Patents by Inventor Soon Ki EO

Soon Ki EO 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: 20200003297
    Abstract: An automotive transmission may include a first planetary gear set having first to third rotation elements, an input shaft engaged with the first rotation element of the first planetary gear set, an output shaft engaged with the second rotation element of the first planetary gear set, and a sleeve section sliding linearly along an axial direction of the first planetary gear set to selectively switch to a first state in which the third rotation element is secured to a transmission housing, a second state in which the third rotation element is engaged with a further rotation element, or a neutral state in which the third rotation element is not secured to or engaged with the transmission housing or the further rotation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Min Ho CHAE, Yong Uk Shin, Soon Ki Eo, Sun Sung Kwon, Chon Ok Kim
  • Publication number: 20190368587
    Abstract: A transmission for an electric vehicle may include an input shaft connect with a motor; a planetary gear set having a first rotation element directly connected to the input shaft, a second rotation element and a third rotation element; an output shaft having an output gear; a first drive gear provided in the third rotation element of the planetary gear set; a first driven gear disposed at the output shaft to be rotatable to engage with the first drive gear; a second drive gear connected to or disconnected from the input shaft; a second driven gear engaged with the second drive gear and directly connected to the first driven gear; a third drive gear directly connected to the second rotation element of the planetary gear set; and a third driven gear engaged with the third drive gear and directly connected to the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Min Ho CHAE, Yong Uk SHIN, Soon Ki EO, Ma Ru KANG, Sun Sung KWON, Chon Ok KIM
  • Patent number: 10495191
    Abstract: A transmission of a motor driving vehicle, may include an input shaft connected to a driving motor and including a first clutch and a second clutch, a planetary gear set including a first rotation element directly connected to the input shaft, a second rotation element connected to the input shaft through the first clutch, and a third rotation element being able to be restrained from rotation, a gear pair configured to transmit power to the output shaft through the planetary gear set, a gear pair configured to transmit power to the input shaft without change, and additional clutches configured to control connection of the gear pairs and connection of rotation elements of the planetary gear set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Cjorporation
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Woo Churl Son, Woo Jin Chang
  • Publication number: 20190360558
    Abstract: A transmission of a motor driving vehicle, may include an input shaft connected to a driving motor and including a first clutch and a second clutch, a planetary gear set including a first rotation element directly connected to the input shaft, a second rotation element connected to the input shaft through the first clutch, and a third rotation element being able to be restrained from rotation, a gear pair configured to transmit power to the output shaft through the planetary gear set, a gear pair configured to transmit power to the input shaft without change, and additional clutches configured to control connection of the gear pairs and connection of rotation elements of the planetary gear set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Cjorporation
    Inventors: Soon Ki EO, Woo Churl Son, Woo Jin Chang
  • Publication number: 20190315332
    Abstract: A transmission for an electric vehicle, may include a concentric deceleration device for receiving power from a motor shaft and for decelerating; an output shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft; a hollow shaft rotatably provided on the input shaft; a clutch device provided to switch the transmission state of power from the input shaft to the hollow shaft; a first synchronizer having a hub fixed to the input shaft; a second synchronizer having a hub fixed to the hollow shaft; a plurality of driving gears having different sizes and provided on the input shaft and the hollow shaft to be engaged with at least one of the first synchronizer and the second synchronizer; and a plurality of driven gears provided on the output shaft to be engaged with the plurality of driving gears to form different shift ratios, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Ma Ru Kang, Sun Sung Kwon, Yong Uk Shin, Seong Wook Ji, Soon Ki Eo, Chon Ok Kim, Il Han Yoo, Min Ho Chae, Yong Sug Choi, Ki Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 10415658
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatic shifting of a vehicle may include a rotation shaft connected to an output shaft to rotate together; first connecting members each having a first end portion to which a first link disposed on the rotation shaft is hinged and a second end portion to which a centrifugal weight is disposed, to pivot about the first end portions by centrifugal force; second connecting members each having a first end portion hinged to the middle portion of the first connecting member and a second end portion hinged to a second link disposed on the rotation shaft; a slider disposed on the rotation shaft to be coupled to any one of the first link and the second link and sliding in an axial direction of the rotation shaft; and a shift fork connected to the slider to engage a synchronizer with a shift stage gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Yong Uk Shin, Ma Ru Kang
  • Patent number: 10337588
