Patents by Inventor Dong-hee Han

Dong-hee Han 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: 20210171013
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle may include: an engine; a drive motor assisting a driving torque of the engine; an engine clutch selectively delivering power between the engine and the drive motor; a first intake valve disposed in a first intake line; a second intake valve disposed in a second intake line; a first electric supercharger disposed in the first intake line; a second electric supercharger disposed in the second intake line; a connecting valve disposed in a connecting line for connecting the first intake line and the second intake line; and a controller determining an operating mode among a plurality of operating modes of the first and the second electric superchargers based on a pressure ratio and a flow rate of the intake air supplied by each of the first and the second electric superchargers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Buhm Joo SUH, Dong Hee HAN, Jinkuk CHO, Kwanhee LEE, Sungchan NA, Yeongseop PARK, Jihyun PARK, Seungwoo HONG, Yong Kak CHOI, Hyunjin KANG
  • Publication number: 20210155225
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a hybrid vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes an engine generating power by combustion of fuel, a driving motor assisting power of the engine and selectively operated as a power generator to generate electric energy and a clutch disposed between the engine and the driving motor. A battery supplies electric energy to the driving motor and charges the electric energy generated in the driving motor. A plurality of electric superchargers are installed in a plurality of intake lines, in which outside air supplied to combustion chambers of the engine flows, respectively and a controller variably adjusts an operating point of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Yong Kak Choi, Hyun Woo Lim, Buhm Joo Suh, Jinkuk Cho, Kwanhee Lee, Sungchan Na, Yeongseop Park, Jihyun Park, Seungwoo Hong, Dong Hee Han, Hyunjin Kang
  • Publication number: 20210148298
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve includes: an EGR apparatus including an EGR line connecting an exhaust line and an intake line and an EGR valve installed in the EGR line; an electric supercharger installed in the intake line to change an internal pressure of an intake manifold; a manifold pressure sensor measuring the internal pressure of the intake manifold; and a controller that when an engine is stopped while a vehicle is running, learns on an amount of opening of the EGR valve, diagnoses a fixation of the EGR valve and e a leakage of the EGR valve based on the internal pressure of the intake manifold detected by the manifold pressure sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heechang OH, Dong Hee HAN, Hyunjin KANG, Kwanhee LEE, Yeongseop PARK, Seungwoo HONG, Jonghyeok LEE, Yong Kak CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210146912
    Abstract: An apparatus of controlling a hybrid vehicle includes: an engine configured to generate power by combustion of fuel; a driving motor configured to assist power of the engine and selectively operate as a power generator to generate electric energy; an HSG configured to start the engine and selectively operate as a power generator to generate electric energy; a clutch provided between the engine and the driving motor; a battery configured to supply electric energy to the driving motor or charge electric energy generated in the driving motor; an EGR apparatus configured to resupply exhaust gas discharged from the engine to the engine; an electric supercharger in which outside air supplied to combustion chambers flows; and a controller configured to variably control a travelling mode, an operating point, a lock charge through the driving motor and the HSG, and a shifting pattern based on a required torque of a driver and a SOC of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Kak Choi, Hyun Woo Lim, Buhm Joo Suh, Jinkuk Cho, Kwanhee Lee, Sungchan Na, Yeongseop Park, Jihyun Park, Seungwoo Hong, Dong Hee Han, Hyunjin Kang
  • Publication number: 20210146935
    Abstract: An apparatus of controlling an engine including an electric supercharger includes: an engine to combust fuel to generate power; a drive motor to assist the power of the engine and selectively operate as a generator to generate electrical energy; a battery configured to supply electrical energy to the drive motor and to be charged by the electrical energy generated from the drive motor; a plurality of electric superchargers respectively installed in a plurality of intake lines through which an ambient air flows to be supplied to a combustion chamber of the engine; and a controller that based on a determined driving tendency, adjusts a target speed of the electric superchargers of the plurality of electric superchargers, determine a driving mode of the electric superchargers, limits a maximum output of the engine, and variably adjusts a SOC electricity-generating region where the engine charges the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yeongseop PARK, Dong Hee HAN, Hyun Woo LIM, Buhm Joo SUH, Jinkuk CHO, Kwanhee LEE, Sungchan NA, Jihyun PARK, Seungwoo HONG, Yong Kak CHOI, Hyunjin KANG
