Patents by Inventor Gwi Taek Kim

Gwi Taek 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: 20250074157
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle cools or heats the vehicle interior by using a natural refrigerant, and efficiently adjusts the temperature of a battery module by using a single chiller that exchanges heat between refrigerant and coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HANON SYSTEMS, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoyoung Jeong, Man Hee Park, Gwi Taek Kim, Jeawan Kim, Yeonho Kim, Hochan An, Jae Yeon Kim, Yeong Jun Kim, Mingyu Lee, Seong Wan Jeong, Daehui Lee, Beom Seok Joo, Hae Jun Lee, Yun Jin Kim, Chul Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20250079481
    Abstract: An integrated thermal management system for fuel cell mobility vehicles, may include a hydrogen tank configured to store hydrogen supplied to a fuel cell stack, a first turbine rotated by the pressure of the hydrogen discharged from the hydrogen tank, a refrigerant circulation line configured such that a refrigerant circulates therealong and a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and an evaporator are provided thereon, a second turbine mounted in the refrigerant circulation line and rotated by the high-pressure refrigerant discharged by the compressor, and a blower configured to pressurize ambient air using the rotation force of the first turbine, the second turbine or an electric motor and to supply the pressurized ambient air to an indoor air conditioning unit or the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Gwi Taek KIM
  • Publication number: 20250020337
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus includes a mobile portion, a cabin housing that is mounted to the mobile portion and defines a first space and a second space, and an air-conditioning apparatus installed in the second space and configured to cool or heat the first space, where a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator are modularized in the air-conditioning apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Yeong Jun Kim, Hochan An, Yeonho Kim, Jeawan Kim, Hoyoung Jeong, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Gwi Taek Kim, Jae Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 12176585
    Abstract: An integrated thermal management system for fuel cell mobility vehicles, may include a hydrogen tank configured to store hydrogen supplied to a fuel cell stack, a first turbine rotated by the pressure of the hydrogen discharged from the hydrogen tank, a refrigerant circulation line configured such that a refrigerant circulates therealong and a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve and an evaporator are provided thereon, a second turbine mounted in the refrigerant circulation line and rotated by the high-pressure refrigerant discharged by the compressor, and a blower configured to pressurize ambient air using the rotation force of the first turbine, the second turbine or an electric motor and to supply the pressurized ambient air to an indoor air conditioning unit or the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Gwi Taek Kim
  • Publication number: 20240317408
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling temperature and pressure may include: a shaft installed in an aircraft, the shaft being rotatable by having a motor coupled thereto; a compressor, rotatable by being connected to the shaft, configured to form a flow of heated compressed air by compressing external air introduced into the aircraft; a heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange the heated compressed air with a portion of external air introduced into the aircraft; a turbine, rotatable by being connected to the shaft, configured to form a flow of cooling air by expanding the heat-exchanged compressed air; and a cooling heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between a refrigerant cooling a fuel cell power train in the aircraft and the cooling air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Gwi Taek Kim, Ji Won Hwang, Mi Jin Kim, Woo Suk Jung
  • Publication number: 20240270053
    Abstract: A thermal energy module includes a housing having an open first surface and is filled with a refrigerant. Partition walls partition an interior of the housing into a compressing part, a condensing part, and an evaporating part. A compressor is provided in the compressing part. A first heat-exchanger is provided in the condensing part and configured to condense a compressed refrigerant supplied from the compressor by heat-exchange with a coolant. An expansion valve is configured to expand a refrigerant supplied from the condensing part to be supplied to the evaporating part. A second heat-exchanger is provided in the evaporating part and configured to heat-exchange a refrigerant supplied from the expansion valve with the coolant drawn into the interior of the housing to evaporate. A cover mounted on the open first surface of the housing closes and seals the interior of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Hochan An, Yeonho Kim, Jeawan Kim, Gwi Taek Kim, Man Hee Park, Yeong Jun Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Hoyoung Jeong, Tea Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20240270403
