Patents by Inventor Dong Ho KWON

Dong Ho KWON 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: 20230138139
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a mobility vehicle and a tent shares air-conditioned air through a duct so that the air-conditioned air produced in the mobility vehicle circulates through the duct and a temperature in an internal space of the tent is adjusted. Furthermore, in an apparatus and system for sharing air-conditioned air for a mobility vehicle, energy efficiency is improved as a loss of the air-conditioned air is minimized at the time of transmitting the air-conditioned air from the mobility vehicle to the tent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Su Yeon KANG, Gee Young SHIN, Dae Hee LEE, Myung Hoe KIM, Dong Ho KWON
  • Patent number: 11613162
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle may include a refrigerant line through which a refrigerant circulates and an evaporator and a condenser are connected to each other; and a first core and a second core for indoor air conditioning, wherein the first core includes a first inlet and a first outlet through which a coolant passing through the evaporator is introduced and discharged, respectively, the second core includes a second inlet and a second outlet through which a coolant passing through the condenser is introduced and discharged, respectively, and the first core and the second core are connected to each other through a connection line, and the connection line is provided with a first valve selectively connecting the first core and the second core through the connection line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gee Young Shin, Seung Sik Han, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim
  • Patent number: 11613153
    Abstract: An air conditioning device for an electric vehicle includes: a housing having an air conditioning passage connecting an air inlet port to an air discharge port; an evaporator, an air heater, and an electric heater, which are positioned in series in the air conditioning passage in the housing; and a bypass door positioned after the evaporator in the air conditioning passage in the housing and configured to selectively allow some of air passing through the evaporator to bypass the air heater and the electric heater to the air discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gee Young Shin, Seung Sik Han, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim
  • Publication number: 20230075474
    Abstract: An air-conditioning device for mobilities and an air-conditioning control system for mobilities using the same, which are capable of performing independent air-conditioning control for each seat when a mobility is heated and cooled, thereby preventing wastage of heating and cooling energy by performing individual air conditioning for each seat depending on whether a passenger is seated, and ensuring comfort of all passengers by providing conditioned air to each seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Su Yeon KANG, Gee Young SHIN, Dae Hee LEE, Myung Hoe KIM, Dong Ho KWON
  • Publication number: 20230025914
    Abstract: A coolant connection structure includes an upper body fastened to an upper end portion of the vehicle, a lower body positioned at a lower end portion of the upper body, a floor panel formed between the upper body and the lower body, and a joint module positioned at the floor panel and fluidly connected to a coolant tank positioned at the lower body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Yoon Hyung LEE, Sang Shin Lee, Byoung Hyun Ji, Seong Min An, Gee Young Shin, Dong Ho Kwon
  • Publication number: 20230022653
    Abstract: An air conditioner system for electric motor vehicles reduces the thermal load on the air conditioner system during air conditioning using a desiccant-coated heat exchanger and improves energy efficiency thereof using waste heat obtained while cooling electric devices during regeneration of a desiccant-coated heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Gee Young Shin, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim, Seung Sik Han, Sun Ik Na, Gwi Taek Kim, Min Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20230001764
    Abstract: Disclosed are air conditioning apparatus and system for electric motor vehicles, in which a sub-heat exchanger is provided between a heat exchanger and an electric heater, and the sub-heat exchanger is moved towards the heat exchanger or the electric heater so that heat is conducted to the sub-heat exchanger depending on whether or not the heat exchanger and the electric heater are operated depending on a heating condition, thereby increasing a heat dissipation area through the sub-heat exchanger during heating and thus being capable of improving heating performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gee Young Shin, Dae Hee Lee, Myung Hoe Kim, Dong Ho Kwon
  • Publication number: 20230001763
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, heat sources for cooling and heating conditioning air are integrated as a coolant, both cooling performance and heating performance are ensured only by the coolant, and an entire package is reduced. That is, since a first air conditioning heat exchanger and a second air conditioning heat exchanger adjust a temperature of air, various types of air conditioning modes including cooling and heating modes may be implemented without using a separate temperature adjusting door. Accordingly, an overall size of an air conditioner is reduced. In addition, during cooling and heating processes, the first air conditioning heat exchanger and the second air conditioning heat exchanger are integrated and utilized. Therefore, the size of the heat exchanger may be reduced, the interior space may be ensured, and the air conditioning performance may be ensured without increasing a size of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Gee Young Shin, Dae Hee Lee, Myung Hoe Kim, Dong Ho Kwon
  • Publication number: 20220339991
    Abstract: An air sterilization device for a vehicular air conditioner may include an air conditioner case, which includes an air inlet provided at an intake side of the air conditioner case and an air outlet provided at a discharge side of the air conditioner case and which includes an air path therein, a photocatalytic unit, which is configured to blow internal air or external air toward the air outlet of the air conditioner case and a surface of which is coated with a photocatalyst, and an optical source unit configured to radiate ultraviolet rays to the photocatalytic unit to thus cause a photocatalytic reaction at the photocatalytic unit, generating hydroxyl radicals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Seung Lee, Dong Ho Kwon
  • Patent number: 11465465
    Abstract: An air ventilation device of a vehicle includes: a housing including an air inlet and an air outlet and a cooling core and a heating core disposed between the air inlet and the air outlet; a rear extending flow path extending to the rear of the vehicle, and having a first end connected to the air outlet of the housing and a second end connected to a back seat air vent disposed to face a back seat space; an air collecting flow path directly connecting the rear extending flow path and the air inlet of the housing; and an opening and closing door structure opening and closing air circulation between the rear extending flow path and the air outlet and air circulation between the air collecting flow path and the air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Ho Kwon, Jai Hak Kim, Gee Young Shin
