Patents by Inventor Doo-hoon Kim

Doo-hoon Kim 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).

  • Patent number: 10611207
    Abstract: Air conditioning system for a vehicle which includes an air-conditioning module having an air-conditioning case, which has a cold air passageway and a warm air passageway partitioned from each other, and a blower unit, and an indoor air inflow duct for introducing indoor air of the interior of the vehicle into the blower unit. An outlet of the air-conditioning case and an inlet of the indoor air inflow port are arranged to be adjacent to each other, so that the air conditioning system for a vehicle can be installed through just one through hole part formed in a dash panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Jae Chun Ryu, Young Hum Han, Chul Hee Kim, Joong Man Han, Tae Yong Park, Yong Nam Ahn, Doo Hoon Kim, Yun Jin Kim, Hyeon Gyu Kim, Sung Je Lee
  • Publication number: 20200070619
    Abstract: A vehicular heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line configured to generate hot energy or cold energy depending on a flow direction of a refrigerant, a heater core side coolant circulation line configured to transfer refrigerant heat generated in the refrigerant circulation line to a heater core to heat a passenger compartment, and a battery side coolant circulation line configured to receive coolant heat of the heater core side coolant circulation line via a coolant and then circulate the coolant through a battery to preheat the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Hyeon Gyu KIM, Doo Hoon KIM, Kyung Ju AN, Byeong Ha LEE, Jin Jae LEE, Joong Man HAN
  • Publication number: 20190351733
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a battery temperature control device for a vehicle, which heats the interior of the vehicle and a battery, and an air conditioner for a vehicle having the same. The battery temperature control device includes: a refrigerant circulation line (R) having a compressor (110), an indoor heat exchanger (130), expansion means (140, 150) and an outdoor heat exchanger (120); a coolant circulation line (W) which circulates a heater core (240) mounted to heat the interior of the vehicle; and a coolant heat exchanger (220) mounted to exchange heat between refrigerant circulating the refrigerant circulation line (R) and coolant circulating the coolant circulation line (W), wherein a battery (210) is arranged on the coolant circulation line (W). Due to the coolant circulation line which can heat the interior of the vehicle and the battery at the same time, the battery temperature control device and the air conditioner can heat the interior of the vehicle and the battery effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Doo Hoon Kim, Young Hum Han, Chul Hee Kim, Hyeon Gyu Kim, Joong Man Han, Kyung Ju An, Jung Won Cho
  • Publication number: 20190322159
    Abstract: A vehicular air conditioning system includes: a refrigerant circulation line provided with a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve and an indoor heat exchanger; and a control unit configured to variably control a rotation speed of the compressor depending on a refrigerant discharge pressure and a refrigerant discharge temperature on an outlet side of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Doo Hoon KIM, Hyeon Gyu KIM, Kyung Ju AN, Sang Jun YOO, Joong Man HAN
  • Publication number: 20190315185
    Abstract: An integrated heat management system for a vehicle includes an air conditioner configured to cool or heat a passenger compartment using a refrigerant, a water-cooled cooling device configured to cool a specific device using the refrigerant of the air conditioner, and an air conditioning load change preventing unit configured to prevent a sudden change in an air conditioning load of the air conditioner when turning on or off the water-cooled cooling device with respect to the air conditioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Doo Hoon KIM, Hyeon Gyu KIM, Kyung Ju AN, Sang Jun YOO, Joong Man HAN
  • Publication number: 20190315184
    Abstract: A vehicular heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line, a cooling water circulation line configured to heat a passenger compartment with waste heat of an engine by allowing cooling water of the engine to circulate through a heater core, and a hot air supply source selection unit configured to, when a hot air needs to be supplied into the passenger compartment in an air conditioner mode in which a refrigerant in the refrigerant circulation line flows through a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve and an indoor heat exchanger so as to cool the passenger compartment with a cold air generated by the refrigerant in the indoor heat exchanger, select one of heat generated from the refrigerant in the compressor and heat generated from the cooling water in the engine, as a hot air supply source for supplying the hot air into the passenger compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Doo Hoon KIM, Hyeon Gyu KIM, Kyung Ju AN, Sang Jun YOO, Joong Man HAN
