Patents by Inventor Jung Hong Joo
Jung Hong Joo 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).
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Patent number: 11962237Abstract: A charging device may include a Power Factor Correction (PFC) circuit including first to third inductors connected to each of first to third input terminals, and first to third switch legs connected to each of the first to third inductors; and a relay network including a plurality of relays.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Jihan Lee, Youngjin Kim, Jung Hong Joo, Jongpil Kim, Byunggu Kang
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Publication number: 20240034172Abstract: An embodiment electrified vehicle charging system includes an actuator configured to maintain or change a vertical position, a horizontal position, or an angle of a power receiver provided in a vehicle and a position controller configured to determine a relative position and a relative angle of the power receiver relative to a power transmitter provided outside of the vehicle through a sensor and to perform an alignment control between the power transmitter and the power receiver through the actuator based on the relative position and the relative angle of the power receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Eui Hoon Chung, Young Jin Kim, Jung Hong Joo, Gyu Yeong Choe, Ji Han Lee
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Publication number: 20220337153Abstract: A charging device may include a Power Factor Correction (PFC) circuit including first to third inductors connected to each of first to third input terminals, and first to third switch legs connected to each of the first to third inductors; and a relay network including a plurality of relays.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia CorporationInventors: Jihan LEE, Youngjin KIM, Jung Hong JOO, Jongpil KIM, Byunggu KANG
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Patent number: 10971998Abstract: A charging apparatus for an electric vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes an AC power input terminal receiving one AC input power from among single-phase AC power and multi-phase AC power. A power factor corrector having full bridge circuits receives the AC input power through the AC power input terminal. A link capacitor is charged through the power factor corrector. A first switch connects any one of an AC power input line and a neutral line of the AC power input terminal to the power factor corrector and a second switch selectively connects the AC power input terminal to the power factor corrector, or the link capacitor. The power factor corrector and the switch network operate based on a condition of received AC input power. The second switch includes a third switch and a fourth switch that connect each full bridge circuit to a positive battery electrode.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jongpil Kim, Woo Young Lee, Gyu Yeong Choe, Hyun-Wook Seong, JinYoung Yang, Jung Hong Joo, DongGyun Woo, Dong Sup Ahn, Hyung Bin Ihm, Youngkook Lee, Jin Hwan Jung, SeungHyun Han, Sihun Yang
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Publication number: 20190312509Abstract: A charging apparatus for an electric vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes an AC power input terminal receiving one AC input power from among single-phase AC power and multi-phase AC power. A power factor corrector having full bridge circuits receives the AC input power through the AC power input terminal. A link capacitor is charged through the power factor corrector. A first switch connects any one of an AC power input line and a neutral line of the AC power input terminal to the power factor corrector and a second switch selectively connects the AC power input terminal to the power factor corrector, or the link capacitor. The power factor corrector and the switch network operate based on a condition of received AC input power. The second switch includes a third switch and a fourth switch that connect each full bridge circuit to a positive battery electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2018Publication date: October 10, 2019Inventors: Jongpil Kim, Woo Young Lee, Gyu Yeong Choe, Hyun-Wook Seong, JinYoung Yang, Jung Hong Joo, DongGyun Woo, Dong Sup Ahn, Hyung Bin Ihm, Youngkook Lee, Jin Hwan Jung, SeungHyun Han, Sihun Yang
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Patent number: 10358041Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a battery configured to be charged with a first voltage; and a converter configured to boost, when power of a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage is received, the power of the second voltage to the first voltage, and to transfer the first voltage to the battery, so that the battery is charged with power of the first voltage, wherein when the power of the first voltage is received, the power of the first voltage is transferred to the battery to charge the battery.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Woo Young Lee, Gyu Yeong Choe, Jung Hong Joo, Dong Sup Ahn, Jin Hwan Jung, Byeong Seob Song, Sihun Yang
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Publication number: 20190023136Abstract: An electric vehicle includes: a battery configured to be charged with a first voltage; and a converter configured to boost, when power of a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage is received, the power of the second voltage to the first voltage, and to transfer the first voltage to the battery, so that the battery is charged with power of the first voltage, wherein when the power of the first voltage is received, the power of the first voltage is transferred to the battery to charge the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2017Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventors: Woo Young LEE, Gyu Yeong CHOE, Jung Hong JOO, Dong Sup AHN, Jin Hwan JUNG, Byeong Seob SONG, Sihun YANG
