Patents by Inventor Keum-Jin Park

Keum-Jin Park 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: 11661897
    Abstract: An active purge system (APS) according to a driving state of a hybrid vehicle includes an active purge unit (APU) configured to pressurize a vaporized gas generated in a fuel tank of the hybrid vehicle and supply the pressurized vaporized gas to an intake pipe, and a control unit configured to control the APU, where the control unit gradually controls a processing amount of the vaporized gas according to the driving state of the hybrid vehicle. The processing amount of the vaporized gas is gradually controlled using the APS according to the driving state of the hybrid vehicle, particularly, a number of places at which slip occurs in a power transmission system of the hybrid vehicle so that degradation of driving ability due to the occurrence of slip is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 11448167
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an active purge system and an active purge method for a hybrid vehicle, and changes a control method for the throughput of the evaporation gas according to the engine torque according to a change in an optimal operating line, the system efficiency, or the state of charge (SOC) condition of a battery using an active purge unit for pressing the evaporation gas generated by a fuel tank and supplying the pressed evaporation gas to an intake pipe, thereby efficiently purging the evaporation gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Publication number: 20220252016
    Abstract: An active purge system (APS) according to a driving state of a hybrid vehicle includes an active purge unit (APU) configured to pressurize a vaporized gas generated in a fuel tank of the hybrid vehicle and supply the pressurized vaporized gas to an intake pipe, and a control unit configured to control the APU, where the control unit gradually controls a processing amount of the vaporized gas according to the driving state of the hybrid vehicle. The processing amount of the vaporized gas is gradually controlled using the APS according to the driving state of the hybrid vehicle, particularly, a number of places at which slip occurs in a power transmission system of the hybrid vehicle so that degradation of driving ability due to the occurrence of slip is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Publication number: 20220186688
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an active purge system and an active purge method for a hybrid vehicle, and changes a control method for the throughput of the evaporation gas according to the engine torque according to a change in an optimal operating line, the system efficiency, or the state of charge (SOC) condition of a battery using an active purge unit for pressing the evaporation gas generated by a fuel tank and supplying the pressed evaporation gas to an intake pipe, thereby efficiently purging the evaporation gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 11286868
    Abstract: A method of compensating fuel for each cylinder of an engine during purging may include, compensating a fuel injection time for each cylinder depending on an amount of intake air for each cylinder, an injection pressure of the injector, and an internal pressure of a combustion chamber of the engine; pressurizing a vaporized gas adsorbed into a canister and injecting the pressurized vaporized gas into the intake pipe by operating an active purge pump; and estimating an amount of vaporized gas reaching each combustion chamber and converting the fuel injection time depending on the estimated amount of vaporized gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park, Se-Geun Kim
  • Patent number: 11225243
    Abstract: A method of controlling a split inflow of condensate water in a hybrid engine includes: determining whether condensate water is generated from an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device of a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV); determining an amount of the condensate water introduced into an hybrid engine; determining whether a vehicle speed of the HEV is within a predetermined speed range; determining whether a request torque of the HEV is within a predetermined torque range; determining whether a duration time of the vehicle speed within the predetermined speed range, and a duration time of the request torque within the predetermined torque range are greater than or equal to a predetermined duration time, respectively; and when the determined duration times are greater than or equal to the predetermined duration time, increasing an engine torque of the HEV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 11187193
    Abstract: An active dual purge system includes: an intake pipe, a compressor to compress air, a canister to collect an evaporation gas, a purge line extending from the canister to a front end of the compressor, a branch line branching off from the purge line and extending to a rear end of a throttle valve body, a purge pump installed in the purge line, a purge valve installed in the purge line, a vent valve installed in a vent line extending from the canister toward the atmosphere, a first sensor installed in the purge line, and a second sensor installed in the purge line, and a controller to perform different tests on the purge pump, the purge valve and the vent valve in different operating states, and diagnose whether at least one of the purge line, the branch line, or the vent line are abnormal using on-board diagnosis (OBD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Publication number: 20210363943
