Patents by Inventor Byeongil An

Byeongil An 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: 20240102479
    Abstract: An electric centrifugal compressor includes: an electric motor including a rotational shaft; a first impeller disposed on one end side of the rotational shaft; a first bearing rotatably supporting the rotational shaft at a position between the first impeller and the electric motor and including a lubricant; and a first bearing housing accommodating the first bearing, The first bearing housing includes a compressed gas supply hole for supplying a compressed gas from outside of the first bearing housing to a gap between a rotating body including the rotational shaft and the first bearing housing. An outlet of the compressed gas supply hole is disposed on an inner surface of the first bearing housing and is located between the first impeller and the first bearing in an axial direction of the rotational shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Naomichi SHIBATA, Byeongil AN, Takaaki YOSHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11828240
    Abstract: A temporal change of a turbo rotation speed of a turbocharger is detected for each cycle of an engine. A first vibration component corresponding to each of cylinders is specified from a pulsation component included in the temporal change of the turbo rotation speed, and the first vibration components for each of the cylinders are integrated over a plurality of cycles. A variation of combustion states in the plurality of cylinders is calculated by comparing integration results among the cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Sase, Shintarou Noguchi, Byeongil An
  • Publication number: 20230332607
    Abstract: A multi-stage electric centrifugal compressor configured to drive impellers disposed at both ends of a rotational shaft by an electric motor includes: the rotational shaft; a low-pressure-stage impeller disposed at one end of the rotational shaft; a high-pressure-stage impeller disposed at the other end of the rotational shaft; a high-pressure-stage housing accommodating the high-pressure-stage impeller; and a connecting pipe for supplying a compressed gas compressed by the low-pressure-stage impeller to the high-pressure-stage housing. The high-pressure-stage housing has a high-pressure-stage inlet opening that opens in a direction intersecting an axis of the rotational shaft. The connecting pipe includes a high-pressure-stage-side connection portion connected to the high-pressure-stage inlet opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Naomichi SHIBATA, Byeongil AN, Takaaki YOSHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11784517
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a housing, a stator disposed in the housing, and at least two support members disposed in at least two different parts, respectively, in an axial direction of the stator between the housing and an outer circumferential surface of the stator, the at least two support members supporting the stator against the housing. The at least two support members, the housing, and the outer circumferential surface of the stator form a space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya Futae, Shunsuke Yakushiji, Naomichi Shibata, Byeongil An, Takaaki Yoshizawa
  • Publication number: 20230134771
    Abstract: Provided is an image sensor using photon counting, the image sensor including a pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels, a plurality of counters which are respectively connected to the plurality of sub-pixels and configured to count and output a plurality of pulse signals generated based on photons incident on each of the plurality of sub-pixels, and an operator configured to perform an operation on an output value output from each of the plurality of counters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungwoo KIM, Byeongil MIN
  • Publication number: 20230139967
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment, an image sensor including a plurality of pixels, each pixel includes: a photodiode; a pulse generator configured to generate a pulse signal based on an electric signal generated according to a photon incident on the photodiode; and a counter configured to count and output the number of pulse signals, wherein a period of the pulse signal is modulated according to an ambient illuminance of the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungwoo KIM, Byeongil MIN
  • Publication number: 20220277812
    Abstract: A method for automatically calculating a threshold for classifying clusters from a reference data set and processing data by using same, and a system for performing same is included herein. A data processing method using auto-thresholding includes the steps of receiving, by a data processing system, as an input, a plurality of individual numerical values included in a reference data set having two or more clusters; on the basis of each of the numerical values included in the reference data set received as an input, calculating, by the data processing system, a threshold for classifying a cluster of the reference data set; and classifying, by the data processing system, into different clusters by using the threshold, each of at least one data set to be analyzed, having a plurality of individual numerical values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Jee Eun KIM, Byeongil KANG, Chang Dae LEE, Min Ah CHO