  • Publication number: 20190315194
    Abstract: A vehicular heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line configured to cool or heat a passenger compartment by generating a hot air or a cold air depending on a flow direction of a refrigerant, a cooling water circulation line configured to heat the passenger compartment with waste heat of an engine by allowing cooling water of the engine to circulate through a heater core, a refrigerant-cooling water heat exchanger disposed in the cooling water circulation line to allow the refrigerant and the cooling water to exchange heat, and an engine cooling water independent circulation unit configured to allow the cooling water passed through the engine to bypass the heater core and the refrigerant-cooling water heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Doo Hoon KIM, Hyeon Gyu KIM, Kyung Ju AN, Joong Man HAN
  • Patent number: 10406886
    Abstract: A battery temperature control device for a vehicle, which heats the interior of the vehicle and a battery, and an air conditioner for a vehicle having same, the battery temperature control device including: a refrigerant circulation line (R) having a compressor (110), an indoor heat exchanger (130), expansion means (140, 150) and an outdoor heat exchanger (120); a coolant circulation line (W) which circulates a heater core (240) mounted to heat the interior of the vehicle; and a coolant heat exchanger (220) mounted to exchange heat between refrigerant circulating the refrigerant circulation line (R) and coolant circulating the coolant circulation line (W). Battery (210) is arranged on the coolant circulation line (W). The coolant circulation line which can heat the interior of the vehicle and the battery at the same allowing the battery temperature control device and the air conditioner heat the vehicle's interior and the battery effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Doo Hoon Kim, Young Hum Han, Chul Hee Kim, Hyeon Gyu Kim, Joong Man Han, Kyung Ju An, Jung Won Cho
  • Publication number: 20190168579
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioning system for a vehicle and a method for controlling the same and, more specifically, to an air conditioning system for a vehicle and a method for controlling the same in which an opening/closing valve and an expansion valve are installed on a branch line connecting a first air conditioning unit and a second air conditioning unit, the opening/closing valve is always open so as to always supply a refrigerant to the second air conditioning unit during a cooling mode, and the opening/closing valve is always closed so as to always block the refrigerant supply to the second air conditioning unit during a heating mode, such that the refrigerant flows into the branch line of the second air conditioning unit even during a single cooling mode, thereby solving the problem wherein the pressure of a compressor increases, oil is forcibly circulated through a notch of the expansion valve, thereby solving the problem wherein the oil circulation rate decreases, and the refrig
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Hyeon Gyu KIM, Doo Hoon KIM, Chul Hee KIM, Jae Chun RYU, Sung Je LEE, Young Hum HAN, Joong Man HAN
  • Publication number: 20180312036
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle with a heat pump system structure, which has a simple piping structure and enhances heating performance, thereby reducing a package, and making common use with an air conditioner for an internal combustion engine possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Hyeon Gyu KIM, Doo Hoon KIM, Chul Hee KIM, Kyung Ju AN, Joong Man HAN
  • Publication number: 20180099539
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioning system for a vehicle, in which an air conditioning module having noise-induced sources is arranged at an engine room based on a dash panel and a distribution duct for distributing air to the interior of the vehicle is arranged in the interior of the vehicle based on the dash panel, thereby reducing noise and vibration in the interior of the vehicle, securing visibility and enabling a worker to easily access the air conditioning system for follow-up service because the air conditioning module causing noise is arranged inside the engine room, and enhancing passengers' convenience by maximizing the interior space of the vehicle in comparison with the conventional air conditioning systems because only the distribution duct is arranged in the interior of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Joong Man HAN, Doo Hoon KIM, Chul Hee KIM, Hyeon Gyu KIM, Kyung Ju AN
