Patents by Inventor Soo Hyung Woo

Soo Hyung Woo 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: 20210399531
    Abstract: A dual spark plug may include: a metal body made of metal material, an insulating body provided inside of the metal body and made of an insulating material, a pair of central electrodes provided inside of the insulating body and electrically connected with an ignition coil, and a pair of ground electrodes respectively extended from both ends the metal body, and spaced apart from ends of the pair of central electrodes by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Soo Hyung WOO
  • Patent number: 10954846
    Abstract: An engine cooling system includes: an engine system including an engine having a plurality of combustion chambers that generate a driving force by combustion of fuel; a power electronics (PE) device that assists engine torque of the engine system in accordance with a driving state of the vehicle; a main radiator connected to the engine system by an engine coolant line and discharging heat generated in the engine system by engine coolant flowing in the engine coolant line, a sub-radiator connected to the PE device through a PE coolant line and discharging heat generated in the PE device by PE coolant flowing in the PE coolant line; a 2-way valve connecting the engine coolant line and the PE coolant line to each other; and a controller for controlling opening and closing of the 2-way valve according to a temperature of the engine coolant and a vehicle driving condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jongwan Han, Danghee Park, Il Suk Yang, Yong Beom Park, Soo Hyung Woo, Yong Woong Cha, Soo Young Kwak
  • Patent number: 10907571
    Abstract: A structure is mounted in a water jacket for a cylinder block of an engine so as to surround a block bore. The structure includes a body forming a pad mounting portion being a panel formed in an arc shape to have inner and outer curved surfaces that are surrounded by the block bore. A mounting hole is extended through the inner and outer curved surfaces of the pad mounting portion. A pad is formed in a shape to correspond with the mounting hole. The pad has a curved surface and is inserted into the mounting hole in a water tight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Il Suk Yang, Soo Hyung Woo, Jaewook Kang, Sung-Chan Cho
  • Patent number: 10851742
    Abstract: An intake system of a vehicle includes: an intake manifold having a plurality of runners for supplying intake gas to a multiple-cylinder engine; a surge tank cover coupled to the intake manifold to define a surge tank communicating with the plurality of runners via the intake manifold; an intake air inlet formed on the intake manifold as a passage through which intake air flows into the surge tank; an intake outlet formed on the intake manifold as a passage through which intake air sequentially passing through the intake air inlet, the surge tank, and the plurality of runners, and is discharged to the engine as the intake gas; a gas inlet which is a passage formed on the intake manifold and selectively receiving recirculation exhaust gas; and a gas chamber formed on the intake manifold so that the recirculation exhaust gas flows in through the gas inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Il Suk Yang, Sangwook Kweon, Soo Hyung Woo
  • Patent number: 10836235
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a vehicle includes: an indoor air conditioning circuit which produces to supply cooling air to a vehicle interior by heat-exchanging inflow air through an indoor air inlet or an outdoor air inlet with an evaporator, and which produces to supply warm air to the vehicle interior or to discharge to the outside of the vehicle interior by heat-exchanging inflow air with a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is connected with an engine cooling circuit so that engine coolant is used as a heat source of the heat exchanger, thereby improving the cooling performance of the ERG cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jongwan Han, Il Suk Yang, Soo Hyung Woo, Danghee Park, Yong Beom Park
  • Publication number: 20200182189
    Abstract: A structure is mounted in a water jacket for a cylinder block of an engine so as to surround a block bore. The structure includes a body forming a pad mounting portion being a panel formed in an arc shape to have inner and outer curved surfaces that are surrounded by the block bore. A mounting hole is extended through the inner and outer curved surfaces of the pad mounting portion. A pad is formed in a shape to correspond with the mounting hole. The pad has a curved surface and is inserted into the mounting hole in a water tight manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Il Suk Yang, Soo Hyung Woo, Jaewook Kang, Sung-Chan Cho
  • Publication number: 20200141369
    Abstract: An intake system of a vehicle includes: an intake manifold having a plurality of runners for supplying intake gas to a multiple-cylinder engine; a surge tank cover coupled to the intake manifold to define a surge tank communicating with the plurality of runners via the intake manifold; an intake air inlet formed on the intake manifold as a passage through which intake air flows into the surge tank; an intake outlet formed on the intake manifold as a passage through which intake air sequentially passing through the intake air inlet, the surge tank, and the plurality of runners, and is discharged to the engine as the intake gas; a gas inlet which is a passage formed on the intake manifold and selectively receiving recirculation exhaust gas; and a gas chamber formed on the intake manifold so that the recirculation exhaust gas flows in through the gas inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Il Suk YANG, Sangwook KWEON, Soo Hyung WOO