  • Patent number: 11007998
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle may include: an engine; a drive motor assisting a driving torque of the engine; an engine clutch selectively delivering power between the engine and the drive motor; a first intake valve disposed in a first intake line; a second intake valve disposed in a second intake line; a first electric supercharger disposed in the first intake line; a second electric supercharger disposed in the second intake line; a connecting valve disposed in a connecting line for connecting the first intake line and the second intake line; and a controller determining an operating mode among a plurality of operating modes of the first and the second electric superchargers based on a pressure ratio and a flow rate of the intake air supplied by each of the first and the second electric superchargers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Buhm Joo Suh, Dong Hee Han, Jinkuk Cho, Kwanhee Lee, Sungchan Na, Yeongseop Park, Jihyun Park, Seungwoo Hong, Yong Kak Choi, Hyunjin Kang
  • Publication number: 20210115842
    Abstract: A vehicle supercharging system may include: an engine; a transmission; a dual-turbine electric supercharger that compresses air and has a first turbine and a second turbine; an engine-side supercharging path part that branches out from an air supplying line configured to supply air to the engine, passes through the first turbine and then joins into the air supplying line; a transmission-side supercharging path part that sucks air separately from the engine-side air supplying line, passes through the second turbine, and then supplies compressed air to the transmission; and a controller that operates the dual-turbine electric supercharger according to a driving state of a vehicle and that individually controls valves provided in the engine-side supercharging path part and the transmission-side supercharging path part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sueng Ho LEE, Yunsung SO, Ki Tae KIM, Changgi YEO, Jekee LEE, Han Ki HONG, Ki Been LIM, Dong Hee HAN, Seungwoo HONG
  • Patent number: 10982606
    Abstract: An engine may include an engine including combustion chambers, an intake line connected to the plurality of combustion chambers and through which outside air supplied to the combustion chamber flows, an intake manifold connected to an intake side of the combustion chamber, an exhaust manifold connected to an exhaust side of the combustion chamber, an exhaust line connected to the exhaust manifold, a turbocharger including a compressor mounted in the intake line, and a turbine rotating in association with the compressor and connected to the exhaust manifold and the exhaust line, a wastegate passage bypassing the turbine from the exhaust manifold, an electric supercharger connected to the compressor of the turbocharger by the intake line, a power device electrically-connected to the electric supercharger and configured for supplying electric power to the electric supercharger or absorbing and storing electric power generated by the electric supercharger, and a controller for controlling the operation of the pow
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Hee Han, Dong Ho Chu, Kwanhee Lee, Yeongseop Park, Seungwoo Hong, Jaegu Kang, Jungjoo Park, Heechang Oh
  • Publication number: 20210107447
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a hybrid vehicle includes an engine that combusts fuel to generate power. A drive motor assists the engine power and selectively operates as a generator to generate electrical energy. A clutch is disposed between the engine and drive motor. A battery supplies electrical energy to the drive motor or is charged by the generated electrical energy. A DC converter transforms a DC from the battery. An electric supercharger supplies supercharged air to the engine. A controller determines an optimal air amount to maximize system efficiency based on a drive motor limited output value determined by a battery SOC, and determines an output drive motor power output and an output engine power output based on the optimal air amount when an atmospheric pressure is less than a predetermined pressure, intake temperature is greater than a predetermined temperature and the SOC is less than a predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Heechang Oh, Dong Hee Han, Hyunjin Kang, Kwanhee Lee, Yeongseop Park, Seungwoo Hong, Jonghyeok Lee, Yong Kak Choi
  • Patent number: 10968871
    Abstract: An engine system may include an engine including a plurality of intake lines through which outside air supplied to combustion chamber flows, a first electric supercharger and a second electric supercharger disposed respectively in the plurality of intake lines, a first exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device including a first EGR line branched from an exhaust manifold and joining an intake manifold and a first EGR valve disposed in the first EGR line, and a controller determining an engine target torque according to a driving condition of the engine, setting an engine torque within an operation region of the first EGR device when the engine target torque is in a torque dead band between the operation region of the first EGR device and a non-operation region thereof, and compensating a difference value between the engine target torque and the engine torque by a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seungwoo Hong, Jong Il Park, Heechang Oh, Kwanhee Lee, Jaegu Kang, Dong Hee Han, Yeongseop Park
