Patents by Inventor Hyung Hwan KO

Hyung Hwan KO 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: 10683599
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine including: a washing tub connected with an outer rotor and an outer shaft; a pulsator connected with an inner rotor and an inner shaft; and a planetary gear set mounted between the inner rotor and the pulsator and between the outer rotor and the washing tub, to thus reduce a rotational force of the inner shaft, wherein at least one of the pulsator and the washing tub is rotated during performing a washing stroke by allowing the washing tub to be rotated for a period of time when the pulsator is stopping, to thus minimize a washing machine stop time during performing a washing stroke to thereby enhance a running rate and improve washing efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Hyung Hwan Ko, Hak Rok Kim, Se Ki Lee
  • Publication number: 20190319498
    Abstract: Provided is a stator including: a plurality of stator cores; a bobbin wrapped around an outer circumferential surface of the stator core; and a coil wound around an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin, wherein each of the plurality of stator cores includes a first core portion that is formed by laminating a plurality of iron pieces, and around which a coil is wound, and a second core portion coupled to one end of the first core portion and disposed to face a magnet of a rotor and formed to be wider than an end surface area of the first core portion, and a motor having the same, to thus improve the efficiency of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Byung Soo KIM, Hyung Hwan KO, Se Ki LEE
  • Patent number: 10385498
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine including: a washing tub connected with an outer rotor and an outer shaft; a pulsator connected with an inner rotor and an inner shaft; and a planetary gear set mounted between the inner rotor and the pulsator and between the outer rotor and the washing tub, to thus reduce a rotational force of the inner shaft, wherein the rotational force of the inner rotor is transmitted to the washing tub by the planetary gear set when a load is applied to the pulsator at the time of an initial start of the inner rotor, to thus lower a starting current and lower an end current at a time when the inner rotor is stopped, to thereby reduce power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Hyung Hwan Ko, Hak Rok Kim, Se Ki Lee
  • Patent number: 10323350
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine motor including: an inner rotor connected with an outer shaft; an outer rotor connected with an inner shaft; and a stator disposed with an air gap between the inner rotor and the outer rotor, wherein the outer shaft is rotated at the same speed as that of the inner rotor, and the rotational speed of the inner shaft is decelerated compared to that of the outer rotor so as to increase a torque, and wherein a first bearing and a second bearing are disposed on an outer surface of the outer shaft in order to rotatably support the outer shaft, and the first bearing is mounted in the stator. The washing machine motor includes a planetary gear set that decelerates the rotational speed of the inner shafts and increases the torque, to thereby implement a large-capacity washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Hyung Hwan Ko
  • Patent number: 10301761
    Abstract: A washing machine driving apparatus comprises: a drive motor of a double rotor-double stator structure where the drive motor comprises an inner rotor and an outer rotor controllable independently by a double stator, and optionally generating inner rotor output and outer rotor output; a first inner shaft transferring the inner rotor output as a first input; a first outer shaft rotatably coupled to an outer periphery of the first inner shaft, and transferring the outer rotor output as a second input; a planetary gear unit where a gear ratio of a transmission output generated from a carrier is controlled by the second input applied to a ring gear through the first outer shaft, when the first input is applied to a sun gear through the first inner shaft; and a protection unit protecting the inner rotor where an outer peripheral portion of protection unit is supported by the double stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Hyung Hwan Ko, Hak Rok Kim, Se Ki Lee
  • Patent number: 10050502
    Abstract: A double stator includes: a stator core; a bobbin wrapped on an outer circumferential surface of the stator core; and a first coil wound on one side of the stator core and a second coil wound on the other side of the stator core. The stator core includes: a lamination type core portion formed by laminating a plurality of iron pieces, on an outer surface of which a first press-fit groove is formed, and on an inner surface of which a second press-fit groove is formed; a first integration type core portion fixed to the first press-fit groove of the lamination type core portion, integrally formed by metal powders, and on which a first coil is wound; and a second integration type core portion fixed to the second press-fit groove of the lamination type core portion, integrally formed by metal powders, and on which a second coil is wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Hak Rok Kim, Hyung Hwan Ko
  • Patent number: 9988752
    Abstract: Provided are a washing machine motor including: an outer shaft connected to a washing tub; an inner shaft rotatably disposed inside the outer shaft and connected to a pulsator; an inner rotor connected to the outer shaft; an outer rotor connected to the inner shaft; a stator disposed between the inner rotor and the outer rotor with an air gap; and a planetary gear setmounted on the inner shaft so as to reduce a rotational speed. The washing machine motor includes the planetary gear set which increases a torque by reducing a rotational speed in the inner shaft connected to the pulsator to thereby allow implementation of a large-capacity washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Hyung Hwan Ko
