Patents Assigned to HALLA VISTEON CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
  • Patent number: 10160288
    Abstract: A heating system for a hybrid vehicle may include a first heating line connecting an engine, having a temperature which is controlled through water-cooling, to a heater core that is heated using a heat generated from the engine, a second heating line allowing for heat exchange between various electronic devices and an auxiliary radiator controlling the temperatures of the various electronic devices, a branch line connected to the first heating line and the second heating line and exchanging heat therebetween, a plurality of valves provided on each of the first heating line, the second heating line, and the branch line, and a controller controlling each valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Hee Sang Park, Yong Soo Chang, Bock Cheol Lee, In Keun Kang
  • Patent number: 10151541
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a vehicle includes a heat exchange unit in which a plurality of plates are layered to alternately form a first flow channel and a second flow channel therein and heat exchange unit having one surface fixedly mounted in an expansion valve. First and second inflow holes are formed separately at both surfaces of the heat exchange unit and connected to the first flow channel and the second flow channel, respectively. First and second exhaust holes are formed separately in a diagonal direction of the first and second inflow holes at both surfaces of the heat exchange unit and connected to the first flow channel and the second flow channel, respectively. A noise reducer is integrally connected to the heat exchange unit at another surface of the heat exchange unit and reduces noise and vibration occurring when an operation fluid that is injected through the second inflow hole moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, HALLA VISTEON CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Ju Hoon Kim, Hyun Keun Shin
  • Patent number: 9969243
    Abstract: A dual type air conditioning control system of a vehicle has a front-seat air conditioner for air-conditioning of a front-seat space and a rear-seat air conditioner for air-conditioning of a rear-seat space of the vehicle. The system includes a front-seat controller configured to control an operation and an output of the front-seat air conditioner, and to calculate a control target value for controlling an output of the rear-seat conditioner. The rear-seat controller is configured to receive the calculated control target value transmitted from the front-seat controller and to control the output of the rear-seat air conditioner based on the transmitted control target value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Jae Sik Choi, Byoung Hyun Ji, Su Yeon Kang, Young Bae Jeon, Jun Ho Choi
  • Publication number: 20180058732
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicants: 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
  • Patent number: 9903628
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for controlling an electromotive compressor in a heat pump system for a vehicle. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an unexpected cutoff of a compressor attributable to overload and the generation of noise and vibration attributable to frequent restarts can be prevented by controlling the number of rotations of the compressor within a specific range based on the discharge pressure of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HALLA VISTEON CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
    Inventors: Hak Kyu Kim, Sung Ho Kang, Sang Ki Lee, Young Ho Choi, Jae Min Lee, Jung Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 9829220
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignees: 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
  • Patent number: 9618282
    Abstract: A vehicle radiator may include a first header tank partitioned through a first barrier rib that is integrally formed at the inside to store a coolant to form a first chamber and a second chamber inside the first header tank, a second header tank disposed apart by a predetermined gap from the first header tank and partitioned through a second barrier rib that is integrally formed therein to correspond to the first barrier rib to form a third chamber and a fourth chamber, a plurality of first and second tubes that are mounted in a vertical direction at each separated position of each inside surface of the first header tank and the second header tank, heat diffusion fins, each of which are formed between the first tubes and the second tubes; and a condenser that is provided at the inside of the fourth chamber in the second header tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Ji Hun Han, Hyun Keun Shin
  • Patent number: 9579950
    Abstract: A control method of an air conditioner system for an electric vehicle may include circulating the refrigerant by sensing actuation of the air conditioner system while driving the electric vehicle in a state where a start of the electric vehicle is turned on, circulating and cooling the cooling water through actuation of a water pump and a cooling fan in a cooling module that includes an engine radiator, the intercooler radiator, the water-cooled condenser, and the air-cooled condenser, and controlling actuation speeds of the water pump and the cooling fan based on whether the electric vehicle stops after suddenly accelerating in a state where the air conditioner system is actuated or stops in a state where the air conditioner system is turned off after travelling, and/or based on whether an air conditioner pressure and a cooling water temperature are within predetermined set values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Dong Won Park, Jun-Young Choi, Kwang Young Shin
