Patents by Inventor In Hyeok Kim

In Hyeok 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: 12269312
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a heat management device for a vehicle and a heat management method for a vehicle, which use a branch line and a flow control means to use heat generated from a battery module of a vehicle or a heat generated from an electrical component of the vehicle as a heat source for an air conditioning device installed in the vehicle. Therefore, the heat management device for a vehicle and the heat management method for a vehicle may improve heating performance and quality by selectively using waste heat from the electrical component module and the waste heat from the battery depending on the mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Jae Min Lee, Young Chul Kim, In Hyeok Kim, Kyeong Cheol Lee
  • Publication number: 20250102230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manifold fluid module. A manifold fluid module according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a manifold plate comprising a fluid passage formed internally, and a heat exchanger coupled to the manifold plate, configured to exchange heat between a first fluid and a second fluid, and comprising a first inlet port for inlet of the first fluid, a first outlet port for outlet of the first fluid, a second inlet port for inlet of the second fluid, and a second outlet port for outlet of the second fluid, wherein the first inlet port and the first outlet port of the heat exchanger may connected to communicate with the fluid passage, one of the first inlet port or the outlet port being directly connected to the manifold plate, the other being connected to a fluid pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Kyeong Cheol LEE, In Keun KANG, Young Man KIM, In Hyeok KIM, Jae Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20240278622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicular air conditioning system and provides a vehicular air conditioning system capable of preventing overheating of an inverter that controls the rotation speed of an electric compressor without cutting off the inverter, and consequently preventing the stoppage of an air conditioner due to the cut-off of the inverter and the resultant stoppage of cooling of a passenger room. The vehicular air conditioning system includes an electric compressor, an inverter configured to control a rotation speed of the electric compressor, and a control part configured to execute control so that a refrigerant flow rate on an inlet side of the electric compressor increases when a temperature of the inverter is equal to or higher than a preset overheating warning temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Hak Kyu KIM, In Hyeok KIM, Sang Jun YOO, Hong Rae JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240116330
    Abstract: A vehicular air conditioning system includes: an intake part including an intake door configured to open an outdoor air inlet to introduce an outdoor air in an outdoor air mode, open an indoor air inlet to introduce an indoor air in an indoor air mode, and control an opening degree of the outdoor air inlet or the indoor air inlet, and a blower configured to suck the indoor air or the outdoor air through the indoor air inlet or the outdoor air inlet and blow the indoor air or the outdoor air into a vehicle interior; and a control part configured to control a rotational speed of the blower according to an air flow rate level of the air conditioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: In Hyeok KIM, Young Man KIM, Jae Kyun KIM, Kyeong Cheol LEE, Jae Min LEE
  • Patent number: 11675628
    Abstract: Provided are a method for operating a storage driver in a container environment and a storage driver apparatus and a method for operating a storage driver according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: requesting downloading of an image for running a container; downloading a plurality of sub images associated with the requested image; allocating each of the plurality of downloaded sub images to an independent logical volume in a multi-layer based file system; and running a container using each of the plurality of allocated sub images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Young Ik Eom, In Hyeok Kim, Jong Gyu Park, Kwon Je Oh
  • Publication number: 20230173885
    Abstract: A vehicular thermal management system includes: a refrigerant circulation line including a compressor, a high-pressure heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger, a plurality of expansion valves and a low-pressure heat exchanger; an air conditioning mode branch line configured to allow a refrigerant passing through the compressor and the high-pressure heat exchanger to circulate in the order of the outdoor heat exchanger and the low-pressure heat exchanger in an air conditioning mode; a heat pump mode branch line configured to allow the refrigerant passing through the compressor and the high-pressure heat exchanger to circulate by bypassing the outdoor heat exchanger and the low-pressure heat exchanger in a heat pump mode; and a refrigerant/oil recovery part configured to, when one of the branch lines is used, recover the refrigerant and oil in the other unused branch line to the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Min LEE, Young Man KIM, Young Chul KIM, In Hyeok KIM, Kyeong Cheol LEE
  • Publication number: 20230048724
    Abstract: Provided is a combination valve unit having an improved structure and capable of performing both a pressure relief function for cooling and a pressure relief function for dehumidification. In addition, disclosed is a vehicle heat pump system capable of improving dehumidification performance by actively controlling the refrigerant flow distribution. The combination valve unit serves as a refrigerant throttling means in a vehicle heat pump system, and forms the inlet for a cooling pressure relief unit for performing indoor cooling and the inlet for a dehumidification pressure relief unit for performing indoor dehumidification, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Min LEE, Young Man KIM, In Hyeok KIM, Kyeong Cheol LEE
