Patents by Inventor Tae Gwang Yoon

Tae Gwang 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).

  • Patent number: 9273723
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite magnetic bearing having an auxiliary bearing coupled thereto, which has an improved structure for minimizing a length of a rotor and a system volume. The composite magnetic bearing of a radial type provided around a rotor having an auxiliary bearing coupled thereto for reducing friction, includes a magnetic bearing, and an auxiliary bearing fixed in the empty space in an inside of the stator cores on an inner side of a position the coils and the permanent magnets are provided thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Cheol-Hoon Park, Sang-Kyu Choi, Sang-Yong Ham, Doo Euy Hong, Tae Gwang Yoon
  • Patent number: 9181977
    Abstract: The present invention provides an air-foil bearing including a damper body, a front welding plate, and a front top foil for increasing durability, and which has a first bending mode. The damper body includes a front body portion, a rear body portion, and a front protruded portion protruded upward from the front body portion to have a flat protruded surface, and the front welding plate includes a front first contact portion in surface contact with a top surface of the front protruded portion and a front second contact portion which is a portion that is bent from the front first contact portion in surface contact with the front welding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Cheol-hoon Park, Sang-Kyu Choi, Doo Euy Hong, Tae Gwang Yoon, Sung Hwi Lee, Sang-Yong Ham
  • Patent number: 9157473
    Abstract: A thrust bearing comprising a damper body including a body part and protrusions axially protruding at predetermined areas on the body part with flat tops, and thrust top foils each having a contact portion that is in surface contact with the tops of the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Cheol-Hoon Park, Sang-Kyu Choi, Doo Euy Hong, Tae Gwang Yoon
  • Patent number: 8998493
    Abstract: A split combo bearing including a damper body that has a through-hole through which a rotor shaft passes, a cover that covers both axial sides of the damper body and a predetermined area of the outer circumference of the damper body, a thrust bump that is fixed to the side of the cover, which is in contact with the impeller on a rotor shaft, and is arranged circumferentially around the through-hole, a thrust top foil that is axially fixed to the outermost side of the thrust bump, and a radial top foil that is formed to cover the rotor shaft, and is disposed between the outer side of the rotor shaft and the inner side of the through-hole of the damper body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Cheol-hoon Park, Sang-Kyu Choi, Sung Hwi Lee, Sang-Yong Ham, Doo Euy Hong, Tae Gwang Yoon
  • Publication number: 20150086141
    Abstract: The present invention provides an air-foil bearing including a damper body, a front welding plate, and a front top foil for increasing durability, and which has a first bending mode. The damper body includes a front body portion, a rear body portion, and a front protruded portion protruded upward from the front body portion to have a flat protruded surface, and the front welding plate includes a front first contact portion in surface contact with a top surface of the front protruded portion and a front second contact portion which is a portion that is bent from the front first contact portion in surface contact with the front welding plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Cheol-hoon PARK, Sang-Kyu Choi, Doo Euy Hong, Tae Gwang Yoon, Sung Hwi Lee, Sang-Yong Ham
  • Publication number: 20140361651
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite magnetic bearing having an auxiliary bearing coupled thereto, which has an improved structure for minimizing a length of a rotor and a system volume. The composite magnetic bearing of a radial type provided around a rotor having an auxiliary bearing coupled thereto for reducing friction, includes a magnetic bearing, and an auxiliary bearing fixed in the empty space in an inside of the stator cores on an inner side of a position the coils and the permanent magnets are provided thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Cheol-Hoon Park, Sang-Kyu Choi, Sang-Yong Ham, Doo Euy Hong, Tae Gwang Yoon
  • Publication number: 20140321779
    Abstract: The present invention provides a split combo bearing including: a damper body that has a through-hole through which a rotor shaft passes and is composed of two or more first separate bodies that are axially separated; a cover that covers both axial sides of the damper body and a predetermined area of the outer circumference of the damper body and is composed of two or more second separate bodies that are radially separated to correspond to the first separate bodies; a thrust bump that is fixed to the side of the cover, which faces an impeller on a rotor shaft, is arranged circumferentially around the through-hole, and is formed by bending a thin plate with a wavy surface; a thrust top foil that is axially fixed to the outermost side of the thrust bump and is formed by bending a thin plate; and a radial top foil that is formed to cover the rotor shaft, is disposed between the outer side of the rotor shaft and the inner side of the through-hole of the damper body, has an insertion of which one end is installed
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Cheol-hoon PARK, Sang-Kyu CHOI, Sung Hwi LEE, Sang-Yong HAM, Doo Euy HONG, Tae Gwang YOON
  • Publication number: 20140199006
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thrust bearing that includes: a damper body including a body part and protrusions axially protruding at predetermined areas on the body part with flat tops; and thrust top foils each having a contact portion that is in surface contact with the tops of the protrusions. The present disclosure provides a combo bearing that includes: a damper body including a body part having a through-hole at the center through which a rotary shaft passes, and protrusions axially protruding at predetermined areas on the body part with flat tops; thrust top foils each having a contact portion that is in surface contact with the tops of the protrusions; and a radial top foil covering the rotary shaft and disposed along the inner side of the through-hole of the damper body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Korea Institute Of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Cheol-Hoon PARK, Sang-Kyu Choi, Doo Euy Hong, Tae Gwang Yoon