Patents by Inventor Hak Kyu Kim

Hak Kyu 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: 10425995
    Abstract: A positive temperature coefficient heater includes PTC elements embedded in adjacent heat rods, the PTC elements of the adjacent heat rods include center lines mismatched with each other and configured to minimize regions in which the PTC elements are overlapped with each other in the heat rods in which a plurality of PTC elements spaced apart from each other so as to form columns and rows and arranged in a single layer are embedded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Hak Kyu Kim, Sung Ho Kang, Sang Ki Lee, Jung Jae Lee, Jae Min Lee, Young Ho Choi, Sung Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20190225050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat pump system for a vehicle. The heat pump system includes a refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger for exchanging heat between refrigerant circulating through a refrigerant circulation line and coolant circulating through electronic units of the vehicle. The heat pump system can operate the heat pump mode even though outdoor air temperature is zero or lower or frosting is formed on the external heat exchanger because waste heat of the electronic units is retrieved through the refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger, thereby further enhancing heating performance and efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Inventors: Sung Ho KANG, Hak Kyu KIM, Jae Min LEE, Jung Jae LEE, Young Ho CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190210430
    Abstract: A heat pump system including a compressor mounted on a refrigerant circulation line for compressing and discharging refrigerant. An internal heat exchanger is mounted inside an air-conditioning case. An evaporator is mounted inside the air-conditioning case. An external heat exchanger is mounted outside the air-conditioning case. Refrigerant discharged from the internal heat exchanger is selectively expanded between the internal heat exchanger and the external heat exchanger. Refrigerant is also expanded along the refrigerant circulation line at an inlet side of the evaporator. A coolant circulation line is configured to circulate coolant toward electronic units of the vehicle. A refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between the refrigerant flowing the refrigerant circulation line and the coolant circulating through the coolant circulation line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Young Ho CHOI, Sung Ho KANG, Hak Kyu KIM, Seung Ho LEE, Jae Min LEE, Jung Jae LEE
  • Patent number: 10293659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat pump system for a vehicle. The heat pump system includes a refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger for exchanging heat between refrigerant circulating through a refrigerant circulation line and coolant circulating through electronic units of the vehicle. The heat pump system can operate the heat pump mode even though outdoor air temperature is zero or lower or frosting is formed on the external heat exchanger because waste heat of the electronic units is retrieved through the refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger, thereby further enhancing heating performance and efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Sung Ho Kang, Hak Kyu Kim, Jae Min Lee, Jung Jae Lee, Young Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 10076946
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle which uses an evaporator of an air-conditioning case for common use in an air-conditioning mode and in a heat pump mode for cooling and heating so as to reduce weight and manufacturing costs. The heat pump system can be applied without any change in structure of the air-conditioning case, and can be operated even at low temperature without any influence of outdoor temperature because the heat pump system uses waste heat of an engine so as to enhance fuel efficiency and increase heating performance and efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Sung Ho Kang, Hak Kyu Kim, Sang Ki Lee, Young Ho Choi, Jung Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 10022850
    Abstract: Provided is a stepless variable auto stroke hydraulic breaker system capable of reducing impact energy reflected in the event of an idle blow by detecting a frequency of vibrations generated when a chisel breaks objects such as bedrocks using a vibration sensor, operating according to a short stroke if the frequency of vibrations does not exceed a preset frequency, and automatically switching the short stroke into a long stroke if the frequency of vibrations exceeds the preset frequency. The breaker system includes a vibration sensor configured to detect vibrations generated when a chisel breaks rocks, a transmitter provided with the vibration sensor and configured to transmit signals generated from the vibration sensor, a receiver configured to receive the signals transmitted from the transmitter, and a stepless variable auto stroke hydraulic breaker controlled by a reception micro controller unit (MCU) of the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: DAEMO ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Hae Lee, Hak Kyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20180065451
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicular heat pump system and, more specifically, to a vehicular heat pump system having a chiller for heat exchanging cooling water circulating through vehicle electrical equipment (200), a refrigerant discharged from an outdoor heat exchanger so as to flow through a first bypass line (R1), and a refrigerant discharged from an indoor heat exchanger, thereby: in the air conditioner mode, increasing sub-cool while the refrigerant discharged from the indoor heat exchanger is first cooled at the chiller and then is second cooled at the outdoor heat exchanger such that the flow rate of refrigerants increases and cooling performance is improved; in the heat pump mode, allowing the refrigerant discharged from the indoor heat exchanger to ensure sub-cool in the chiller so as to increase the flow rate of refrigerants, and allowing the refrigerant discharged from the outdoor heat exchanger to receive an additional heating source from the chiller so as to improve heating performance;
