Patents by Inventor Young-Chul Kim

Young-Chul Kim 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: 20210387610
    Abstract: A hybrid electric vehicle and a method for compensating a motor torque thereof, may include a hybrid control unit (HCU) including a processor and a non-transitory storage medium containing instructions executed by the processor. The processor is configured to start motor torque intervention upon entering a predetermined shift phase during shifting, to determine a motor torque compensation amount by reflecting engine torque according to engine torque reduction control, and to perform motor torque compensation control based on the motor torque compensation amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Hyun JEONG, Hae Seung LEE, Weon Jae LEE, Kyoung Joo KIM, Yoo Sung KOO, Jung Hyun LEE, Young Chul KIM
  • Patent number: 11162721
    Abstract: A gas-liquid separation device for a vehicle includes: a housing of which an upper surface is opened and a lower surface is closed; a cover disposed on the upper surface of the housing, and the cover having an outlet disposed at a center region of the cover and an inlet disposed at a portion spaced apart from the center region; an exhaust pipe of which an upper end is connected to the outlet; a guide pipe having a cylinder shape with an upper surface opened and having a gas refrigerant flow space; a mounting cap disposed on the lower surface of the housing; and a refrigerant guider disposed on the cover inside the housing to prevent a liquid refrigerant from flowing into the gas refrigerant flow space among a refrigerant flowing into the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD., HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Wan Je Cho, Namho Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Yeon Ho Kim, Seoyoung Oh, Chul Min Kim, Young Chul Kim, Jae Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11136032
    Abstract: A vehicle and a method for controlling the same are provided to induce inertial driving of a driver by guiding the inertial driving of the vehicle and controlling an accelerator pedal so that a pedal effort is applied to the accelerator pedal. The vehicle includes a display configured to display an object guiding the inertial driving, and a controller configured to apply a pedal effort to an accelerator pedal when guiding the inertial driving to induce the inertial driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Young Chul Kim, Leehyoung Cho, Dong Ho Yang
  • Publication number: 20210257240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for storing a wafer, particularly to a container for storing a wafer in which a plurality of purging areas is vertically partitioned in the interior of a storage chamber, and a purge gas is sprayed into the plurality of purging areas, thereby allowing not only uniform purging of the wafer to be assured but also efficient purging of the wafer without waste of the purge gas to be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Bum Je WOO, Seok Mun YOON, Jang HEO, Young Chul KIM
  • Patent number: 11075100
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for storing a wafer, particularly to a container for storing a wafer in which a plurality of purging areas is vertically partitioned in the interior of a storage chamber, and a purge gas is sprayed into the plurality of purging areas, thereby allowing not only uniform purging of the wafer to be assured but also efficient purging of the wafer without waste of the purge gas to be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignees: PICO & TERA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Je Woo, Seok Mun Yoon, Jang Heo, Young Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 11040723
    Abstract: A vehicle can include: a sensing device configured to acquire driving information of the vehicle; and a controller configured to determine whether a current driving mode of the vehicle is changeable based on the driving information, to identify a driving mode among a plurality of driving modes which corresponds to the driving information upon determining that the current driving mode is changeable, and to control an operation of the vehicle so as to change the current driving mode to the identified driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Young Chul Kim, Leehyoung Cho, Dong ho Yang
  • Patent number: 11007442
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for sharing user activity information comprises: receiving a user action history generated in one service among a first service and a second service through an application executed in an electronic device; mapping and storing account information at the first service, account information at the second service, and the user action history with respect to a user of the electronic device; and transmitting, to the application, information on the user action history or an event corresponding to the user action history, such that the event corresponding to the user action history is provided to the user through another service among the first service and the second service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: NAVER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wonkuym Kim, Changhoon Yang, Gyeong Hwan Jo, Hyun Tae Cho, Jinwoo Yoo, Jeff Lee, Gil Do Kim, Jong Un Chae, SeHyung Kim, Sujin Jeong, GunPyo Park, Byung Yong Song, Young Chul Kim, Joohwan Bae, Jungseob Lee
  • Patent number: 10946721