  • Publication number: 20200114729
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a vehicle includes: an indoor air conditioning circuit which produces to supply cooling air to a vehicle interior by heat-exchanging inflow air through an indoor air inlet or an outdoor air inlet with an evaporator, and which produces to supply warm air to the vehicle interior or to discharge to the outside of the vehicle interior by heat-exchanging inflow air with a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is connected with an engine cooling circuit so that engine coolant is used as a heat source of the heat exchanger, thereby improving the cooling performance of the ERG cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jongwan HAN, Il Suk YANG, Soo Hyung WOO, Danghee PARK, Yong Beom PARK
  • Publication number: 20200116070
    Abstract: An engine cooling system includes: an engine system including an engine having a plurality of combustion chambers that generate a driving force by combustion of fuel; a power electronics (PE) device that assists engine torque of the engine system in accordance with a driving state of the vehicle; a main radiator connected to the engine system by an engine coolant line and discharging heat generated in the engine system by engine coolant flowing in the engine coolant line, a sub-radiator connected to the PE device through a PE coolant line and discharging heat generated in the PE device by PE coolant flowing in the PE coolant line; a 2-way valve connecting the engine coolant line and the PE coolant line to each other; and a controller for controlling opening and closing of the 2-way valve according to a temperature of the engine coolant and a vehicle driving condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jongwan HAN, Danghee PARK, Il Suk YANG, Yong Beom PARK, Soo Hyung WOO, Yong Woong CHA, Soo Young KWAK
  • Patent number: 10473000
    Abstract: A multiple variable valve lift apparatus disposed at an intake part and an exhaust part of an engine includes: a moving cam rotating together with a camshaft, being movably disposed in an axial direction of the camshaft, and forming a plurality of cams for realizing valve lift to be different from each other and a cam guide protrusion; an operating unit selectively guiding the cam guide protrusion so as to move the moving cam in an axial direction of the camshaft; a controller controlling an operation of the operating unit; and a valve opening/closing unit opened/closed by contacting any one among the plurality of cams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soo Hyung Woo, Heechang Oh, Seung Kook Han, Ju Hun Lee, Wootae Kim
  • Patent number: 10458294
    Abstract: A variable valve device for an engine, may include a camshaft; a movable cam device fitted over the camshaft to be slidable in an axial direction of the camshaft, and configured such that cams with at least two different cam profiles and a guide protruding portion are disposed along the axial direction of the camshaft; at least one shaft groove linearly processed to have a predetermined cross-sectional shape in an external circumferential surface of the camshaft along the axial direction thereof; a cam groove provided in an internal circumferential surface of the movable cam device to communicate with the shaft groove; and an insertion member inserted into a communication space defined by the shaft groove and the cam groove such that a rotational displacement of the camshaft is transmitted to the movable cam device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soo Hyung Woo, Back Sik Kim, Seung Kook Han
  • Patent number: 10436080
    Abstract: A multiple variable valve lift apparatus may include a moving cam formed of a hollow cylindrical shape, configured to be moveable in an axial direction of a camshaft while being rotated with the camshaft, and forming a plurality of cams implementing a cam guide protrusion device and different valve lifts from each other; an operation device selectively guiding a cam guide protrusion device to move the moving cam in the axial direction of the camshaft; a controller configured for controlling an operation of the operation device; a valve opening/closing device in contact with any one cam among the plurality of cams; a plurality of stopper grooves formed at an external circumference of the camshaft; and a stopper device provided at the moving cam and inserted to the stopper groove to be rotated at a position after the moving cam is moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soo Hyung Woo, Jin Wook Son, You Sang Son, Seung Kook Han, Back Sik Kim, Wootae Kim
  • Publication number: 20190178117
    Abstract: A variable valve device for an engine, may include a camshaft; a movable cam device fitted over the camshaft to be slidable in an axial direction of the camshaft, and configured such that cams with at least two different cam profiles and a guide protruding portion are disposed along the axial direction of the camshaft; at least one shaft groove linearly processed to have a predetermined cross-sectional shape in an external circumferential surface of the camshaft along the axial direction thereof; a cam groove provided in an internal circumferential surface of the movable cam device to communicate with the shaft groove; and an insertion member inserted into a communication space defined by the shaft groove and the cam groove such that a rotational displacement of the camshaft is transmitted to the movable cam device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soo Hyung Woo, Back Sik Kim, Seung Kook Han
