Patents by Inventor Jin Ha Lee

Jin Ha Lee 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: 20130145821
    Abstract: A particulate matter (PM) sensor unit may include an exhaust line where exhaust gas passes, and a PM sensor that may be disposed at one side of the exhaust line and that generates a signal when particulate matter included in the exhaust gas passes the vicinity thereof, wherein the PM sensor may be an electrostatic induction type that generates an induction charge while the particulate matter having an electric charge passes the vicinity thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Co, SNU R&DB Foundation, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ha Lee, Ji Ho Cho, Kukjin Chun, Sungchan Kang, Keunho Jang
  • Publication number: 20130086888
    Abstract: An exhaust gas treatment method having a particulate matter (PM) sensor on which a part of PM exhausted from a diesel particulate filter (DPF) may be attached and that generates a signal, may include determining a sensor trap PM model amount that may be trapped on the PM sensor in a condition that the diesel particulate filter may be operated normal according to an engine driving condition and a variation thereof, determining a sensor trap PM real amount that may be attached on the PM sensor by using the signal that may be generated from the PM sensor, and determining a condition of the diesel particulate filter by comparing the sensor trap PM model amount and the sensor trap PM real amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jin Ha Lee, Ji Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 8414836
    Abstract: An exhaust system may include an exhaust line through which exhaust gas that is formed in an engine is exhausted, a nitrogen oxide purification catalyst that is disposed on the exhaust line to reduce nitrogen oxide that is included in the exhaust gas, an injector to additionally inject fuel into the exhaust line or a cylinder, and a fuel cracking catalyst that is disposed between the injector and the nitrogen oxide purification catalyst to crack the fuel that is injected through the injector, to transform the injected fuel into a high efficiency reducing agent, and to raise the temperature of the latter part thereof through an oxidation reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ha Lee, Hyokyung Lee, Jie Won Park
  • Publication number: 20130061573
    Abstract: An exhaust gas purification device may deactivate at least one of cylinders to supply a gasoline particulate filter with sufficient air according to a driving condition of a gasoline engine, and a control method thereof and a control method thereof may include comparing a pressure difference of the gasoline particulate filter with a predetermined value, determining a cylinder that may be to be deactivated when the pressure difference may be larger than the predetermined value, regenerating the gasoline particulate filter by supplying it with air through the deactivated cylinder, determining whether the engine may be in an over-run condition during the regeneration process, and returning to a general driving condition in a case that the engine may be in the over-run condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Chibum IN, Jin Ha LEE
  • Patent number: 8375704
    Abstract: An exhaust system may include an exhaust line through which a combusted exhaust gas is exhausted outside, a nitrogen oxide purification catalyst that is mounted on the exhaust line and uses unburned fuel or hydrocarbon to reduce one part of the nitrogen oxide in the exhaust gas and diffuse the other part thereof to store therein, an injector that injects fuel into the exhaust line, a fuel cracking catalyst that is disposed between the injector and the nitrogen oxide purification catalyst to activate the additionally injected fuel from the injector through thermal decomposition so as to generate a reducing agent of high reactivity, and a control portion that controls the injector to additionally inject fuel in a predetermined condition such that the nitrogen oxide purification catalyst uses the activated reducing agent to detach and reduce the nitrogen oxide that is stored therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ha Lee, Jin Woo Park, Hyokyung Lee, Sangmin Lee, Jun Sung Park
  • Publication number: 20130040802
    Abstract: A desulfurization method of a nitrogen oxide absorption catalyst when diesel is used may include determining how many times a regeneration of a diesel particulate filter (DPF) is completed, ending a DPF regeneration, if the number of times of the DPF regeneration reaches a predetermined value and entering into a desulfurization mode to desulfurize the DPF, ending the desulfurization mode after the desulfurization mode is performed for a predetermined time, and calculating a particulate matters (PM) amount that is trapped in the DPF after the desulfurization, compensating the trapped PM amount, and determining a time of the DPF regeneration. A desulfurization timing is determined based on the number of times that the DPF is regenerated to be able to simplify the desulfurization logic and also reduce the memory of ECU, when the LNT catalyst is poisoned by a small amount of sulfur included in exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jin Ha LEE, Jae Beom PARK, Jeong Ho KIM, Jin Woo PARK, Soon Hyung KWON
  • Publication number: 20130000283
    Abstract: A system for purifying an exhaust gas and an exhaust system having the same while preventing degradation of a selective reduction catalyst may include an exhaust pipe connected to an engine, the exhaust gas generated at the engine passing through the exhaust pipe, a particulate filter mounted on the exhaust pipe, coated with a selective reduction catalyst adapted to reduce nitrogen oxides contained in the exhaust gas by an injection of a reducing agent, and adapted to trap particulate matters contained in the exhaust gas, and one or more injectors adapted to inject the reducing agent and/or oxygen storage capacity material together or separately into the exhaust gas passing through the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jin Ha Lee
