Patents by Inventor Chun Suk Yang
Chun Suk Yang 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).
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Patent number: 9997904Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for controlling a trip event of an inverter by taking into account the temperature of the inverter. The method includes: sensing a change in temperature of the inverter for an overload current measurement time using the temperature sensing circuit; determining an amount of heat emitted from the inverter based on the change in temperature; determining an electrical energy of the inverter consumed for the overload current measurement time; determining a compensation reference time based on the amount of heat and the electrical energy; and comparing the compensation reference time with the overload current measurement time to trip the inverter. As a result, the actual temperature of the inverter measured when the inverter is in operation is reflected, so that the trip event of the inverter can be controlled more accurately.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hong-Seok Kim, Chun-Suk Yang
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Patent number: 9936600Abstract: Disclosed herein is a motor drive unit. The motor drive unit includes a base part; a middle base part disposed above the base part; a heat discharging part mounted on the base part and disposed under the middle base part to slide on the middle base part, wherein an area in which the heat discharging part is installed is smaller than an area of the middle base part; and a power PCB part disposed above the middle base part, an EMC PCB part disposed above the power PCB part with a spacing; a control PCB part coupled with a side portion of the power PCB part; and a condenser unit penetrating the middle base part to be fixed to it, wherein a lower end of the condenser unit is disposed on a side of the heat discharging part.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2017Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong-Sik Kim, Chun-Suk Yang
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Patent number: 9929669Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inverter. The inverter includes a base provided with a heat dissipation part, a main board disposed on the base to output an input power along an independent power flow through a rectification part and a inverter part, and a control board fixed to be electrically connected to the main board to form a flow of a secondary power and a flow of an electrical signal, the flow of the secondary power and the flow of the electrical signal being independent from each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 27, 2018Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Deok-Young Lim, Chun-Suk Yang
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Patent number: 9876441Abstract: In some embodiments, a control power supply device for an inverter may include a main switched-mode power supply (SMPS) for supplying rated voltages to a controller and an auxiliary circuit of the inverter, an auxiliary SMPS configured to be operated when the main SMPS is interrupted to supply the rated voltages to the controller and the auxiliary circuit of the inverter; and an SMPS controller configured to sense an output voltage from the main SMPS, determine whether the sensed voltage is within a normal range and interrupt the main SMPS and operate the auxiliary SMPS if not, and transmit trip information to the controller.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2016Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae-Suk Bae, Chun-Suk Yang
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Patent number: 9867314Abstract: A method for controlling temperature of an inverter system having an inverter and a cooling fan is provided, the method including: obtaining an internal temperature of the inverter and a DC (Direct Current)-link voltage of the inverter; and outputting a fan driving control signal for driving the fan or maintaining the fan being driven to the fan, when the internal temperature is above a predetermined fan drive setting temperature and the DC-link voltage is above a predetermined fan drive setting voltage.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Deokyoung Lim, Chun Suk Yang
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Patent number: 9866105Abstract: According to an embodiment, a method of controlling an inverter including a rectification unit rectifying inputted AC power to DC power, a smoothing unit smoothing the DC power, and a power conversion unit received the DC power from the smoothing unit to convert the received DC power into AC power having a predetermined size and frequency, the method includes receiving an abnormal signal of the inverter or an electric motor for driving the inverter, determining whether a DC terminal voltage of the smoothing unit is equal to or greater than a low voltage failure level when the abnormal signal is received, determining whether the power conversion unit is operating, and blocking current output of the power conversion unit when the DC terminal voltage is equal to or greater than the low voltage failure level and the power conversion unit is operating.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2015Date of Patent: January 9, 2018Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hu Jin Lee, Chun Suk Yang
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Patent number: 9812998Abstract: In some embodiments, an inverter control apparatus and a method for controlling the same are provided. The inverter control apparatus may speed up the discharging of the residual energy at an inverter driven with an input power when a safety signal is input to the inverter. The inverter control apparatus may include an input power switchgear supplying an input power to the inverter according to switching operation; an I/O unit inputting a safety signal to the inverter according to a user control input and outputting a failure output relay signal to the input power switchgear when the safety signal is generated; and a controller performing speeding up the discharge of residual energy at the inverter when the input power is interrupted.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Deok-Young Lim, Chun-Suk Yang