  • Patent number: 9976243
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine motor including: an outer rotor connected with an outer shaft; an inner rotor connected with an inner shaft; a stator disposed with an air gap between the inner rotor and the outer rotor and driving the inner rotor and the outer rotor independently; and a planetary gear set provided in the inner shaft to thus decelerate a rotational speed of the inner shaft. The outer shaft is rotated at the same speed as that of the outer rotor, and the inner shaft is decelerated compared to the rotational speed of the inner rotor, so as to increase the torque of the inner shaft. The washing machine motor enables a small-torque output from the inner rotor to drive the pulsator through a planetary gear set and a large-torque output from the outer rotor to drive the wash tub through the planetary gear set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Hyung Hwan Ko
  • Publication number: 20170204551
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine including: a washing tub connected with an outer rotor and an outer shaft; a pulsator connected with an inner rotor and an inner shaft; and a planetary gear set mounted between the inner rotor and the pulsator and between the outer rotor and the washing tub, to thus reduce a rotational force of the inner shaft, wherein the rotational force of the inner rotor is transmitted to the washing tub by the planetary gear set when a load is applied to the pulsator at the time of an initial start of the inner rotor, to thus lower a starting current and lower an end current at a time when the inner rotor is stopped, to thereby reduce power consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: Amotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Soo KIM, Hyung Hwan KO, Hak Rok KIM, Se Ki LEE
  • Patent number: 9712028
    Abstract: Provided are a stator having a three-coil wiring structure, a BLDC motor using the same, and a driving method thereof, in which coils are wound by using a three-coil wiring method, to thus minimize a ratio between slots and poles, and to thereby reduce cogging noise, and a gap between cores is set small, to thus increase an effective area between a magnet and a core and to thereby reduce leakage magnetic flux. The BLDC motor includes: a stator having a plurality of split cores that are disposed between an inner rotor and an outer rotor, and on which coils of three phases are connected and wound in a three-phase drive method, in which the plurality of split cores include a number of core groups in which the coils of the respective phases are wound on three consecutive split cores in sequence of a forward direction, a reverse direction, and a forward direction, and the three consecutive split cores generate magnetic flux in opposite directions to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Amotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Se Ki Lee, Hyung Hwan Ko, Seong Cheol Park
  • Publication number: 20170191203
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine including: a washing tub connected with an outer rotor and an outer shaft; a pulsator connected with an inner rotor and an inner shaft; and a planetary gear set mounted between the inner rotor and the pulsator and between the outer rotor and the washing tub, to thus reduce a rotational force of the inner shaft, wherein at least one of the pulsator and the washing tub is rotated during performing a washing stroke by allowing the washing tub to be rotated for a period of time when the pulsator is stopping, to thus minimize a washing machine stop time during performing a washing stroke to thereby enhance a running rate and improve washing efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Byung Soo KIM, Hyung Hwan KO, Hak Rok KIM, Se Ki LEE
  • Publication number: 20170179775
    Abstract: Provided is a stator including: a plurality of stator cores; a bobbin wrapped around an outer circumferential surface of the stator core; and a coil wound around an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin, wherein each of the plurality of stator cores includes a first core portion that is formed by laminating a plurality of iron pieces, and around which a coil is wound, and a second core portion coupled to one end of the first core portion and disposed to face a magnet of a rotor and formed to be wider than an end surface area of the first core portion, and a motor having the same, to thus improve the efficiency of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Byung Soo KIM, Hyung Hwan KO, Se Ki LEE
  • Patent number: 9673676
    Abstract: A single rotor type motor includes: a stator including a plurality of stator cores that are split and radially arranged, a bobbin made of an insulating material and wrapped on an outer surface of each of the stator cores, coils wound on an outer surface of the bobbin, an upper fixing plate disposed on the upper surfaces of the stator cores and on which the stator cores are radially arranged, and a lower fixing plate that is disposed on the lower surfaces of the stator cores and is coupled with the upper fixing plate; and a single rotor disposed with a certain gap from any one surface of an inner surface of the stator and an outer surface thereof. The plurality of wiring units for electrically connecting between the coils wound around each of the stator cores are formed integrally on the upper surface of the upper fixing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Hyung Hwan Ko
  • Patent number: 9577554