  • Publication number: 20210071624
    Abstract: An engine system may include: an engine including cylinders that generate a driving torque by combusting fuel; a first intake manifold connected to an intake line through which flows intake air into some of the plurality of cylinders; a second intake manifold supplying the intake air to the other cylinders of the plurality of cylinders through the first intake manifold; a first exhaust manifold connected to some cylinders that are connected to the first intake manifold; a second exhaust manifold connected to some other cylinders that are connected to the second intake manifold; a recirculation line branched from the second exhaust manifold to be coupled to the second intake manifold; a recirculation inlet valve disposed at a point at which the recirculation line and the second exhaust manifold are joined; and a manifold connection valve disposed on an intake line between the first intake manifold and the second intake manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Hee HAN, Jong Il PARK, Hyun Jun LIM, Seungwoo HONG, Joowon LEE, Kwanhee CHOI, Heechang OH, Yeongseop PARK, Dong HO CHU, Hyungbok LEE
  • Publication number: 20210046919
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a hybrid vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes an engine that generates power by combusting fuel and a drive motor that supplements the power from the engine and operates selectively as an electric generator to produce electrical energy. A clutch is disposed between the engine and the drive motor and a battery supplies electrical energy to the drive motor and is charged with the electrical energy produced by the drive motor. Multiple electric superchargers are installed in multiple intake lines through which outside air to be supplied into a combustion chamber of the engine flows. A controller determines an operation mode of the multiple electric superchargers based on required power of a driver and a state of charge (SOC) of the battery and adjusts the power output from the engine and the power output from the drive motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yong Kak Choi, Hyun Woo Lim, Buhm Joo Suh, Jinkuk Cho, Kwanhee Lee, Sungchan Na, Yeongseop Park, Jihyun Park, Seungwoo Hong, Dong Hee Han, Hyunjin Kang
  • Patent number: 10920709
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an environment-friendly vehicle, a system having the same, and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a processor to perform a control operation to expand an operable area based on a motor efficiency gain and a state of charge (SOC) of a battery in an Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) operation or a lean burn operation, and a storage to store the motor efficiency gain and the SOC of the battery, which are acquired by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hee Chang Oh, Yeong Seop Park, Kwan Hee Lee, Jong Hyeok Lee, Jae Gu Kang, Dong Hee Han, Seung Woo Hong
  • Publication number: 20210033033
    Abstract: A control valve of a multi-supercharger system is provided. The control valve includes a first spool rotatably fitted in a valve body and a second spool fitted in the valve body to be coaxially rotatable together with the first spool. A disk member is installed in the valve body to partition a first chamber, in which the first spool is disposed, and a second chamber, in which the second spool is disposed, from each other. A portion of the disk member includes a communication sector, through which the first chamber and the second chamber communicate with each other. A first inlet and a first outlet are disposed in the valve body and a second inlet and a second outlet are disposed in the valve body. A first valve aperture is formed in the first spool for allowing the first spool to communicate with the communication sector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Ho Chu, Kwan Hee Lee, Yeong Seop Park, Seung Woo Hong, Dong Hee Han, Hyun Jin Kang
  • Patent number: 10883453
    Abstract: An engine system may include: an engine including cylinders that generate a driving torque by combusting fuel; a first intake manifold connected to an intake line through which flows intake air into some of the plurality of cylinders; a second intake manifold supplying the intake air to the other cylinders of the plurality of cylinders through the first intake manifold; a first exhaust manifold connected to some cylinders that are connected to the first intake manifold; a second exhaust manifold connected to some other cylinders that are connected to the second intake manifold; a recirculation line branched from the second exhaust manifold to be coupled to the second intake manifold; a recirculation inlet valve disposed at a point at which the recirculation line and the second exhaust manifold are joined; and a manifold connection valve disposed on an intake line between the first intake manifold and the second intake manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Hee Han, Jong Il Park, Hyun Jun Lim, Seungwoo Hong, Joowon Lee, Kwanhee Choi, Heechang Oh, Yeongseop Park, Dong Ho Chu, Hyungbok Lee
