Patents by Inventor Jung Mo YU

Jung Mo YU 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: 11784605
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus that drives a motor including a plurality of windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases, may include a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements, and connected to a first end of each of the windings; a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements, and connected to a second end of each of the windings; and a controller including a current controller to produce, based on a predetermined current command of the motor, a voltage command for determining a switching duty of the first switching elements and the second switching elements, wherein the current controller is configured to produce a zero-phase component voltage command among the voltage commands by applying 3rd harmonic feedforward compensation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Jang Yoon Jeong, Jae Ho Hwang, Jung Mo Yu
  • Patent number: 11757298
    Abstract: A charging system and method using a motor driving system which can charge a vehicle battery using charging equipment providing various voltages using a motor driving system provided in a vehicle and improve charging efficiency by selectively determining a charging mode in response to an actual voltage state of the vehicle battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Su Hyun Bae, Jung Mo Yu, Jae Ho Hwang, Joo Young Park, Yong Jae Lee
  • Publication number: 20230253905
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus driving a motor including a plurality of windings corresponding to each of phases, includes a mode change switch and a plurality of inverters that operate the motor in a closed end winding mode or an open end winding mode; and a controller configured for controlling the mode change switch and the plurality of inverters according to a first mode determination result based on a reverse magnetic flux and a second mode determination result according to an output power limit for each mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jung Mo YU, Yong Jae Lee, Hyun Jae Lim, Young Ho Chae, Young Kwan Ko, Jang Yoon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230223883
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus that drives a motor including a plurality of windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases, may include a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements, and connected to a first end of each of the windings; a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements, and connected to a second end of each of the windings; and a controller including a current controller to produce, based on a predetermined current command of the motor, a voltage command for determining a switching duty of the first switching elements and the second switching elements, wherein the current controller is configured to produce a zero-phase component voltage command among the voltage commands by applying 3rd harmonic feedforward compensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Jae LEE, Jang Yoon JEONG, Jae Ho HWANG, Jung Mo YU
  • Publication number: 20230049787
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus of driving a motor including a plurality of windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases is disclosed. The motor driving apparatus includes a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements and connected to a first end of each of the windings, a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements and connected to a second end of each of the windings, and a controller electrically connected to the first switching elements and the second switching elements and configured to generate limited pole voltage commands for space vector pulse width modulation based on preset voltage commands of the motor and to distribute the limited pole voltage commands to generate first pole voltage commands for switching of the first switching elements and second pole voltage commands for switching of the second switching elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Jae LEE, Jung Mo YU, Jang Yoon JEONG
  • Patent number: 11563395
    Abstract: A battery-heating system and method using a motor-driving system is provided. The battery-heating system includes an inverter having legs respectively including a pair of switching elements connected in series between the ends of a battery and corresponding to a plurality of phases. A motor of the system includes coils each having one end connected to a connection end between a pair of switching elements of the legs, other ends of the plurality of coils being connected together. A controller determines one of the plurality of phases as a reference phase, and alternately controls the on-off states of the switching elements so that the on-off state of the switching element included in the leg corresponding to the reference phase and the switching element included in the other leg are mutually complementary, thereby generating AC current to be injected into the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Jung Hwi Kim, Jung Mo Yu, Jae Ho Hwang, Joo Young Park, Jae Hyeon Park
  • Patent number: 11563396
    Abstract: A battery heating system and method using a motor driving system are provided. A temperature of a battery is increased by injecting an alternating current into the battery so that charging and discharging of the battery is repeated using the motor driving system including an inverter and a motor provided in a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Jung Hwi Kim, Jung Mo Yu, Jae Ho Hwang, Joo Young Park, Jae Hyeon Park
  • Patent number: 11552588
    Abstract: A system for increasing a temperature of a battery includes: an inverter comprising a plurality of legs corresponding to a plurality of phases, respectively, wherein each of the legs comprises a pair of switching elements connected in series to both terminals of the battery, respectively; a motor comprising a plurality of coils corresponding to the plurality of phases, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of coils has one end connected to a connection node between the pair of switching elements included in each leg of the inverter, each leg corresponding to each of the plurality of coils, and other ends of plurality of coils are connected to each other; and a controller generating a battery application AC current applied to the battery by controlling on and off states of the pair of switching elements included in the legs of the inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Jung Mo Yu, Su Hyun Bae, Jae Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: 11437909