    Abstract: Vehicular heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line including a compressor, a high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, a heat pump mode expansion valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, an air conditioning mode expansion valve, low pressure side indoor heat exchanger and a refrigerant-cooling water heat exchanger; an air conditioning mode branch line branched from the refrigerant circulation line and configured to, in an air conditioning mode, form a cooling loop by circulating a refrigerant through the compressor, the high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, the outdoor heat exchanger, the air conditioning mode expansion valve and low pressure side indoor heat exchanger. Heat pump mode branch line branched from the refrigerant circulation line is configured, in heat pump mode to form a heating loop by circulating the refrigerant through the compressor, the high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, the heat pump mode expansion valve and the refrigerant-cooling water heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Jae Min Lee, Young Chul Kim, In Hyeok Kim, Seo Jun Yoon, Kyeong Cheol Lee, Seung Ho Lee, Sung Ho Kang, Jung Jae Lee
  • Publication number: 20210070147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coolant heater. The purpose of the present invention, a coolant heater which effectively heats coolant of a vehicle by means of a heating unit, is to provide a coolant heater having improved sensitivity and responsiveness to over-heating and assured stability by utilizing a temperature fuse to prevent over-heating. Another purpose of the present invention is to provide a coolant heater having enhanced durability of the temperature fuse coupling part by improving the structure by which the temperature fuse is fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yong Ha Chae, Ji Hoon Park, Jeong Hyun Son, Man Ok Lee, Bok Sun Kang, Young Chul Kim, Hak Kyu Kim, Yong Jin Moon, Seung Ho Lee, Kil Sang Jang, Hyun Seok Jung, Kyung Seok Cho
  • Publication number: 20210016625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal management system for a vehicle, which can provide various effects, such as a reduction of weight, a cost reduction, and a reduction of a package size due to a reduction in the number of components. The thermal management system for a vehicle, which includes a refrigerant circulation loop circulating refrigerant and exchanging heat between the refrigerant and inside air of an air-conditioning case in order to perform air-conditioning inside the vehicle, includes: a first coolant loop for cooling electric parts of the vehicle; and a second coolant loop for cooling a battery of the vehicle, wherein the first coolant loop and the second coolant loop are configured independently, and coolant flowing in the first coolant loop selectively circulates in the second coolant loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Jae Min LEE, Young Chul KIM, Seo Jun YOON, Seung Ho LEE
  • Patent number: 10879231
    Abstract: An ESD protection SCR device includes an epitaxial layer provided on a P-type semiconductor substrate, the epitaxial layer having the P-type conductivity, element isolation layers provided on the epitaxial layer, the element isolation layers dividing the epitaxial layer into an anode region and a cathode region, a first well of an N-type conductivity, provided in a portion of the epitaxial layer corresponding to the anode region, a first impurity region provided on a surface of the first well, the first impurity region being connected to an anode terminal and having a high concentration P-type conductivity, a second well of the P-type conductivity, provided in a portion of the epitaxial layer corresponding to the cathode region, a second impurity region provided on a surface of the second well, the second impurity region being connected to a cathode terminal and having a high concentration N-type conductivity, and a floating well of the N-type conductivity, buried in the epitaxial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: DB HITEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Soon Noh, Joon Tae Jang, Joon Hyeok Byeon, Young Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20200378663
    Abstract: A gas-liquid separation device for a vehicle includes: a housing of which an upper surface is opened and a lower surface is closed; a cover disposed on the upper surface of the housing, and the cover having an outlet disposed at a center region of the cover and an inlet disposed at a portion spaced apart from the center region; an exhaust pipe of which an upper end is connected to the outlet; a guide pipe having a cylinder shape with an upper surface opened and having a gas refrigerant flow space; a mounting cap disposed on the lower surface of the housing and a refrigerant guider disposed on the cover inside the housing to prevent a liquid refrigerant from flowing into the gas refrigerant flow space among a refrigerant flowing into the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Wan Je CHO, Namho PARK, Jae Yeon KIM, Yeon Ho KIM, Seoyoung OH, Chul Min KIM, Young Chul KIM, Jae Min LEE
  • Patent number: 10829108
    Abstract: Disclosed are a hybrid electric vehicle, which is capable of controlling engine starting in consideration of entry into a specific area, and method of controlling the same. A method of controlling engine starting of a hybrid vehicle includes determining whether catalyst heating is necessary, determining whether a current location corresponds to a specific area associated with exhaust emissions, determining whether a first mode driving is possible, when it is determined that the current position corresponds to the specific area and the catalyst heating is necessary, and performing the first mode driving when the first mode driving is determined to be possible, or a second mode driving when the first mode driving is determined to be impossible. Here, the first mode driving is performed by using an electric motor, and the second mode driving is performed by using at least an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Lee Hyoung Cho, Young Chul Kim, Jea Mun Lee, Dong Ho Yang