    Abstract: An auxiliary propulsion apparatus of an air vehicle may include an engine mounted in a fuselage of the air vehicle, a generator configured to be driven using power from the engine, a compressor configured to be driven by the engine or the generator, a battery configured to store electricity generated by the generator, an electricity distributor connected to the generator, the battery and the main propulsion apparatus and configured to distribute electricity generated by the generator to the battery and to a main propulsion apparatus, and at least one nozzle device configured to jet high-pressure gas, supplied from the compressor, to an outside of the fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Woo Suk JUNG, Gwi Taek KIM, Yoon Cheol JEON, Hyun Ki CHO
  • Publication number: 20240191911
    Abstract: An embodiment thermal management system of a vehicle includes an air supply device that draws and supplies ambient air. An air cycle apparatus connected to the air supply device that compresses or expands the air to be changed to a high or low temperature air. An air distribution device is connected to the air cycle apparatus and a cabin room connected to the air distribution device that receives the high or low temperature air. A first heat-exchanger connected to the air cycle apparatus performs heat-exchange on the high temperature air and a second heat-exchanger connected to the first heat-exchanger and the air cycle apparatus performs heat-exchange on the air. The second heat-exchanger and the air distribution device are selectively connected and the air having heat-exchanged while passing through the second heat-exchanger is selectively supplied to the air distribution device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Man Hee Park, Hochan An, Wan Je Cho, Yeonho Kim, Jeawan Kim, Hoyoung Jeong, Yeong Jun Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Gwi Taek Kim, Ki Cheol Park, Kyeong Su Kim, Tea Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11993392
    Abstract: An auxiliary propulsion apparatus of an air vehicle may include an engine mounted in a fuselage of the air vehicle, a generator configured to be driven using power from the engine, a compressor configured to be driven by the engine or the generator, a battery configured to store electricity generated by the generator, an electricity distributor connected to the generator, the battery and the main propulsion apparatus and configured to distribute electricity generated by the generator to the battery and to a main propulsion apparatus, and at least one nozzle device configured to jet high-pressure gas, supplied from the compressor, to an outside of the fuselage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Woo Suk Jung, Gwi Taek Kim, Yoon Cheol Jeon, Hyun Ki Cho
  • Publication number: 20240166355
    Abstract: An environmental control device includes a shaft installed in an aircraft and coupled to a motor to be rotatable; a compressor connected to the shaft to be rotatable, the compressor adiabatically compressing external air introduced into the aircraft to form a flow of compressed air having a raised temperature; a heat exchanger allowing heat exchange between the compressed air having a raised temperature and a portion of the external air introduced into the aircraft; and a turbine connected to the shaft to be rotatable, the turbine adiabatically expanding the heat-exchanged compressed air to form a flow of chilling air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Gwi Taek Kim, Ji Won Hwang, Mi Jin Kim, Woo Suk Jung
  • Patent number: 11760163
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: 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
  • Patent number: 11760228
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electric power and thermal management system in which, when a shaft is rotated due to an operation of a power part, generation of electric power and a circulation of a fluid are performed together so that the generation of the electric power and a circulation structure of oil are integrated, and thus a layout can be reduced, and a structure can be simplified. In addition, in a state in which the generation of the electric power and the circulation structure of the oil are integrated, a circulation amount of the oil is adjusted according to an angle of an inclined plate constituting a pumping mechanism so that an oversupply of the oil to parts through which the oil is circulated can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Gwi Taek Kim
  • Patent number: 11754087
    Abstract: An oil dispersion system uses an actuator for propellers and includes a pumping device that circulates oil when a driving motor is operated to drive a propeller, whereby the propeller and an oil circulation structure are integrated, and a circulation amount of oil is adjusted based on an angle of a swash plate of the pumping device when the driving motor is operated in order to drive the propeller, thereby controlling a supply of oil to no more than that required by oil-using parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Gwi Taek Kim, Hyun Woo Jun
  • Patent number: 11664652
