Patents by Inventor Hyeok SONG

Hyeok SONG 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: 20250210830
    Abstract: A battery cell and a battery module are disclosed. A battery cell includes an electrode assembly, a case receiving the electrode assembly, a cap plate coupled to an opening of the case, a terminal arranged to the cap plate and electrically connected to the electrode assembly, and an insulating member between the electrode assembly and the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2024
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Inventors: Shang Chul SEOK, In Hyeok SONG
  • Publication number: 20240226621
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a fire-extinguishing system of an energy storage device including a plurality of battery racks for receiving a plurality of battery modules, the fire-extinguishing system comprising: a sensing part for detecting at least one of a temperature, a voltage, and smoke of a battery module; and a fire-extinguishing part for injecting a fire-extinguishing chemical to the battery module when at least one of values detected by the sensing part exceeds a predetermined threshold value, wherein the fire-extinguishing part further comprises a pipe fitting member provided on a path through which the fire-extinguishing chemical is supplied with respect to the battery rack to change a supply pressure of the fire-extinguishing chemical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Won Sung KIM, Soo Taek KIM, Myoung Kon KIM, In Hyeok SONG, Hyun Soon LEE, Dong Seok IN, Geon Il KIM, Ji Won SONG, Deok Jo KANG, Sung Koo KANG
  • Patent number: 11529954
    Abstract: A mild hybrid vehicle controlling method, wherein the mild hybrid vehicle has a driver assistance module for detecting peripheral vehicle information and a mild hybrid starter & generator (MSHG) may comprises comparing, by a controller, the peripheral vehicle information with a predetermined reference value and deciding whether after-treatment regeneration control is performed or not according to a result of the comparison.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jae-Hyeok Song
  • Publication number: 20220355139
    Abstract: A fire extinguishing system for an energy storage device having a battery rack for a battery module, the fire extinguishing system including a sensing unit configured to detect when a value of one or more of a temperature of the battery module, a voltage of the battery module, or smoke from the battery module is higher than a preset threshold value; and a fire extinguishing unit configured to provide a fire extinguishing agent to the battery module when the sensing unit detects that the value is higher than the preset threshold value, the fire extinguishing unit including a heat-sensitive member. The heat-sensitive member is positioned at a battery cell vent hole for a battery cell in the battery module. The heat-sensitive member is configured to allow the fire extinguishing agent into the vent hole by being melted when a temperature of the heat-sensitive member is higher than a predetermined temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hyun Soon LEE, Dong Seok IN, Geon IL KIM, In Hyeok SONG, Ji Won SONG, Deok Jo KANG, Myoung Kon KIM, Sung Koo KANG, Soo Taek KIM, Won Sung KIM
  • Patent number: 11485267
    Abstract: A cup holder for a vehicle may include a holder body slidably coupled to a cup holder mounting portion in the vehicle, a finger elastically and pivotably mounted to the holder body, and configured to press and support a side surface of a cup inserted into the cup holder together with the holder body, a support connected to the holder body by a link such that the support is vertically movable in accordance with pivotal movement of the link, the support being configured to support a bottom portion of the cup, and a locking member disposed between the finger and the link, to lock the link, for prevention of pivotal movement of the link, or to unlock the link in linkage with pivotal operation of the finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc., HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Hyun Ko, Sang Hark Lee, Hoon Bok Lee, Won Sang Cho, Hyun Kim, Hyeok Song
  • Publication number: 20220190682
    Abstract: A motor-cooling apparatus is constructed such that coils constituting a stator are cooled using cooling fluid supplied from a first channel pipe and a second channel pipe, and the ends of the coils, which are difficult to sufficiently cool when cooling of the motor, are efficiently cooled, thereby ensuring the durability of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Jae Hyeok Song, Young Chul Kim, Young Jin Shin
  • Patent number: 11313288
    Abstract: A method of two-step variable valve lift (VVL) malfunction avoidance learning control may include: in a two-step VVL system which is operated with a main lift and a secondary lift, verifying, by an electronic control unit (ECU), an operation avoidance area based on locking of a lock pin of a cam follower ; performing VVL operation learning, in which a failure of occurrence of the second lift is determined on the basis of a locking failure of the cam follower due to an initially set value of the operation avoidance area; and reflecting the operation avoidance area to the two-step VVL system with a corrected set value which is obtained through the VVL operation learning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jae-Hyeok Song
  • Patent number: 11186269
    Abstract: A method of two-step variable valve lift (VVL) operation learning control for a vehicle may include: applying, by a lift controller, a VVL control to an electric two-step VVL system; determining, by the lift controller, whether the vehicle is running in an electric vehicle (EV) mode; and when the vehicle is running in the EV mode, performing, by the lift controller, a learning time securing control of allowing a VVL operation learning to be performed by engine operating for an operation avoidance area and an operation avoidance time which are applied to a secondary lift of an exhaust valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jae-Hyeok Song
  • Publication number: 20210146297
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for removing noxious gas from cleaning liquid discharged from an exhaust gas treatment apparatus and, more particularly, to a system and a method for removing noxious gas from cleaning liquid discharged from an exhaust gas treatment apparatus, which are capable of adjusting the discharge rate of the cleaning liquid in a noxious gas removal unit, which removes noxious gas remaining in a gaseous state in the cleaning liquid discharged from the exhaust gas treatment apparatus and discharges the cleaning liquid from which the noxious gas in the gaseous state has been removed, on the basis of a result of measurement of the level of the cleaning liquid in the noxious gas removal unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Soo-Tae Lee, Su-Kyu Lee, Keun-Jae Yook, Seong-Jae Chin, In-Hyeok Song, Jae-Bong Sung
  • Publication number: 20210146817
