Patents by Inventor Jin Hyeok YOO

Jin Hyeok YOO 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: 20240072267
    Abstract: A separator assembly for a fuel cell and a fuel cell stack including the same, is uniformly capable of forming a surface pressure of a region where a reaction gas flows when a stack is stacked by adjusting a height and shape of a gasket line for each region in which the reaction gas flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Sun Do Shin, Kyeong Min Kim, Byung Gun Song
  • Publication number: 20240021843
    Abstract: Provided is a separator assembly for a fuel cell and a fuel cell stack including the same that are capable of strengthening a surface pressure of a surface pressure weakening point formed between an inner airtight line and an outer airtight line. A separator assembly according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure is configured such that a pair of separators are bonded together and are stacked on each other while facing each other with a sub-gasket that surrounds and supports a membrane electrode assembly therebetween, and includes a first separator, and a second separator having a cooling airtight line, an inner airtight line, and an outer airtight line, wherein at least one support forming a surface pressure is provided in a region between the inner airtight line and the outer airtight line of the second separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventor: Jin Hyeok Yoo
  • Publication number: 20240014412
    Abstract: Disclosed are a separator module for fuel cells which may reduce pressure loss and improve flow distribution in a separator, and a unit cell for fuel cells including the separator module. The separator module includes a separator main body including a pair of manifold parts formed at both ends of the separator main body and having a plurality of manifolds, a main body reaction part formed between the pair of manifold parts such that reaction gas flows in the main body reaction part, and a pair of main body diffusion parts formed between the main body reaction part and the pair of manifold parts such that the reaction gas is diffused in the main body diffusion parts, and a porous body disposed on one surface of the separator main body in a region corresponding to the main body reaction part and the pair of main body diffusion parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kyeong Cheol PARK, Sang Mun JIN, Jin Hyeok YOO
  • Publication number: 20230361319
    Abstract: An embodiment separator for a fuel cell includes a separator body having a plate shape and including a metal material on which a plurality of manifolds is provided to introduce or discharge reaction gas or cooling water and a molding gasket surrounding an inner edge of at least one manifold selected from among the plurality of manifolds provided on the separator body, the molding gasket being configured to prevent corrosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventor: Jin Hyeok Yoo
  • Patent number: 11721820
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a cell pitch of a fuel cell stack, the fuel cell stack including a plurality of unit cells stacked in a stacking direction, wherein each unit cell has a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) interposed between a pair of metal separators, is provided. The apparatus includes a detector configured to generate a magnetic field in response to application of a current while being moved along the stacking direction of the unit cells, and sense an induced current generated in the separators by the generated magnetic field to detect positions of the separators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Byeong-Heon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230082097
    Abstract: Presented are a method and a device for multi-sensor data-based fusion information generation for 360-degree detection and recognition of a surrounding object. The present invention proposes a method for multi-sensor data-based fusion information generation for 360-degree detection and recognition of a surrounding object, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring a feature map from a multi-sensor signal by using a deep neural network; converting the acquired feature map into an integrated three-dimensional coordinate system; and generating a fusion feature map for performing recognition by using the converted integrated three-dimensional coordinate system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: UCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Jun-Won CHOI, Jin Hyeok YOO
  • Publication number: 20230057417
    Abstract: Disclosed is a separator for a fuel cell. The separator includes a separator main body formed in a plate shape such that a first surface thereof forms a reaction surface and a second surface thereof forms a cooling surface, each of which has a reaction area at a center portion thereof and formed with multiple manifold areas through which multiple manifolds to which a reaction gas or a coolant is respectively introduced or discharged pass to opposite sides of the reaction area, and in which a pair of diffusion areas that diffuse the reaction gas or the coolant are formed between the reaction area and the pair of manifold areas, and includes multiple flow path guide gaskets formed on the pair of diffusion areas and configured such that multiple diffusion flow paths dispersed to the reaction area from at least a pair of the manifolds respectively formed on the pair of manifold areas are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Byung Gun Song, Jin Hyeok Yoo, Sun Do Shin
  • Patent number: 11581551
