Patents by Inventor Eung Young Kim

Eung Young 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).

  • Publication number: 20220314750
    Abstract: Proposed is a vehicle air conditioner, which performs cooling and heating by supplying cold air and hot air in an interior of the vehicle. The vehicle air conditioner includes an intake unit installed at an engine room and configured to suction and blows internal and external air to the interior, a heat exchanger unit configured to cool or heat and supply air blown from the intake unit, a case cover installed on an outer surface of the intake unit to cover the intake unit, and a case soundproofing member installed between an intake case of the intake unit and the case cover and configured to block noise that is transmitted to the intake case from the outside of the case cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Seung Ho Lee, Seo-Jun Yoon, Sang Ki Lee, Yong Sik Kim, Cheol Han Jang, Eung Young Kim, Myung Hun Kang, Jung Mo Kwak
  • Publication number: 20220314731
    Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle may include a first air conditioner provided on the engine compartment side with respect to a dash panel, and including an intake unit of suctioning internal or external air and blowing same to the vehicle interior side; and a second air conditioner provided on the vehicle interior side with respect to the dash panel, and including a duct for discharging conditioned air to the vehicle interior side. The dash panel has a through hole formed therein, and has an air guide which connects the first air conditioner and the second air conditioner to each other through the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Seung Ho Lee, Seo-Jun Yoon, Sang Ki Lee, Yong Sik Kim, Myung Hun Kang, Eung Young Kim, Jung Mo Kwak
  • Patent number: 11376927
    Abstract: An air vent device for a vehicle includes a main vent and an auxiliary vent divided by a partition wall and combined in a single air duct, a plurality of horizontal wings mounted at positions behind the main vent and the auxiliary vent, and an air volume control wing included in the plurality of horizontal wings for distributing an air volume discharged into an interior of the vehicle through the main vent and an air volume discharged into the interior of the vehicle through the auxiliary vent. The air vent device is capable of securing an interior discharge air volume, adjusting a wind direction, securing an air duct installation space, and re-distributing a leakage amount of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Mi Kim, Sang Ku Hur, Jae Geun Jeong, Eung Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20210300157
    Abstract: An air vent device for a vehicle includes a main vent and an auxiliary vent divided by a partition wall and combined in a single air duct, a plurality of horizontal wings mounted at positions behind the main vent and the auxiliary vent, and an air volume control wing included in the plurality of horizontal wings for distributing an air volume discharged into an interior of the vehicle through the main vent and an air volume discharged into the interior of the vehicle through the auxiliary vent. The air vent device is capable of securing an interior discharge air volume, adjusting a wind direction, securing an air duct installation space, and re-distributing a leakage amount of air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Yu Mi Kim, Sang Ku Hur, Jae Geun Jeong, Eung Young Kim
  • Patent number: 9849754
    Abstract: An air extractor grill for a vehicle may include a housing fixedly mounted at a portion on the vehicle separating inside and outside spaces of the vehicle and provided with through holes having a plurality of grills, an outer cover coupled with one surface of an outside of the housing and having an opened inner space provided with a plurality of outer barrier ribs, and a plurality of valves including upper portions fitted between the housing and the outer cover to be closely disposed to the housing to seal the through holes when the outer cover is connected with the housing, the plurality of valves being operated to open the through holes while lower portions of the plurality of valves rotate toward the outer cover based on the fixed upper portions when air inside the vehicle needs to be discharged to the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Eung Young Kim, Byeong Moo Jang, Jun Mo Ku
  • Publication number: 20150321540
    Abstract: An air extractor grill for a vehicle may include a housing fixedly mounted at a portion on the vehicle separating inside and outside spaces of the vehicle and provided with through holes having a plurality of grills, an outer cover coupled with one surface of an outside of the housing and having an opened inner space provided with a plurality of outer barrier ribs, and a plurality of valves including upper portions fitted between the housing and the outer cover to be closely disposed to the housing to seal the through holes when the outer cover is connected with the housing, the plurality of valves being operated to open the through holes while lower portions of the plurality of valves rotate toward the outer cover based on the fixed upper portions when air inside the vehicle needs to be discharged to the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Eung Young Kim, Byeong Moo Jang, Jun Mo Ku
  • Patent number: 9174513
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heating control method for a fuel cell vehicle, in which an additional heating source is used together with a typical electric heater to reduce power consumption and increase fuel efficiency as compared to the sole use of the electric heater. For this purpose, the present invention provides a heating control method for a fuel cell vehicle which comprises an electric heater for heating air supplied to the interior of the vehicle, and a heater core provided in a coolant line for cooling a fuel cell stack and heating the air supplied to the interior of the vehicle by heat exchange with the coolant discharged from the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Yong Lee, Chi Myung Kim, Eung Young Kim, Gi Young Nam, Sung Wook Na, Hark Koo Kim, Kwang Ok Han, Kyoon Soo Lim, Yong Sun Park
