Patents by Inventor Jae Yoon Oh

Jae Yoon Oh 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: 7791298
    Abstract: A motor driver system includes an inverter configured to apply a three-phase voltage to a motor; an inverter driver configured to generate a reference voltage to the inverter to control a motor speed to follow a reference speed; and a motor protector configured to control the inverter driver so that a value of the reference voltage is equal to or lower than a predetermined voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon Lee, June Hee Won, Gil Su Lee, Jun Ho Ahn, Jae Yoon Oh
  • Patent number: 7687949
    Abstract: A rotor of a synchronous reluctance motor is provided. The rotor may include a laminated core including a plurality of laminated silicon steel sheets being equally divided into a plurality of regions with respect to a central portion of the plurality of silicon steel sheets. Each of the plurality of regions may include a plurality of barriers. Guide pin holes may be formed between adjacent regions so as to receive guide pins therethrough to align the plurality of silicon steel sheets and end caps provided at opposite ends thereof. Rivets may penetrate receiving holes formed at corresponding barriers in each of the respective regions so as to couple the laminated core and the end caps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hoon Lee, Jae-Yoon Oh, Jun-Ho Ahn, June-Hee Won, Dal-Ho Cheong
  • Publication number: 20090184673
    Abstract: A motor driver system includes an excess current sensing device configured to compensate a sensing value depending on a temperature of a motor, and to output the compensated sensing value, the sensing value being obtained from a current value associated with the motor; and a controller configured to stop the motor when the compensated sensing value exceeds a preset excess value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon LEE, June Hee WON, Gil Su LEE, Jun Ho AHN, Jae Yoon OH
  • Patent number: 7560846
    Abstract: A rotor of a flux barrier type synchronous reluctance motor comprises: a rotation shaft; a rotor core formed as a plurality of steel plates are laminated to one another, the steel plate having a shaft hole for inserting the rotation shaft, a plurality of flux barrier groups spaced from one another in a circumferential direction and having a plurality of flux barriers spaced from one another in a radial direction, and a coupling hole penetratingly-formed between the adjacent two flux barrier groups; and a coupling member inserted into the coupling hole and fixing the steel plate. Accordingly, a fabrication cost and an entire weight of the motor are decreased, and a fabrication process is facilitated with a shortened fabrication time. Also, a large coupling intensity is obtained and a magnetic saturation does not occur, thereby preventing a function degradation of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hoon Lee, June-Hee Won, Dal-Ho Cheong, Jun-Ho Ahn, Jae-Yoon Oh
  • Publication number: 20080297085
    Abstract: A motor driver system includes an inverter configured to apply a three-phase voltage to a motor; an inverter driver configured to generate a reference voltage to the inverter to control a motor speed to follow a reference speed; and a motor protector configured to control the inverter driver so that a value of the reference voltage is equal to or lower than a predetermined voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon LEE, June Hee WON, Gil Su LEE, Jun Ho AHN, Jae Yoon OH
  • Publication number: 20080297097
    Abstract: A motor driver system and its control methods are discussed. Even when a command magnetic flux decreases as a motor operates in a field weakening region, a current angle can be maintained always below a limit value, thereby obtaining the stability of the motor control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon LEE, June Hee Won, Gil Su Lee, Jun Ho Ahn, Jae Yoon Oh
  • Patent number: 7459821
    Abstract: A PMA (Permanent Magnet Assisted) synRM and a method for imposing a magnetic force thereon. Magnets are inserted into outer flux barriers of a plurality of flux barriers formed along the radius of a rotor, and bridges or slim portions are formed on inner flux barriers at positions corresponding to the positions of the magnets so that the magnetic force is imposed on the magnets through coils. Since the number of the flux barriers is sufficiently increased while the amount of the magnets consumed is decreased, the PMA synRM has increased efficiency and reduced production costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dal Ho Cheong, Kyung Hoon Lee, Hyun Hun Shin, June Hee Won, Jae Yoon Oh, Gil Su Lee
  • Publication number: 20080211340
    Abstract: A rotor of a synchronous reluctance motor, comprising: a laminated core formed by laminating a plurality of silicon steel sheets, and having a barrier formed at each of regions equally divided on the basis of the center of each silicon steel sheet and a guide pin hole formed between the barriers; end plates fixed to both side of the laminated core; a guide pin inserted into each of the guide pin holes; and a rivet installed by penetrating a hole of each barrier in order to couple the laminated core and the end plates with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hoon Lee, Jae-Yoon Oh, Jun-Ho Ahn, June-Hee Won, Dal-Ho Cheong
