Patents by Inventor Chun-nyung Heo
Chun-nyung Heo 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: 20230249544Abstract: A vehicle drive device with a variable transmission includes a first driving module that provides a driving force, a second driving module that controls a transmission ratio, and a reduction gear part comprising a first sun gear, a second sun gear, and a planetary gear provided inside the second driving module. An output part is connected to one of the first sun gear, the second sun gear, and the planetary gear, and the first driving module is connected to another one of the first sun gear, the second sun gear, and the planetary gear that is not connected to the output part.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Chun-Nyung HEO, Jae-Seung HONG, Min-Soo KIM, Mi-Rae DO, Sung-Jin KIM
-
Patent number: 11691503Abstract: A vehicle drive device with a variable transmission includes a first driving module that provides a driving force, a second driving module that controls a transmission ratio, a reduction gear part comprising a first sun gear, a second sun gear, and a planetary gear provided inside the second driving module, and an output part connected to one of the first sun gear, the second sun gear, and the planetary gear. In particular, the first driving module is connected to another one of the first sun gear, the second sun gear, and the planetary gear that is not connected to the output part.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: SL CorporationInventors: Chun-Nyung Heo, Jae-Seung Hong, Min-Soo Kim, Mi-Rae Do, Sung-Jin Kim
-
Patent number: 11624437Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle includes a transmission shift unit that receives a shift command of the vehicle, a driving unit that generates a driving force for causing the transmission shift unit to be switched between positions, and a controller configured to control the driving unit for causing the transmission shift unit to be switched between the positions depending on whether a preset condition is satisfied. In particular, the driving unit includes a first stator to generate magnetic flux, a first rotor including first inner permanent magnets and second inner permanent magnets and configured to be rotated by the magnetic flux transmitted to the first inner permanent magnets, outer permanent magnets, a second rotor disposed between the second inner permanent magnets and the outer permanent magnets, and a clutch unit disposed between the first rotor and the second rotor.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: SL CorporationInventors: Chun Nyung Heo, Sung Jin Kim, Min Soo Kim, Mi Rae Do, Gwang Sun Kim, Jae Seung Hong
-
Patent number: 11571960Abstract: A vehicle drive device with a reduction device includes an input driving unit that provides a driving force, a transmission part comprising a first rotor, a second rotor, and a stator stacked in a rotational axial direction of the input driving unit, and an output part connected to one of the first rotor or the second rotor. In particular, the input driving unit is connected to the other of the first rotor or the second rotor.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: SL CorporationInventors: Chun-Nyung Heo, Jae-Seung Hong, Min-Soo Kim, Mi-Rae Do, Sung-Jin Kim
-
Publication number: 20230003296Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle includes a transmission shift unit that receives a shift command of the vehicle, a driving unit that generates a driving force for causing the transmission shift unit to be switched between positions, and a controller configured to control the driving unit for causing the transmission shift unit to be switched between the positions depending on whether a preset condition is satisfied. In particular, the driving unit includes a first stator to generate magnetic flux, a first rotor including first inner permanent magnets and second inner permanent magnets and configured to be rotated by the magnetic flux transmitted to the first inner permanent magnets, outer permanent magnets, a second rotor disposed between the second inner permanent magnets and the outer permanent magnets, and a clutch unit disposed between the first rotor and the second rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Chun Nyung HEO, Sung Jin KIM, Min Soo KIM, Mi Rae DO, Gwang Sun KIM, Jae Seung HONG
-
Patent number: 11204095Abstract: Provided is an automotive transmission control apparatus. The automotive transmission control apparatus includes: a housing; a main shaft provided in the housing; a driving unit coupled to the main shaft and configured to be driven based on a signal for controlling a gear position of a transmission; a reduction unit housed within the driving unit; and an output unit to receive a rotational force of the reduction unit and output the rotational force with a reduced rotational speed. The reduction unit includes: an inner gear member coupled to the main shaft and including a first gear portion and a second gear portion; and an outer gear member fixed to the housing and including a first receiving gear portion engaged with the first gear portion. Further, the output unit includes a second receiving gear portion engaged with the second gear portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: SL CorporationInventors: Minsoo Kim, Sungjin Kim, Mirae Do, Chun Nyung Heo
-