    Abstract: An elastomeric cell frame for a fuel cell includes an insert which includes: a membrane electrode assembly including a polymer electrolyte membrane and a pair of electrode layers respectively disposed on opposite sides of the polymer electrolyte membrane; and a pair of gas diffusion layers disposed and bonded on upper and lower surfaces of the membrane electrode assembly, respectively. The insert further includes an elastomeric frame disposed in an external region of the insert. The elastomeric frame surrounds one of opposite edge surfaces of the insert and a side surface of the insert, the elastomeric frame being interface-bonded, through thermal bonding, to portions of the polymer electrolyte membrane and the electrode layers exposed at the one of opposite edge surfaces of the insert and the side surface of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byeong-Heon Jeong, Jin Hyeok Yoo
  • Publication number: 20230033394
    Abstract: A separator assembly for a fuel cell able to prevent deformation of a separator due to a flow pressure of a reaction gas at a first reaction gas inlet, and a fuel cell stack including the same includes: a first separator on one face of which is formed with a first reactive surface over which first reaction gas flows to allow for first reaction gas and second reaction gas to react and on the other face of which is formed with a first cooling surface where cooling occurs; a second separator on one face of which is formed a second reactive surface positioned to face the first reactive surface of the first separator, over which second reaction gas flows to allow for first reaction gas and second reaction gas to react, and on the other face of which is formed a second cooling surface where cooling occurs;, and a reinforcing plate which is positioned in a region of the first separator where first reaction gas enters, preventing deformation of the first separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Hyeok YOO, Sun Do SHIN, Kyung Min KIM, Byung Gun SONG
  • Patent number: 11549858
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing the airtightness of a separator for a fuel cell includes: a jig unit being in close contact with a surface of the separator on which an airtightness line is formed, and having a test flow field formed thereon, the test flow field being opened to a location contacting the airtightness line of the separator; and a test solution supply means for supplying a test solution to a contact location at which the airtightness line of the separator and the jig unit contact to each other through the test flow field of the jig unit, such that a leakage of the test solution at the contact location is tested.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Byeong-Heon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11387478
    Abstract: An elastomeric cell frame for a fuel cell according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, as a cell frame constituting a unit cell of a fuel cell, an insert including a membrane electrode assembly having an anode formed on one surface of a polymer electrolyte membrane, and having a cathode formed on the other surface thereof, and a pair of gas diffusion layers disposed on both surfaces thereof; and an elastomeric frame disposed to surround the rim of the insert in the outer region of the insert, and formed with a discharge flow field provided in the form of a sheet bonded at the rim of the insert and the interface thereof while being thermally bonded and for discharging generated water generated in the insert along the longitudinal direction at the widthwise edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Yoo Chang Yang, Byeong-Heon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11367883
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an elastomeric cell frame for a fuel cell, a method of manufacturing the same, and a unit cell using the same, in which the elastomeric cell frame is integrally bonded to a membrane electrode assembly and a gas diffusion layer using a pair of elastomeric frames without a separate adhesive member. An elastomeric cell frame of a unit cell of a fuel cell according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an insert including a membrane electrode assembly and a pair of gas diffusion layers disposed on and bonded to opposite surfaces of the membrane electrode assembly; and an elastomeric frame including a pair of elastomeric frames which is bonded to each other and has portions disposed on a lower surface and an upper surface of a rim of the insert, respectively, in an outer region of the insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byeong-Heon Jeong, Jin Hyeok Yoo, Seong Il Heo
  • Publication number: 20220140370
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a cell pitch of a fuel cell stack, the fuel cell stack including a plurality of unit cells stacked in a stacking direction, wherein each unit cell has a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) interposed between a pair of metal separators, is provided. The apparatus includes a detector configured to generate a magnetic field in response to application of a current while being moved along the stacking direction of the unit cells, and sense an induced current generated in the separators by the generated magnetic field to detect positions of the separators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Byeong-Heon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20220057287