  • Patent number: 9534849
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: 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
  • Patent number: 9494226
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pulley structure and a damper pulley that prevent corrosion. The pulley structure may include a hub part that is fitted on a crankshaft rotated by power from an engine and rotates with the crankshaft and a pulley part coupled with the hub part to rotate with the hub part and connected with a power transmission member. The hub part may include a pulley contact surface facing the pulley part, and pulley coupling portions formed at the pulley contact surface to secure coupling members. The pulley part may include a hub contact surface facing the pulley contact surface of the hub part, hub coupling portions coupled to the pulley coupling portions by securing the coupling members, and coupling grooves recessed from the hub coupling portions to insert the coupling members. Washers made of an insulator may be fitted on the coupling members between the pulley coupling portions and the hub coupling portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HALLA VISTEON CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
    Inventors: Yong Woong Cha, Byeong Jun Lee, Man Hee Park, Jungha Park, Sung Taeg Oh, Suk Jae Chung
  • Patent number: 9481227
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes an air conditioning housing and a mode door. The air conditioning housing has a discharge chamber through which conditioned air is discharged out of the air conditioning housing. The discharge chamber includes a defrost vent, a main vent, floor vents and a rear seat vent. The floor vents are formed on opposite sides of a rear portion of the air conditioning housing. The rear seat vent is formed between the floor vents. The mode door has a front opening hole which is formed in a front portion of the mode door, a pair of main opening holes which are formed in a rear portion of the mode door at positions spaced apart from each other, and a rear-end opening hole which is formed behind a first portion provided between the main opening holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Myung Hoe Kim, Jae Min Yang, Seung Wook Kim, Jong Heon Lee, Hyung Joo Kim, Sang Chul Byon
  • Publication number: 20160207371
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for conditioning the air of a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle comprises a housing with a first and a second flow conduit for conducting air and a coolant circuit with at least two heat exchangers, wherein a first heat exchanger is arranged in the first flow conduit and a second heat exchanger is arranged in the second flow conduit. The first heat exchanger can be operated independently of the operating mode as an evaporator and the second heat exchanger can be operated independently of the operating mode as a condenser. The housing comprises at least one air conduction device with which an air mass flow conditioned in the air conditioning system can be discharged into the environment. The coolant circuit is constructed with a heat exchanger which is arranged outside of the housing and can be operated as an evaporator or as a condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Roberto Della Rovere, Marc Graaf, Navid Durrani
  • Publication number: 20160152113
    Abstract: A door structure for an air conditioner of a vehicle includes an indoor/outdoor air door having a dome shape. An outdoor air door has a plate shape and adjusts the amount of outdoor air introduced into the vehicle. First and second counter-flow preventing ribs are disposed vertically between the dome shaped indoor/outdoor air door and the plate shaped outdoor air door. The first counter-flow preventing rib is mounted to a first hinge which is connected to one end of the plate shaped outdoor air door. The second counter-flow preventing rib is mounted to be close to another end of the plate shaped outdoor air door. An air conditioning filter is disposed below the dome shaped indoor/outdoor air door, the plate shaped outdoor air door, and the first and second counter-flow preventing ribs and filters the introduced indoor air or outdoor air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicants: HALLA VISTEON CLIMATE CONTROL CORP., HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Yong Chul KIM, Su Yeon KANG, Jae Won HEO, Sung Hae PARK, Jae Sik CHOI, Hak Kyu KIM, Jung Jae LEE, Sang Ki LEE
  • Publication number: 20160152110
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an air conditioner for a vehicle and a controlling method thereof which can variably control a position of a rear seat cold air control door depending on a position of a front seat temperature-adjusting door when the position of the rear seat cold air control door is controlled according to rear seat air-conditioning modes (rear seat temperature-adjusting modes) in an air-conditioning case in which the rear seat cold air control door is mounted on a rear seat air passageway, thereby distributing an optimal cold air volume to the front seat air passageway and the rear seat air passageway by preventing that a large volume of cold air is supplied to the rear seat air passageway in the rear seat temperature-adjusting mode, removing dissatisfaction in control of rear seat temperature, and securing linearity of temperature discharged to the rear seat to enhance passengers' comfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Taewan Kim, Sangho Oh, Taeyun Kong, Inhyeok Kim, Jeonghun Seo, Yongeun Seo