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Young Ho CHOI, Chan Joo MAENG, Seung Ho LEE, Jung Jae LEE, Hak Kyu KIM, Sung Ho KANG, Jae Min LEE
  • Patent number: 9903628
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for controlling an electromotive compressor in a heat pump system for a vehicle. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an unexpected cutoff of a compressor attributable to overload and the generation of noise and vibration attributable to frequent restarts can be prevented by controlling the number of rotations of the compressor within a specific range based on the discharge pressure of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: HALLA VISTEON CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
    Inventors: Hak Kyu Kim, Sung Ho Kang, Sang Ki Lee, Young Ho Choi, Jae Min Lee, Jung Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 9834063
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle, which makes refrigerant bypass an external heat exchanger and turns off a fan mounted on the external heat exchanger when temperature of the outdoor air is lower than setting temperature and the vehicle enters into an idle state in a heat pump mode, thereby continuously operating the heat pump mode even in the below zero temperature so as to keep heating performance, reducing consumption of electrical power without needing to operate an electric heater, and preventing excessive noise of a fan when the vehicle enters into an idle state in the below zero temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Sung Ho Kang, Hak Kyu Kim, Sang Ki Lee, Jae Min Lee, Young Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 9810465
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle delays the change of the direction of a directional valve for a given period of time and then conducts the change of the direction of the directional valve, upon receiving the mode change signal between an air conditioner mode and a heat pump mode, thus preventing the generation of the noise and vibration caused by the differential pressure of a refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Sung Ho Kang, Hak Kyu Kim, Sang Ki Lee, Young Ho Choi, Jae Min Lee, Jung Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 9643473
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a dehumidification line for supplying some refrigerant circulating in a refrigerant circulation line to an evaporator before the refrigerant is introduced into an exterior heat exchanger after passing a first expansion means so as to dehumidify the interior of the vehicle in a heat pump mode, thereby allowing the refrigerant to smoothly flow to the evaporator at a low pressure through the dehumidification line before the refrigerant is introduced into the exterior heat exchanger which has a higher pressure than the evaporator when the interior of the vehicle is dehumidified, and smoothly dehumidifying the inside of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Sung Ho Kang, Hak Kyu Kim, Young Ho Choi, Jung Jae Lee, Sang Ki Lee, Youn Woo Lim
  • Patent number: 9528256
    Abstract: The present invention relates a flow channel switching apparatus for bidet nozzle which is capable of providing a rectal injection function in addition to anus and genitalia cleaning, which makes the bowel movement comfortable; of fluidly connecting the water tank and the drain hole to drain cold water supplied to prevent the water tank from overheating during initial stage of providing hot water and the final stage of the cleaning, even in a state where the water is not supplied to the anus cleaning hole, the genitalia cleaning hole, or the rectal injection hole, which allows reliable use of the bidet; and when the rotating plate is rotated to fluidly connect the supply through hole of the rotating plate and the anus cleaning hole, the genitalia cleaning hole, or the rectal injection hole penetrated through the disc valve, the supply through hole is fluidly connected to the respective supply hole to supply water, or either one of the first and the second drain through hole is fluidly connected to the dischar
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: NANUTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Il Yang, Man Ju Jung, Min Soo Kim, Hak Kyu Kim, Young Hoon Yoo
  • Publication number: 20160339766
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat pump system for a vehicle which includes a refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger mounted on a refrigerant circulation line of an inlet side of an external heat exchanger to exchange heat between coolant induced into the external heat exchanger and coolant circulating through electronic units of the vehicle, thereby enhancing cooling performance and reducing power consumption without an increase in size of the external heat exchanger by increasing a condensation amount because refrigerant radiates heat while passing through the refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger and the external heat exchanger in an air-conditioning mode and enhancing heating performance and reducing power consumption by increasing an evaporation amount because refrigerant absorbs heat while passing through the refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger, the external heat exchanger and a chiller in a heat pump mode, and increasing temperature of the refrigerant induced into the external heat exchanger to delay fros
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Young Ho CHOI, Sung Ho KANG, Hak Kyu KIM, Seung Ho LEE, Jae Min LEE, Jung Jae LEE
  • Publication number: 20160318373
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat pump system for a vehicle. The heat pump system includes a refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger for exchanging heat between refrigerant circulating through a refrigerant circulation line and coolant circulating through electronic units of the vehicle. The heat pump system can operate the heat pump mode even though outdoor air temperature is zero or lower or frosting is formed on the external heat exchanger because waste heat of the electronic units is retrieved through the refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger, thereby further enhancing heating performance and efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Sung Ho KANG, Hak Kyu KIM, Jae Min LEE, Jung Jae LEE, Young Ho CHOI