Publication number: 20210199180Abstract: A vehicle drive device with a variable transmission includes a first driving module that provides a driving force, a second driving module that controls a transmission ratio, a reduction gear part comprising a first sun gear, a second sun gear, and a planetary gear provided inside the second driving module, and an output part connected to one of the first sun gear, the second sun gear, and the planetary gear. In particular, the first driving module is connected to another one of the first sun gear, the second sun gear, and the planetary gear that is not connected to the output part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Chun-Nyung HEO, Jae-Seung HONG, Min-Soo KIM, Mi-Rae DO, Sung-Jin KIM
-
Publication number: 20210197655Abstract: A vehicle drive device with a reduction device includes an input driving unit that provides a driving force, a transmission part comprising a first rotor, a second rotor, and a stator stacked in a rotational axial direction of the input driving unit, and an output part connected to one of the first rotor or the second rotor. In particular, the input driving unit is connected to the other of the first rotor or the second rotor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Chun-Nyung HEO, Jae-Seung HONG, Min-Soo KIM, Mi-Rae DO, Sung-Jin KIM
-
Patent number: 10927946Abstract: Provided is a vehicle transmission for a gear shift operation. The vehicle transmission includes: a shift lever which is at least partially displaced toward front or rear directions by a driver to select shift stages; a movable plate which includes an input shaft rotated according to the displacement of the shift lever and an internal gear; an eccentric gear unit which has a first external gear eccentrically engaged with the internal gear and a second external gear moved simultaneously with the first external gear; a rotation unit having a ring gear with which the second external gear is eccentrically engaged; and an insertion unit which includes an eccentric shaft inserted into an aperture formed at a center of the eccentric gear unit and a central shaft formed with the eccentric shaft and inserted into an aperture formed at a center of the rotation unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: SL CorporationInventors: Chun Nyung Heo, Hong Jun Cha, Dae Hyung Kim
-
Publication number: 20200208738Abstract: Provided is an automotive transmission control apparatus. The automotive transmission control apparatus includes: a housing; a main shaft provided in the housing; a driving unit coupled to the main shaft and configured to be driven based on a signal for controlling a gear position of a transmission; a reduction unit housed within the driving unit; and an output unit to receive a rotational force of the reduction unit and output the rotational force with a reduced rotational speed. The reduction unit includes: an inner gear member coupled to the main shaft and including a first gear portion and a second gear portion; and an outer gear member fixed to the housing and including a first receiving gear portion engaged with the first gear portion. Further, the output unit includes a second receiving gear portion engaged with the second gear portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Minsoo KIM, Sungjin KIM, Mirae DO, Chun Nyung HEO
-
Patent number: 10309525Abstract: A vehicle transmission is provided that performs a dial type gear shift operation. The vehicle transmission includes a knob that rotates to select a shaft stage and an operation unit that rotates to generate the operation feeling when the knob rotates. Additionally, a plurality of gear units are configured to transmit the rotational force of the knob to the operation unit and at least one of the plurality of the gear units has a central axis spaced apart from the rotational axis of the knob.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: SL CorporationInventors: Chun Nyung Heo, Hong Jun Cha, Dae Hyung Kim
-
Patent number: 10234023Abstract: An apparatus for electronically controllable transmission is provided to shift gears by moving a shift lever and sensing the magnetic flux density of a magnet, which moves based on the rotation of the shift lever, using a three-dimensional (3D) hall sensor. The apparatus includes a shift lever having one end connected to a magnet and shifting gears by moving the shift lever and a shift lever body connected to the shift lever and allows the shift lever to move around shift axis or select axis. A sensor unit is mounted fixedly intersecting the shift axis and select axis within the shift lever body and senses the movement of the magnet around an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis as the magnet moves. The sensor unit is mounted at a tilted angle to provide at least two of three output signals with linearity.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: SL CorporationInventors: Jeong-Ho Bak, Chun Nyung Heo, Haeik Jang, MinGwon Lee, Yong Hyun Kim
-
Publication number: 20180320780Abstract: Provided is a vehicle transmission for a gear shift operation. The vehicle transmission includes: a shift lever which is at least partially displaced toward front or rear directions by a driver to select shift stages; a movable plate which includes an input shaft rotated according to the displacement of the shift lever and an internal gear; an eccentric gear unit which has a first external gear eccentrically engaged with the internal gear and a second external gear moved simultaneously with the first external gear; a rotation unit having a ring gear with which the second external gear is eccentrically engaged; and an insertion unit which includes an eccentric shaft inserted into an aperture formed at a center of the eccentric gear unit and a central shaft formed with the eccentric shaft and inserted into an aperture formed at a center of the rotation unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2018Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Chun Nyung Heo, Hong Jun Cha, Dae Hyung Kim