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Patent number: 9969274Abstract: A power conversion module for a vehicle is provided. The module includes a housing and a power conversion unit installed on an inside surface of a bottom panel of the housing. The power conversion unit includes a capacitor module, a power module of an inverter and a LDC. A water-cooling-type cooling unit is installed on an outside surface of the bottom panel of the housing and is in a corresponding position to the power module of the inverter and the LDC, with the bottom panel of the housing interposed therebetween. An air-cooling-type cooling fin is installed on the exterior surface of the bottom panel and is in a corresponding position to a capacitor module, with the bottom panel of the housing interposed therebetween. A radiator blower adjacent to a radiator of a vehicle is configured to generate cooling-air wind to cool the radiator and the air-cooling-type cooling fin.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jae Hoon Yoon, Jung Hong Joo, Dong Min Shin, Kang Hoon Ko
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Publication number: 20170336152Abstract: A double-sided cooler for cooling both sides of a component where heat is generated includes: a plurality of radiating parts including a plurality of cooling channels through which a coolant flows, the radiating parts being adhered to first and second sides of the component, respectively, and a hollow connection part for mixing the coolant discharged from the cooling channels of one radiating part adhered to the first side of the component to supply the mixed coolant to the cooling channels of another radiating part adhered to the second side of the component, the connection part continuously formed from each radiating part to have the same shape of each radiating part to minimize pressure loss.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2016Publication date: November 23, 2017Inventors: Sang Chan Jeong, Jung Hong Joo, Moon Jo Kang
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Patent number: 9610846Abstract: An integrated electronic power control unit of an environmentally friendly vehicle includes an inverter and an LDC (low voltage DC-DC converter), which share a DC input terminal. In the integrated electronic power control unit, the inverter is an electronic power control unit that drives a motor by converting DC voltage into AC voltage, and the low voltage DC-DC converter serves as another electronic power control unit that charges a low-voltage battery by converting DC high voltage into low voltage DC voltage, where the inverter includes a capacitor module composed of a capacitor leveling input voltage and a capacitor removing noise of the input voltage, and the inverter and the low voltage DC-DC converter are integrated such that the output of the capacitor module of the inverter becomes the output of the low voltage DC-DC converter.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jaehoon Yoon, Wooyong Jeon, Jung Hong Joo
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Publication number: 20160332524Abstract: A power conversion module for a vehicle is provided. The module includes a housing and a power conversion unit installed on an inside surface of a bottom panel of the housing. The power conversion unit includes a capacitor module, a power module of an inverter and a LDC. A water-cooling-type cooling unit is installed on an outside surface of the bottom panel of the housing and is in a corresponding position to the power module of the inverter and the LDC, with the bottom panel of the housing interposed therebetween. An air-cooling-type cooling fin is installed on the exterior surface of the bottom panel and is in a corresponding position to a capacitor module, with the bottom panel of the housing interposed therebetween. A radiator blower adjacent to a radiator of a vehicle is configured to generate cooling-air wind to cool the radiator and the air-cooling-type cooling fin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2015Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Jae Hoon Yoon, Jung Hong Joo, Dong Min Shin, Kang Hoon Ko
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Publication number: 20150311836Abstract: An integrated power converting apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes an inverter configured to drive a motor and a converter configured to output a low voltage. The inverter and the converter are disposed on an inner bottom surface of a housing. A shield plate is mounted at a predetermined height from the inner bottom surface of the housing. In addition, an integrated control board configured to operate the inverter and the converter is disposed on a top surface of the shield plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: October 29, 2015Inventors: Jae Hoon Yoon, Dong Min Shin, Woo Yong Jeon, Jung Hong Joo
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Patent number: 9173329Abstract: A power module for an inverter that is used in an eco-friendly vehicle, such as a hybrid vehicle, an electrical vehicle, or a fuel cell vehicle, i.e., a heat sink-integrated double-sided cooled power module in which cooling efficiency is maximized by adopting a double-sided direct cooling method that uses a heat sink manufactured by an extrusion method. In particular, the heat sink is disposed in upper and lower portions of the power module, and direct bonding materials (DBMs) are deposited between the upper and lower heat sinks where a chip is interposed between the DBMs. Faces between the heat sinks, the chip, and the DBMs are bonded to one another by a solder, and an entire circumference of the chip and the DBMs is finished by a mold portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Jung Hong Joo, Ki Young Jang, Woo Yong Jeon, Sang Cheol Shin