  • Patent number: 10858003
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission system may include an engine outputting power from fuel combustion, a transmission coupled to the engine and including at least one clutch to control torque input from the engine, an supercharger compressing an intake air and supplying the compressed intake air to the engine, and a control unit, where, when a predetermined acceleration condition is satisfied, the control unit is configured to operate the supercharger and to control the transmission according to a transmission clutch stroke operation map corresponding to the operation of the electric supercharger, to vary an engagement speed of the clutch when the supercharger is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sueng Ho Lee, Woochurl Son, Dong Hee Han, Yong Woo Shin, Jin San Kim, Chong Tae Yang, Choung Wan Son, Young Chan Gweon, Kijong Park, Young Chul Jeong, Dong Hyup Kang, Jihun Lee, Yeongseop Park, Cheol Ho Jang, Jihwan Byun, Wootae Kim, Jung Woo Kim, Han Ki Hong, Ki Been Lim, Changgi Yeo, Hwangbok Lee, Hwan Hur, Woo Jin Chang, Nag Geun Song, Bo Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 10859041
    Abstract: An intake manifold according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a first intake manifold having a second intake pipe, a third intake pipe, and a first surge tank which temporarily stores intake air flowing through an intake line and distributes the intake air to the second intake pipe and the third intake pipe. A second intake manifold has a first intake pipe, a fourth intake pipe, and a second surge tank which temporarily stores intake air flowing through the intake line and distributes the intake air to the first intake pipe and the fourth intake pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seungwoo Hong, Dong Ho Chu, Dong Hee Han, Sangwook Kweon, Gil Hyun Ahn, Kwanhee Lee, Heechang Oh, Yeongseop Park, Jaegu Kang, Sung Bong Park, Dongjin Kang
  • Patent number: 10844780
    Abstract: An engine system having a secondary air injection device include: an engine having a plurality of cylinders; a first intake line in which intake air supplied into the cylinder flows; a second intake line in which intake air supplied into the cylinder flows; a bypass line connecting the first intake line and the second intake line; a first electric supercharger and a second electric supercharger disposed in the first intake line and the second intake line, respectively; an exhaust manifold connected with the plurality of cylinders; an exhaust line connected with the exhaust manifold such that exhaust gas flows to the exhaust line through the exhaust manifold; an exhaust gas purification device disposed in the exhaust line; and a secondary air injection device injecting air into the exhaust manifold or the exhaust line from the intake line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heechang Oh, Jong Il Park, Hyun Jun Lim, Seungwoo Hong, Joowon Lee, Yeongseop Park, Dong Hee Han, Hyungbok Lee
  • Patent number: 10837412
    Abstract: An engine system may include an engine including a plurality of combustion chambers for generating a driving force by combustion of fuel, an exhaust gas purification device mounted in an exhaust line through which exhaust gas discharged from the combustion chamber flows, an EGR gas collecting device configured for collecting a part of the exhaust gas from an exhaust manifold of the engine and supplying the exhaust gas to an intake manifold of the engine, and an EGR gas supply control valve provided between the EGR gas collecting device and the intake manifold and adapted to regulate a flow rate of EGR gas supplied to the intake manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yeongseop Park, Jong Il Park, Seungwoo Hong, Heechang Oh, Dong Hee Han, Hyungbok Lee
  • Publication number: 20200353927
    Abstract: A vehicle transmission system may include an engine outputting power from fuel combustion, a transmission coupled to the engine and including at least one clutch to control torque input from the engine, an supercharger compressing an intake air and supplying the compressed intake air to the engine, and a control unit, where, when a predetermined acceleration condition is satisfied, the control unit is configured to operate the supercharger and to control the transmission according to a transmission clutch stroke operation map corresponding to the operation of the electric supercharger, to vary an engagement speed of the clutch when the supercharger is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sueng Ho LEE, Woochurl Son, Dong Hee Han, Yong Woo Shin, Jin San Kim, Chong Tae Yang, Choung Wan Son, Young Chan Gweon, Kijong Park, Young Chul Jeong, Dong Hyup Kang, Jihun Lee, Yeongseop Park, Cheol Ho Jang, Jihwan Byun, Wootae Kim, Jung Woo Kim, Han Ki Hong, Ki Been Lim, Changgi Yeo, Hwangbok Lee, Hwan Hur, Woo Jin Chang, Nag Geun Song, Bo Hee Lee