-
Publication number: 20160312882Abstract: A vehicle transmission is provided that performs a dial type gear shift operation. The vehicle transmission includes a knob that rotates to select a shaft stage and an operation unit that rotates to generate the operation feeling when the knob rotates. Additionally, a plurality of gear units are configured to transmit the rotational force of the knob to the operation unit and at least one of the plurality of the gear units has a central axis spaced apart from the rotational axis of the knob.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Chun Nyung Heo, Hong Jun Cha, Dae Hyung Kim
-
Publication number: 20160290495Abstract: An apparatus for electronically controllable transmission is provided to shift gears by moving a shift lever and sensing the magnetic flux density of a magnet, which moves based on the rotation of the shift lever, using a three-dimensional (3D) hall sensor. The apparatus includes a shift lever having one end connected to a magnet and shifting gears by moving the shift lever and a shift lever body connected to the shift lever and allows the shift lever to move around shift axis or select axis. A sensor unit is mounted fixedly intersecting the shift axis and select axis within the shift lever body and senses the movement of the magnet around an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis as the magnet moves. The sensor unit is mounted at a tilted angle to provide at least two of three output signals with linearity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Jeong-Ho Bak, Chun Nyung Heo, Haeik Jang, MinGwon Lee, Yong Hyun Kim
-
Patent number: 9435425Abstract: An automotive transmission that selects a shift position based on various shift patterns without changing the structure of the automotive transmission. The automotive transmission includes a controller configured to input a selection value based on a shift pattern selected from a plurality of shift patterns and operate a shift lever to move through a moving path based on the selected shift pattern when a shift intention is sensed. When the selection value is input, the shift position is set at an initial position based on the selected shift pattern and actuation power is generating according to the movement of the shift lever. The controller is configured to operate the moving path of the shift pattern based on the selected shift pattern and sense a position of the shift lever using a positing sensing unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2013Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: SL CorporationInventors: Chun Nyung Heo, Jeong Ho Bak, Dae Hyung Kim
-
Patent number: 9400049Abstract: A shifting apparatus and method for a vehicle is provided and the apparatus includes a transmission adjuster that shifts a gear position of an automatic transmission. In addition, a controller is configured to operate the transmission adjuster to shift the gear position of the automatic transmission to a neutral null position and the null position varies based on the gear position.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2013Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: SL CorporationInventors: Chun Nyung Heo, Jeong Ho Bak
-
Patent number: 9038497Abstract: A pedal apparatus for a vehicle may include a pad, a bracket which may be disposed below the pad, wherein the bracket may be coupled to the pad and a pedal arm at each opposite end of the pad and the pedal arm, respectively, a link section which may be disposed in the bracket, wherein the link section may be coupled to a lower portion of the pad and an intermediate portion of the bracket, respectively, such that the bracket may be movable in a longitudinal direction thereof, and a hinge-adjusting section which may be disposed above the link section such that an angle of the pad may be adjusted as the link section moves in the longitudinal direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Jeong Seon Min, Chun Nyung Heo, Young Eon Jung
-
Publication number: 20150059515Abstract: A pedal apparatus for a vehicle may include a pad, a bracket which may be disposed below the pad, wherein the bracket may be coupled to the pad and a pedal arm at each opposite end of the pad and the pedal arm, respectively, a link section which may be disposed in the bracket, wherein the link section may be coupled to a lower portion of the pad and an intermediate portion of the bracket, respectively, such that the bracket may be movable in a longitudinal direction thereof, and a hinge-adjusting section which may be disposed above the link section such that an angle of the pad may be adjusted as the link section moves in the longitudinal direction thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Jeong Seon Min, Chun Nyung Heo, Young Eon Jung
-
Patent number: 8955405Abstract: Disclosed herein is an automotive transmission which includes shift lever which moves in a first direction and a second direction to select a shift position and a shift mode selection unit which is installed at one side of the shift lever to select a shift mode. Additionally, the disclosed automotive transmission also includes a shift blocking unit which selectively blocks movement of the shift lever in the first direction and the second direction such that a shift position of the selected shift mode is selected.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: SL CorporationInventors: Chun Nyung Heo, Kwang Gi Lee, Dong Jae Kim