    Abstract: A DC-to-DC converter includes a first capacitor, first to 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 performs PWM control. In a case where a failure occurs in the second capacitor, the DC-to-DC converter performs PWM control such that the first switch and the second switch enter the same state and the third switch and the fourth switch enter the same state on the basis of a result of comparison between a first detection voltage that is a measured output voltage and a target output voltage of the DC-to-DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung Hwi Kim, Jung Mo Yu, Yong Jae Lee, Jae Ho Hwang, Joo Young Park, Jae Hyeon Park
  • Publication number: 20220200504
    Abstract: A system for increasing a temperature of a battery includes: an inverter comprising a plurality of legs corresponding to a plurality of phases, respectively, wherein each of the legs comprises a pair of switching elements connected in series to both terminals of the battery, respectively; a motor comprising a plurality of coils corresponding to the plurality of phases, respectively, wherein each of the plurality of coils has one end connected to a connection node between the pair of switching elements included in each leg of the inverter, each leg corresponding to each of the plurality of coils, and other ends of plurality of coils are connected to each other; and a controller generating a battery application AC current applied to the battery by controlling on and off states of the pair of switching elements included in the legs of the inverter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Jae LEE, Jung Mo YU, Su Hyun BAE, Jae Ho HWANG
  • Patent number: 11356021
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung Hwi Kim, Jung Mo Yu, Yong Jae Lee, Jae Ho Hwang, Joo Young Park, Jae Hyeon Park
  • Patent number: 11292362
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Su Hyun Bae, Jung Mo Yu, Jae Ho Hwang, Joo Young Park
  • Publication number: 20220069755
    Abstract: A battery-heating system and method using a motor-driving system is provided. The battery-heating system includes an inverter having legs respectively including a pair of switching elements connected in series between the ends of a battery and corresponding to a plurality of phases. A motor of the system includes coils each having one end connected to a connection end between a pair of switching elements of the legs, other ends of the plurality of coils being connected together. A controller determines one of the plurality of phases as a reference phase, and alternately controls the on-off states of the switching elements so that the on-off state of the switching element included in the leg corresponding to the reference phase and the switching element included in the other leg are mutually complementary, thereby generating AC current to be injected into the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Jung Hwi Kim, Jung Mo Yu, Jae Ho Hwang, Joo Young Park, Jae Hyeon Park
  • Publication number: 20220014137
    Abstract: A battery heating system and method using a motor driving system are provided. A temperature of a battery is increased by injecting an alternating current into the battery so that charging and discharging of the battery is repeated using the motor driving system including an inverter and a motor provided in a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Jung Hwi Kim, Jung Mo Yu, Jae Ho Hwang, Joo Young Park, Jae Hyeon Park
  • Patent number: 11183925
    Abstract: A flying DC-to-DC converter has a capacitor protection function of preventing a flying capacitor from overheating. The flying DC-to-DC converter estimates the temperature of a capacitor on the basis of a switching duty and an inductor current determined according to a result of comparison between an output voltage and a voltage instruction value, and determines whether to perform de-rating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung Hwi Kim, Jung Mo Yu, Yong Jae Lee, Jae Ho Hwang, Joo Young Park, Jae Hyeon Park
  • Publication number: 20210336472
    Abstract: A charging system and method using a motor driving system which can charge a vehicle battery using charging equipment providing various voltages using a motor driving system provided in a vehicle and improve charging efficiency by selectively determining a charging mode in response to an actual voltage state of the vehicle battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Su Hyun BAE, Jung Mo YU, Jae Ho HWANG, Joo Young PARK, Yong Jae LEE
  • Publication number: 20210313877
    Abstract: A flying DC-to-DC converter has a capacitor protection function of preventing a flying capacitor from overheating. The flying DC-to-DC converter estimates the temperature of a capacitor on the basis of a switching duty and an inductor current determined according to a result of comparison between an output voltage and a voltage instruction value, and determines whether to perform de-rating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 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
  • Publication number: 20210313892
    Abstract: A DC-to-DC converter includes a first capacitor, first to 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 performs PWM control. In a case where a failure occurs in the second capacitor, the DC-to-DC converter performs PWM control such that the first switch and the second switch enter the same state and the third switch and the fourth switch enter the same state on the basis of a result of comparison between a first detection voltage that is a measured output voltage and a target output voltage of the DC-to-DC converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 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
  • 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
  • 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