  • Publication number: 20220258558
    Abstract: An embodiment relates to a heat management device for a vehicle and a heat management method for a vehicle, which use a branch line and a flow control means to use heat generated from a battery module of a vehicle or a heat generated from an electrical component of the vehicle as a heat source for an air conditioning device installed in the vehicle. Therefore, the heat management device for a vehicle and the heat management method for a vehicle may improve heating performance and quality by selectively using waste heat from the electrical component module and the waste heat from the battery depending on the mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Jae Min LEE, Young Chul KIM, In Hyeok KIM, Kyeong Cheol LEE
  • Patent number: 11048529
    Abstract: A method for user-based application grouping in a table-top multi-user environment where a plurality of users execute applications individually comprises collecting geometric information of each window of a plurality of applications displayed on a table-top display—each window of the plurality of applications has different geometric information according to the position at which each user uses the table-top display; and processing geometric information of each window of the plurality of applications through a clustering algorithm processing unit by using the collected geometric information as a criterion for classifying the plurality of applications and grouping the processed geometric information for each user. Through grouping of applications currently executed in a table-top environment for each user, a user-specific special function such as a user-specific application history may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Young Ik Eom, Jong Gyu Park, In Hyeok Kim
  • Patent number: 10946721
    Abstract: Vehicular heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line including a compressor, a high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, a heat pump mode expansion valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, an air conditioning mode expansion valve, low pressure side indoor heat exchanger and a refrigerant-cooling water heat exchanger; an air conditioning mode branch line branched from the refrigerant circulation line and configured to, in an air conditioning mode, form a cooling loop by circulating a refrigerant through the compressor, the high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, the outdoor heat exchanger, the air conditioning mode expansion valve and low pressure side indoor heat exchanger. Heat pump mode branch line branched from the refrigerant circulation line is configured, in heat pump mode to form a heating loop by circulating the refrigerant through the compressor, the high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, the heat pump mode expansion valve and the refrigerant-cooling water heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Jae Min Lee, Young Chul Kim, In Hyeok Kim, Seo Jun Yoon, Kyeong Cheol Lee, Seung Ho Lee, Sung Ho Kang, Jung Jae Lee
  • Publication number: 20200257569
    Abstract: Provided are a method for operating a storage driver in a container environment and a storage driver apparatus and a method for operating a storage driver according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: requesting downloading of an image for running a container; downloading a plurality of sub images associated with the requested image; allocating each of the plurality of downloaded sub images to an independent logical volume in a multi-layer based file system; and running a container using each of the plurality of allocated sub images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Young Ik EOM, In Hyeok KIM, Jong Gyu PARK, Kwon Je OH
  • Patent number: 10639966
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for motor vehicles includes a compressor, a condenser, a plurality of air conditioning units connected in parallel with each other with respect to the compressor and the condenser, and a flow rate control unit configured to, when a specific one of the air conditioning units is additionally turned on or is turned off, prevent occurrence of a sudden change in refrigerant amount in the remaining air conditioning units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Baek, Chul Soon Kim, Tae Eun Kim, Se Won Min, Sang Jun Yoo, Hong Rae Jung, Seo Jun Yoon, Seung Ho Lee, Jae Min Lee, Young Chul Kim, In Hyeok Kim
  • Publication number: 20200047589
    Abstract: Vehicular heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line including a compressor, a high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, a heat pump mode expansion valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, an air conditioning mode expansion valve, low pressure side indoor heat exchanger and a refrigerant-cooling water heat exchanger; an air conditioning mode branch line branched from the refrigerant circulation line and configured to, in an air conditioning mode, form a cooling loop by circulating a refrigerant through the compressor, the high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, the outdoor heat exchanger, the air conditioning mode expansion valve and low pressure side indoor heat exchanger. Heat pump mode branch line branched from the refrigerant circulation line is configured, in heat pump mode to form a heating loop by circulating the refrigerant through the compressor, the high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, the heat pump mode expansion valve and the refrigerant-cooling water heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Jae Min LEE, Young Chul KIM, In Hyeok KIM, Seo Jun YOON, Kyeong Cheol LEE, Seung Ho LEE, Sung Ho KANG, Jung Jae LEE
  • Patent number: 10518603