  • Patent number: 11458817
    Abstract: An air conditioning system provides inside air conditioning and performs the function of cleaning the inside air, so that the inside air is maintained to be pleasant. The air cleaning time of cleaning the inside air is decreased, so the possibility of moisture generated on an inside window due to the air cleaning is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Dong Ho Kwon, Dae Ig Jung, Gee Young Shin, Seung Hyeok Chang, Seong Seok Han, Soo Byeong Nam, Jae Kyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11400793
    Abstract: An electric heater for a vehicle includes a heat dissipation fin for heat-exchange with air, a ceramic element to emit heat by receiving a power-supply voltage, and a housing to support the heat dissipation fin and the ceramic element. The ceramic element includes a first positive temperature coefficient (PTC) element, and a second PTC element having a heating power greater than a heating power of the first PTC element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Ho Kwon, Gee Young Shin
  • Patent number: 11400792
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an interior temperature sensor for a vehicle. The sensor includes a sensor casing disposed to expose a sensing surface to a space that is the subject of temperature measurement, a substrate extending in a direction from an inside of the sensing surface toward an outside while at least a part of the substrate bisects an inside of the sensor casing into upper and lower sections, an upper temperature sensing element provided on an upper surface of the substrate at a position inside the sensor casing, a lower temperature sensing element provided on a lower surface of the substrate at a position inside the sensor casing, and a compensation temperature sensing element provided on the substrate to be placed outside the sensor casing. Furthermore, a microcomputer determines an interior temperature of the vehicle based on the measured values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Ho Kwon, Gee Young Shin
  • Patent number: 11383579
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle and a control method thereof may include a temperature detector; an air conditioning actuator including a cooling device and a blower; and a controller connected to the temperature detector and the air conditioning actuator and including: a load determination portion determining an air conditioning load based on factors including an internal temperature or an external temperature of a vehicle detected by the temperature detector; a storage portion storing a control map that controls the air conditioning actuator according to the air conditioning load; and an update portion updating a control value, pre-stored in the control map, of the air conditioning actuator for the air conditioning load to a demand value of a user when receiving the demand value of the user for the air conditioning actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Gee Young Shin, Dong Ho Kwon, Dae Ig Jung, Seung Hyeok Chang, Jeong Hoon Lee, Joong Jae Kim
  • Publication number: 20220203379
    Abstract: A filter includes a dust collecting unit, and the dust collecting unit includes: a filter media formed in a wrinkle shape including a plurality of bent parts folded up and down in a direction parallel to a plurality of parallel patterns and a connection part; a conductive coating layer pattern including a plurality of parallel patterns; and a first power source electrically connected to a first end and a second end of the conductive coating layer pattern and configured to apply a voltage, wherein the connection part connects the adjacent bent parts, a parallel pattern of the plurality of parallel patterns is disposed in the connection part, and the plurality of parallel patterns includes a first and a second adjacent parallel patterns, and a first current flowing through the first adjacent parallel flows in a direction opposite to a second current flowing through the second adjacent parallel pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Dong Ho KWON, Gee Young Shin, Myung Hoe Kim, Seung Sik Han, Seung Hwan Ko, Sung Geun Han, Jin Mo Kim
  • Publication number: 20220185077
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioner is equipped with a photocatalyst which is irradiated with light so that bacteria generated in the photocatalyst is removed. In particular, an entire area of the photocatalyst is irradiated with the light using a small number of light sources so that sterilization effect of a filter can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Dong Ho KWON, Gee Young SHIN, Myung Hoe KIM, Seung Sik HAN, Jae Ho KIM, Ji Yong PARK
  • Publication number: 20220144046
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for electric vehicles reduces a thermal load endured by the air conditioning system using desiccant-coated heat exchangers and improves energy efficiency using waste heat resulting from cooling of an electronic device when the desiccant-coated heat exchanger is regenerated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Gee Young Shin, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim, Seung Sik HAN, Min Soo Kim, Gwi Taek Kim, Sun Ik Na
  • Publication number: 20220126647
    Abstract: An air conditioner apparatus for electric vehicles includes: an air conditioning case installed under an under body of a vehicle, and configured to communicate with an interior of the vehicle through an outlet formed through an upper portion of the air conditioning case and circulate conditioned air therein; an HVAC module provided inside the air conditioning case, and configured to adjust temperatures of indoor air and outdoor air and to provide the conditioned air to the interior of the vehicle; and a heat exchange module provided below the HVAC module inside the air conditioning case and configured to exchange heat with the HVAC module depending on whether or not the HVAC module performs a heating or cooling operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gee Young SHIN, Seung Sik HAN, Dong Ho KWON, Myung Hoe KIM
  • Publication number: 20220088989
    Abstract: An air conditioning device for an electric vehicle includes: a housing having an air conditioning passage connecting an air inlet port to an air discharge port; an evaporator, an air heater, and an electric heater, which are positioned in series in the air conditioning passage in the housing; and a bypass door positioned after the evaporator in the air conditioning passage in the housing and configured to selectively allow some of air passing through the evaporator to bypass the air heater and the electric heater to the air discharge port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gee Young Shin, Seung Sik Han, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim
  • Publication number: 20220063372
    Abstract: A vehicle air conditioning system is provided that performs air conditioning for a front row and a rear row by using a heat pump to optimize cooling and heating efficiency, thereby preventing cooling and heating energy from being wasted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gee Young Shin, Seung Sik Han, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim