Patents by Inventor Yong Nam Ahn
Yong Nam Ahn 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).
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Publication number: 20180361824Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioning system for a vehicle in which an air-conditioning module having an air-conditioning case and a blower unit is disposed at a side of an engine room relative to a dash panel, and a distribution duct having a defrost vent, a face vent, and a floor vent is disposed in the interior of a vehicle relative to the dash panel so as to distribute cold air and hot air discharged from the air-conditioning case into the interior of the vehicle, wherein the floor vent is placed on one side of an area, in which a relatively large amount of hot air flows, in a mixing chamber of the distribution duct where cold air and hot air are mixed, i.e. a side adjacent to the dash panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2017Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Jae Chun RYU, Chul Hee KIM, Tae Yong PARK, Yong Nam AHN, Young Hum HAN, Joong Man HAN, Yun Jin KIM
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Publication number: 20180264911Abstract: An air conditioning module, which can perform cooling and heating through a single module, which is capable of being compact-sized, which can easily control a flow of heated or cooled air, which can disperse weight because a compressor is mounted in a first space and the other components are mounted in a second space, and which is easy in carrying due to a handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2016Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Jong Bo Won, Sang Gu Woo, Dong Kyu Lee, Tae Yong Park, Yong Nam Ahn
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Publication number: 20180251002Abstract: An air conditioning module, which can perform cooling and heating through a single module, which is capable of being compact-sized, which can prevent problems caused by condensate water because the condensate water can be easily discharged out, and which can control all of two doors for heating and cooling by actuating means.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2016Publication date: September 6, 2018Inventors: Jong Bo Won, Sang Gu Woo, Dong Kyu Lee, Tae Yong Park, Yong Nam Ahn
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Patent number: 10059173Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioner system for a vehicle includes an air-cooled condenser mounted between a water-cooled condenser and an expansion valve to exchange heat of refrigerant discharged from the water-cooled condenser with air in order to further cool the refrigerant even though temperature of the refrigerant rises due to temperature rise of coolant supplied to the water-cooled condenser, thereby enhancing cooling performance because the refrigerant flows into an internal heat exchanger due to a drop in temperature of the refrigerant, preventing a temperature rise of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor because temperature of the refrigerant flowing into the compressor drops, and enhancing durability and stability of the air conditioner system.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2015Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Hae Jun Lee, Yong Nam Ahn, Jun Young Choi
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Patent number: 10005354Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling module including: a first radiator for cooling an engine; a second radiator located in front of the first radiator in an air flow direction to cool electric parts; a first condenser located in front of the second radiator in the air flow direction to condense a refrigerant through heat exchange with external air; and a second condenser located inside the second radiator to condense the refrigerant through heat exchange with electric part cooling water, whereby the high temperature and high pressure refrigerant passes through the water-cooled second condenser and then passes through the air-cooled first condenser, thus enhancing the cooling efficiency of the refrigerant to improve the entire efficiency of the cooling system for the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Jun-Young Choi, Hyun-Kun Shin, Yong-Nam Ahn
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Publication number: 20180147911Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioning system and, more particularly, to an air conditioning system comprising, within a single air conditioning case: a cool air passage in which an evaporator is installed; a warm air passage in which a condenser is installed; an installation space portion in which air conditioner parts such as a compressor are installed; and an air discharge passage for discharging, to the outside, air unnecessary for cooling and heating, thereby enabling attachment and detachment inside a vehicle, and enabling use as a portable air conditioner as well as a vehicle air conditioner. In addition, as the system is capable of cooling and heating, a separate heater core or PTC heater for heating is not required, thereby the structure is simple, and the system is capable of controlling cooling and heating modes through a single operation door, thereby allowing the system to be miniaturized.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2015Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Sang Gu WOO, Yong Nam AHN, Sung Je LEE, Se Min LEE, Jong Bo WON
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Publication number: 20180111445Abstract: The present invention provides an air conditioning system for a vehicle, which includes an evaporator mounted in a cold air passageway and a condenser mounted in a warm air passageway inside an air-conditioning case to perform cooling and heating, and protecting means for surrounding a plurality of electronic units mounted on the outer surfaces of the air-conditioning case and blowers, thereby preventing breakdowns and malfunctions by preventing foreign matters or water from entering into the electronic units.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventors: Jae Chun RYU, Tae Yong PARK, Yong Nam AHN, Sung Je LEE, Se Min LEE
