Patents Assigned to Hanon Systems
  • Patent number: 12291083
    Abstract: A thermal system for conditioning the supply air for a passenger compartment and for cooling components of a drive train of a motor vehicle, in particular a thermal management system. The system has a refrigerant circuit with a compressor, a first refrigerant-to-air heat exchanger for transferring heat via ambient air, which is formed to be operable as a condenser/gas cooler and evaporator, a second refrigerant-to-air heat exchanger operated as a first evaporator with an upstream first flow control device as well as a heat exchanger operated as a second evaporator with an upstream second flow control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Martin Hötzel, Martin Möhlenkamp, Navid Durrani
  • Patent number: 12292051
    Abstract: A device for controlling a fluid mass flow for a device for compressing a gaseous fluid from a low to a high pressure level. The device has a housing with fluid connections at different pressure levels, and a closure element arranged to move in a translatory manner within the housing along a longitudinal axis, with effective surfaces assigned to the fluid connections. The closure element regulates a flow cross-section of a flow path extending between a first and a second fluid connection. The device has a receiving element for receiving the closure element. A primary segment is arranged to be completely surrounded by the receiving element as a first section of the closure element and a secondary segment is arranged to be completely surrounded by the housing as a second section of the closure element and the receiving element is arranged to be completely surrounded by the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Ayhan Ayar, Gerd Vondahlen, Marcel Stober
  • Patent number: 12281823
    Abstract: A thermal management system, comprising: a primary coolant circulation system for cooling a first coolant by circulating the first coolant which is heat-exchanged with cooling water through a first water-cooled condenser; a secondary coolant circulation system for cooling a battery chiller by using a second coolant which is heat-exchanged with the first coolant of the primary coolant circulation system; and a second cooling line for cooling a battery by circulating cooling water which is heat-exchanged through the battery chiller, wherein the number of revolutions of the first condenser of the primary coolant circulation system is less than the number of revolutions of the second condenser of the secondary coolant circulation system, or the first coolant and the second coolant are heat-exchanged via the cooling water, such that the battery can be cooled efficiently during rapid charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Hyeongkyu Jin, Moojoong Kim, Seong Hun Kim, Hyeon Woo Noh, Sung Je Lee, Hae-Jun Lee, Dong Woo Hwang, In-Guk Hwang
  • Publication number: 20250121651
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a condenser and an evaporator disposed to face each other in a housing, which simplifies a refrigerant circuit, reduces a flow path for air, and reduces a thermal loss that may occur when air flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Kwang Ok Han, Myung Hoe Kim, Kwang Woon Cho, Su Yeon Kang, Tae Yong Park, Jeung Sik Shin, Jae Chun Ryu
  • Patent number: 12275291
    Abstract: A system for air-conditioning the air in a passenger compartment and for heat transfer by way of components of a power train, in particular an electric powertrain of a motor vehicle. The system exhibits one coolant circuit with two refrigerant-coolant heat exchangers and one coolant-air heat exchanger for heat transfer to the ambient air, as well as one refrigerant circuit with one first refrigerant-air heat exchanger for heating the supply air for the passenger compartment, one second refrigerant-air heat exchanger for heat transfer by way of the ambient air, with one upstream first expansion element, one first flow path with one third refrigerant-air heat exchanger for conditioning the supply air for the passenger compartment, with one upstream second expansion element and one second flow path with one first refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger with one upstream third expansion element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Navid Durrani, Martin Hötzel
  • Patent number: 12275287
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicular heat management system capable of inducing an increase in refrigerant superheat degree without unconditionally turning off a compressor when the refrigerant superheat degree on the discharge side of a chiller is less than or equal to a lower limit value. The vehicular heat management system includes: a compressor; a condensing heat exchanger; an expansion valve; an evaporation heat exchanger; and a control part configured to, when a refrigerant superheat degree on a discharge side of the evaporation heat exchanger is lowered to a predetermined lower limit value or less, control, step by step, at least two devices directly involved in the increase and decrease of the refrigerant superheat degree to increase the refrigerant superheat degree until the refrigerant superheat degree exceeds the lower limit value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Dae Yeop Jeong, Chul Soon Kim, Sang Jun Yoo, Hong Rae Jung, Tak Jun Kim, Goong Jun Nam, Hee Jin Ryu, Jae Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 12270483