    Abstract: An emergency power management system of a mobility, may include a fuse device connected to a battery and including a first circuit and a second circuit in which a first fuse and a second fuse are respectively provided and are connected in parallel, a pyro switch provided between the first circuit and the second circuit, and configured to establish electric connection with the first circuit in ordinary times and to release electric connection with the first circuit and to establish electric connection with the second circuit in a case of emergency, a determiner configured to determine abnormality of the first fuse based on current applied from the high-voltage battery or voltages at opposite end portions of the first fuse, and a controller configured to operate the pyro switch when abnormality occurs in the first fuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Jeon, Hyun Woo Jun, Hee Kwang Lee, Hyun Ki Cho, Gwi Taek Kim, Hyun Seok Hong, Woo Suk Jung
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11518210
    Abstract: An integrated thermal management system for mobility vehicles, may include a hybrid compressor including a mechanical compression unit driven using the driving force of an engine, and an electric compression unit driven using the driving force of a motor and configured such that an air blower is connected to the electric compression unit, a refrigerant circulation line fluidically-connected to the hybrid compressor, a condenser and an expansion valve such that a refrigerant circulates thereto, and an indoor air conditioning unit configured to cool or heat air introduced through the air blower and then to discharge the air to the inside of a mobility vehicle and including a cooling core connected to a point of the refrigerant circulation line downstream of the expansion valve of the refrigerant circulation line and a heating core fluidically-connected to an exhaust gas discharge line connected to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Gwi Taek Kim, Woo Suk Jung
  • Publication number: 20220379773
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electric power and thermal management system in which, when a shaft is rotated due to an operation of a power part, generation of electric power and a circulation of a fluid are performed together so that the generation of the electric power and a circulation structure of oil are integrated, and thus a layout can be reduced, and a structure can be simplified. In addition, in a state in which the generation of the electric power and the circulation structure of the oil are integrated, a circulation amount of the oil is adjusted according to an angle of an inclined plate constituting a pumping mechanism so that an oversupply of the oil to parts through which the oil is circulated can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Gwi Taek Kim
  • Publication number: 20220364572
    Abstract: An oil dispersion system uses an actuator for propellers and includes a pumping device that circulates oil when a driving motor is operated to drive a propeller, whereby the propeller and an oil circulation structure are integrated, and a circulation amount of oil is adjusted based on an angle of a swash plate of the pumping device when the driving motor is operated in order to drive the propeller, thereby controlling a supply of oil to no more than that required by oil-using parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Gwi Taek Kim, Hyun Woo Jun
  • Publication number: 20220204178
    Abstract: An auxiliary propulsion apparatus of an air vehicle may include an engine mounted in a fuselage of the air vehicle, a generator configured to be driven using power from the engine, a compressor configured to be driven by the engine or the generator, a battery configured to store electricity generated by the generator, an electricity distributor connected to the generator, the battery and the main propulsion apparatus and configured to distribute electricity generated by the generator to the battery and to a main propulsion apparatus, and at least one nozzle device configured to jet high-pressure gas, supplied from the compressor, to an outside of the fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Woo Suk Jung, Gwi Taek Kim, Yoon Cheol Jeon, Hyun Ki Cho
  • Publication number: 20220194163
    Abstract: An integrated thermal management system for mobility vehicles, may include a hybrid compressor including a mechanical compression unit driven using the driving force of an engine, and an electric compression unit driven using the driving force of a motor and configured such that an air blower is connected to the electric compression unit, a refrigerant circulation line fluidically-connected to the hybrid compressor, a condenser and an expansion valve such that a refrigerant circulates thereto, and an indoor air conditioning unit configured to cool or heat air introduced through the air blower and then to discharge the air to the inside of a mobility vehicle and including a cooling core connected to a point of the refrigerant circulation line downstream of the expansion valve of the refrigerant circulation line and a heating core fluidically-connected to an exhaust gas discharge line connected to the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Gwi Taek KIM, Woo Suk JUNG