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing the airtightness of a separator for a fuel cell includes: a jig unit being in close contact with a surface of the separator on which an airtightness line is formed, and having a test flow field formed thereon, the test flow field being opened to a location contacting the airtightness line of the separator; and a test solution supply means for supplying a test solution to a contact location at which the airtightness line of the separator and the jig unit contact to each other through the test flow field of the jig unit, such that a leakage of the test solution at the contact location is tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Byeong-Heon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11251441
    Abstract: An elastomeric cell frame for a fuel cell includes an insert in which a membrane electrode assembly and a pair of gas diffusion layers disposed on both surfaces of the insert have been bonded; a separator assembly disposed on one of the surfaces of the insert while a pair of separators is configured to face each other; and a sheet-shaped elastomeric frame disposed to surround a rim of the insert and a rim of the separator assembly and a side surface thereof in outside regions of the insert and the separator assembly, and integrally bonded with the rim of the insert and the rim of the separator assembly by thermal bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Byeong-Heon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11171340
    Abstract: A unit cell for a fuel cell is provided. The unit cell includes an insert including a Membrane-Electrode Assembly having a first pair of electrode layers formed on a first surface of a polymer electrolyte membrane and a second pair of electrode layers formed on a second surface of the polymer electrolyte membrane, an elastomer frame bonded at a rim of the insert in an outer area of the insert, the elastomer frame having a reaction surface through-hole in which the insert is disposed formed therein and having a plurality of frame manifold through-holes, through which a reactant gas can flow or be discharged, formed at both sides of and spaced apart from the reaction surface through-hole, and a pair of separators, each separator disposed on a respective side of the insert and the elastomer frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Byeong-Heon Jeong, Seong Il Heo
  • Patent number: 11050074
    Abstract: An elastomeric cell frame for a fuel cell in which a membrane electrode assembly and gas diffusion layers are formed using a pair of sheet-type elastomeric frames without a specific adhesive member and in which channels for the flow of reaction gas and coolant are formed, may include an insert formed by bonding a pair of gas diffusion layers to both sides of a membrane electrode assembly and an elastomeric frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Byeong-Heon Jeong, Seong II Heo
  • Publication number: 20210184239
    Abstract: An elastomeric cell frame for a fuel cell according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, as a cell frame constituting a unit cell of a fuel cell, an insert including a membrane electrode assembly having an anode formed on one surface of a polymer electrolyte membrane, and having a cathode formed on the other surface thereof, and a pair of gas diffusion layers disposed on both surfaces thereof; and an elastomeric frame disposed to surround the rim of the insert in the outer region of the insert, and formed with a discharge flow field provided in the form of a sheet bonded at the rim of the insert and the interface thereof while being thermally bonded and for discharging generated water generated in the insert along the longitudinal direction at the widthwise edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Yoo Chang Yang, Byeong-Heon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20210184231
    Abstract: An elastomeric cell frame for a fuel cell according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, as the cell frame configuring a unit cell of the fuel cell, an insert having a membrane electrode assembly having a pair of electrode layers formed on both surfaces of a polymer electrolyte membrane, and a pair of gas diffusion layers disposed on both surfaces of the membrane electrode assembly bonded; and an elastomeric frame assembly disposed on one surface and the other surface of the rim of the insert, respectively, in the outer region of the insert, and having the polymeric electrolyte membrane and the electrode layers exposed to both surfaces and the side surface of the rim of the insert and having a pair of elastomeric frames bonded at the interface thereof thermally bonded therebetween while being thermally bonded to be formed integrally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Byeong-Heon Jeong, Jin Hyeok Yoo
  • Patent number: 11038183
    Abstract: An apparatus of manufacturing an elastomeric cell frame for a fuel cell may include, as the apparatus of manufacturing the elastomeric cell frame including an insert in which a membrane electrode assembly and a gas diffusion layer have been bonded, and a sheet-like elastomeric frame made of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) integrated into an external area of the insert to form the unit cell of the fuel cell, a lower jig module accommodated so that the overlapping area, in which the insert and the elastomeric frame overlap at a predetermined area, is accommodated, and an upper jig module mounted above the lower jig module to provide heat and pressure to the overlapping area to thermally bond an interface between the insert and the elastomeric frame in the overlapping area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Gompany, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Byung Gun Song, Byeong-Heon Jeong