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Patent number: 9806709Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gate driver for driving an inverter. In one embodiment, a gate driver includes an IC module configured to generate the switching signal by using a PWM signal input from the outside, and a power supply managing part configured to apply an IC module driving voltage for drive of the IC module by using a switching element and a driver driving voltage for drive of the gate driver if the driver driving voltage is equal to or larger than a first reference voltage, and is further configured to stop the application of the IC module driving voltage if the driver driving voltage is equal to or lower than a second reference voltage.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae-Moon Lee, Chun-Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20170307450Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for correcting a temperature sensing signal of an IGBT temperature sensing device which outputs only a temperature sensing signal having a voltage value equal to or higher than a preset voltage value, by using an output limiting diode. The apparatus includes: a calculating part configured to calculate a conduction current value of the output limiting diode by using the resistance of an NTC thermistor included in the IGBT temperature sensing device; a determining part configured to determine a drop voltage value of a voltage drop occurring in the output limiting diode based on the conduction current value; and a correcting part configured to correct the temperature sensing signal by increasing the voltage of the temperature sensing signal output from the IGBT temperature sensing device by the drop voltage value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2016Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Hong-Seok KIM, Jae-Moon LEE, Chun-Suk YANG
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Publication number: 20170310208Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for controlling the operation of a power conversion device including a rectifier part, an initial charging part, a DC-link part and an inverter part. The apparatus includes: a control part configured to drive a relay connected in parallel to an initial charging resistor of the initial charging part if a DC-link voltage of the DC-link part exceeds a first reference voltage during initial charging for the DC-link part; a relay monitoring part configured to monitor whether or not the relay is normally being operated when the relay is driven; and an inverter driving part configured to stop of the driving of the inverter part if it is determined that the relay is not normally being operated by referring to a result of the monitoring of the relay monitoring part.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Tae-Suk BAE, Chun-Suk YANG
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Publication number: 20170245387Abstract: Disclosed herein is a motor drive unit. The motor drive unit includes a base part; a middle base part disposed above the base part; a heat discharging part mounted on the base part and disposed under the middle base part to slide on the middle base part, wherein an area in which the heat discharging part is installed is smaller than an area of the middle base part; and a power PCB part disposed above the middle base part, an EMC PCB part disposed above the power PCB part with a spacing; a control PCB part coupled with a side portion of the power PCB part; and a condenser unit penetrating the middle base part to be fixed to it, wherein a lower end of the condenser unit is disposed on a side of the heat discharging part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Dong-Sik KIM, Chun-Suk YANG
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Publication number: 20170244335Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inverter. The inverter includes a base provided with a heat dissipation part, a main board disposed on the base to output an input power along an independent power flow through a rectification part and a inverter part, and a control board fixed to be electrically connected to the main board to form a flow of a secondary power and a flow of an electrical signal, the flow of the secondary power and the flow of the electrical signal being independent from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2017Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: Deok-Young LIM, Chun-Suk YANG
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Patent number: 9616760Abstract: An inverter-charger integrated device for an electric vehicle is provided. The inverter-charger integrated device for the electric vehicle includes a motor; a power input unit; a rectifying unit; an inverter; and a control unit, wherein the inverter comprises a first group of switches including first and second switches, a second group of switches including third and fourth switches, and a third group of switches including fifth and sixth switches, the rectifying unit is directly connected to the first of the first to third groups of switches, and phases of the motor are respectively connected to the first to third group of switches.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Hoon Jang, Byung Woon Jang, Joong Ki Jung, Chun Suk Yang
