuator includes a piston that selectively moves downwards through the open lower portion of the recess by oil supplied from the supply oil passage to press the exhaust rocker arm while oil pressure in the oil passage has a predetermined pressure or more, and an oil control valve connected to the oil passage of the rocker shaft and controlling the oil pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seock Joong YOON, Kyung Mo Kim