    Abstract: A device for controlling a flow rate and expanding a fluid in a fluid circuit. The device is formed with an enclosure and a valve element arranged inside the enclosure. The valve element which is arranged movably in a linear movement in the direction of a longitudinal axis relative to the enclosure has a sealing surface and a control area formed at a first end face of the valve element and arranged adjacent to the sealing surface in the axial direction. The sealing surface is formed as a lateral surface of a straight circular cylinder with a constant outer diameter. An outer diameter of a surface of the control area corresponds to the outer diameter of the sealing surface. The control area has throughflow apertures and at least one control aperture. The valve element in the control area is formed with a substantially hollow circular cylindrical-shaped wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Carsten Ohrem, Daniel Zens, Gregor Dünnwald
  • Patent number: 12269312
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a heat management device for a vehicle and a heat management method for a vehicle, which use a branch line and a flow control means to use heat generated from a battery module of a vehicle or a heat generated from an electrical component of the vehicle as a heat source for an air conditioning device installed in the vehicle. Therefore, the heat management device for a vehicle and the heat management method for a vehicle may improve heating performance and quality by selectively using waste heat from the electrical component module and the waste heat from the battery depending on the mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Jae Min Lee, Young Chul Kim, In Hyeok Kim, Kyeong Cheol Lee
  • Patent number: 12266879
    Abstract: An arrangement for connecting electrical connections, in particular through a housing, for a device for driving a compressor with a connection arrangement with at least one electrically conductive connecting element and at least one contact device, fixed in a PCB, for mounting the connecting element in an axial direction. The contact device exhibits at least one spring contact element with elastically de-formable lamellar contact springs that are in electrically conductive contact with the connecting element. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for mounting the arrangement for connecting electrical connections, a device for driving a compressor of a vaporous fluid, in particular an electric motor, with the arrangement and a use of the device according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Bernd Gunermann, Eric Rooks, Oliver Gormanns, Senol Gecgel
  • Patent number: 12263713
    Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle may include a first air conditioner provided on the engine compartment side with respect to a dash panel, and including an intake unit of suctioning internal or external air and blowing same to the vehicle interior side; and a second air conditioner provided on the vehicle interior side with respect to the dash panel, and including a duct for discharging conditioned air to the vehicle interior side. The dash panel has a through hole formed therein, and has an air guide which connects the first air conditioner and the second air conditioner to each other through the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Seung Ho Lee, Seo-Jun Yoon, Sang Ki Lee, Yong Sik Kim, Myung Hun Kang, Eung Young Kim, Jung Mo Kwak
  • Patent number: 12253287
    Abstract: An integrated receiver drier and economizer (RDE) includes a tank having a hollow interior receiving a first flow of a refrigerant therein, the first flow of the refrigerant including a liquid phase of the refrigerant accumulating within a liquid containing portion of the hollow interior of the tank. An economizer receiving a second flow of the refrigerant through an interior thereof is at least partially submerged in the liquid containing portion of the tank. The economizer forms a heat exchanging structure configured to exchange heat between the first flow of the refrigerant passing over an exterior of the economizer and the second flow of the refrigerant passing through the interior of the economizer. A desiccant is disposed in the liquid containing portion of the tank downstream of the economizer with respect to the first flow of the refrigerant through the hollow interior of the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Evangelos Papoulis, Gary Komora, Nicos Agathocleous, Arulkumar Rajenderan, Jason Ryu
  • Patent number: 12253081
    Abstract: A scroll compressor including a shaft configured to be rotated by a drive source; an eccentric bush having a recess portion into which the shaft is inserted, an eccentric portion eccentric to the shaft, and a balance weight for balancing a rotation; an orbiting scroll configured to be orbited by the eccentric portion; and a fixed scroll configured to be engaged with the orbiting scroll, and a rotational clearance is formed between an outer peripheral surface of the shaft and an inner peripheral surface of the recess portion, and the eccentric bush is formed to be capable of performing a swing motion relative to the shaft in a range of the rotational clearance based on a drive pin configured to connect the shaft and the eccentric bush, and an adjusting mechanism configured to reduce the swing motion of the eccentric bush is disposed between the shaft and the eccentric bush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Se Young Song, Ok Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 12246579
    Abstract: A vapor injection module may include an expansion valve configured to allow a condensed refrigerant to pass therethrough or expand a condensed refrigerant in accordance with an air conditioning mode, and a gas-liquid separator configured to receive the refrigerant from the expansion valve and separate the refrigerant into a gaseous refrigerant and a liquid refrigerant, in which the expansion valve has a plurality of expansion regions and performs operations of allowing the refrigerant to pass therethrough, performing first-stage expansion on the refrigerant, or performing second-stage expansion on the refrigerant in accordance with arrangement positions of the expansion regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Seong Hun Kim, Sung Je Lee, Hae Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 12247769