  • Patent number: 8341939
    Abstract: A purification system for variable post injection in LP EGR, the system includes a turbo charger disposed downstream of a diesel engine, a DPF (catalyzed particulate filter) disposed downstream of the turbo charger, a NOx reduction apparatus disposed upstream or downstream of the DPF, a bypass line diverged from the DPF for mixing exhaust gas and air inflowing the turbo charger, a exhaust gas control portion disposed downstream of the DPF for controlling flowing of the exhaust gas and a lean/rich controlling portion for controlling lean/rich of the exhaust gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jin Ha Lee
  • Publication number: 20120282147
    Abstract: A catalyst for diesel particle filter includes a platinum (Pt)-neodymium (Nd) alloy that is carried in silica, a preparation method thereof and a soot reduction device for diesel engine including the same, wherein the catalyst for diesel particle filter can maintain high catalyst activity and implement high nitrogen monoxide (NO) conversion efficiency even though it is used under the high temperature or vulcanization condition for a long time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Ho-In LEE, Yeon-Su KIM, Yong-Kwon CHUNG, Jin Ha LEE, Jie Won PARK
  • Patent number: 8240139
    Abstract: An exhaust system may include an injector mounted at an exhaust pipe or an engine and additionally injecting fuel, a diesel fuel cracking catalyst mounted at the exhaust pipe downstream of the injector and converting additionally injected fuel into a high-reactivity reducing agent through thermal cracking, a DE-NOx catalyst mounted at the exhaust pipe downstream of the diesel fuel cracking catalyst, storing the nitrogen oxide contained in the exhaust gas, and releasing the stored nitrogen oxide by the additionally injected fuel so as to reduce the nitrogen oxide through oxidation-reduction reaction with the high-reactivity reducing agent, and a control portion controlling an additional injection of fuel according to driving condition of the engine, wherein the control portion may control the injector to additionally inject the fuel according to a predetermined injection pattern in a case that driving condition of the engine satisfies an additional injection condition of the fuel and an additional injection ti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ha Lee, Jin Woo Park, Ilsu Park
  • Publication number: 20120137661
    Abstract: A method for predicting regeneration may include calculating total mass flow of reducing agent, calculating mass flow of the reducing agent used in nitrate reduction reaction, mass flow of the reducing agent used in NO2 reduction reaction, and mass flow of the reducing agent which is simply oxidized by using the total mass flow of the reducing agent, calculating mass flow of released NO2 and mass flow of reduced NO2 by using the mass flow of the reducing agent used in the nitrate reduction reaction and the mass flow of the reducing agent used in the NO2 reduction reaction, calculating mass flow of NO2 slipped from DeNOx catalyst, and calculating mass of NO2 and mass of NOx remaining at the DeNOx catalyst after regeneration based on the mass flow of the released NO2, the mass flow of the reduced NO2, and the mass flow of the slipped NO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, FEV MOTORENTECHNIK GMBH, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ha Lee, Jin Woo Park, Christopher Severin, Thomas Wittka
  • Publication number: 20120137663
    Abstract: A method is provided for predicting NOx loading at a DeNOx catalyst by which a NOx amount actually stored in the DeNOx catalyst can be precisely predicted and to an exhaust system which controls a regeneration timing of the DeNOx catalyst and amount of a reducing agent which is injected by using the method. The method may include calculating mass flow of NOx stored at the DeNOx catalyst, calculating mass flow of NOx thermally released from the DeNOx catalyst, calculating mass flow of NOx chemically released from the DeNOx catalyst, and calculating NOx amount actually stored at the DeNOx catalyst by using the mass flow of NOx stored at the DeNOx catalyst, the mass flow of NOx thermally released from the DeNOx catalyst, and the mass flow of NOx chemically released from the DeNOx catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, FEV Motorentechnik GmbH, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ha Lee, Jin Woo Park, Christopher Severin, Thomas Wittka
  • Publication number: 20120137662
    Abstract: A method for predicting sulfur oxides (SOx) stored at a denitrification (DeNOx) catalyst may include calculations of the mass flow of SOx poisoned at the DeNOx catalyst, the mass flow of SOx released from the DeNOx catalyst, and the SOx amount poisoned at the DeNOx catalyst by integrating the value obtained by subtracting the released mass flow of SOx from the poisoned mass flow of SOx. An exhaust system using the method may comprise an engine having a first injector, an exhaust pipe, a second injector mounted at the exhaust pipe and injecting a reducing agent, a DeNOx catalyst mounted at the exhaust pipe and reducing SOx or nitrogen oxides (NOx) or both contained in the exhaust gas by using the reducing agent, and a control portion electrically connected to the system and performing the calculations and controls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, FEV Motorentechnik GmbH, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ha Lee, Jin Woo Park, Christopher Severin, Thomas Wittka