  • Publication number: 20170203631
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioning system for a vehicle which includes an air-conditioning module having an air-conditioning case, which has a cold air passageway and a warm air passageway partitioned from each other, and a blower unit, and an indoor air inflow duct for introducing indoor air of the interior of the vehicle into the blower unit, wherein an outlet of the air-conditioning case and an inlet of the indoor air inflow port are arranged to be adjacent to each other, so that the air conditioning system for a vehicle can be installed through just one through hole part formed in a dash panel, thereby enhancing assemblability and reducing weight and an installation cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Jae Chun Ryu, Young Hum Han, Chul Hee Kim, Joong Man Han, Tae Yong Park, Yong Nam Ahn, Doo Hoon Kim, Yun Jin Kim, Hyeon Gyu Kim, Sung Je Lee
  • Publication number: 20170197488
    Abstract: A battery temperature control device for a vehicle, which heats the interior of the vehicle and a battery, and an air conditioner for a vehicle having same, the battery temperature control device including: a refrigerant circulation line (R) having a compressor (110), an indoor heat exchanger (130), expansion means (140, 150) and an outdoor heat exchanger (120); a coolant circulation line (W) which circulates a heater core (240) mounted to heat the interior of the vehicle; and a coolant heat exchanger (220) mounted to exchange heat between refrigerant circulating the refrigerant circulation line (R) and coolant circulating the coolant circulation line (W). Battery (210) is arranged on the coolant circulation line (W). The coolant circulation line which can heat the interior of the vehicle and the battery at the same, allowing the battery temperature control device and the air conditioner can heat the vehicle's interior and the battery effectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Doo Hoon Kim, Young Hum Han, Chul Hee Kim, Hyeon Gyu Kim, Joong Man Han, Kyung Ju An, Jung Won Cho
  • Patent number: 9057355
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wind turbine with a generator, which minimizes design limitations on the diameters of generators and allows a rotor and the generator to be stably fixed to a tower. The wind turbine includes a rotor including a hub at a center thereof, a rotating shaft protruding rearward of the hub, and a plurality of rotor blades provided around the hub; a generator including a housing disposed at an outer upper portion of a tower behind the rotor and provided at an inner surface of a cylindrical body thereof with a stator and a rotator rotatably coupled in the housing to rotate together with the rotor; and a support bracket fixed to an upper end portion of the tower, wherein the housing is fixed to a front surface of the support bracket to integrally fix the rotor and the generator to the tower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: UNISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doo Hoon Kim, Ji Yune Ryu, Jin Il Park, Jo Hyug Bang, Jin Su Hwang, Dong Jin Seo
  • Publication number: 20130231036
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for motor vehicles includes an air conditioner case, a cold air path through which a cold air flows, a warm air path through which a warm air flows, a temperature control door arranged to swing between the cold air path and the warm air path so as to control an opening degree of the cold air path and an opening degree of the warm air path, a defrost vent arranged to discharge the cold air and the warm air toward an upper region of a vehicle room, a bypass duct arranged to bypass a part of the warm air toward the defrost vent, the bypass duct including an inlet aligned with the warm air path and an outlet aligned with the defrost vent, and a cold air introducing portion arranged in at least one of the inlet and the outlet of the bypass duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
    Inventors: Doo Hoon Kim, Joong Man Han, Jun Kang Lee, Sang Kyu Park, Young Hum Han, Soo Byeong Nam
  • Publication number: 20120076664
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wind turbine with a generator, which minimizes design limitations on the diameters of generators and allows a rotor and the generator to be stably fixed to a tower. The wind turbine includes a rotor including a hub at a center thereof, a rotating shaft protruding rearward of the hub, and a plurality of rotor blades provided around the hub; a generator including a housing disposed at an outer upper portion of a tower behind the rotor and provided at an inner surface of a cylindrical body thereof with a stator and a rotator rotatably coupled in the housing to rotate together with the rotor; and a support bracket fixed to an upper end portion of the tower, wherein the housing is fixed to a front surface of the support bracket to integrally fix the rotor and the generator to the tower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: UNISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doo Hoon Kim, Ji Yune Ryu, Jin Il Park, Jo Hyug Bang, Jin Su Hwang, Dong Jin Seo
