Patents Assigned to Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11578718
    Abstract: An apparatus for reducing noise of a gear pump through uneven pitch-simulated control includes a calculation unit to calculate different control current values for each tooth of a teeth order by applying a teeth number, the teeth order, and a teeth angle of the gear pump in which a plurality of teeth are evenly formed, a storage unit to map and store the teeth order and the different control current values corresponding to the teeth order for each tooth, and a current controller to variably generate the control current value mapped corresponding to the teeth order when each tooth reaches a reference position when the gear pump rotates by a motor, wherein the control current value is added to a reference current value of a motor control signal and applied to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Wook Jang, Dong Kuk Han, MinSu Kim, Chin Chul Choi, Byung Jun Hwang, Hyung Suk Kim
  • Patent number: 11542853
    Abstract: A coolant supply module includes a reservoir tank configured to store a coolant, a main body connected to the reservoir tank so that the coolant stored in the reservoir tank flows, at least one pump mounting portion formed in the main body so that at least one water pump is mounted, a valve mounting portion formed in the main body between the at least one pump mounting portion so that a valve device is mounted, and a controller mounted in the main body and electrically connected to the at least one water pump, wherein the main body includes a branch portion allowing a portion of a coolant introduced into one of the at least one pump mounting portion to flow into another pump mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeonho Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Jeawan Kim, Dong June Kang, Yu Man Won
  • Patent number: 10746173
    Abstract: A two-stage variable-displacement oil pump includes a casing having a suction port for suctioning oil stored in an oil tank and a discharge port for discharging, to a main gallery; an outer cam ring rotatably installed with respect to a pivot shaft provided inside the casing and having a rotary chamber therein; a rotor installed to be eccentric relative to the outer cam ring, rotating in concert with a rotation of a driving shaft, and including a plurality of vanes radially and slidably installed on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor; a support spring having one end contacting a spring support part formed on an outer side surface of the cam ring and the other end contacting an inner side surface of the casing; and a regulating chamber provided between the outer cam ring and the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyuneu Jung
  • Patent number: 10344595
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vane pump comprising a cam ring accommodated in a pump housing, a rotor accommodated rotatably with respect to a rotational shaft in the cam ring, and a plurality of vanes coupled to the rotor to discharge fluid, wherein the cam ring has a ring shaped inner profile varied between a maximum radius (Rmax) and a minimum radius (Rmin) in a circumferential direction with respect to the rotational shaft, and the ring shaped inner profile comprises: a cycloid curve passing through a maximum radius point; a circular arc passing through a minimum radius point; and a tangent line connecting the cycloid curve to the circular arc with a tangential curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang-woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20190120227
    Abstract: A two-stage variable-displacement oil pump includes a casing having a suction port for suctioning oil stored in an oil tank and a discharge port for discharging, to a main gallery; an outer cam ring rotatably installed with respect to a pivot shaft provided inside the casing and having a rotary chamber therein; a rotor installed to be eccentric relative to the outer cam ring, rotating in concert with a rotation of a driving shaft, and including a plurality of vanes radially and slidably installed on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor; a support spring having one end contacting a spring support part formed on an outer side surface of the cam ring and the other end contacting an inner side surface of the casing; and a regulating chamber provided between the outer cam ring and the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyuneu JUNG
  • Patent number: 10174759
    Abstract: Provided is a dual pump system including: a dual pump provided with a plurality of chambers independent from each other, wherein an input and an output port are provided in each of the chambers; a plurality of output lines connected to the output ports of the plurality of chambers, respectively; and a switching valve that is provided in an output line of one side of the plurality of output lines, enables a fluid to flow to the output line when operating in one direction, and enables the fluid to be drained to an oil pan through a bypass line branched from the output line when operating in the other direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Yong Kim
  • Publication number: 20180230803
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vane pump comprising a cam ring accommodated in a pump housing, a rotor accommodated rotatably with respect to a rotational shaft in the cam ring, and a plurality of vanes coupled to the rotor to discharge fluid, wherein the cam ring has a ring shaped inner profile varied between a maximum radius (Rmax) and a minimum radius (Rmin) in a circumferential direction with respect to the rotational shaft, and the ring shaped inner profile comprises: a cycloid curve passing through a maximum radius point; a circular arc passing through a minimum radius point; and a tangent line connecting the cycloid curve to the circular arc with a tangential curvature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Applicant: MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang-woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20180223841