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Patent number: 8901882Abstract: A system for recharging a hybrid vehicle is provided with two motors and supplies commercial electricity to neutral points of the motors when a connection of a recharging stand is detected, forms an electricity loop through the neutral points of the first motor and the second motor according to a phase of the commercial electricity, and carries out a recharging mode by detecting at least a voltage of a DC link capacitor in a voltage converter, a voltage of a smoothing capacitor, and a battery voltage. According to the system, a current control value or a voltage control value is selected according to the recharging mode in order to recharge a battery based on the current control value or the voltage control value.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2010Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Hong Seok Song, Ki Young Jang, Jung Hong Joo
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Patent number: 8848370Abstract: An inverter for a vehicle is disclosed. The inverter for the vehicle illustratively includes: a power module provided with a power semiconductor device; a cooling module coupled to the power module and flowing a coolant therethrough; and a capacitor module mounted at the cooling module through a mounting unit and adapted to absorb a ripple current of the power module.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Dongmin Shin, Wooyong Jeon, In Pil Yoo, Hyong Joon Park, Joon Hwan Kim, Sungjun Yoon, Minji Kim, Jaehoon Yoon, Jung Hong Joo
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Publication number: 20140239712Abstract: An integrated electronic power control unit of an environmentally friendly vehicle includes an inverter and an LDC (low voltage DC-DC converter), which share a DC input terminal. In the integrated electronic power control unit, the inverter is an electronic power control unit that drives a motor by converting DC voltage into AC voltage, and the low voltage DC-DC converter serves as another electronic power control unit that charges a low-voltage battery by converting DC high voltage into low voltage DC voltage, where the inverter includes a capacitor module composed of a capacitor leveling input voltage and a capacitor removing noise of the input voltage, and the inverter and the low voltage DC-DC converter are integrated such that the output of the capacitor module of the inverter becomes the output of the low voltage DC-DC converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Jaehoon Yoon, Wooyong Jeon, Jung Hong Joo
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Publication number: 20140185243Abstract: A power module for an inverter that is used in an eco-friendly vehicle, such as a hybrid vehicle, an electrical vehicle, or a fuel cell vehicle, i.e., a heat sink-integrated double-sided cooled power module in which cooling efficiency is maximized by adopting a double-sided direct cooling method that uses a heat sink manufactured by an extrusion method. In particular, the heat sink is disposed in upper and lower portions of the power module, and direct bonding materials (DBMs) are deposited between the upper and lower heat sinks where a chip is interposed between the DBMs. Faces between the heat sinks, the chip, and the DBMs are bonded to one another by a solder, and an entire circumference of the chip and the DBMs is finished by a mold portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Jung Hong Joo, Ki Young Jang, Woo Yong Jeon, Sang Cheol Shin
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Patent number: 8508067Abstract: The present invention provides a motor drive system for a hybrid vehicle and a method for controlling the same in the event of a failure in a voltage converter, in which high voltage stored in a DC-link capacitor is discharged to a 12V electrical load through a DC-DC converter, of which the output voltage is increased.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Hong Seok Song, Ki Jong Lee, Ki Young Jang, Shin Hye Chun, Won Kyoung Choi, Hyong Joon Park, Jin Hwan Jung, Jung Hong Joo
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Patent number: 8441229Abstract: A system for recharging a plug-in hybrid vehicle and a control method are provided to recharge a battery with exterior AC electricity plugged in. The system includes a motor operated as an electric motor or a generator, a battery in which DC voltage is stored, an inverter disposed between the motor and the battery, a plugged in exterior AC electric power source supplying electrical energy, a single phase inductor disposed between the inverter and the AC electric power source, a switch which electrically connects or disconnects the motor, a current sensor that detects current value supplying to the motor, and a controller which controls the switch to disconnect electric connection between the inductor and the motor and controls the inverter not to supply current to the phase which is not connected to the inductor when the AC electric power source is plugged in.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2010Date of Patent: May 14, 2013Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Jeong Yun Lee, Hong Seok Song, In Pil Yoo, Ki Young Jang, Sangcheol Shin, Jung Hong Joo
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Patent number: 8410746Abstract: The present invention provides an inverter circuit for a vehicle, which includes: a switching unit that includes a plurality of switching elements and switches a direct current into an alternating current; and a variable clamping unit that clamps an overshoot in case the overshoot is generated, and stops the operation of the switching unit in case a system voltage is greater than a clamping breakdown voltage. The circuit enables a voltage (DC input voltage) greater than a breakdown voltage of clamping unit to be used as a system voltage.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jeong Yun Lee, Sung Kyu Kim, Jae Won Lee, Tae Hwan Chung, Ki Young Jang, Jung Hong Joo