Patents by Inventor Jae Ho Hwang

Jae Ho Hwang 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: 20210313886
    Abstract: A DC-to-DC converter includes a first capacitor, first, second, third, and fourth switches connected in series between first and second electrodes of the first capacitor, a second capacitor connected to a connection node of the first switch and the second switch and a connection node of the third switch and the fourth switch, an inductor connected to a connection node of the second switch and the third switch, and a controller that controls an on/off state of each of the first to fourth switches on the basis of a value obtained by applying a reciprocal of a detection current that is a measured current flowing through the inductor to a difference between a first detection voltage and a first voltage instruction value and a difference between a second detection voltage and a second voltage instruction value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Jung Hwi Kim, Jung Mo Yu, Yong Jae Lee, Jae Ho Hwang, Joo Young Park, Jae Hyeon Park
  • Patent number: 11095245
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an inverter to drive a motor includes: a current control processor generating a voltage command for generating d/q axis current detection values, which are obtained by measuring current supplied to the motor, to follow a d/q axis current command for driving the motor, the current control processor converting the voltage command, which is sampled according to a sampling frequency generated based on a voltage vector phase of the voltage command, into a voltage vector corresponding to a point on each vertex and each side of a hexagon in a voltage vector diagram to apply a resulting value to the inverter driving the motor; and a sample frequency computing processor computing the sampling frequency based on the voltage vector phase of the voltage command and a reference number of sampling times during one rotation period of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Mu Shin Kwak, Joo Young Park, Jae Ho Hwang, Ho Joon Shin, Sung Kyu Kim, Su Hyun Bae
  • Patent number: 11060021
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a core-shell nanocomposite including fluorescent bodies disposed to have a uniform distance in a perpendicular direction from a surface thereof, to a method of manufacturing same, and to a use for a probe for metal-enhanced fluorescence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Jwa Min Nam, Jae Ho Hwang, Min Ho Kim, Jung Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 10972022
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing failure of a motor driving system using a resolver signal includes a resolver sensing a rotor position and a rotational frequency of a motor, a fast Fourier transform operation unit configured to perform fast Fourier transform on an output signal of the resolver to convert the output signal into frequency signals, a specific frequency band extraction unit configured to extract, from among the frequency signals, a specific frequency band including one or more frequencies selected from among a PWM switching frequency applied to an inverter, a motor's rotational frequency, and a preset resolver excitation signal frequency, and a failure diagnosing unit configured to diagnose failure by comparing a sum or a highest voltage among voltages corresponding to the frequencies included in the specific frequency band with a predetermined reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Joo Young Park, Young Un Kim, Jae Sang Lim, Jae Ho Hwang, Su Hyun Bae, Yong Jae Lee, Tae Young Chung
  • Patent number: 10951153
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an inverter driving a motor is provided. The apparatus includes a current controller that generates a voltage instruction for causing a current detection value, obtained by measuring a current provided from an inverter to a motor, to correspond to a current instruction for driving the motor. A voltage modulator generates a pulse width modulation signal for controlling on/off states of switching devices in the inverter at a predetermined switching frequency based on the voltage instruction. A frequency determiner determines the switching frequency based on driving information of the motor, determines a plurality of synchronization frequencies based on a speed of the motor, and randomly selects and determines one of the plurality of synchronization frequencies as the switching frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Joo Young Park, Jae Ho Hwang, Mu Shin Kwak, Su Hyun Bae
  • Publication number: 20210061118
    Abstract: A charging system and a charging method using a motor driving system are disclosed which may enable charging between vehicles each having a battery for providing power to a vehicle driving motor, such as electric vehicles or plug-in hybrid vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Jae LEE, Jae Ho HWANG, Joo Young PARK, Su Hyun BAE
  • Publication number: 20210061128
    Abstract: A system for increasing a temperature of a battery includes an inverter including a plurality of legs each including one pair of switching devices connected in series to each other between opposite ends of the battery and corresponding to a plurality of phases, respectively, a motor including a plurality of coils corresponding to the plurality of phases, respectively, where one end of each of the plurality of coils is connected to a connection node between one pair of switching devices included in a corresponding leg and other ends of the coils are connected to each other, and a controller configured to select two phases of the plurality of phases, and to alternately control an on/off state of switching devices included in two legs in the inverter, corresponding to the two selected phases, at a preset switching frequency to generate alternating current (AC) supplied to the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Jae LEE, Su Hyun BAE, Jung Mo YU, Jae Ho HWANG, Joo Young PARK