    Abstract: A cup holder for a vehicle may include a holder body slidably coupled to a cup holder mounting portion in the vehicle, a finger elastically and pivotably mounted to the holder body, and configured to press and support a side surface of a cup inserted into the cup holder together with the holder body, a support connected to the holder body by a link such that the support is vertically movable in accordance with pivotal movement of the link, the support being configured to support a bottom portion of the cup, and a locking member disposed between the finger and the link, to lock the link, for prevention of pivotal movement of the link, or to unlock the link in linkage with pivotal operation of the finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc., HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Hyun Ko, Sang Hark Lee, Hoon Bok Lee, Won Sang Cho, Hyun Kim, Hyeok Song
  • Patent number: 11008956
    Abstract: A variable compression ratio-applied control system using an ADAS and a control method thereof are provided. The system includes a driver assist unit for measuring the distance and the relative speed with a preceding vehicle, and a compression ratio changing unit for changing a compression ratio during traveling, and a neutral control mode for blocking power transfer by a transmission during traveling is implemented, a compression ratio changing unit is operated by using the information acquired through the driver assist unit in a state where the neutral control mode has been implemented, and the compression ratio is changed during inertia traveling during which the neutral control mode has been implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jae-Hyeok Song
  • Patent number: 10987621
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for removing noxious gas from cleaning liquid discharged from an exhaust gas treatment apparatus and, more particularly, to a system and a method for removing noxious gas from cleaning liquid discharged from an exhaust gas treatment apparatus, which are capable of adjusting the discharge rate of the cleaning liquid in a noxious gas removal unit, which removes noxious gas remaining in a gaseous state in the cleaning liquid discharged from the exhaust gas treatment apparatus and discharges the cleaning liquid from which the noxious gas in the gaseous state has been removed, on the basis of a result of measurement of the level of the cleaning liquid in the noxious gas removal unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Panasia Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soo-Tae Lee, Su-Kyu Lee, Keun-Jae Yook, Seong-Jae Chin, In-Hyeok Song, Jae-Bong Sung
  • Publication number: 20210024054
    Abstract: A method of two-step variable valve lift (VVL) operation learning control for a vehicle may include: applying, by a lift controller, a VVL control to an electric two-step VVL system; determining, by the lift controller, whether the vehicle is running in an electric vehicle (EV) mode; and when the vehicle is running in the EV mode, performing, by the lift controller, a learning time securing control of allowing a VVL operation learning to be performed by engine operating for an operation avoidance area and an operation avoidance time which are applied to a secondary lift of an exhaust valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jae-Hyeok SONG
  • Publication number: 20210010431
    Abstract: A method of two-step variable valve lift (VVL) malfunction avoidance learning control may include: in a two-step VVL system which is operated with a main lift and a secondary lift, verifying, by an electronic control unit (ECU), an operation avoidance area based on locking of a lock pin of a cam follower ; performing VVL operation learning, in which a failure of occurrence of the second lift is determined on the basis of a locking failure of the cam follower due to an initially set value of the operation avoidance area; and reflecting the operation avoidance area to the two-step VVL system with a corrected set value which is obtained through the VVL operation learning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jae-Hyeok SONG
  • Publication number: 20200284210
    Abstract: A variable compression ratio-applied control system using an ADAS and a control method thereof are provided. The system includes a driver assist unit for measuring the distance and the relative speed with a preceding vehicle, and a compression ratio changing unit for changing a compression ratio during traveling, and a neutral control mode for blocking power transfer by a transmission during traveling is implemented, a compression ratio changing unit is operated by using the information acquired through the driver assist unit in a state where the neutral control mode has been implemented, and the compression ratio is changed during inertia traveling during which the neutral control mode has been implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jae-Hyeok SONG
  • Publication number: 20200180629
    Abstract: A mild hybrid vehicle controlling method, wherein the mild hybrid vehicle has a driver assistance module for detecting peripheral vehicle information and a mild hybrid starter & generator (MSHG) may comprises comparing, by a controller, the peripheral vehicle information with a predetermined reference value and deciding whether after-treatment regeneration control is performed or not according to a result of the comparison.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Jae-Hyeok SONG
  • Patent number: 10619575
    Abstract: A variable compression ratio engine includes a piston reciprocally moving in a cylinder of an engine; a variable compression ratio apparatus controlling a movable range of the piston; and a controller controlling the variable compression ratio apparatus if a driving condition of a vehicle and a stability condition of the engine are satisfied to change a compression ratio and controlling a motor torque and an engine torque to control a requirement torque to be satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Hyeok Song, Hyunsung Jung
  • Publication number: 20190309691
    Abstract: A variable compression ratio engine includes a piston reciprocally moving in a cylinder of an engine; a variable compression ratio apparatus controlling a movable range of the piston; and a controller controlling the variable compression ratio apparatus if a driving condition of a vehicle and a stability condition of the engine are satisfied to change a compression ratio and controlling a motor torque and an engine torque to control a requirement torque to be satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Jae Hyeok SONG, Hyunsung JUNG
  • Patent number: 10344685
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing an engine including a variable compression ratio apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, may include a piston configured to reciprocally move in a cylinder of the engine, a detector configured to determine a position of the piston, a variable compression ratio apparatus configured to adjust a moving range of the piston, and a controller configured to determine whether the variable compression ratio apparatus is defective based on a position signal of the piston determined by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jae Hyeok Song
  • Publication number: 20180306126
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing an engine including a variable compression ratio apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, may include a piston configured to reciprocally move in a cylinder of the engine, a detector configured to determine a position of the piston, a variable compression ratio apparatus configured to adjust a moving range of the piston, and a controller configured to determine whether the variable compression ratio apparatus is defective based on a position signal of the piston determined by the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jae-Hyeok SONG