  • Patent number: 7358694
    Abstract: An apparatus and method determine a start-up of a sensorless motor. The apparatus includes an elapsed time determination unit, a motor velocity determination unit and an abnormal start-up determination unit. The elapsed time determination unit determines whether a predetermined time has elapsed after a start-up of the motor is initiated. The motor velocity determination unit determines whether a velocity of the motor exceeds a predetermined velocity value when the predetermined time has elapsed. The abnormal start-up determination unit determines that the motor was abnormally started up when the velocity of the motor does not exceed the predetermined value, and an amount of current flowing in the motor does not exceed a predetermined current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: June Hee Won, Dal Ho Cheong, Jae Yoon Oh
  • Publication number: 20070257633
    Abstract: An apparatus for driving a motor includes a rectifier which rectifies input alternating current (AC) power, a power converter which converts the rectified AC power into direct current (DC) power, an inverter which converts the DC power into AC power of a predetermined frequency that drives the motor, a position detector which detects a position of a rotor of the motor with respect to a stator of the motor by detecting a magnetic flux emanating from the rotor, and a controller which controls the inverter to control the driving of the motor according to the detected position of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: November 8, 2007
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: June-Hee Won, Dal-Ho Cheong, Jae-Yoon Oh
  • Publication number: 20070247012
    Abstract: A rotor of an electric motor includes lamination core formed by laminating a plurality of individual cores, and at least one pair of magnet members that generate rotating torque by electromagnetic interaction with a stator, are provided at the lamination core such that a magnetic sensor can sense magnetic flux, and have magnetic poles opposite to each other, such that a position of the rotor of the electric motor can be accurately detected and a process of manufacturing the electric motor can be simplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyun-Hun SHIN, Jun-Ho AHN, Jae-Yoon OH, Dal-Ho CHEONG
  • Publication number: 20070120434
    Abstract: A synchronous reluctance motor comprises a stator and a rotor, the rotor comprising: a rotation shaft; a first core having a shaft hole for inserting the rotation shaft at a center thereof, and having a plurality of first flux barrier groups arranged along a circumferential direction of the shaft hole and spacing from each other; and a second core having a receiving hole larger than the shaft hole at a center thereof, and stacked at one side of the first core in an axial line direction. A length of the rotor protruding from a supporting portion can be decreased without reducing a stacked thickness thereof, and a vibration occurrence in a horizontal direction with respect to the rotation shaft can be reduced, thereby enhancing a reliability of the synchronous reluctance motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jae-Yoon OH, Kyung-Hoon LEE, June-Hee WON, Gil-Su LEE, Hyun-Hun SHIN, Dal-Ho CHEONG, Jun-Ho AHN
  • Publication number: 20060284512
    Abstract: A rotor of a flux barrier type synchronous reluctance motor comprises: a rotation shaft; a rotor core formed as a plurality of steel plates are laminated to one another, the steel plate having a shaft hole for inserting the rotation shaft, a plurality of flux barrier groups spaced from one another in a circumferential direction and having a plurality of flux barriers spaced from one another in a radial direction, and a coupling hole penetratingly-formed between the adjacent two flux barrier groups; and a coupling member inserted into the coupling hole and fixing the steel plate. Accordingly, a fabrication cost and an entire weight of the motor are decreased, and a fabrication process is facilitated with a shortened fabrication time. Also, a large coupling intensity is obtained and a magnetic saturation does not occur, thereby preventing a function degradation of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyung-Hoon LEE, June-Hee WON, Dal-Ho CHEONG, Jun-Ho AHN, Jae-Yoon OH
  • Patent number: 7138777
    Abstract: A sensorless motor drive apparatus and a method for protecting and controlling the same. The sensorless motor drive apparatus includes a unit for determining the presence or absence of a position estimation error of a rotor contained in a motor using a current value applied to the motor and a position estimation angle of the rotor. Therefore, the sensorless motor drive apparatus determines the presence or absence of the position estimation error of the rotor without using a sensor, so that it reduces production costs, prevents the motor from generating a faulty operation, and prevents a compressor including the motor from being damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: June Hee Won, Jae Yoon Oh, Gil Su Lee, Dal Ho Cheong, Kyung Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 7102309