    Abstract: An active dual purge system includes: an intake pipe, a compressor to compress air, a canister to collect an evaporation gas, a purge line extending from the canister to a front end of the compressor, a branch line branching off from the purge line and extending to a rear end of a throttle valve body, a purge pump installed in the purge line, a purge valve installed in the purge line, a vent valve installed in a vent line extending from the canister toward the atmosphere, a first sensor installed in the purge line, and a second sensor installed in the purge line, and a controller to perform different tests on the purge pump, the purge valve and the vent valve in different operating states, and diagnose whether at least one of the purge line, the branch line, or the vent line are abnormal using on-board diagnosis (OBD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu OH, Keum-Jin PARK
  • Patent number: 11078853
    Abstract: A mixed fuel amount control system applying active purging includes: a fuel tank in which biofuel and fossil fuel are mixed and stored, an active purging device to supply an evaporated gas evaporated in the fuel tank to an intake pipe, and a concentration sensor to sense a mixing ratio of the biofuel stored in the fuel tank changes. In particular, the flow rate and the concentration of the evaporated gas of the fuel tank flowing into the intake pipe are changed according to a mixing ratio of biofuel and fossil fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 11035301
    Abstract: A method for preventing an engine air flow calculation error applied to an engine system may classify an engine operation area of an engine into a sensor measurement deviation generation area, medium/high load areas, and a low load area by an ECU, and classify an air flow calculation applied to a cylinder charging amount of the engine as one of an air flow calculation control applying a compensation measurement air flow to the sensor measurement deviation generation area, an air flow calculation control applying a measurement pressure to the medium/high load areas, and an air flow calculation control applying a measurement air flow to the low load area, excluding influence of an HFM sensor error causing a change in a fresh air charge and inaccuracy of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) air flow modeling/active purge air flow modeling in the entire operation area of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 11035323
    Abstract: An active purge system may include: a canister to collect therein an evaporation gas evaporated from a fuel tank; a purge line to connect the canister to an intake pipe; a purge pump to pressurize the evaporation gas to allow the evaporation gas to move from the canister to the intake pipe; a purge valve installed on the purge line to be located between the purge pump and the intake pipe; and an engine connected to the intake pipe. In particular, the engine includes an injector installed on a cylinder head, an intake valve, and an exhaust valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park, Se-Geun Kim
  • Patent number: 11002201
    Abstract: A method of determining an air volume in an active purge system may include checking whether an engine operates in an idle state; determining an air volume reaching a combustion chamber of the engine in response to a signal received from a sensor provided in an intake pipe; checking whether an evaporation gas collected in a canister is introduced into the intake pipe; estimating an amount of the evaporation gas introduced into the intake pipe and primarily correcting the air volume determined according to the estimated amount of the evaporation gas; checking whether an opening holding time of an intake valve in the engine is varied due to an operation of a continuously variable valve duration (CVVD) system electrically connected to the controller; and deriving a correction variable by substituting an operation duty of the CVVD system into a formula, a table, or a map provided in advance, and secondarily correcting the primarily corrected air volume according to the correction variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 10975811
    Abstract: A method of securing brake booster negative pressure is provided. The method includes operating a purge pump that is connected to a canister having evaporation gas absorbed thereon and a brake booster and determining whether the evaporation gas is injected into an intake pipe by the operation of the purge pump. Whether a negative pressure of the brake booster is insufficient is determined and when the evaporation gas is being injected into the intake pipe and the negative pressure is insufficient, a degree of opening of a valve provided in a line connecting the canister and the purge pump is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Youn-Su Kim, Keum-Jin Park
  • Publication number: 20200392913