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Publication number: 20180093545Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioning system for a vehicle, which includes an evaporator mounted in a cold air passageway, a condenser mounted in a warm air passageway inside an air-conditioning case, and supporting means for fixing and supporting air conditioner components for enhancing heating and cooling performance to the air-conditioning case so as to integrate the air conditioner components with the air-conditioning case, thereby simplifying distribution, delivery and management of the air conditioning system, enhancing productivity due to simplification of the assembling process of vehicles, and reducing weight of the air conditioning system due to reduction in length of a refrigerant circulation line.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Tae Yong PARK, Yong Nam AHN, Sung Je LEE, Kyung Ju AN, Jae Chun RYU, Se Min LEE, Youn Woo LIM
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Publication number: 20180058732Abstract: Disclosed are a heat exchanger and a method of manufacturing a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may include a plurality of three-step tubes, each having a three-layered section and each having a liquid passage at a middle portion and module insertion spaces at opposite sides of the liquid passage, a plurality of thermoelectric modules inserted into the module insertion spaces, a plurality of cooling fins coupled to an outer surface of each of the three-step tubes, and an upper tank and a lower tank coupled to an upper side and a lower side of the three-step tubes to be fluidically communicated with the liquid passages of the three-step tubes. The three-step tubes and the cooling fins may be stacked laterally with respect to each other. The three-step tubes, the cooling fins, the upper tank, and the lower tank may be brazed by a same filler material comprising a metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.Inventors: Man Ju OH, Jae Woo PARK, June Kyu PARK, Jae Woong KIM, Eun Young SEO, Yong Nam AHN
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Patent number: 9829220Abstract: Disclosed are a heat exchanger and a method of manufacturing a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may include a plurality of three-step tubes, each having a three-layered section and each having a liquid passage at a middle portion and module insertion spaces at opposite sides of the liquid passage, a plurality of thermoelectric modules inserted into the module insertion spaces, a plurality of cooling fins coupled to an outer surface of each of the three-step tubes, and an upper tank and a lower tank coupled to an upper side and a lower side of the three-step tubes to be fluidically communicated with the liquid passages of the three-step tubes. The three-step tubes and the cooling fins may be stacked laterally with respect to each other. The three-step tubes, the cooling fins, the upper tank, and the lower tank may be brazed by a same filler material comprising a metal.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2014Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.Inventors: Man Ju Oh, Jae Woo Park, June Kyu Park, Jae Woong Kim, Eun Young Seo, Yong Nam Ahn
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Publication number: 20170246934Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioner system, in which an air-cooled condenser mounted on a refrigerant circulation line between a water-cooled condenser and an expansion valve and a blower fan for blowing air to the air-cooled condenser are arranged at one side of the water-cooled condenser in a state of being disposed in a row in the air flow direction and are arranged within the width of the one side of the water-cooled condenser, thereby enabling the enhancement of installability and assemblability inside an engine room by simplifying and reducing the package, reducing noise of the blower fan and securing adequate cooling performance because of the blower fan disposed between two air-cooled heat exchangers even when inflowing air is insufficient, such as in an idling condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2015Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Hae Jun LEE, Yong Nam AHN, Sang Min LEE, Jun Young CHOI
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Publication number: 20170246933Abstract: Provided is an air conditioner system for a vehicle. The air conditioner system for a vehicle includes a compressor, an integral condenser in which a water cooling region and an air cooling region are formed integrally with each other, an expansion valve, and an evaporator, wherein the water cooling region and the air cooling region of the integral condenser are formed on one plate, such that existing air cooling and water cooling condensers may be formed integrally with each other through one-time brazing coupling, thereby reducing a package and simplifying assembling and manufacturing processes.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2015Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Hae-Jun Lee, Sangmin Lee, Yong Nam Ahn, Jun Young Choi
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Publication number: 20170203631Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioning system for a vehicle which includes an air-conditioning module having an air-conditioning case, which has a cold air passageway and a warm air passageway partitioned from each other, and a blower unit, and an indoor air inflow duct for introducing indoor air of the interior of the vehicle into the blower unit, wherein an outlet of the air-conditioning case and an inlet of the indoor air inflow port are arranged to be adjacent to each other, so that the air conditioning system for a vehicle can be installed through just one through hole part formed in a dash panel, thereby enhancing assemblability and reducing weight and an installation cost.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2017Publication date: July 20, 2017Inventors: Jae Chun Ryu, Young Hum Han, Chul Hee Kim, Joong Man Han, Tae Yong Park, Yong Nam Ahn, Doo Hoon Kim, Yun Jin Kim, Hyeon Gyu Kim, Sung Je Lee