  • Publication number: 20200373781
    Abstract: A charging power supplying system using a motor driving system includes an inverter that is connected to a battery, includes at least one switching device, and is configured to change an on/off state of the switching device and to convert power stored in the battery to output the converted power to an output terminal of the inverter, a motor including a plurality of coils that each receive power provided from the output terminal of the inverter, a charging power output terminal that is connected to a neutral point to which the plurality of coils of the motor is commonly connected and outputs current output from the neutral point to an external charging target, and a controller configured to control the switching device in the inverter based on current of the output terminal of the inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Jae Ho Hwang, Joo Young Park, Su Hyun Bae
  • Publication number: 20200343848
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an inverter driving a motor is provided. The apparatus includes a current controller that generates a voltage instruction for causing a current detection value, obtained by measuring a current provided from an inverter to a motor, to correspond to a current instruction for driving the motor. A voltage modulator generates a pulse width modulation signal for controlling on/off states of switching devices in the inverter at a predetermined switching frequency based on the voltage instruction. A frequency determiner determines the switching frequency based on driving information of the motor, determines a plurality of synchronization frequencies based on a speed of the motor, and randomly selects and determines one of the plurality of synchronization frequencies as the switching frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Joo Young Park, Jae Ho Hwang, Mu Shin Kwak, Su Hyun Bae
  • Publication number: 20200328701
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing failure of a motor driving system using a resolver signal includes a resolver sensing a rotor position and a rotational frequency of a motor, a fast Fourier transform operation unit configured to perform fast Fourier transform on an output signal of the resolver to convert the output signal into frequency signals, a specific frequency band extraction unit configured to extract, from among the frequency signals, a specific frequency band including one or more frequencies selected from among a PWM switching frequency applied to an inverter, a motor's rotational frequency, and a preset resolver excitation signal frequency, and a failure diagnosing unit configured to diagnose failure by comparing a sum or a highest voltage among voltages corresponding to the frequencies included in the specific frequency band with a predetermined reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Joo Young Park, Young Un Kim, Jae Sang Lim, Jae Ho Hwang, Su Hyun Bae, Yong Jae Lee, Tae Young Chung
  • Publication number: 20200189409
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a charging system using a motor-driving system is configured to suppress the occurrence of torque in a motor when a battery is ch receiving the supply of external charging current to a neutral point of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Jae LEE, Jae Ho HWANG, Joo Young PARK, Su Hyun BAE
  • Publication number: 20200177014
    Abstract: A charging system using a motor driving system including a battery, an inverter configured to receive and convert DC power stored in the battery into three-phase AC power and to output the three-phase AC power to a motor when the motor is driven and the motor configured to generate rotation force using the three-phase AC power output from the inverter, may include a controller configured to control the inverter to boost a voltage of a neutral point of the motor and to output the boosted voltage to the battery, by determining duty values of switching elements in the inverter when external charging current is provided to the neutral point of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Joo Young Park, Jae Ho Hwang, Mu Shin Kwak, Su Hyun Bae
  • Publication number: 20200127592
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an inverter to drive a motor includes: a current control processor generating a voltage command for generating d/q axis current detection values, which are obtained by measuring current supplied to the motor, to follow a d/q axis current command for driving the motor, the current control processor converting the voltage command, which is sampled according to a sampling frequency generated based on a voltage vector phase of the voltage command, into a voltage vector corresponding to a point on each vertex and each side of a hexagon in a voltage vector diagram to apply a resulting value to the inverter driving the motor; and a sample frequency computing processor computing the sampling frequency based on the voltage vector phase of the voltage command and a reference number of sampling times during one rotation period of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yong Jae LEE, Mu Shin Kwak, Joo Young Park, Jae Ho Hwang, Ho Joon Shin, Sung Kyu Kim, Su Hyun Bae
  • Publication number: 20200109769