  • Publication number: 20190072010
    Abstract: A multiple variable valve lift apparatus disposed at an intake part and an exhaust part of an engine includes: a moving cam rotating together with a camshaft, being movably disposed in an axial direction of the camshaft, and forming a plurality of cams for realizing valve lift to be different from each other and a cam guide protrusion; an operating unit selectively guiding the cam guide protrusion so as to move the moving cam in an axial direction of the camshaft; a controller controlling an operation of the operating unit; and a valve opening/closing unit opened/closed by contacting any one among the plurality of cams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Soo Hyung Woo, Heechang Oh, Seung Kook Han, Ju Hun Lee, Wootae Kim
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20180334933
    Abstract: A multiple variable valve lift apparatus may include a moving cam formed of a hollow cylindrical shape, configured to be moveable in an axial direction of a camshaft while being rotated with the camshaft, and forming a plurality of cams implementing a cam guide protrusion device and different valve lifts from each other; an operation device selectively guiding a cam guide protrusion device to move the moving cam in the axial direction of the camshaft; a controller configured for controlling an operation of the operation device; a valve opening/closing device in contact with any one cam among the plurality of cams; a plurality of stopper grooves formed at an external circumference of the camshaft; and a stopper device provided at the moving cam and inserted to the stopper groove to be rotated at a position after the moving cam is moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soo Hyung Woo, Jin Wook Son, You Sang Son, Seung Kook Han, Back Sik Kim, Wootae Kim
  • Patent number: 10018093
    Abstract: A vehicular exhaust device is disclosed. The vehicular exhaust device includes an exhaust pipe, which is connected at one end to an exhaust manifold of a cylinder and at the other end to a catalytic converter. In particular, an intermediate portion of the exhaust pipe is in contact with the side surface of the catalytic converter so as to heat the catalytic converter by heat of the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Soo Hyung Woo, Woo Tae Kim, Dae Sung Kim, Byeong Seok Lee, Seung Kook Han
  • Patent number: 9869253
    Abstract: A multiple variable valve lift apparatus may include a first moving cam provided to rotate together with a camshaft and move in an axial direction of the camshaft, and configured to form a first cam guide protrusion and a plurality of cams realizing different valve lifts from each other, a second moving cam provided to rotate together with a second camshaft and move in an axial direction of the second camshaft, and configured to form a second cam guide protrusion and a plurality of cams realizing different valve lifts from each other, a first operating device operated to move the first moving cam in a first direction, a second operating device operated to move the second moving cam in a second direction, a controller configured to control operations of the first operating device and the second operating device, and a valve opening/closing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Byong Young Choi, Seung Kook Han, Soo Hyung Woo, Wootae Kim
  • Patent number: 9784177
    Abstract: An engine system may include main exhaust ports fluidly communicated with each combustion chamber, main exhaust valves opening and closing each main exhaust port, a main exhaust manifold connected with the main exhaust ports, scavenge exhaust ports fluidly communicated with the each combustion chamber, scavenge valves opening and closing the each scavenge exhaust port, a scavenge manifold connected with the scavenge exhaust ports, in which at least a part of an exhaust gas passing through the scavenge manifold is re-circulated to the combustion chamber to be burned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Campany
    Inventors: Byong Young Choi, Soo Hyung Woo, Seung Kook Han, Byeong Seok Lee, Wootae Kim
  • Publication number: 20170152772
    Abstract: A multiple variable valve lift apparatus may include a first moving cam provided to rotate together with a camshaft and move in an axial direction of the camshaft, and configured to form a first cam guide protrusion and a plurality of cams realizing different valve lifts from each other, a second moving cam provided to rotate together with a second camshaft and move in an axial direction of the second camshaft, and configured to form a second cam guide protrusion and a plurality of cams realizing different valve lifts from each other, a first operating device operated to move the first moving cam in a first direction, a second operating device operated to move the second moving cam in a second direction, a controller configured to control operations of the first operating device and the second operating device, and a valve opening/closing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Byong Young CHOI, Seung Kook HAN, Soo Hyung WOO, Wootae KIM