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Publication number: 20170190236Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat pump system for a vehicle which includes an evaporator mounted on a cold air passageway inside an air-conditioning case, a condenser mounted on a warm air passageway, a first blower mounted at an inlet side of the cold air passageway of the air-conditioning case, a second blower mounted at an inlet side of the warm air passageway and an intake duct mounted between the first blower and the second blower to supply indoor air and outdoor air to the first blower and the second blower respectively, thereby maximizing space efficiency because using just one intake duct for the two blowers, and reducing the size and manufacturing costs of the heat pump system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: Hanon SystemsInventors: Sung Je LEE, Tae Yong Park, Eun Young Seo, Yong Nam Ahn, Se Min Lee, Seong Seok Han
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Publication number: 20170129309Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat pump system for a vehicle, which includes a compressor, an air-cooled condenser mounted on a warm air passageway, expansion means and an evaporator mounted on a cold air passageway of an air-conditioning case in order to carry out heating and cooling and further includes a water-cooled condenser mounted on a refrigerant circulation line between the compressor and the air-cooled condenser to exchange heat between refrigerant and coolant, thereby reducing the number and the size of blowers and the size of the entire system because the size of the air-cooled condenser inside the warm air passageway is reduced, and decreasing power consumption and noise by reducing capacity of a motor of the blower.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Applicant: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Hae Jun LEE, Jae Chun RYU, Yong Nam AHN, Sung Je LEE, Se Min LEE
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Publication number: 20170043646Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioning system for a vehicle which includes a cold air passageway having a heat exchanger for cooling and a warm air passageway having a heat exchanger for heating inside an air-conditioning case to carry out cooling and heating and which controls to inhale indoor air inside the vehicle, pass the air through the heat exchanger for cooling and discharge the air outside the vehicle in a specific mode, thereby preventing frosting of the heat exchanger for cooling because supplying air of high temperature dehumidified inside the interior of the vehicle to the heat exchanger for cooling, and enhancing heating performance by rising refrigerant pressure and temperature in the refrigerant cycle without needing additional components.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2016Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Sung Je LEE, Yun Jin KIM, Jae Chun RYU, Tae Yong PARK, Se Min LEE, Yong Nam AHN, Dae Bok KEON
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Patent number: 9534849Abstract: A cooling module for a vehicle may include a radiator with a first header tank receiving coolant, a second header tank at a predetermined distance from the first header tank to exhaust coolant, and a plurality of tubes that connects the first header tank with the second header tank, and a radiating fin is formed therebetween and at a front side of a vehicle, a water cooled condenser that receives refrigerant through a refrigerant pipe in the second header tank formed by laminating a plurality of plates, which condenses refrigerant by exchanging heat with cooled coolant flowing the second header tank, and an air-cooled condenser connected to the water cooled condenser through the refrigerant pipe, receives first-condensed refrigerant from the water cooled condenser, and is disposed at a front side of the radiator to further condense the refrigerant by exchanging heat with outside air.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2013Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Doowon Climate Control Co., Ltd., Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho, Sang-Ok Lee, Byoung Hoon An, Yoon Sung Kim, Soon-Jong Lee, Jun-Young Choi, Yong-Nam Ahn
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Publication number: 20160332508Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioner system for a vehicle includes an air-cooled condenser mounted between a water-cooled condenser and an expansion valve to exchange heat of refrigerant discharged from the water-cooled condenser with air in order to further cool the refrigerant even though temperature of the refrigerant rises due to temperature rise of coolant supplied to the water-cooled condenser, thereby enhancing cooling performance because the refrigerant flows into an internal heat exchanger due to a drop in temperature of the refrigerant, preventing a temperature rise of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor because temperature of the refrigerant flowing into the compressor drops, and enhancing durability and stability of the air conditioner system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2015Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Hae Jun LEE, Yong Nam AHN, Jun Young CHOI
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Publication number: 20160311311Abstract: The present invention relates to a cooling module including: a first radiator for cooling an engine; a second radiator located in front of the first radiator in an air flow direction to cool electric parts; a first condenser located in front of the second radiator in the air flow direction to condense a refrigerant through heat exchange with external air; and a second condenser located inside the second radiator to condense the refrigerant through heat exchange with electric part cooling water, whereby the high temperature and high pressure refrigerant passes through the water-cooled second condenser and then passes through the air-cooled first condenser, thus enhancing the cooling efficiency of the refrigerant to improve the entire efficiency of the cooling system for the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Jun-Young Choi, Hyun-Kun Shin, Yong-Nam Ahn
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Patent number: D785083Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: S-PRINTING SOLUTION CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong-Nam Ahn, Shin-Hyup Kang, Young-Chae Kim, Jong-Uk Kim