  • Publication number: 20100219642
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wind turbine comprising a nacelle frame provided with one main bearing on the front surface thereof; a rotor including a rotor hub provided with a hollow drum shaft, installed on the inner ring of the main bearing, at the rear thereof; an acceleration gear box including an input shaft, connected to the tip of the hollow drum shaft, at the front portion thereof and an output shaft at the rear portion thereof, and floating in the nacelle frame under the condition that the acceleration gear box is separated from the nacelle frame for increasing the rotational speed of the input shaft and transmitting the rotation of the input shaft to the output shaft; a torque supporter installed between the acceleration gear box and the nacelle frame for preventing the acceleration gear box from self-rotating; and a generator including a rotary shaft connected to the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: UNISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doo-hoon Kim, Ji-yoon Ryu, Jo-hyug Bang, Dae-hyun Kim, Chung-hwan Chun, Chin-wha Chung, Kyung-seop Han, Young-chan Kim
  • Patent number: 7642668
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power transmission apparatus for a wind generator having an electric generator connected to an apparatus rotor by a main shaft. The electric generator includes a generator rotor and a generator stator. The electric generator may be assembled to the main shaft via the generator rotor, but the generator stator is not assembled to the main shaft. Instead, the generator stator is connected to a stator housing fixed to bearing housings respectively provided on a pair of bearings disposed on an outer surface of a rotor bearing. The rotor bearing is disposed perpendicular to a vertical rotor frame, is formed integrally with the generator rotor, and is connected to an outer surface of the main shaft. The apparatus permits the generator stator to be assembled with a circumference of the generator rotor. The apparatus provides increased convenience and efficiency in assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Unison Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doo-hoon Kim, Ji-yoon Ryu, Jin-il Park, Chul-jin Byun, Jin-su Hwang, Chin-wha Chung, Chung-hwan Chun
  • Publication number: 20090250935
    Abstract: Disclosed is a rotor for a wind turbine, which prevents permanent magnets from being separated from the rotor due to the melting of portions of the permanent magnets bonded to the rotor by a high temperature atmosphere without burying the permanent magnets in the rotor. The rotor includes a circular body provided with grooves having a trapezoidal shape, horizontally formed in the outer circumferential surface of the circular body, and spaced at regular intervals, the central portion of the circular body being connected to a rotary shaft; permanent magnets having a trapezoidal shape and detachably inserted horizontally into the grooves; and fixing rings detachably installed respectively on the front and rear surfaces of the circular body so as to be closely attached to the front and rear surfaces of the permanent magnets to fix the permanent magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicant: UNISON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Doo-hoon Kim, Ji-yoon Ryu, Jin-su Hwang
  • Publication number: 20080272602
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wind turbine, in which the assembly of a rotor and a stator of a generator with a main shaft connecting a turbine rotor and the generator is completed only by assembling the rotor of the generator with the main shaft without assembling the stator of the generator with the main shaft. In the wind turbine, a rotor bearing being perpendicular to a vertical rotor frame is formed integrally with the rotor of the generator and is connected to the outer surface of the main shaft, a pair of electric bearings is disposed at the outer surface of the rotor bearing, and the stator of the generator is assembled with the rotor of the generator by fixing a stator housing to bearing housings of the electric bearings. Thereby, convenience and efficiency in assembly are increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2007
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Applicant: Unison Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doo-hoon Kim, Ji-yoon Ryu, Jin-il Park, Chul-jin Byun, Jin-su Hwang, Chin-wha Chung, Chung-hwan Chun