    Abstract: A transmission may include a first input shaft and a second input shaft receiving power from an engine continuously or through a clutch; a sub-shifting mechanism and a main shifting mechanism including a plurality of sub-shifting gear pairs and main shifting gear pairs, which have different gear ratios and are respectively engaged with two shafts of the first and second input shafts, first and second countershafts, and first and second output shafts to select the sub-shifting gear pairs and the main shifting gear pairs, a one-way clutch that transmits power from the engine only from the first countershaft to the first output shaft; a second one-way clutch that transmits power from the engine only from the second countershaft to the second output shaft; and a power transmission gear set engaged between the first output shaft and the second output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Woo Churl Son, Sueng Ho Lee, Ma Ru Kang
  • Publication number: 20190168599
    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: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Woo Churl Son, Sun Sung Kwon, Seong Wook Hwang
  • Publication number: 20190162299
    Abstract: An automatic transmission may include a rotating shaft; a slider portion provided on the rotating shaft; a first connecting member having one end hinged to the rotating shaft and the other end rising or falling by a centrifugal force as the rotating shaft rotates; a second connecting member having one end hinged to the first connecting member and the other end connected to a slider portion to vertically slide the slider as the first connecting member rises or falls; a diaphragm spring coupled to the slider portion and deformed in an axial direction of the rotating shaft depending on position of the slider portion; a shift fork connected to the slider portion or the diaphragm spring and engaging a synchronizer with a shift stage gear depending on position of the slider portion; an elastic regulator controlling an elastic force of the diaphragm spring; and a controller controlling the elastic regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Ki EO, Ki Jong PARK, Ma Ru KANG
  • Publication number: 20190162300
    Abstract: An automatic transmission may include rotation shaft, sliding unit mounted on the rotation shaft and slidable up and down along the rotation shaft, diaphragm spring coupled to the sliding unit and deformed to be oriented toward first or second end of the rotation shaft along the rotation shaft according to position of the sliding unit, shift fork connected to the sliding unit or the diaphragm spring and configured to cause synchronizer to engage with speed change gear according to the position of the sliding unit, sliding-unit position adjuster connected to the sliding unit and adjusting the position of the sliding unit by causing the sliding unit to slide up or down along the rotation shaft, and controller for controlling the sliding-unit position adjuster to adjust elastic force of the diaphragm spring according to the vehicle speed by causing the sliding unit to slide upward or downward along the rotation shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Woo Jin Chang, Sun Sung Kwon
  • Publication number: 20190162272
    Abstract: An automated manual transmission may include an input shaft selectively provided with torque from an engine through a clutch; an output shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft; a shifting device including a plurality of gear pairs, which have different gear ratios and are engaged with each other on the input shaft and the output shaft, and selecting at least a gear pair out of the plurality of gear pairs, by using a coupling member; wherein the at least a gear pair corresponds to a speed of a vehicle a motor shaft connected to a motor and provided with torque from the motor; and clutch devices disposed between the motor shaft and the input shaft to transmit torque in a first direction thereof and between the motor shaft and the output shaft to transmit torque in a second direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Ki EO, Kun Sa RYU, Hong Suk SUH
  • Publication number: 20190152311
    Abstract: A transmission for electric vehicles may include a first input shaft receiving a rotational force from a first motor; a second input shaft receiving a rotational force from a second motor; a one-way clutch mounted between the first and second input shafts, transferring only a forward rotation of the first input shaft to the second input shaft, and transferring only a reverse rotation of the second input shaft to the first input shaft; an output shaft disposed in parallel to the first and second shafts; a gear shifting device coupled to the first input shaft and the output shaft and coupled to the second input shaft and the output shaft, wherein the gear pairs have different shift ratios, and a gear pair corresponding to a driving speed is selected by a clutch device; and an idler gear coupled between gears coupled to the second input shaft and the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Seong Wook Hwang, Chon Ok Kim, II Han Yoo, Jong Yun Park, Seong Wook Ji
  • Patent number: 10232700
    Abstract: A transmission for a hybrid vehicle may include a first input shaft continuously provided with power from an engine, a second input shaft selectively provided with power from the engine via a clutch, a counter shaft coupled to the first input shaft, an output shaft coupled to the second input shaft, a first one-way clutch disposed on a path along which power is transferred from the engine to the output shaft, a motor input shaft provided with power from a motor, a motor-side shift unit comprising a plurality of pairs of gears having different gear ratios, in which one pair of the plurality of pairs of gears suitable to a traveling speed is selected by an engager/disengager, and a second one-way clutch disposed on a path along which power is transferred from the motor to the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Chae Hong Lim
  • Publication number: 20190040936
    Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle may include a first input shaft continuously receiving rotational power from a power source; a second input shaft selectively receiving the rotational power of the power source through a clutch; a first counter shaft and a second counter shaft connected to the first input shaft and the second input shaft through a transfer gear pair, respectively; a controlling device selecting the transfer gear pair to transfer the rotational power from the first input shaft and the second input shaft to the first counter shaft and the second counter shaft; a one-way clutch allowing the rotational power provided to the first input shaft to be transferred only from the first input shaft toward the first counter shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Chon Ok Kim, Chae Hong Lim