  • Patent number: 11418095
    Abstract: A motor assembling method for an electric motor includes inserting a stator of the motor into a first housing of the motor through an opening of the first housing; fitting a shaft portion of a centering jig to an inner peripheral surface of the stator and a mounting portion of a first bearing of the motor in the first housing, and fitting a flange portion to the opening; fixing the stator on which centering is performed using the centering jig to the first housing; removing the centering jig from the first housing; and inserting a rotary shaft of the motor, the first bearing, and a second bearing of the motor into the first housing, and fixing a second housing of the motor to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Byeongil An, Naomichi Shibata, Yukio Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20220106918
    Abstract: A temporal change of a turbo rotation speed of a turbocharger is detected for each cycle of an engine. A first vibration component corresponding to each of cylinders is specified from a pulsation component included in the temporal change of the turbo rotation speed, and the first vibration components for each of the cylinders are integrated over a plurality of cycles. A variation of combustion states in the plurality of cylinders is calculated by comparing integration results among the cylinders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo SASE, Shintarou NOGUCHI, Byeongil AN
  • Patent number: 10941701
    Abstract: The supercharging system and the internal combustion engine according to the present invention are provided with: a first supercharger (20); a second supercharger (30); an electric motor (23) connected to a shaft end of a first compressor (21); a generator (24) connected to a shaft end of a first turbine (22); a bypass exhaust pipe (L6) that allows exhaust air to bypass the first turbine (22); a cooler (51) that cools the generator (24); and a control device (50) that activates the cooler (51) when the generator (24) is driven by exhaust air that has driven the first turbine (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yukio Yamashita, Byeongil An, Motoki Ebisu
  • Publication number: 20210013752
    Abstract: A rotary electric machine includes a housing, a stator disposed in the housing, and at least two support members disposed in at least two different parts, respectively, in an axial direction of the stator between the housing and an outer circumferential surface of the stator, the at least two support members supporting the stator against the housing. The at least two support members, the housing, and the outer circumferential surface of the stator form a space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaya FUTAE, Shunsuke YAKUSHIJI, Naomichi SHIBATA, Byeongil AN, Takaaki YOSHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20200378389
    Abstract: An electric supercharger includes: a compressor impeller; a motor configured to transmit a driving force to the compressor impeller via a rotational shaft; a back-surface side casing facing a back surface of the compressor impeller via a gap and surrounding the rotational shaft; a bearing disposed between the back-surface side casing and the rotational shaft so as to support the rotational shaft rotatably; and a mechanical seal positioned between the back surface of the compressor impeller and the bearing in an axial direction of the compressor impeller and configured to seal a gap between the rotational shaft and the back-surface side casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Naomichi SHIBATA, Byeongil AN, Akihiro SUGIYAMA, Yutaka FUJITA, Tadashi KANZAKA
  • Patent number: 10844778
    Abstract: An exhaust-flow-rate control valve for controlling a flow rate of exhaust gas flowing through an exhaust flow passage includes: a valve rod; a valve body having a flat plate shape and configured to rotate about the valve rod; and a valve housing having a cylindrical shape and defining a part of the exhaust flow passage inside the valve housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Byeongil An, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10760478
    Abstract: A multi-stage turbo supercharging system includes: a bypass passage which bypasses a turbocharger from among a plurality of turbochargers, in an intake passage or an exhaust passage of the engine; a bypass valve disposed in the bypass passage; an operation mode selection part; a bypass valve opening degree map selection part configured to select at least one bypass valve opening degree map in accordance with the operation mode selected by the operation mode selection part, from among a plurality of bypass valve opening degree maps which represent respective relationships between a plurality of control parameters of the engine and an opening degree of the bypass valve; a bypass valve opening degree determination part configured to determine an opening degree command value for the bypass valve on the basis of the bypass valve opening degree map and control parameter information representing the plurality of control parameters; and a bypass valve opening degree control part configured to control the opening degr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yashiro, Vissuta Jiwariyavej, Yoshihiro Hayashi, Byeongil An