    Abstract: Provided is a transmission for a motor including: an input shaft rotating by driving force transmitted from the motor and having a plurality of pawls disposed on the outer circumferential surface; controller for controlling protrusion and retraction of the pawls; a plurality of driving gears through the centers of which the input shaft passes, which have ratchets formed on the inner circumferential surfaces thereof so as to be engaged with the pawls, and which are different in the number of gear teeth; a plurality of driven gears which are externally meshed with the driving gears and are different in the number of gear teeth; and an output unit for outputting rotary speed changed in speed by the driving gears and the driven gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Bok Soung KIM, Do Hwan KIM, Hyung Bae PARK, Joon Seo KIM, Eung Sik SUK, Young Shik JEON, Yoo Gyun KIM, Jae Ho HWANG, Hyeong Keun PARK, Dong Uk SEO, Jung Hun KIM, Young Hee JU
  • Patent number: 10483900
    Abstract: A system for controlling an inverter may include a motor; then inverter including a plurality of switching elements turned on/off by a pulse width modulation signal, converting DC power into AC power according to on/off of the plurality of switching elements and providing the AC power to the motor; a current sensor for detecting and outputting a current provided to the motor; a rotation angle sensor for detecting and outputting a rotor angle of the motor; and a controller for performing duty determination control for determining a duty of the pulse width modulation signal on the basis of values detected by the current sensor and the rotation angle sensor and a torque command of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Joo Young Park, Mu Shin Kwak, Jae Ho Hwang, Su Hyun Bae, Yong Jae Lee, Sung Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10443280
    Abstract: A pressure-tight door allowing movement of hinges includes: a hinge fixating part including a fixed member having one surface with a movable groove formed therein and the other surface fixed to a door frame, and a movable member having one surface inserted into the movable groove so as to slide bidirectionally on the movable groove and a hinge attached to the other surface of the movable member, connected to a door and sliding together with the movable member. The movable member of the hinge fixating part slides inwardly together with the hinge only when the pressure due to flooding or explosion is applied to the pressure-tight door, whereby the pressure-tight door is able to effectively block any leakage by compressing the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Inventor: Jae Ho Hwang
  • Publication number: 20190260326
    Abstract: A system for controlling an inverter may include a motor; then inverter including a plurality of switching elements turned on/off by a pulse width modulation signal, converting DC power into AC power according to on/off of the plurality of switching elements and providing the AC power to the motor; a current sensor for detecting and outputting a current provided to the motor; a rotation angle sensor for detecting and outputting a rotor angle of the motor; and a controller for performing duty determination control for determining a duty of the pulse width modulation signal on the basis of values detected by the current sensor and the rotation angle sensor and a torque command of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Joo Young PARK, Mu Shin KWAK, Jae Ho HWANG, Su Hyun BAE, Yong Jae LEE, Sung Kyu KIM
  • Publication number: 20180328090
    Abstract: A pressure-tight door allowing movement of hinges includes: a hinge fixating part including a fixed member having one surface with a movable groove formed therein and the other surface fixed to a door frame, and a movable member having one surface inserted into the movable groove so as to slide bidirectionally on the movable groove and a hinge attached to the other surface of the movable member, connected to a door and sliding together with the movable member. The movable member of the hinge fixating part slides inwardly together with the hinge only when the pressure due to flooding or explosion is applied to the pressure-tight door, whereby the pressure-tight door is able to effectively block any leakage by compressing the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Jae Ho HWANG, Sung Jin CHANG
  • Publication number: 20180044584
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a core-shell nanocomposite including fluorescent bodies disposed to have a uniform distance in a perpendicular direction from a surface thereof, to a method of manufacturing same, and to a use for a probe for metal-enhanced fluorescence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jwa Min NAM, Jae Ho HWANG, Min Ho KIM, Jung Hoon LEE
  • Patent number: 9853541
    Abstract: A switched-capacitor DC-to-DC converter includes a logic cell and a capacitor cell vertically overlapping with the logic cell. The logic cell has a plurality of active elements disposed over a first substrate. The capacitor cell has a capacitor over a second substrate. A first interlayer insulation layer disposed over the first substrate is bonded to a second interlayer insulation layer disposed over the second substrate. A first through via connected to any one of interconnection patterns of the logic cell and a second through via connected to a lower electrode pattern of the capacitor cell are connected to each other through a first external circuit pattern. A third through via connected to an upper electrode pattern of the capacitor cell and a fourth through via connected to another one of the interconnection patterns of the logic cell are connected to each other through a second external circuit pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Jae Ho Hwang