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for compensating for a speed error of a motor which can reduce a speed ripple of the motor resulting from load characteristics, and which also can reduce vibrations and noises. The apparatus for compensating for the speed error of the motor divides a rotational section corresponding to one complete revolution of a rotor of the motor into a plurality of preset rotational sections, determines a speed compensation value in each divided rotational section on the basis of a difference value between a reference speed and a previous estimated speed, and compensates for the speed error of the motor on the basis of the speed compensation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae-Yoon Oh, Dal-Ho Cheong
  • Publication number: 20050062448
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus for compensating for a speed error of a motor which can reduce a speed ripple of the motor resulting from load characteristics, and which also can reduce vibrations and noises. The apparatus for compensating for the speed error of the motor divides a rotational section corresponding to one complete revolution of a rotor of the motor into a plurality of preset rotational sections, determines a speed compensation value in each divided rotational section on the basis of a difference value between a lo reference speed and a previous estimated speed, and compensates for the speed error of the motor on the basis of the speed compensation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jae-Yoon Oh, Dal-Ho Cheong
  • Patent number: 6831439
    Abstract: Disclosed are a flux observer and a sensorless control system of a synchronous reluctance motor. The flux observer includes an estimated flux output unit, a measured flux output unit, and a fixed/rotational coordinate converter. The flux observer estimates a flux of a synchronous reluctance motor by removing higher harmonic components of a current in a rotational coordinate system which flows into the motor. The measured flux output unit measures a flux in a fixed coordinate system by combining a voltage in the fixed coordinate system, which is applied to the motor, and a current in the fixed coordinate system, from which higher harmonic components are removed, with the estimated flux outputted from the estimated flux output unit. The fixed/rotational coordinate converter converts the measured flux outputted from the measured flux output unit to a measured flux in the rotational coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: June Hee Won, Jae Yoon Oh, Kyung Hoon Lee, Dal Ho Cheong
  • Patent number: 6769167
    Abstract: A rotor for a synchronous reluctance motor of flux barrier type and manufacturing method thereof constructs a rotor for a synchronous reluctance motor by forming a magnetic core steel plate of disc shape on which a shaft hole is formed at center part, and a plurality of flux barrier groups are formed centering around the shaft hole and automatic stacking points are formed; manufacturing a plate stacked body by stacking the core steel plates continuously using the automatic stacking points; disposing end plates on both sides of the plate stacked body; and coupling the end plates and the plate stacked body integrally with each other as inserting a coupling member into the flux barrier groups, whereby the manufacturing process can be made easy and automatic stacking of the core steel plates can be made regardless of the types such as a skew type or a non skew type, and therefore manufacturing cost is reduced and the rotor can be mass produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung Hun Lee, Jae Yoon Oh, Dal Ho Cheong
  • Patent number: 6735284
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and a method for controlling a motor. A rotation/fixed coordinates converter converts a reference magnetic flux voltage and a reference torque voltage of a rotation coordinates system into data of a fixed coordinates system, and outputs the data to the three-phase voltage generator. A fixed/rotation coordinates converter converts a three-phase current applied from the inverter to the motor into a two-phase current. An estimation unit estimates a rotation angle and rotor speed of the motor upon receiving currents applied to the fixed/rotation coordinates converter. A control block receives the estimated rotation angle and the estimated speed from the estimation unit, and outputs the reference magnetic flux voltage and the reference torque voltage of the motor to the rotation/fixed coordinates converter to compensate an error caused by loads generated when driving the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dal Ho Cheong, June Hee Won, Jae Yoon Oh, Kyung Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 6724168
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for controlling rotation speed of a synchronous reluctance motor, including a position estimation unit for controlling rotation speed of the synchronous reluctance motor by estimating the position angle of the rotor and rotation speed of the rotor according to the low speed or high speed region. The apparatus can control the motor in the high speed area or low speed area, stabilize the transient state generated in the process that the motor is converted from the low speed area to the high speed area and show stable speed control performance, thus performing more precise speed control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Dal-Ho Cheong, Jae-Yoon Oh, Kyung-Hoon Lee