  • Publication number: 20150360539
    Abstract: A heating system for a hybrid vehicle may include a first heating line connecting an engine, having a temperature which is controlled through water-cooling, to a heater core that is heated using a heat generated from the engine, a second heating line allowing for heat exchange between various electronic devices and an auxiliary radiator controlling the temperatures of the various electronic devices, a branch line connected to the first heating line and the second heating line and exchanging heat therebetween, a plurality of valves provided on each of the first heating line, the second heating line, and the branch line, and a controller controlling each valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Hee Sang PARK, Yong Soo CHANG, Bock Cheol LEE, In Keun KANG
  • Publication number: 20150343883
    Abstract: Provided is a heater for a motor vehicle including: a heat source part: a heat source part rod including a rod sidewall and a rod cover in order to receive the heat source part; a first heat radiating plate including a first heat generation region in which one side of the heat source part is disposed and a first air movement region in which at least one or more first through-holes are formed; and a second heat radiating plate including a second heat generation region in which the other side of the heat source part is disposed and a second air movement region in which at least one or more second through-holes are formed. Particularly, the heat source part is disposed between the first and second heat radiating plates, and the rod sidewall is provided integrally with the first heat radiating plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Jung Sam Gu, Yong Sung Kwon, Hyun Kun Shin, Jun Young Song, Kwan Hun Oh, Hong-Young Lim, Young-Ha Jeon
  • Patent number: 9200822
    Abstract: Provided is an evaporator including a flow part having a refrigerant flow therein, separately from a first compartment and a second compartment to improve a refrigerant channel structure, in a double evaporator in which a refrigerant flows in a first column and a second column, respectively, thereby reducing the number of four inlets and outlets that is disposed in the first column and the second column, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Young-Ha Jeon, Jun Young Song, Yong Jun Jee, Kwang Hun Oh, Duck-Ho Lee, Jung Sam Gu, Hong-Young Lim
  • Patent number: 9200849
    Abstract: Provided is an evaporator including a tank formed with a depressed part and a flow part having a refrigerant flow therein using a flow part forming member, separately from a first compartment and a second compartment to improve a refrigerant channel structure, in a double evaporator in which a refrigerant flows in a first column and a second column, respectively, thereby reducing the number of four inlets and outlets that is disposed in the first column and the second column, respectively, fixing a baffle at an accurate position, and reducing a defective rate to more improve productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Young-Ha Jeon, Jun Young Song, Hong-Young Lim, Jung Sam Gu, Kwang Hun Oh
  • Patent number: 9188360
    Abstract: A silencer for a vehicle air conditioning system is designed to reduce a noise and a vibration of a compressor transmitted into a vehicle room along coolant pipes. The silencer includes a silencer body tube and an external resonance tube. The silencer body tube is installed between the coolant pipes wherein a coolant gas flowing along the coolant pipes passes through the silencer body tube, the silencer body tube including one or more resonance holes formed on an outer circumferential surface of the silencer body tube. The external resonance tube is installed on the outer circumferential surface of the silencer body tube wherein a resonance chamber for absorbing a vibration and a noise of a coolant gas flowing through the silencer body tube is defined between the outer circumferential surface of the silencer body tube and the external resonance tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Hwan Myeong Jung, Jeong Hun Seo, Jae Woo Ko, Nam Joon Lee, Ho Lee, Seung Ho Baek, Dae Keun Park
  • Publication number: 20150273981
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a dehumidification line for supplying some refrigerant circulating in a refrigerant circulation line to an evaporator before the refrigerant is introduced into an exterior heat exchanger after passing a first expansion means so as to dehumidify the interior of the vehicle in a heat pump mode, thereby allowing the refrigerant to smoothly flow to the evaporator at a low pressure through the dehumidification line before the refrigerant is introduced into the exterior heat exchanger which has a higher pressure than the evaporator when the interior of the vehicle is dehumidified, and smoothly dehumidifying the inside of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: HALLA VISTEON CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
    Inventors: Sung Ho Kang, Hak Kyu Kim, Young Ho Choi, Jung Jae Lee, Sang Ki Lee, Youn Woo Lim