  • Publication number: 20200344902
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a display and a supporter. The supporter being mounted on the display and configured to support the display and rotate the display module between a first position and a second position. The supporter including a drive motor, a first gear, and a detection sensor. The drive motor configured to supply a driving force to rotate the display. The first gear configured to rotate together with the display by receiving the driving force from the drive motor. The detection sensor configured to detect a rotation amount of a second gear configured to rotate in with the first gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Yong CHOI, Young Chul KIM, Ji Su KIM, Hun Sung KIM, Sung Yong PARK, Jin Soo SHIN, Dae Sik YOON, Yong Yeon HWANG
  • Publication number: 20200333328
    Abstract: A biological environment simulating apparatus using rotational force includes a mounting unit on which a cell to be pressurized is mounted, a rotational force application unit configured to apply centripetal force to the mounting unit to make the mounting unit perform a circular movement along a circular path about a predetermined center point and a control unit. The control unit controls the rotational force application unit based on a type of the cell and an appropriate pressure condition matched with the type of the cell so that a pressure satisfying the appropriate pressure condition is applied to the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Seung Hee YANG, Jin Woo CHOI, Dong Ki KIM, Jung Pyo LEE, Yon Su KIM, Young Chul KIM, Hee Chan KIM, Mi Yeon YU, Sa Ram LEE
  • Patent number: 10749709
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a distributed file system using a torus network. The distributed file system includes multiple servers. The location of a master server may be determined to shorten the latency of data input/output. The location of the master server may be determined such that the distance between the master server and a node farthest away from the master server, among nodes, is minimized. When the location of the master server is determined, the characteristics of the torus network and the features of a propagation transmission scheme may be taken into consideration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chei-Yol Kim, Dong-Oh Kim, Young-Kyun Kim, Young-Chul Kim, Hong-Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 10742772
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for transforming data for low volume transmission of a meta model based protocol which monitors power amount data of new renewable energy, including: generating energy sensing data; receiving, by a client, the energy sensing data and transforming the received energy sensing data into meta model data including a meta model and meta data; generating packet meta model data by dividing and compressing the meta model data; transmitting the packet meta model data to a server through an Internet of Things (IOT) communication network; and parsing, by the server, the packet meta model data to output the meta model data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SEJONG INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA COOPERATION FOUNDATION HO
    Inventors: Hyun Seung Song, So Young Moon, Eun Young Byun, Woo Sung Jang, Bo Kyung Park, Robert Young Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 10710571
    Abstract: A method for controlling a response to driving load of a hybrid vehicle includes: estimating an optimum speed for a current driving situation, estimating a target driving load based on the optimum speed, determining an eco-level corresponding to the target driving load from among a plurality of eco-levels, and changing at least some of an eco-gauge according to the determined eco-level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Young Chul Kim, Lee Hyoung Cho, Dong Ho Yang
  • Patent number: 10639966
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for motor vehicles includes a compressor, a condenser, a plurality of air conditioning units connected in parallel with each other with respect to the compressor and the condenser, and a flow rate control unit configured to, when a specific one of the air conditioning units is additionally turned on or is turned off, prevent occurrence of a sudden change in refrigerant amount in the remaining air conditioning units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Baek, Chul Soon Kim, Tae Eun Kim, Se Won Min, Sang Jun Yoo, Hong Rae Jung, Seo Jun Yoon, Seung Ho Lee, Jae Min Lee, Young Chul Kim, In Hyeok Kim
  • Patent number: 10612604
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling engine clutch slip for a hybrid vehicle, in which it is determined whether an engine clutch has entered a slip mode and lubrication of the engine clutch is easily achieved through an additional lubrication hydraulic pressure circuit whenever the engine clutch enters the slip mode, thereby achieving the engine clutch slip control in all shift ranges including low-speed and medium-speed ranges and maintaining the heat energy that is generated from the engine clutch at a predetermined level or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Chul Kim, Sang Hyun Jeong