    Abstract: A vane pump is configured to discharge a working fluid introduced into one side of a rotary chamber formed between an outer cam ring and a rotor to the other side of the rotary chamber, wherein a through slit extending in a circumferential direction of the outer cam ring is formed in a corresponding portion of the outer cam ring corresponding to the side to which the working fluid is introduced into the rotary chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyuneu JUNG, Sangwoo KIM
  • Publication number: 20170163199
    Abstract: A device for controlling a motor includes an inverter which drives the motor, a first shunt resistor which is connected to a source of a first low-side transistor included in the inverter, a second shunt resistor which is connected to a source of a second low-side transistor included in the inverter, and a controller which controls the inverter based on a first current flowing through the first shunt resistor and a second current flowing through the second shunt resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation, Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hoon PARK, Kyounghee KIM, Jae Man CHO, Tae Sung OH, Geun Oh DONG
  • Publication number: 20170074261
    Abstract: Provided is a dual pump system including: a dual pump provided with a plurality of chambers independent from each other, wherein an input and an output port are provided in each of the chambers; a plurality of output lines connected to the output ports of the plurality of chambers, respectively; and a switching valve that is provided in an output line of one side of the plurality of output lines, enables a fluid to flow to the output line when operating in one direction, and enables the fluid to be drained to an oil pan through a bypass line branched from the output line when operating in the other direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Yong KIM
  • Patent number: 8961154
    Abstract: An electric water pump apparatus may include a body having a stator chamber and a rotor chamber therein, a stator having a hollow cylindrical shape and being disposed in the stator chamber and generating a magnetic field, wherein the stator fluidly insulates the stator chamber and the rotor chamber, a rotor disposed in the rotor chamber and enclosed by the stator, wherein the rotor is rotated by the magnetic field, and a pump cover connected to the body and forming a volute chamber therein, wherein the volute chamber and the rotor chamber are fluidly-communicated through a connecting hole formed to the body and a coolant is supplied to the rotor chamber through the connection hole, wherein the stator includes a stator groove formed in an inner circumference therein and the stator groove is fluid-connected to the rotor chamber and the volute chamber through the connection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd., Amotech Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeawoong Yi, Seung Yong Lee, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8932035
    Abstract: An electric water pump apparatus may include a body having a stator chamber and a rotor chamber therein, a stator having a hollow cylindrical shape and being disposed in the stator chamber and generating a magnetic field, wherein the stator fluidly insulates the stator chamber and the rotor chamber, a rotor disposed in the rotor chamber and enclosed by the stator, wherein the rotor is rotated by the magnetic field, and a pump cover connected to the body and forming a volute chamber therein, wherein the volute chamber and the rotor chamber are fluidly-communicated through a connecting hole formed to the body and a coolant is supplied to the rotor chamber through the connection hole, wherein the stator includes a stator groove formed in an inner circumference therein and the stator groove is fluid-connected to the rotor chamber and the volute chamber through the connection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd., Amotech Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeawoong Yi, Seung Yong Lee, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8839503
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator for an electric water pump may be used for manufacturing the stator used in the electric water pump. In the electric water pump which includes stator assembly for an electric water pump, wherein the stator assembly including a plurality of core-insulator assemblies generates a magnetic field according to a control signal and a rotor is rotated by the magnetic field generated at the stator assembly to pressurize coolant, the method for manufacturing the stator assembly may include a) stacking a plurality of pieces made of a magnetic material to form a core stack, b) molding an insulator to the core stack, c) coiling a coil to the insulator to form a core-insulator assembly so as to form a magnetic path, and d) connecting the respective core-insulator assembly in an annular shape in sequence to form the stator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Amotech Co., Ltd., Myunghwa Ind. Co. Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeawoong Yi, Seung Yong Lee, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20140271283
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator for an electric water pump may be used for manufacturing the stator used in the electric water pump. In the electric water pump which includes stator assembly for an electric water pump, wherein the stator assembly including a plurality of core-insulator assemblies generates a magnetic field according to a control signal and a rotor is rotated by the magnetic field generated at the stator assembly to pressurize coolant, the method for manufacturing the stator assembly may include a) stacking a plurality of pieces made of a magnetic material to form a core stack, b) molding an insulator to the core stack, c) coiling a coil to the insulator to form a core-insulator assembly so as to form a magnetic path, and d) connecting the respective core-insulator assembly in an annular shape in sequence to form the stator assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Amotech Co., Ltd., Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeawoong Yi, Seung Yong LEE, Gyuhwan KIM, Yun Seok KIM, Yong Sun PARK, Tae-Sung OH, Kyung-Hwan KIM, Jong-Hoon LEE, Kwang-Ho LEE