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus for a washing machine, in which a motor is a washing machine motor with a double stator and a double rotor respectively having first and second U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase stator coils, includes: a motor controller for generating a drive signal in accordance with a washing mode, a rinsing mode and a dewatering mode; an inverter for generating a three-phase alternating-current (AC) power, in which any one-phase AC power of the three-phase AC power is applied in common to any one-phase stator coil of the first and second U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase stator coils for the washing machine motor; and a switching unit for switching to apply the remaining two-phase AC power of the three-phase AC power to any two-phase stator coils of the remaining two-phase stator coils of the first and second U-phase, V-phase, and W-phase stator coils for the washing machine motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Hyung Hwan Ko
  • Publication number: 20170044705
    Abstract: A washing machine driving apparatus comprises: a drive motor of a double rotor-double stator structure where the drive motor comprises an inner rotor and an outer rotor controllable independently by a double stator, and optionally generating inner rotor output and outer rotor output; a first inner shaft transferring the inner rotor output as a first input; a first outer shaft rotatably coupled to an outer periphery of the first inner shaft, and transferring the outer rotor output as a second input; a planetary gear unit where a gear ratio of a transmission output generated from a carrier is controlled by the second input applied to a ring gear through the first outer shaft, when the first input is applied to a sun gear through the first inner shaft; and a protection unit protecting the inner rotor where an outer peripheral portion of protection unit is supported by the double stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Byung Soo KIM, Hyung Hwan KO, Hak Rok KIM, Se Ki LEE
  • Patent number: 9543799
    Abstract: A single rotor type motor includes: a stator including a plurality of stator cores that are divided in a plural number and radially arranged, a bobbin made of an insulating material and wrapped on an outer surface of each of the stator cores, and coils wound on an outer surface of the bobbin; and a single rotor disposed with a certain gap from any one surface of an inner surface of the stator and an outer surface thereof, wherein a wiring unit for electrically wiring coils wound on each stator core is integrally formed with the bobbin, and the wiring unit is arranged at an opposing end to an end facing the rotor of the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Soo Kim, Hyung Hwan Ko
  • Publication number: 20160376741
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine motor including: an inner rotor connected with an outer shaft; an outer rotor connected with an inner shaft; and a stator disposed with an air gap between the inner rotor and the outer rotor,wherein the outer shaft is rotated at the same speed as that of the inner rotor, and the rotational speed of the inner shaft is decelerated compared to that of the outer rotor so as to increase a torque, and wherein a first bearing and a second bearing are disposed on an outer surface of the outer shaft in order to rotatably support the outer shaft, and the first bearing is mounted in the stator. The washing machine motor includes a planetary gear set that decelerates the rotational speed of the inner shafts and increases the torque, to thereby implement a large-capacity washing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Byung Soo KIM, Hyung Hwan KO
  • Publication number: 20160222572
    Abstract: Provided is a washing machine motor including: an outer rotor connected with an outer shaft; an inner rotor connected with an inner shaft; a stator disposed with an air gap between the inner rotor and the outer rotor and driving the inner rotor and the outer rotor independently; and a planetary gear set provided in the inner shaft to thus decelerate a rotational speed of the inner shaft. The outer shaft is rotated at the same speed as that of the outer rotor, and the inner shaft is decelerated compared to the rotational speed of the inner rotor, so as to increase the torque of the inner shaft. The washing machine motor enables a small-torque output from the inner rotor to drive the pulsator through a planetary gear set and a large-torque output from the outer rotor to drive the wash tub through the planetary gear set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Byung Soo KIM, Hyung Hwan KO
  • Publication number: 20160190874
    Abstract: A single stator includes: a stator core; a bobbin wrapped on an outer circumferential surface of the stator core; and a coil wound on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin. The stator core comprises: a plurality of integration type core portions that are integrally formed by metal powders, and on which a coil is wound; and a lamination type core portion that is formed in an annular shape by laminating a plurality of iron pieces, and that has at least one press-fit groove is formed in which each of the plurality of integration type core portions is press-fitted into and combined with the at least one press-fit groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Byung Soo KIM, Hak Rok KIM, Hyung Hwan KO
  • Publication number: 20160168775
    Abstract: Provided are a washing machine motor including: an outer shaft connected to a washing tub; an inner shaft rotatably disposed inside the outer shaft and connected to a pulsator; an inner rotor connected to the outer shaft; an outer rotor connected to the inner shaft; a stator disposed between the inner rotor and the outer rotor with an air gap; and a planetary gear set mounted on the inner shaft so as to reduce a rotational speed. The washing machine motor includes the planetary gear set which increases a torque by reducing a rotational speed in the inner shaft connected to the pulsator to thereby allow implementation of a large-capacity washing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Byung Soo KIM, Hyung Hwan KO