Patents by Inventor Byung Gu Kang

Byung Gu Kang 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: 20240105378
    Abstract: A planar transformer and a converter including the same include a first core unit including a first receiving portion extending in a first direction; a second core unit spaced from the first core unit, disposed in parallel with the first core unit in a second direction thereof, and including a second receiving portion extending in the first direction; a first coil unit including a first through hole formed in a center portion thereof and a first coil pattern passing through the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion around the first through hole to form a turn; and a second coil unit including a second through hole formed in a center portion thereof and aligned with the first through hole in a third direction thereof, and a second coil pattern passing through the first receiving portion and the second receiving portion around the second through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dae Woo LEE, Sang Jin KIM, Tae Jong HA, Byung Gu KANG
  • Publication number: 20240092131
    Abstract: A suspension for a vehicle provides a configuration in which a bolt is screw-fastened to a stud part of a ball joint in a state in which the stud part is inserted into a knuckle, an outer diameter of the stud part is increased at the time of fastening the bolt so that the stud part and the knuckle are coupled to each other. Thus, a position of a hard point corresponding to a center of the ball joint is not changed when the ball joint is coupled by the bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Min Kim, Byung Gu Kang
  • Patent number: 11923124
    Abstract: A coil component includes a body having one surface, and one end surface and the other end surface, respectively connected to the one surface and opposing each other, a support substrate embedded in the body, and a coil portion disposed on the support substrate and including first and second lead-out patterns respectively exposed from surfaces of the body. The first lead-out pattern is exposed from the one surface of the body and the one end surface of the body. The second lead-out pattern is exposed from the one surface of the body and the other end surface of the body. The body includes an anchor portion disposed in each of the first and second lead-out patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju Hwan Yang, Jae Hun Kim, Joung Gul Ryu, Byung Soo Kang, Byeong Cheol Moon, Jeong Gu Yeo
  • Patent number: 11757352
    Abstract: A power conversion system for electrically driven mobility device includes a first energy storage device and a second energy storage device having a voltage output lower than a voltage of the first energy storage device, a relay having one terminal connected to the first energy storage device, a DC link capacitor connected to the other terminal of the relay, a first DC converter provided between the DC link capacitor and the second energy storage device and capable of bidirectional voltage conversion, and a controller configured to control the first DC converter to convert a level of the voltage of the second energy storage device and to apply the voltage having the converted level to the capacitor before switching of the relay from an off state to an on state to charge the DC link capacitor to a preset voltage or higher, and then to switch the relay to the on state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Jong Ha, Dae Woo Lee, Byung Gu Kang
  • Patent number: 11728735
    Abstract: A converter using a planar transformer includes an input device that receives a first voltage, a transformer including a first planar transformer and a second planar transformer that reduce the first voltage, and an output device that outputs the first voltage as a second voltage, wherein the first voltage is greater than the second voltage, and the input device provides a current to a primary winding coil of each of the first planar transformer and the second planar transformer through a first current path and a second current path in which current directions are different with each other, and includes a plurality of inductors connected in parallel with the primary winding coil of each of the first planar transformer and the second planar transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Woo Lee, Byung Gu Kang, Tae Jong Ha
  • Patent number: 11691589
    Abstract: A driver-side airbag device includes: a mounting plate; a cushion disposed inside the mounting plate and configured to be inflated by gas supplied thereto; a cover surrounding the cushion and having a movable lid to be cut and tilted by an inflation of the cushion; a decoration part disposed on a front surface of the movable lid and to be rotated together with the movable lid; and a connector having one side disposed between the cover and the decoration part and another side coupled to the mounting plate, the connector configured to restrain forward deployment of the cover when the cushion is inflated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Gu Kang, Do Hyoung Kim, Seok Hoon Ko
  • Patent number: 11691525
    Abstract: A method of controlling charge of a vehicle battery includes: determining, by a control unit, whether a high voltage battery and a low voltage battery are charged in a first charging mode, a second charging mode, or a third charging mode; and charging at least one of the high voltage battery or the low voltage battery by controlling a first full-bridge circuit unit, a second full-bridge circuit unit, and a low voltage direct current (DC) converter unit based on the determined first, second or third charging mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Woo Lee, Jae Eun Cha, Byung Gu Kang, Tae Jong Ha
  • Publication number: 20230170691
    Abstract: A multi-output power conversion apparatus capable of integrally operating an auxiliary battery includes a high voltage battery configured to output a first power and a power conversion unit. The power conversion unit is configured to convert the first power into a second power and to convert the second power into a third power with multiple outputs to supply it to each of a plurality of electric part loads with different power consumption magnitudes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae-Jong Ha, Dae-Woo Lee, Byung-Gu Kang
  • Publication number: 20230076042
    Abstract: An embodiment apparatus includes a converter including a plurality of switching elements configured as a bridge circuit connected to an input terminal and having a plurality of bridge arms, wherein a topology of the converter is configured to be switchable to a full-bridge type topology or a half-bridge type topology, and wherein a resonant capacitor is connected to a midpoint between respective ones of the bridge arms, and a controller configured to switch the topology of the converter to the full-bridge type or the half-bridge type by controlling whether the resonant capacitor is activated based on a load current of the converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Dae Woo Lee, Tae Jong Ha, Byung Gu Kang
  • Publication number: 20220368215