  • Publication number: 20190032731
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatic shifting of a vehicle may include a rotation shaft connected to an output shaft to rotate together; first connecting members each having a first end portion to which a first link disposed on the rotation shaft is hinged and a second end portion to which a centrifugal weight is disposed, to pivot about the first end portions by centrifugal force; second connecting members each having a first end portion hinged to the middle portion of the first connecting member and a second end portion hinged to a second link disposed on the rotation shaft; a slider disposed on the rotation shaft to be coupled to any one of the first link and the second link and sliding in an axial direction of the rotation shaft; and a shift fork connected to the slider to engage a synchronizer with a shift stage gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Ki EO, Yong Uk SHIN, Ma Ru KANG
  • Patent number: 10183571
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transmission for a hybrid vehicle, including a main clutch and a sub-clutch which are disposed on a first input shaft and a second input shaft to selectively transfer power from an engine to an output shaft. First and second pairs of engine-side gears having different gear ratios are meshed with the sub-clutch and the output shaft and with the second input shaft and the output shaft, such that a pair of gears is selected. A third input shaft rotates using power received from a motor. A plurality of pairs of motor-side gears having different gear ratios are meshed with the third input shaft and the output shaft, such that a pair of gears appropriate to the speed of the vehicle is selected by a motor-side engaging/disengaging unit. A one-way clutch allows power to be only transferred from the third input shaft to the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Sun Sung Kwon
  • Publication number: 20190009666
    Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle includes: a first input shaft IS1 disposed to be selectively supplied with power from an engine E; a second input shaft IS2 disposed to be selectively supplied with power from the engine E; a motor M disposed to be always connected to either the first input shaft IS1 or the second input shaft IS2 through a transmission gear unit to transmit power; a first output shaft OS1 and a second output shaft OS2 disposed in parallel with the first input shaft IS1 and the second input shaft IS2; a first driven gear unit U1P including a plurality of driven gears; a second driven gear unit U2P including a plurality of driven gears; a plurality of synchronizer devices provided on the first output shaft OS1 and the second output shaft OS2; and a connecting device SL selectively connecting two driven gears to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soon Ki EO, Ki Jong PARK, Won Min CHO, Woo Churl SON, Ki Dong KIM, Sun Sung KWON, Cheol Ho JANG
  • Patent number: 10174812
    Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle may include a first input shaft continuously receiving rotational power from a power source; a second input shaft selectively receiving the rotational power of the power source through a clutch; a first counter shaft and a second counter shaft connected to the first input shaft and the second input shaft through a transfer gear pair, respectively; a controlling device selecting the transfer gear pair to transfer the rotational power from the first input shaft and the second input shaft to the first counter shaft and the second counter shaft; a one-way clutch allowing the rotational power provided to the first input shaft to be transferred only from the first input shaft toward the first counter shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Chon Ok Kim, Chae Hong Lim
  • Patent number: 10107361
    Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle may include a first input shaft continuously receiving power from an engine, a second input shaft selectively receiving power from the engine, a first output shaft and a second output shaft disposed in parallel with the first input shaft and the second input shaft, an initial shift device including a plurality of driving gears on the second input shaft, a plurality of driven gears on the first output shaft and the second output shaft for making a series of gear shift ranges, and a plurality of synchronizers selectively making a predetermined gear shift range of the gear shift ranges made by the driving gears and the driven gears, a duplicate shift device configured to make duplicate gear shift ranges, a first output gear disposed on the first output shaft to draw power from the first output shaft, and a one-way clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Ki Jong Park, Soon Ki Eo, Chon Ok Kim
  • Patent number: 10100903
    Abstract: A transmission may include a first input shaft continuously receiving torque from a power source; a second input shaft selectively receiving torque from the power source through a clutch; a first countershaft and a second countershaft connected with the first input shaft and the second input shaft, respectively, by a transfer gear pair; coupling devices transmitting torque to the first countershaft and the second countershaft from the first input shaft and the second input shaft by selecting the transfer gear pairs; a one-way clutch disposed on the first countershaft to allow torque provided to the first input shaft to be transmitted only to the first countershaft from the first input shaft; and a shifting mechanism including a plurality of shift gear pairs having different gear ratios on the first countershaft, the second countershaft, and the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Soon Ki Eo, Ki Jong Park, Chon Ok Kim