  • Patent number: 8862305
    Abstract: A system for operating a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) heater in a fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell stack and a PTC heater generating heat when supplied with an electric current. A controller is configured to check a key-start state of the vehicle and determine whether or not an outdoor temperature is lower than a reference temperature. If it is determined that the vehicle is key-started so as to activate the fuel cell stack, and the outdoor temperature is lower than the reference temperature, the controller supplies electrical energy generated by the fuel cell stack to the PTC heater, thereby driving the PTC heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Eung Young Kim, Byeong Moo Jang, Jun Mo Ku, Hae Dong Youn
  • Publication number: 20120118988
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heating system for a fuel cell vehicle, in which an additional heating source is used together with an electric heater to lower power consumption and increase fuel efficiency of prior systems. For this purpose the present invention provides a heating system for a fuel cell vehicle, the heating system including: an electric heater for heating air blown by a blower fan and supplied to the interior of the vehicle; and a heater core provided in a coolant line, through which coolant for cooling a fuel cell stack is circulated, and is used for heating the air, blown by the blower fan and supplied to the interior of the vehicle, by heat transfer between the coolant and the air, wherein the heater core is provided at the downstream side of the fuel cell stack in a coolant circulation path such that the air is heated by waste heat of the coolant discharged from the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Seung Yong Lee, Chi Myung Kim, Eung Young Kim, Gi Young Nam, Sung Wook Na, Hark Koo Kim, Kwang Ok Han, Kyoon Soo Lim, Yong Sun Park
  • Publication number: 20120122000
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heating control method for a fuel cell vehicle, in which an additional heating source is used together with a typical electric heater to reduce power consumption and increase fuel efficiency as compared to the sole use of the electric heater. For this purpose, the present invention provides a heating control method for a fuel cell vehicle which comprises an electric heater for heating air supplied to the interior of the vehicle, and a heater core provided in a coolant line for cooling a fuel cell stack and heating the air supplied to the interior of the vehicle by heat exchange with the coolant discharged from the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Seung Yong Lee, Chi Myung Kim, Eung Young Kim, Gi Young Nam, Sung Wook Na, Hark Koo Kim, Kwang Ok Han, Kyoon Soo Lim, Yong Sun Park
  • Patent number: 7939775
    Abstract: A button unit for an electronic control apparatus of a vehicle is disclosed. The button unit comprises a button and a detector. The button comprises a controlling portion which is pivotably coupled to a front panel of the electronic control apparatus, and an extension bar which extends from the controlling portion into the electronic control apparatus to be pivoted in a direction opposite to the pivoting direction of the controlling portion. The detector comprises a switch which is located within a pivoting radius of the extension bar and can be pivoted under the action of the extension bar, and a detector body on which the switch is pivotably installed and configured to transmit at least a electrical signal to the outside according to pivoting angles of the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Eung Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20100126072
    Abstract: A door operating device of an air conditioner for an automobile may include a cam plate which is rotatably connected to a stationary member to rotate according to a conversion of an air conditioning mode, and a plurality of rotation lever, one end of which is coupled to respective mode door and the other one end of which is connected to a guide member formed to the cam plate to guide movement of the other end of the rotation lever in response to rotation of the cam plate, the mode doors being pivotally coupled to the stationary member, wherein opening amounts of respective mode door are regulated according to a rotation angle of the cam plate which rotates by a control member to convert the air conditioning mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Eung Young Kim, Kwang Ok Han
  • Publication number: 20090020401
    Abstract: A button unit for an electronic control apparatus of a vehicle is disclosed. The button unit comprises a button and a detector. The button comprises a controlling portion which is pivotably coupled to a front panel of the electronic control apparatus, and an extension bar which extends from the controlling portion into the electronic control apparatus to be pivoted in a direction opposite to the pivoting direction of the controlling portion. The detector comprises a switch which is located within a pivoting radius of the extension bar and can be pivoted under the action of the extension bar, and a detector body on which the switch is pivotably installed and configured to transmit at least a electrical signal to the outside according to pivoting angles of the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Eung Young Kim