Patents by Inventor Il Suk Yang
Il Suk 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).
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Patent number: 11939902Abstract: An apparatus of purifying exhaust gas of a hybrid vehicle includes an electric supercharger disposed on an air intake line, a post-treatment unit disposed on an exhaust gas line and including an electrically-heated catalyst, an exhaust gas recirculation unit including an exhaust gas recirculation cooler disposed on a recirculation line connecting the post-treatment unit and the intake line and an exhaust gas recirculation valve disposed on the recirculation line, a three-way valve disposed at a position at which the recirculation line diverges into a front end portion and a rear end portion of the intake line, and a controller electrically connected to the three-way valve and configured for controlling the three-way valve connecting the intake line and the recirculation line at the front end portion of the electric supercharger to be selectively opened or closed.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Il Suk Yang
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Patent number: 11846239Abstract: An air supply device for an electrically heated catalyst is proposed. The device includes an electronic supercharger fluidly connected to an intake manifold, an intake valve fluidly connected to the electronic supercharger, an exhaust valve fluidly connected to an exhaust manifold of the engine, an electrically heated catalyst fluidly connected to the exhaust manifold and positioned in a front end of a catalyst part, and a controller configured to control driving of the electronic supercharger and an opening degree of each of the intake valve and the exhaust valve. The controller controls the electronic supercharger based on a door opening condition in a cold operation and switches the intake valve to an advance state and the exhaust valve to a retard state, thus heating the electrically heated catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Il Suk Yang
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Patent number: 11746218Abstract: Disclosed are a water-expandable rubber composition and a water-expandable rubber pad including the same. The water-expandable rubber pad manufactured using the water-expandable rubber composition is rigid enough to be directly inserted into a cylinder jacket even without a metal plate, etc. Moreover, the water-expandable rubber pad may increase in volume upon contact with engine coolant, thereby being optimized for an assembly process and facilitating design. Thus, since no separate assembly parts are used compared to conventional cases, the number of parts can be reduced, and costs can be reduced, and adhesiveness of the rubber pad is superior to that of conventional foam rubber and thus heat retention performance is excellent, resulting in improved engine fuel efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jae Wook Kang, Il Suk Yang
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Patent number: 11692475Abstract: An injection structure using integrated exhaust heat recovery system (EHRS) condensate, the structure including an integrated heat exchange part connected to an engine of a vehicle and branched from an exhaust outlet of an exhaust manifold to integrate exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and EHRS, a condensate circuit part extended from a rear end of the integrated heat exchange part to the engine of the vehicle and configured to move exhaust gas condensate, a three-phase valve configured to open and close so that a low-temperature coolant is selectively introduced into the integrated heat exchange part according to operating conditions, an EGR valve configured to open and close so that EGR gas with filtered condensate flows into the engine of the vehicle, a bypass valve fluidly connected to an exhaust muffler, and a controller configured to control opening and closing of the three-phase valve, the EGR valve, and the bypass valve according to the operating conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Il Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20230184188Abstract: An air supply device for an electrically heated catalyst is proposed. The device includes an electronic supercharger fluidly connected to an intake manifold, an intake valve fluidly connected to the electronic supercharger, an exhaust valve fluidly connected to an exhaust manifold of the engine, an electrically heated catalyst fluidly connected to the exhaust manifold and positioned in a front end of a catalyst part, and a controller configured to control driving of the electronic supercharger and an opening degree of each of the intake valve and the exhaust valve. The controller controls the electronic supercharger based on a door opening condition in a cold operation and switches the intake valve to an advance state and the exhaust valve to a retard state, thus heating the electrically heated catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Il Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20230167761Abstract: An injection structure using integrated exhaust heat recovery system (EHRS) condensate, the structure including an integrated heat exchange part connected to an engine of a vehicle and branched from an exhaust outlet of an exhaust manifold to integrate exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and EHRS, a condensate circuit part extended from a rear end of the integrated heat exchange part to the engine of the vehicle and configured to move exhaust gas condensate, a three-phase valve configured to open and close so that a low-temperature coolant is selectively introduced into the integrated heat exchange part according to operating conditions, an EGR valve configured to open and close so that EGR gas with filtered condensate flows into the engine of the vehicle, a bypass valve fluidly connected to an exhaust muffler, and a controller configured to control opening and closing of the three-phase valve, the EGR valve, and the bypass valve according to the operating conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Il Suk Yang