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner for a vehicle, which includes: an air-conditioning case (120) having an air passageway for connecting an air inflow port (127) and an air outflow port (128) with each other; an evaporator (130) and a heater core (140) mounted on the air passageway; a blower unit (110) disposed at the side of the air inflow port (127) to blow air to the inside of the air-conditioning case (120); and a separator (150) disposed at the upstream side of the evaporator (130) to divide air, which is introduced into an air inflow passageway (227) of the air-conditioning case (120), into the right and the left. The air conditioner further includes an assembly end portion (152) disposed at an end portion of one side of the separator (150) to be inserted and assembled on the air inflow passageway (227) of the air-conditioning case (120) by forced fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Tae Wan Kim, Tae Yun Kong, Jeong Hun Seo, Jae Hwan Jung, In Hyeok Kim, Sae Dong Eom
  • Publication number: 20190322155
    Abstract: The heater module includes a fluid pump including a pump inlet configured to introduce cooling water thereinto, a pump outlet configured to pressurize and discharge the introduced cooling water, cooling water heating heater including a heater inlet configured to introduce thereinto the cooling water discharged from the pump outlet of the fluid pump, a heating unit configured to heat the introduced cooling water, a heater outlet configured to discharge the heated cooling water, a flow channel switch valve for switching a circulation flow channel of the cooling water, wherein the fluid pump is integrally formed with one side of the cooling water heating heater to embody both a heating mode and a battery temperature-rising mode by one heater module for heating cooling water. Thus, a connection hose for connection components is removed or a length thereof is minimized, a fluid pump and a valve housing are reduced, thereby reducing costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: In Hyeok KIM, Jung Jae LEE, Jae Yeong JU, Young Chul KIM, Hak Kyu KIM, Hyuk KIM, Jong Du LEE
  • Publication number: 20190155623
    Abstract: A method for user-based application grouping in a table-top multi-user environment where a plurality of users execute applications individually comprises collecting geometric information of each window of a plurality of applications displayed on a table-top display—each window of the plurality of applications has different geometric information according to the position at which each user uses the table-top display; and processing geometric information of each window of the plurality of applications through a clustering algorithm processing unit by using the collected geometric information as a criterion for classifying the plurality of applications and grouping the processed geometric information for each user. Through grouping of applications currently executed in a table-top environment for each user, a user-specific special function such as a user-specific application history may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Young Ik EOM, Jong Gyu PARK, IN Hyeok KIM
  • Patent number: 10286749
    Abstract: Disclosed therein is a dual zone type air conditioner for a vehicle, which includes: an air volume control door mounted between a blower and an evaporator for controlling the degree of opening of first and second passageways so as to control the volume of air blown to the inside of an air-conditioning case; and bypass passageways disposed in the air volume control door to supply a predetermined air volume to a closed passageway even though the air volume control door is at the location to close the first passageway or the second passageway, thereby preventing a sudden change in air volume by widening a control interval of the air volume control door because the first-stage air volume can be realized even though the air volume control door closes one of the air passageways, and reducing a whistle noise by securing a predetermined cross-sectional area of the air passageway through the bypass passageways even though the cross-sectional area of the air passageway gets narrower while the air volume control door cl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jae Hwan Jung, Tae Yun Kong, In Hyeok Kim, Tae Wan Kim, Jeong Hun Seo
  • Patent number: 10272735
    Abstract: An individual air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle includes: a driver's seat air conditioning module and a passenger seat air conditioning module sequentially provided with an evaporation core and a heater core; a first channel that passes through the evaporation core and is connected to an indoor outlet; a second channel that passes through the evaporation core and the heater core and is connected to the indoor outlet; and a temperature control door that opens and closes the first channel and the second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Hanon Systems, Doowon Climate Control Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gee Young Shin, Sang Shin Lee, Kwang Woon Cho, Dong Ho Kwon, Keon Soo Jin, Dae Ig Jung, In Hyeok Kim, Sang In Suk
  • Publication number: 20180281564
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for motor vehicles includes a compressor, a condenser, a plurality of air conditioning units connected in parallel with each other with respect to the compressor and the condenser, and a flow rate control unit configured to, when a specific one of the air conditioning units is additionally turned on or is turned off, prevent occurrence of a sudden change in refrigerant amount in the remaining air conditioning units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Baek, Chul Soon Kim, Tae Eun Kim, Se Won Min, Sang Jun Yoo, Hong Rae Jung, Seo Jun Yoon, Seung Ho Lee, Jae Min Lee, Young Chul Kim, In Hyeok Kim
  • Patent number: 10017029
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for motor vehicles includes an air conditioner case, a blower installed in the air conditioner case and configured to draw an air and blow the air into a vehicle room, and a control unit configured to limit an upper limit value of a temperature of the air blown toward the blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jae Hwan Jung, Tae Yun Kong, In Hyeok Kim, Tae Wan Kim, Jeong Hun Seo