    Abstract: A method of compensating fuel for each cylinder of an engine during purging may include, compensating a fuel injection time for each cylinder depending on an amount of intake air for each cylinder, an injection pressure of the injector, and an internal pressure of a combustion chamber of the engine; pressurizing a vaporized gas adsorbed into a canister and injecting the pressurized vaporized gas into the intake pipe by operating an active purge pump; and estimating an amount of vaporized gas reaching each combustion chamber and converting the fuel injection time depending on the estimated amount of vaporized gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Young-Kyu OH, Keum-Jin Park, Se-Geun Kim
  • Publication number: 20200347805
    Abstract: An active purge system may include: a canister to collect therein an evaporation gas evaporated from a fuel tank; a purge line to connect the canister to an intake pipe; a purge pump to pressurize the evaporation gas to allow the evaporation gas to move from the canister to the intake pipe; a purge valve installed on the purge line to be located between the purge pump and the intake pipe; and an engine connected to the intake pipe. In particular, the engine includes an injector installed on a cylinder head, an intake valve, and an exhaust valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu OH, Keum-Jin PARK, Se-Geun KIM
  • Publication number: 20200332749
    Abstract: A method of securing brake booster negative pressure is provided. The method includes operating a purge pump that is connected to a canister having evaporation gas absorbed thereon and a brake booster and determining whether the evaporation gas is injected into an intake pipe by the operation of the purge pump. Whether a negative pressure of the brake booster is insufficient is determined and when the evaporation gas is being injected into the intake pipe and the negative pressure is insufficient, a degree of opening of a valve provided in a line connecting the canister and the purge pump is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Youn-Su Kim, Keum-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 10808656
    Abstract: An intake and exhaust system for preventing generation of condensed water may include: an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system circulating some of combustion gas from an exhaust pipe to an intake pipe; an active purging system compressing and supplying evaporation gas generated from a fuel tank to the intake pipe; and a controller to control the EGR system and the active purging system. In particular, the controller calculates a saturated water vapor pressure based on temperature at a position between the EGR system and the intake pipe, and calculates a saturated water vapor pressure based on temperature of the intake pipe and then compares one of the two saturated water vapor pressures with a water vapor pressure of intake air so as to reduce an EGR rate of the EGR system or a purging rate of the active purging system based on the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Tae-Ho Ahn, Keum-Jin Park
  • Publication number: 20200182206
    Abstract: An intake and exhaust system for preventing generation of condensed water may include: an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system circulating some of combustion gas from an exhaust pipe to an intake pipe; an active purging system compressing and supplying evaporation gas generated from a fuel tank to the intake pipe; and a controller to control the EGR system and the active purging system. In particular, the controller calculates a saturated water vapor pressure based on temperature at a position between the EGR system and the intake pipe, and calculates a saturated water vapor pressure based on temperature of the intake pipe and then compares one of the two saturated water vapor pressures with a water vapor pressure of intake air so as to reduce an EGR rate of the EGR system or a purging rate of the active purging system based on the comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu OH, Tae-Ho Ahn, Keum-Jin Park
  • Publication number: 20200182173
    Abstract: A mixed fuel amount control system applying active purging includes: a fuel tank in which biofuel and fossil fuel are mixed and stored, an active purging device to supply an evaporated gas evaporated in the fuel tank to an intake pipe, and a concentration sensor to sense a mixing ratio of the biofuel stored in the fuel tank changes. In particular, the flow rate and the concentration of the evaporated gas of the fuel tank flowing into the intake pipe are changed according to a mixing ratio of biofuel and fossil fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu OH, Keum-Jin PARK
  • Patent number: 10407051
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling driving of a hybrid vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a state identifying unit that identifies a driving state of a vehicle based on driving information of the vehicle during lock-up driving of the vehicle and a determination unit that determines whether the identified driving state satisfies a preset lock-up charge driving mode entering condition and determines a deceleration volition of a driver based on the identified driving state. When the identified driving state satisfies the lock-up charge driving mode entering condition a driving controller interrupts the vehicle from entering into a lock-up charge driving mode when the driver has a deceleration intention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Kee Sim, Jung Soo Park, Jung Wook Kim, Dong Ho Yang, Keum Jin Park