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Patent number: 9577507Abstract: Disclosed is an inverter assembly without galvanic isolation, the inverter assembly including a PCB mounted with a power supply circuit unit, an inverter unit, an analogue circuit unit and a controller, a first ground circuit pattern to supply a ground power to the power supply circuit unit and the inverter unit, a second ground circuit pattern to supply the ground power to the analogue circuit unit, a third ground circuit pattern to supply the ground power to the controller, a first bead between the first ground circuit pattern and the second ground circuit pattern to isolate an impedance between the first ground circuit pattern and the second ground circuit pattern, and a second bead between the second ground circuit pattern and the third ground circuit pattern to isolate an impedance between the second ground circuit pattern and the third ground circuit pattern.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Deokyoung Lim, Chun Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20160359428Abstract: In some embodiments, a control power supply device for an inverter may include a main switched-mode power supply (SMPS) for supplying rated voltages to a controller and an auxiliary circuit of the inverter, an auxiliary SMPS configured to be operated when the main SMPS is interrupted to supply the rated voltages to the controller and the auxiliary circuit of the inverter; and an SMPS controller configured to sense an output voltage from the main SMPS, determine whether the sensed voltage is within a normal range and interrupt the main SMPS and operate the auxiliary SMPS if not, and transmit trip information to the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Tae-Suk BAE, Chun-Suk YANG
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Publication number: 20160359432Abstract: In some embodiments, an inverter control apparatus and a method for controlling the same are provided. The inverter control apparatus may speed up the discharging of the residual energy at an inverter driven with an input power when a safety signal is input to the inverter. The inverter control apparatus may include an input power switchgear supplying an input power to the inverter according to switching operation; an I/O unit inputting a safety signal to the inverter according to a user control input and outputting a failure output relay signal to the input power switchgear when the safety signal is generated; and a controller performing speeding up the discharge of residual energy at the inverter when the input power is interrupted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 2, 2016Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Deok-Young LIM, Chun-Suk YANG
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Patent number: 9496804Abstract: Disclosed is an inverter-charger combined device for electric vehicles configured to drive a 3-phase motor by charging a high voltage battery in case of charging mode, and switching a power of the high voltage battery in case of operation mode, the device including a first power supply unit for supplying a power to drive a switching unit of the rectifier, and a second power supply unit for supplying a power to drive a switching unit of the inverter, where the first power supply unit and the second power supply unit are configured to independently supply a power.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2013Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byung Woon Jang, Chun Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20160308530Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a gate driver for driving an inverter. In one embodiment, a gate driver includes an IC module configured to generate the switching signal by using a PWM signal input from the outside, and a power supply managing part configured to apply an IC module driving voltage for drive of the IC module by using a switching element and a driver driving voltage for drive of the gate driver if the driver driving voltage is equal to or larger than a first reference voltage, and is further configured to stop the application of the IC module driving voltage if the driver driving voltage is equal to or lower than a second reference voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Inventors: Jae-Moon Lee, Chun-Suk Yang
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Patent number: 9472335Abstract: A transformer module for an electric vehicle is provided. The transformer module includes a bobbin round which a primary-side coil is wound, a printed circuit board, and a secondary-side bus bar disposed between the bobbin and the printed circuit board, wherein a pattern part formed of an electrically conductive material to contact the bus bar is provided on the printed circuit board to electrically connect the pattern part to the bus bar in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2014Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong In Sun, Woo Sup Kim, Bo Hyun Youn, Chun Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20160248245Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for controlling a trip event of an inverter by taking into account the temperature of the inverter. The method includes: sensing a change in temperature of the inverter for an overload current measurement time using the temperature sensing circuit; determining an amount of heat emitted from the inverter based on the change in temperature; determining an electrical energy of the inverter consumed for the overload current measurement time; determining a compensation reference time based on the amount of heat and the electrical energy; and comparing the compensation reference time with the overload current measurement time to trip the inverter. As a result, the actual temperature of the inverter measured when the inverter is in operation is reflected, so that the trip event of the inverter can be controlled more accurately.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Hong-Seok Kim, Chun-Suk Yang