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Patent number: 11598274Abstract: An engine intake system includes: a port partition disposed to divide an intake port of a cylinder head into an upper portion and a lower portion; a first intake manifold configured to supply air, which flows from an air cleaner through a charger and an intercooler, to one of the upper portion and the lower portion of the port partition; a second intake manifold configured to supply the air, which flows from the air cleaner while bypassing the charger and the intercooler, to the other of the upper portion and the lower portion of the port partition; and a bypass valve disposed and configured to pass and block the air flowing into the second intake manifold from the air cleaner.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Il Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20230059437Abstract: An apparatus of purifying exhaust gas of a hybrid vehicle includes an electric supercharger disposed on an air intake line, a post-treatment unit disposed on an exhaust gas line and including an electrically-heated catalyst, an exhaust gas recirculation unit including an exhaust gas recirculation cooler disposed on a recirculation line connecting the post-treatment unit and the intake line and an exhaust gas recirculation valve disposed on the recirculation line, a three-way valve disposed at a position at which the recirculation line diverges into a front end portion and a rear end portion of the intake line, and a controller electrically connected to the three-way valve and configured for controlling the three-way valve connecting the intake line and the recirculation line at the front end portion of the electric supercharger to be selectively opened or closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Il Suk YANG
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Publication number: 20230026768Abstract: A hybrid-vehicle cooling apparatus includes a radiator, a plurality of serial-connection cooling components serially disposed to be sequentially supplied with a refrigerant discharged from the radiator, a plurality of parallel-connection cooling components disposed to be in parallel supplied with the refrigerant flowing through the plurality of serial-connection cooling components, and an electric motor mounted in a serial-refrigerant-flow section formed by the plurality of serial-connection cooling components.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Il Suk YANG
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Patent number: 11560830Abstract: A supercharging device is configured to increase an amount of intake air of an engine of a vehicle, where the supercharging device includes a chamber formed to be open in an ejecting direction of a compressor outside an ejecting portion of a compressor housing of the compressor, and an air adding device configured to supply air not compressed by the compressor to the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Il Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20220333565Abstract: A supercharging device is configured to increase an amount of intake air of an engine of a vehicle, where the supercharging device includes a chamber formed to be open in an ejecting direction of a compressor outside an ejecting portion of a compressor housing of the compressor, and an air adding device configured to supply air not compressed by the compressor to the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventor: Il Suk Yang
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Patent number: 11418013Abstract: A spark plug is disclosed. A spark plug according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include a main body including an electrode body formed with a center electrode and a moving chamber formed, wherein the moving chamber formed between the center electrode and the main body, a cap portion fixedly installed in the main body, formed with a pre-combustion chamber fluidly communicated with the moving chamber, formed with a ground electrode that is disposed to be spaced apart from the center electrode by a predetermined distance, and formed with a plurality of communication hole; a separation wall movably provided along the electrode body, and an elastic member providing an elastic force to the separation wall.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Il Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20220163004Abstract: An engine intake system includes: a port partition disposed to divide an intake port of a cylinder head into an upper portion and a lower portion; a first intake manifold configured to supply air, which flows from an air cleaner through a charger and an intercooler, to one of the upper portion and the lower portion of the port partition; a second intake manifold configured to supply the air, which flows from the air cleaner while bypassing the charger and the intercooler, to the other of the upper portion and the lower portion of the port partition; and a bypass valve disposed and configured to pass and block the air flowing into the second intake manifold from the air cleaner.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventor: Il Suk YANG