  • Patent number: 8816560
    Abstract: Disclosed is a canned motor for restraining a cogging torque from being generated by inserting magnetic metal pins into slot openings of a stator, thereby reducing noise and vibrations during an operation of the canned motor. The canned motor includes: a can inserted into a housing to seal a coil mounted within the housing; and a stator installed on an outer peripheral surface of the can and inserted along an inner peripheral surface of the housing. A plurality of fixing guides protrude from an outer peripheral surface of the can and metal pins are inserted into the fixing guides to be integral with the fixing guide, such that the metal pins are inserted into and attached to slot openings of the stator when inserted into the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Yong Lee, Jea Woong Yi, Chi Myung Kim, Hark Koo Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Bong Sang Lee, Tae Sung Oh, Yu Man Won
  • Patent number: 8807964
    Abstract: A variable oil pump capable of rapidly ejecting a required amount of working fluid using an oil pressure of the working fluid generated according to an engine RPM, and improving a lubrication effect to improve engine efficiency. Also described is a variable oil pump, in which a gap is provided between a plunger and a cylinder to easily operate the plunger using an oil pressure output from an oil pump, enabling more rapid supply of a required amount of oil using an oil pressure varied according to variation in an engine RPM. A variable oil pump is described in which the plunger is perpendicularly operated with respect to a flow direction of the working fluid, such that the plunger can be operated in a direction in which a pressure of the working fluid is applied to operate the oil pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuk In Kwon, Jin Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 8747082
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric water pump having improved performance and durability. The electric water pump may include a stator generating a magnetic field according to a control signal, a rotor rotated by the magnetic field, a pump cover having an inlet and an outlet, a body having a front surface forming a volute chamber, a stator chamber, and a rotor chamber, the stator mounted in the stator chamber and the rotor mounted in the rotor chamber, a shaft having a central axis, fixed to the rotor and mounted in the rotor chamber, and an impeller fixed to the shaft so as to rotate together with the shaft, pressurizing the coolant having flowed in through the inlet, and mounted in the volute chamber, wherein the rotor chamber is fluidly connected to the volute chamber, and the stator chamber is fluidly closed and sealed from the rotor chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Amotech Co., Ltd., Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeawoong Yi, Seung Yong Lee, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8647081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric water pump having improved performance and durability. The electric water pump may include a stator generating a magnetic field according to a control signal, a rotor rotated by the magnetic field, a pump cover having an inlet and an outlet, a body having a front surface forming a volute chamber, a stator chamber, and a rotor chamber, the stator mounted in the stator chamber and the rotor mounted in the rotor chamber, a shaft having a central axis, fixed to the rotor and mounted in the rotor chamber, and an impeller fixed to the shaft so as to rotate together with the shaft, pressurizing the coolant having flowed in through the inlet, and mounted in the volute chamber, wherein the rotor chamber is fluidly connected to the volute chamber, and the stator chamber is fluidly closed and sealed from the rotor chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Amotech Co., Ltd., Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeawoong Yi, Seung Yong Lee, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8562314
    Abstract: An electric water pump apparatus may include a body, a stator disposed in the body, a rotor in the stator, a pump cover having an inlet and an outlet, wherein a front surface of the body and the pump cover form a volute chamber, wherein a stator chamber is formed at an outer portion in the body in a radial direction and the stator is mounted in the stator chamber, and wherein a rotor chamber is formed at an inner portion in the body and the rotor is mounted in the rotor chamber, a shaft rotatably coupled to the front surface and fixed into the rotor, and an impeller fixed to a front portion of the shaft, wherein the shaft includes a first shaft connecting the impeller and a front end portion of the rotor and a second shaft connected to a rear end portion of the rotor along the central axis of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd., AMOTECH Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soon Il Hong, Seung Yong Lee, Yong Sun Park, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20130119818
    Abstract: Disclosed is a canned motor for restraining a cogging torque from being generated by inserting magnetic metal pins into slot openings of a stator, thereby reducing noise and vibrations during an operation of the canned motor. The canned motor includes: a can inserted into a housing to seal a coil mounted within the housing; and a stator installed on an outer peripheral surface of the can and inserted along an inner peripheral surface of the housing. A plurality of fixing guides protrude from an outer peripheral surface of the can and metal pins are inserted into the fixing guides to be integral with the fixing guide, such that the metal pins are inserted into and attached to slot openings of the stator when inserted into the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD., KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Yong Lee, Jea Woong Yi, Chi Myung Kim, Hark Koo Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Bong Sang Lee, Tae Sung Oh, Yu Man Won