  • Patent number: 10753269
    Abstract: A control device according to the present invention determines whether a demand load demanded of an engine exceeds a load threshold. The control device starts an electric motor if the demand load exceeds the load threshold. If the demand load is equal to or less than the load threshold, the control device performs control such that the degree of opening of an on-off valve increases monotonically with respect to the demand load. The control device switches the on-off valve from an open state to a closed state when the electric motor starts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yashiro, Yoshihiro Hayashi, Byeongil An, Yuuji Wakai
  • Publication number: 20200224584
    Abstract: A supercharger includes a magnetic flux switching motor and a wheel. The motor includes a rotor; a stator stores the rotor therein and includes stator projecting portions projecting inward in a radial direction from an internal circumferential portion toward the rotor; a field source provided in a field slot formed between the stator projecting portions to generate a magnetic field of a constant direction; an armature coil provided in an armature slot; and a controller applying a single-phase current to the armature coil and changing a direction of the applied single-phase current to change a direction of a magnetic field generated from the armature coil and rotate the rotor. The wheel is attached to the rotor, and rotates together with rotation of the rotor to compress the air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicants: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD., Technelec Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukio YAMASHITA, Byeongil AN, Naomichi SHIBATA, Charles POLLOCK, Helen POLLOCK
  • Patent number: 10714698
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a free-form display that can freely alter its shape by connecting a plurality of micro display elements by a flexible medium. The free-form display comprises a flexible substrate, a plurality of unit pixel substrates, and a flexible medium. The unit pixel substrates are arranged in a matrix on the flexible substrate. The flexible medium fills gaps between the unit pixel substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeongil Lee, Jongmoo Kim, Hansol Choi
  • Patent number: 10697377
    Abstract: A turbine supercharger includes: a turbine; a turbine housing which houses the turbine; and a turbine bypass valve for controlling a flow rate of exhaust gas to be supplied to the turbine. The turbine housing includes, inside the turbine housing: a scroll flow passage for guiding the exhaust gas to the turbine; an outlet flow passage for discharging the exhaust gas supplied to the turbine to outside of the turbine housing; and a bypass flow passage bypassing the turbine and connecting the scroll flow passage and the outlet flow passage. The turbine bypass valve includes: a valve rod; a valve body having a flat plate shape and being configured to revolve about the valve rod; and a valve housing having a cylindrical shape and defining a part of the bypass flow passage inside the valve housing. The valve housing is fixed to an inner peripheral wall surface of the bypass flow passage, inside the turbine housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Byeongil An, Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20200204051
    Abstract: A motor assembling method for an electric motor includes inserting a stator of the motor into a first housing of the motor through an opening of the first housing; fitting a shaft portion of a centering jig to an inner peripheral surface of the stator and a mounting portion of a first bearing of the motor in the first housing, and fitting a flange portion to the opening; fixing the stator on which centering is performed using the centering jig to the first housing; removing the centering jig from the first housing; and inserting a rotary shaft of the motor, the first bearing, and a second bearing of the motor into the first housing, and fixing a second housing of the motor to the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Byeongil AN, Naomichi SHIBATA, Yukio YAMASHITA
  • Patent number: 10683874
    Abstract: A multi-stage electric centrifugal compressor including an electric motor free from risk of breakdown of an operation control part due to heat generated by low-pressure stage and high-pressure stage compressors. Includes an electric motor; a pair of centrifugal compressors comprising a low-pressure stage compressor and a high-pressure stage compressor connected in series; a heat-shielding plate configured to shield heat generated by the low-pressure stage compressor; and a bending portion disposed in middle of the heat-shielding plate, and extending along a rotational shaft of the electric motor so as to surround an outer periphery of the rotational shaft. An inner surface of the bending portion faces the rotational shaft via a clearance part, and the bending portion functions as a shaft sealing portion which prevents leakage of intake air from the low-pressure stage compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER, LTD.
    Inventors: Byeongil An, Hiroshi Suzuki