    Abstract: The present invention provides a vapor injection module including a first expansion means having an inlet port into which a refrigerant is introduced, and first line and second line connected to the inlet port so that the introduced refrigerant flows therethrough, the first expansion means being disposed at a connection portion between the first line and the second line and configured to control a flow direction of the refrigerant and whether to expand the refrigerant depending on an air conditioning mode, a gas-liquid separator connected to the first line and configured to separate the introduced refrigerant into a liquid refrigerant and a gaseous refrigerant, a second expansion means connected to a movement passage through which the liquid refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separator flows, the second expansion means being configured to expand the introduced refrigerant, and a first outlet port connected to the second line and the second expansion means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Seong Hun Kim, Hae Jun Lee, Sung Je Lee
  • Patent number: 12246330
    Abstract: A dust collecting apparatus for an electric precipitator, capable of adsorbing and filtering fine dust contained in air in an air ventilation apparatus such as an air conditioner or an air purifier and, more specifically, to a dust collecting apparatus for an electric precipitator which is capable of improving manufacturability and dust collection performance because the dust collecting apparatus comprises a first connection unit that is continuously provided on one side of a plurality of first dust collection plates, and is capable of improving assemblability because a first dust collection unit and a second dust collection unit can be assembled at accurate positions in a first case and a second case, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Ji-Yong Park, Ki Hong Kim, Jae Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 12247749
    Abstract: An air conditioning system is provided with an integrated heat exchanger. The air conditioning system generates heating air or cooling air through the integrated heat exchanger that adjusts the temperature of conditioning air by circulating coolant, thus securing cooling and heating efficiency. The air conditioning system adjusts temperature by the coolant circulated in the integrated heat exchanger such that a temperature adjustment door for adjusting the temperature of the conditioning air is eliminated, the number of components is decreased, and the size of an overall package is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Kwang Ok Han, Gee Young Shin, Su Yeon Kang, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim, Dae Hee Lee, In Jae Kang, Tae Young Park, Jae Chun Ryu
  • Publication number: 20250074157
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle cools or heats the vehicle interior by using a natural refrigerant, and efficiently adjusts the temperature of a battery module by using a single chiller that exchanges heat between refrigerant and coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HANON SYSTEMS, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoyoung Jeong, Man Hee Park, Gwi Taek Kim, Jeawan Kim, Yeonho Kim, Hochan An, Jae Yeon Kim, Yeong Jun Kim, Mingyu Lee, Seong Wan Jeong, Daehui Lee, Beom Seok Joo, Hae Jun Lee, Yun Jin Kim, Chul Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20250074139
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle is configured to perform cooling or heating of the vehicle interior by using a natural refrigerant, and efficiently adjust the temperature of the battery module by using a single chiller that heat-exchanges refrigerant and coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Hoyoung Jeong, Hochan An, Yeonho Kim, Jeawan Kim, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Yeong Jun Kim, Hae Jun Lee, Seong Hun Kim, Beom Seok Joo, Yun Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 12239998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric precipitator which adsorbs and filters fine dust included in air from air conditioning apparatuses such as an air conditioner or an air purification apparatus, wherein an electric charging part and a precipitating part to which high voltage is applied do not adversely affect each other and may increase precipitation efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventor: Ji-Yong Park
  • Patent number: 12240288
    Abstract: An embodiment vehicle air conditioner includes an air conditioning device connected to a blower device to receive air supplied from the blower device, a heat exchange core provided in the air conditioning device and disposed in parallel with a flow direction of the air supplied from the blower device, a partition wall disposed to divide the heat exchange core into a first core part disposed to be close in distance to the blower device and a second core part disposed to be distant from the blower device, such that the air supplied from the blower device is distributed and supplied to the first core part and the second core part, and an air guide provided in a connection portion between the blower device and the air conditioning device and configured to guide the air to be supplied to the second core part of the heat exchange core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Jae Sik Choi, Byeong Moo Jang, Yun A Choi, Young Tae Song, Sung Been Cheon, Jin Uk Kim, Jong Su Kim, In Keun Kang, Sang Chul Byun