  • Publication number: 20160279775
    Abstract: Provided is a stepless variable auto stroke hydraulic breaker system capable of reducing impact energy reflected in the event of an idle blow by detecting a frequency of vibrations generated when a chisel breaks objects such as bedrocks using a vibration sensor, operating according to a short stroke if the frequency of vibrations does not exceed a preset frequency, and automatically switching the short stroke into a long stroke if the frequency of vibrations exceeds the preset frequency. The breaker system includes a vibration sensor configured to detect vibrations generated when a chisel breaks rocks, a transmitter provided with the vibration sensor and configured to transmit signals generated from the vibration sensor, a receiver configured to receive the signals transmitted from the transmitter, and a stepless variable auto stroke hydraulic breaker controlled by a reception micro controller unit (MCU) of the receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Won Hae LEE, Hak Kyu KIM
  • Publication number: 20160152113
    Abstract: A door structure for an air conditioner of a vehicle includes an indoor/outdoor air door having a dome shape. An outdoor air door has a plate shape and adjusts the amount of outdoor air introduced into the vehicle. First and second counter-flow preventing ribs are disposed vertically between the dome shaped indoor/outdoor air door and the plate shaped outdoor air door. The first counter-flow preventing rib is mounted to a first hinge which is connected to one end of the plate shaped outdoor air door. The second counter-flow preventing rib is mounted to be close to another end of the plate shaped outdoor air door. An air conditioning filter is disposed below the dome shaped indoor/outdoor air door, the plate shaped outdoor air door, and the first and second counter-flow preventing ribs and filters the introduced indoor air or outdoor air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicants: HALLA VISTEON CLIMATE CONTROL CORP., HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Yong Chul KIM, Su Yeon KANG, Jae Won HEO, Sung Hae PARK, Jae Sik CHOI, Hak Kyu KIM, Jung Jae LEE, Sang Ki LEE
  • Publication number: 20160090725
    Abstract: The present invention relates a flow channel switching apparatus for bidet nozzle which is capable of providing a rectal injection function in addition to anus and genitalia cleaning which makes the bowel movement comfortable; of fluidly connecting the water tank and the drain hole to drain cold water supplied to prevent the water tank from overheating during initial stage of providing hot water and the final stage of the cleaning, even in a state where the water is not supplied to the anus cleaning hole, the genitalia cleaning hole, or the rectal injection hole, which allows reliable use of the bidet; and when the rotating plate is rotated to fluidly connect the supply through hole of the rotating plate and the anus cleaning hole, the genitalia cleaning hole, or the rectal injection hole penetrated through the disc valve, the supply through hole is fluidly connected to the respective supply hole to supply water, or either one of the first and the second drain through hole is fluidly connected to the discharg
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: SANG IL YANG, MAN JU JUNG, MIN SOO KIM, HAK KYU KIM, YOUNG HOON YOO
  • Publication number: 20160090724
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bidet having instant hot water function in which a sheathed heater generates heat by a electric power supplied under the control of a controller, and, at the same time, the heating member made of aluminum is heated by the generated heat, and the tap water supplied from a hydrant is converted into hot water to spray through a nozzle to thereby wash the user's anus or genitalia, and then tap water from the hydrant is supplied to the heating member in a state where the electric power supply to the sheathed heater is disconnected under the control of the controller to quench the heating member to a room temperature, which allows reliable use of bidet, and a control method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: SANG IL YANG, MAN JU JUNG, MIN SOO KIM, HAK KYU KIM, YOUNG HOON YOO
  • Publication number: 20160016456
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle which uses an evaporator of an air-conditioning case for common use in an air-conditioning mode and in a heat pump mode for cooling and heating so as to reduce weight and manufacturing costs. The heat pump system can be applied without any change in structure of the air-conditioning case, and can be operated even at low temperature without any influence of outdoor temperature because the heat pump system uses waste heat of an engine so as to enhance fuel efficiency and increase heating performance and efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Sung Ho KANG, Hak Kyu KIM, Sang Ki LEE, Young Ho CHOI, Jung Jae LEE
  • Publication number: 20150273981
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a dehumidification line for supplying some refrigerant circulating in a refrigerant circulation line to an evaporator before the refrigerant is introduced into an exterior heat exchanger after passing a first expansion means so as to dehumidify the interior of the vehicle in a heat pump mode, thereby allowing the refrigerant to smoothly flow to the evaporator at a low pressure through the dehumidification line before the refrigerant is introduced into the exterior heat exchanger which has a higher pressure than the evaporator when the interior of the vehicle is dehumidified, and smoothly dehumidifying the inside of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: HALLA VISTEON CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
    Inventors: Sung Ho Kang, Hak Kyu Kim, Young Ho Choi, Jung Jae Lee, Sang Ki Lee, Youn Woo Lim