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Patent number: 11319905Abstract: An EGR cooler includes a tube assembly formed by stacking a plurality of tubes in which exhaust gas flows and a cover plate having a mounting portion formed concavely to mount the tube assembly thereon. A baffle is mounted at the tube assembly and adjusts flow of coolant inflow from a cylinder block. An inlet cover is installed on a first side of an outer surface of the cover plate to supply the exhaust gas to each tube and an outlet cover is installed on a second side of outer surface of the cover plate to exhaust the exhaust gas from each tube. At least one coolant passage in which the coolant flows is formed between the plurality of tubes.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Il Suk Yang, Dong Young Lee
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Patent number: 11300081Abstract: An engine intake bypass system includes: an inlet pipe that supplies air, which passes through a throttle valve, to an intake manifold via a supercharging device along a first path, and directly supplies the air having passed through the throttle valve the intake manifold after bypassing the supercharging device along a second path; a bypass duct disposed in the second path to receive the air from the inlet pipe and deliver the air to the intake manifold in parallel; and a bypass valve installed to interrupt the air supplied to the bypass duct.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Il Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20220099057Abstract: An engine intake bypass system includes: an inlet pipe that supplies air, which passes through a throttle valve, to an intake manifold via a supercharging device along a first path, and directly supplies the air having passed through the throttle valve the intake manifold after bypassing the supercharging device along a second path; a bypass duct disposed in the second path to receive the air from the inlet pipe and deliver the air to the intake manifold in parallel; and a bypass valve installed to interrupt the air supplied to the bypass duct.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Il Suk YANG
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Patent number: 11255302Abstract: An intake system for a vehicle may include an intake manifold having an internal space divided into a first chamber and a second chamber by a partition wall, in which intake air flows into the first chamber through a charging path and is then discharged to a portion of an intake port connected to the intake manifold; and intake air flows into the second chamber through a bypass path bypassing charger and is then discharged to another portion of the intake port.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Il Suk Yang, Won Gyu Kim
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Patent number: 11187169Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle engine system is proposed. In the method, a controller selectively enables: an exhaust heat recovery mode where, with a bypass valve, exhaust gas bypassing an EGR cooler is prevented from joining and an EGR valve is closed; an EGR mode where, with the bypass valve, surplus exhaust gas, flowing through the EGR cooler is prevented from joining and the degree of opening of the EGR valve is adjusted; a complex mode where, with the bypass valve, a ratio between amounts of the surplus exhaust gas flowing through the EGR cooler and the exhaust gas bypassing the EGR cooler is adjusted and the degree of opening of the EGR valve is adjusted; and a high output mode where, with the bypass valve, the surplus exhaust gas flowing through the EGR cooler is prevented from joining to be discharged and the EGR valve is closed.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Il Suk Yang
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Publication number: 20210332225Abstract: Disclosed are a water-expandable rubber composition and a water-expandable rubber pad including the same. The water-expandable rubber pad manufactured using the water-expandable rubber composition is rigid enough to be directly inserted into a cylinder jacket even without a metal plate, etc. Moreover, the water-expandable rubber pad may increase in volume upon contact with engine coolant, thereby being optimized for an assembly process and facilitating design. Thus, since no separate assembly parts are used compared to conventional cases, the number of parts can be reduced, and costs can be reduced, and adhesiveness of the rubber pad is superior to that of conventional foam rubber and thus heat retention performance is excellent, resulting in improved engine fuel efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Jae Wook Kang, Il Suk Yang
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Patent number: 11060444Abstract: A condensate discharge device of an intercooler for a vehicle is provided to remove condensate collected inside an intercooler. The device includes an ejector hose that is disposed between an inlet tank and an outlet tank to form a flow path for an air flow between the inlet tank and the outlet tank. An ejector housing is disposed on one side of the outlet tank. The condensate collected in the outlet tank is introduced into the ejector housing. An ejector nozzle is disposed in the ejector housing and injects the air introduced from the ejector hose into an inner space of the outlet tank. When injecting the air, to inject the condensate, which is introduced from the outlet tank into the ejector housing, injecting the inner space of the outlet tank with the air.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Il Suk Yang, Jung Joo Park