    Abstract: A power conversion system for electrically driven mobility device includes a first energy storage device and a second energy storage device having a voltage output lower than a voltage of the first energy storage device, a relay having one terminal connected to the first energy storage device, a DC link capacitor connected to the other terminal of the relay, a first DC converter provided between the DC link capacitor and the second energy storage device and capable of bidirectional voltage conversion, and a controller configured to control the first DC converter to convert a level of the voltage of the second energy storage device and to apply the voltage having the converted level to the capacitor before switching of the relay from an off state to an on state to charge the DC link capacitor to a preset voltage or higher, and then to switch the relay to the on state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Tae Jong Ha, Dae Woo Lee, Byung Gu Kang
  • Patent number: 11489476
    Abstract: A vehicle power conversion apparatus is provided to reduce an overall system size by integrating a motor controller which generates power and a power supply apparatus which converts the power. The vehicle power conversion apparatus includes a driving motor which is connected to an engine and a power converter which selectively converts power in a plurality of modes to generate the power related to an operation of the driving motor. A first battery supplies the power for the conversion or receives the converted power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Tae-Jong Ha, Byung-Gu Kang, Dae-Woo Lee, Youn-Sik Lee
  • Publication number: 20220080846
    Abstract: A method of controlling charge of a vehicle battery includes: determining, by a control unit, whether a high voltage battery and a low voltage battery are charged in a first charging mode, a second charging mode, or a third charging mode; and charging at least one of the high voltage battery or the low voltage battery by controlling a first full-bridge circuit unit, a second full-bridge circuit unit, and a low voltage direct current (DC) converter unit based on the determined first, second or third charging mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Woo Lee, Jae Eun Cha, Byung Gu Kang, Tae Jong Ha
  • Publication number: 20220014103
    Abstract: A converter using a planar transformer includes an input device that receives a first voltage, a transformer including a first planar transformer and a second planar transformer that reduce the first voltage, and an output device that outputs the first voltage as a second voltage, wherein the first voltage is greater than the second voltage, and the input device provides a current to a primary winding coil of each of the first planar transformer and the second planar transformer through a first current path and a second current path in which current directions are different with each other, and includes a plurality of inductors connected in parallel with the primary winding coil of each of the first planar transformer and the second planar transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Woo LEE, Byung Gu KANG, Tae Jong HA
  • Patent number: 11214158
    Abstract: A method of controlling charge of a vehicle battery includes: determining, by a control unit, whether a high voltage battery and a low voltage battery are charged in a first charging mode, a second charging mode, or a third charging mode; and charging at least one of the high voltage battery or the low voltage battery by controlling a first full-bridge circuit unit, a second full-bridge circuit unit, and a low voltage direct current (DC) converter unit based on the determined first, second or third charging mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Woo Lee, Jae Eun Cha, Byung Gu Kang, Tae Jong Ha
  • Publication number: 20210257951
    Abstract: A vehicle power conversion apparatus is provided to reduce an overall system size by integrating a motor controller which generates power and a power supply apparatus which converts the power. The vehicle power conversion apparatus includes a driving motor which is connected to an engine and a power converter which selectively converts power in a plurality of modes to generate the power related to an operation of the driving motor. A first battery supplies the power for the conversion or receives the converted power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Tae-Jong Ha, Byung-Gu Kang, Dae-Woo Lee, Youn-Sik Lee
  • Publication number: 20210008995
    Abstract: A method of controlling charge of a vehicle battery includes: determining, by a control unit, whether a high voltage battery and a low voltage battery are charged in a first charging mode, a second charging mode, or a third charging mode; and charging at least one of the high voltage battery or the low voltage battery by controlling a first full-bridge circuit unit, a second full-bridge circuit unit, and a low voltage direct current (DC) converter unit based on the determined first, second or third charging mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Woo LEE, Jae Eun CHA, Byung Gu KANG, Tae Jong HA
  • Publication number: 20200406848
    Abstract: A driver-side airbag device includes: a mounting plate; a cushion disposed inside the mounting plate and configured to be inflated by gas supplied thereto; a cover surrounding the cushion and having a movable lid to be cut and tilted by an inflation of the cushion; a decoration part disposed on a front surface of the movable lid and to be rotated together with the movable lid; and a connector having one side disposed between the cover and the decoration part and another side coupled to the mounting plate, the connector configured to restrain forward deployment of the cover when the cushion is inflated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Byung Gu Kang, Do Hyoung Kim, Seok Hoon Ko
  • Patent number: 10577021
    Abstract: A vehicle sub-frame may include a reinforcement member having a honeycomb structure between upper and lower panels to secure the overall rigidity of the sub-frame, wherein the reinforcement member is additionally disposed in the sub-frame to secure the torsional and flexural strengths of the sub-frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Byung Gu Kang
  • Publication number: 20180327030
    Abstract: A vehicle sub-frame may include a reinforcement member having a honeycomb structure between upper and lower panels to secure the overall rigidity of the sub-frame, wherein the reinforcement member is additionally disposed in the sub-frame to secure the torsional and flexural strengths of the sub-frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Byung Gu Kang
  • Patent number: 9270153
    Abstract: An energy regeneration device of a suspension system for a vehicle, includes a suspension link that connects a wheel carrier to a vehicle body, a bush unit that is disposed between a vehicle body connection portion of the suspension link and the vehicle body and outputs hinge motion of the suspension link through an output gear, a one-way power transmission mechanism that is connected with the output gear of the bush unit, receives the hinge motion transmitted from the output gear through an input gear, and outputs only one-way rotational power, and a generator that is disposed at a side of the vehicle body and generates electricity while being rotated by the transmitted one-way rotational power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Yoo, Sung Bae Jang, Byung Gu Kang, Un Koo Lee