Patents by Inventor Hee Gun YANG

Hee Gun YANG 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: 20250038659
    Abstract: A power control circuit for a vehicle includes a power switch, N-type semiconductor switches electrically connected between a power supply terminal to which an input voltage is applied and the power switch and in which the N-type semiconductor switches are connected back-to-back, a charge pump circuit for generating a drive voltage to drive the N-type semiconductor switches by boosting the input voltage, a reverse voltage protection circuit electrically connected between an output terminal of the charge pump circuit and a node in which the N-type semiconductor switches are connected to each other, a microcontroller for generating a pulse width modulation signal for the operation of the charge pump circuit, and a voltage attenuation circuit for attenuating the drive voltage and applying the attenuated drive voltage to the microcontroller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Hee Gun Yang, Kang Woo Bae, Sung In Baek, Kyung Seok Lee, Chan Young Jung
  • Patent number: 12209448
    Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for controlling a vehicle for convenient trunk use. The method, performed by a device of a vehicle, for controlling the vehicle, includes recognizing a request to use a trunk, obtaining parking status information of the vehicle, controlling the vehicle to secure a trunk working space for trunk use based on the parking status information of the vehicle, and opening a door of the trunk in response to securing the trunk working space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hee Gun Yang
  • Publication number: 20240429534
    Abstract: A battery module assembly includes: a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells; a lower case having an inner space accommodating at least a portion of the battery pack; an upper case having an inner space accommodating the remaining portion of the battery pack that is not accommodated in the lower case, and coupled to the lower case; and at least one lower support portion formed to protrude from an inner surface of the lower case and assist in fixing the battery pack to the lower case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SEBANG LITHIUM BATTERY CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Kang Woo Bae, Hee Gun Yang, Sung In Baek, In Hwan Bae, Young Jin Kim, Sin Wook Kim, Dae Han Jang
  • Publication number: 20240429524
    Abstract: A battery apparatus includes a plurality of batteries, an upper case including fixing parts respectively protruding in left and right directions from both side surfaces thereof, each of the fixing parts having a catching protrusion protruding from an end portion thereof, and a handle including coupling parts coupled to the respective fixing parts at both ends thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Sung In BAEK, Hee Gun YANG, Kang Woo BAE, In Hwan BAE, Young Jin KIM, Sin Wook KIM, Dae Han JANG
  • Patent number: 12030526
    Abstract: An autonomous un-parking system and method of a vehicle that identify a user when un-parking a parked vehicle to propose a user-based boarding location, and control user-customized autonomous un-parking, may include a communication terminal of a user, a communication device disposed in a vehicle to receive an un-parking request of the vehicle from the communication terminal, and a controller disposed in the vehicle to determine a boarding location based on the user in a response to the un-parking request, and to control un-parking of the vehicle to the determined boarding location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hee Gun Yang, Min Kyo Kim
  • Publication number: 20240128579
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a battery module stack in which at least one battery module is stacked and formed, a cover portion coupled to a side of the battery module stack, and a substrate portion coupled to an external surface of the cover portion, wherein the cover portion includes a cover member coupled to the battery module stack, and a protrusion member protruding in an outward direction from the cover member and in contact with an internal surface of the substrate portion, the substrate portion includes an overlapping region which is a region overlapping the protrusion member when viewed in the outward direction, a through-hole passing through the overlapping region in the outward direction is formed in the overlapping region, and a pad region having electrically conductive properties is formed in a region surrounding the through-hole in the substrate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, YURA CORPORATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Gun YANG, Kang Woo Bae, Chan Young Jung, Do Hoon Yeo
  • Publication number: 20230160252
    Abstract: A method of and an apparatus for controlling a vehicle for convenient trunk use . The method, performed by a device of a vehicle, for controlling the vehicle, includes recognizing a request to use a trunk, obtaining parking status information of the vehicle, controlling the vehicle to secure a trunk working space for trunk use based on the parking status information of the vehicle, and opening a door of the trunk in response to securing the trunk working space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hee Gun Yang
  • Publication number: 20230084304
    Abstract: An apparatus of measuring a state of charge (SOC) value of a vehicle battery is provided. The apparatus includes a first SOC value determination device that determines a first SOC value of a battery included in a vehicle, in response to that the vehicle is turned on, and a second SOC value measurement device that measures a second SOC value of the battery included in the vehicle, in response to that the vehicle is turned off. The first SOC value is a value determined based on the second SOC value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Hee Gun YANG
  • Publication number: 20220363133
    Abstract: A vehicle system includes a first battery that supplies main power, when a vehicle is turned on, a second battery that supplies power in an auxiliary manner to an electric load of the vehicle and a video data recorder in the vehicle during parking, and a dual power controller that classifies a discharge region of the second battery as a first discharge interval or a second discharge interval, supplies power to the electric load and the video data recorder in the vehicle using the second battery in the first discharge interval, and supplies power to the video data recorder using the second battery in the second discharge interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hee Gun YANG, Sung Tae KIM, Jong Joo KIM
  • Publication number: 20220355670
    Abstract: A device and a method for managing a battery of a vehicle, may include a first battery configured for supplying main power to the vehicle, a second battery configured for supplying auxiliary power to the vehicle, a receiver configured for receiving a bonnet open signal of the vehicle, and a controller that cuts off power from the second battery in a response to the bonnet open signal, improving a maintenance efficiency of a vehicle to which a dual power system is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hee Gun YANG, Jong Joo KIM
  • Publication number: 20220355762
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle door are provided to automatically unlock a door locked in vehicle crash. The apparatus includes a main battery, a sub-battery, a door actuator to lock or unlock the vehicle door, and a door controller to unlock the vehicle door which is locked by supplying electric power to the door actuator through the sub-battery, when the door controller determines that supply of electric power from the main battery is failed in the vehicle crash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hee Gun YANG, Jong Joo KIM
  • Publication number: 20220089194
    Abstract: An autonomous un-parking system and method of a vehicle that identify a user when un-parking a parked vehicle to propose a user-based boarding location, and control user-customized autonomous un-parking, may include a communication terminal of a user, a communication device disposed in a vehicle to receive an un-parking request of the vehicle from the communication terminal, and a controller disposed in the vehicle to determine a boarding location based on the user in a response to the un-parking request, and to control un-parking of the vehicle to the determined boarding location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hee Gun YANG, Min Kyo KIM
  • Patent number: 10177356
    Abstract: An automotive battery mounting structure may include a battery tray connected to one of a pair of front side members disposed on a lower side of an engine compartment, and a battery secured to the battery tray. A transmission mount and a leg bracket may be coupled to the front side member, and the battery tray may be coupled to the transmission mount and the leg bracket by a plurality of fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seng Joo Yang, Do Geun Jung, Hee Gun Yang, Ji Woong Park, Seog Won Choi, Seung Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20180366702
    Abstract: An automotive battery mounting structure may include a battery tray connected to one of a pair of front side members disposed on a lower side of an engine compartment, and a battery secured to the battery tray. A transmission mount and a leg bracket may be coupled to the front side member, and the battery tray may be coupled to the transmission mount and the leg bracket by a plurality of fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seng Joo YANG, Do Geun JUNG, Hee Gun YANG, Ji Woong PARK, Seog Won CHOI, Seung Won KIM