  • Publication number: 20120124970
    Abstract: A method for predicting a NOx amount may include detecting an O2 amount in an intake air, calculating a reference O2 amount in the intake air according to a driving condition of an engine, calculating a reference NOx amount contained in an exhaust gas according to the driving condition of the engine, and primarily correcting the reference NOx amount based on the detected O2 amount in the intake air and the reference O2 amount in the intake air according to the driving condition of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, FEV Motorentechnik GmbH, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ha LEE, Jin Woo Park, Christopher Severin, Thomas Wittka
  • Publication number: 20120124973
    Abstract: A method for predicting a NOx amount, may include determining a reference NOx amount according to a driving condition of an engine, primarily correcting the reference NOx amount according to an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) ratio, and secondarily correcting the primarily corrected NOx amount according to an environmental factor and the driving condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, FEV Motorentechnik GMBH, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ha Lee, Jin Woo Park, Christopher Severin, Thomas Wittka
  • Patent number: 8134580
    Abstract: A method of driving a liquid crystal display device includes multiplying a frame frequency of an inputted current frame to generate a multiplied odd-numbered frame and a multiplied even-numbered frame; determining whether said current frame is a still image frame or a dynamic image frame; detecting an edge area at which a motion blur occurs from the multiplied odd-numbered frame and the multiplied even-numbered frame; converting gray level values of pixels positioned at the detected edge area at the multiplied odd-numbered frame and the multiplied even-numbered frame; and continuously outputting the multiplied odd-numbered still image frame and the multiplied even-numbered still image frame or continuously outputting the multiplied odd-numbered dynamic image frame and the multiplied even-numbered dynamic image frame having the converted gray level values in accordance with the determined result. A liquid crystal display device is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Gone Kim, Sung Jo Koo, Myung Kook Moon, Jin Ha Lee
  • Patent number: 8128880
    Abstract: An NOx reduction catalyst and an exhaust system using the same may include an NOx reduction catalyst mounted at an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas passes, wherein the NOx reduction catalyst includes first and second catalyst layers coated on a carrier, the first catalyst layer being disposed close to the exhaust gas, and the second catalyst layer being disposed close to the carrier, wherein a portion of nitrogen oxide contained in the exhaust gas is oxidized while passing through the first catalyst layer, and the oxidized nitrogen oxide is stored in the second catalyst layer, wherein the nitrogen oxide stored in the second catalyst layer is released through a substitution reaction with an additionally injected fuel, and wherein the released nitrogen oxide is reduced by the additionally injected fuel in the first catalyst layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jin Ha Lee, Hyokyung Lee, Sangmin Lee, Jun Sung Park
  • Publication number: 20120036840
    Abstract: A catalyst for NOx storage and reduction may include a carrier that contains alkali metal and Al, or alkali earth metal and Al, a NOx storage element of alkali metal, alkali earth metal or rare earth element, and one or more noble metals that are selected from the group consisting of Pt, Pd, Ru, Ag, Au and Rh. The catalyst for NOx storage and reduction shows excellent NOx storage and reduction capability, maintains excellent storage and reduction capability especially before and after deterioration and sulfation, and shows excellent catalytic activity under low temperature environment, while maintaining unusually high hydrophobicity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: In-Sik Nam, Sang Jun Park, Jin Ha Lee, Young-Kee Youn
  • Publication number: 20120006005
    Abstract: An exhaust gas processing method may include desulfurizing a catalyst by raising temperature of the catalyst to a predetermined value, if the front/end temperature difference ?T is less than a predetermined temperature difference X, while reducing agent is being injected, determining whether travel distance, fuel consumption amount, or travel time exceeds a first reference value, after the desulfurization, determining whether fuel is replenished by detecting the fuel amount, and determining whether a high sulfur fuel is refueled or not, if the first reference value does not exceed a predetermined value, the fuel is replenished, and the temperature difference (?T) is less than the predetermined temperature difference (X) during injection of the reducing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Jin Ha Lee
  • Publication number: 20120009091
    Abstract: A catalyst for diesel particle filter includes a platinum (Pt)-neodymium (Nd) alloy that is carried in silica, a preparation method thereof and a soot reduction device for diesel engine including the same, wherein the catalyst for diesel particle filter can maintain high catalyst activity and implement high nitrogen monoxide (NO) conversion efficiency even though it is used under the high temperature or vulcanization condition for a long time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, SNU R&DB FOUNDATION, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ho-In LEE, Yeon-Su Kim, Yong-Kwon Chung, Jin Ha Lee, Jie Won Park