Patents by Inventor Ki Mok Kim
Ki Mok Kim 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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Publication number: 20250065693Abstract: A vehicle thermal management circuit includes a refrigerant line configured to cause refrigerant to flow in the order of a compressor, an indoor condenser and an outdoor heat exchanger of an indoor air-conditioning apparatus, a battery cooling line configured to circulate cooling water between a battery and a battery radiator or between the battery and a chiller unit, an electric part cooling line configured to circulate cooling water between an electronic driving unit and an electric part radiator or between the driving unit and the chiller, and an accumulation unit located at an upstream point of the compressor on the refrigerant line, includes an expansion valve and a refrigerant heater, and is configured to receive the refrigerant discharged from the chiller or the evaporator and provide the received refrigerant to the compressor or to expand or heat the refrigerant and provides the expanded or heated refrigerant to the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Uk Il Yang, Man Ju Oh, Ki Mok Kim, Sang Shin Lee
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Patent number: 12173938Abstract: Disclosed are a condenser module and a thermal management system including the same. The condenser module includes a heat exchange device including a first inlet/outlet and a second inlet/outlet having a refrigerant flowing thereinto or discharged therefrom and a flow path formed therein through which the refrigerant flows between the first inlet/outlet and the second inlet/outlet, and a flow-path switching valve connected to each of the first inlet/outlet and the second inlet/outlet, the flow-path switching valve switchable between a first operation mode, in which the refrigerant flows into the first inlet/outlet and the refrigerant is discharged from the second inlet/outlet, and a second operation mode, in which the refrigerant flows into the second inlet/outlet and the refrigerant is discharged from the first inlet/outlet. The flow path formed in the heat exchange device has different positions in a direction of gravity between the first inlet/outlet and the second inlet/outlet.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Ki Mok Kim
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Publication number: 20240408935Abstract: An embodiment refrigerant module of an integrated thermal management system for a vehicle is configured such that a refrigerant circulates sequentially through a compressor, a condenser, a heat exchanger, an expansion valve, an evaporator, and a vapor-liquid separator. The heat exchanger and the expansion valve are disposed below at least one of the condenser and the evaporator, thereby performing heat exchange between the refrigerant discharged from the condenser and the refrigerant discharged from the vapor-liquid separator.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2024Publication date: December 12, 2024Inventors: Sang Shin Lee, Ki Mok Kim, Man Ju Oh, Man Hee Kim, Se Min Lee, Bong Jun Park
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Patent number: 12157345Abstract: An integrated thermal management circuit for a vehicle is introduced, which includes a refrigerant line on which a refrigerant flows into the compressor; a battery cooling line making a cooling water circulate between a battery and a battery radiator or between the battery and the battery chiller; an electric cooling line making the cooling water circulate between an electronic driving unit and an electric radiator or between the electronic driving unit and the electric chiller; and a chiller control valve provided at an upstream point of the electric chiller and the battery chiller on the chiller line, and making the refrigerant discharged from the external heat exchanger flow into the electric chiller or the battery chiller.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Corporation, Kia CorporationInventors: Ki Mok Kim, Man Ju Oh, Sang Shin Lee, Uk Il Yang
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Publication number: 20240375484Abstract: A refrigerant circuit includes an auxiliary heat exchanger for adjusting the temperature of refrigerant, a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator. The auxiliary heat exchanger selectively operates through a plurality of switch valves. Thus, the temperature of the refrigerant is efficiently managed according to situations, thereby improving cooling and warming performance. An integrated thermal management system includes the auxiliary heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with outside air, thereby efficiently managing the temperature of the refrigerant and simplifying the structure thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2023Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Sang Shin LEE, Ki Mok KIM, Man Ju OH
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Patent number: 12128732Abstract: A refrigerant-heating device and a heat pump system including the same are described. The refrigerant-heating device includes a heating tank including an inlet, through which a refrigerant discharged from a compressor flows thereinto, and a heat exchange outlet, from which the refrigerant therein is discharged, the heat exchange outlet being located at a position spaced apart from the inlet, and a heater coupled to the heating tank in a state of being inserted into the heating tank, the heater extending in a planar direction between the inlet and the heat exchange outlet and heating the refrigerant in the heating tank during operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2022Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Man Ju Oh, Ki Mok Kim
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Patent number: 12097746Abstract: An embodiment heat exchanger includes a first flow path through which a refrigerant discharged from a condenser and drawn into an expansion valve flows and a second flow path through which the refrigerant discharged from a vapor-liquid separator and drawn into a compressor flows, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to perform a heat exchange between the refrigerant flowing through the first flow path and the refrigerant flowing through the second flow path.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai WIA CorporationInventors: Sang Shin Lee, Ki Mok Kim, Man Ju Oh, Man Hee Kim, Se Min Lee, Bong Jun Park
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Publication number: 20240270049Abstract: Proposed is an integrated thermal management system of which the cooling performance is secured because the entire area of a radiator is used when cooling a PE part and a battery. In particular, heat of the PE part and heat of the battery are selectively shared and thus the entire circuit of the system becomes compact and the energy efficiency is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2023Publication date: August 15, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Man Ju Oh, Ki Mok Kim, Sang Shin Lee
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Patent number: 12030406Abstract: A coolant circulation system for a vehicle performs heat management of a high voltage battery provided in an electric vehicle. The coolant circulation system is configured to be connected to the high voltage battery of the electric vehicle to combine coolant managed outside the electric vehicle and coolant circulated in the high voltage battery of the electric vehicle with each other to supply cooled or heated coolant to the high voltage battery. Thus, the charging efficiency is improved through temperature management of the high voltage battery when the high voltage battery is charged.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, Ki Mok Kim, Dong Kyu Lee
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Publication number: 20240191901Abstract: An embodiment integrated thermal management system includes a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser, an expander, and an evaporator, a first coolant line including a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with the evaporator of the refrigerant circuit and an internal heat exchanger configured to adjust a temperature of air-conditioning air through heat exchange with a coolant, first and second switching valves respectively disposed at front and rear ends of the internal heat exchanger in the first coolant line, a second coolant line connected to the first and second switching valves and including a second heat exchanger configured to exchange heat with the condenser of the refrigerant circuit, a third coolant line branching off from the first coolant line and including a battery, and a fourth coolant line branching off from the first coolant line and including a PE component.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventors: Ki Mok Kim, Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh
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Publication number: 20240181846Abstract: A refrigerant module includes a compressor configured to discharge the refrigerant after compressing the refrigerant, a condensation core configured to discharge the refrigerant discharged from the compressor after the refrigerant exchanges heat with a coolant, an evaporation core configured to discharge the refrigerant discharged from an expansion valve after the refrigerant exchanges heat with a coolant, and a refrigerant multi-channel plate formed to have a plate shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Sang Shin Lee, Ki Mok Kim, Man Ju Oh, Je Min Yeon, Man Hee Kim, Se Min Lee
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Publication number: 20240181834Abstract: An embodiment integrated-type air-conditioning system includes a refrigerant circuit including first and second refrigerant lines, a first coolant circuit including a battery, and a second coolant circuit including a PE part. The first refrigerant line includes a compressor, an indoor heat exchanger, a first expansion device, and an outdoor heat exchanger, and the second refrigerant line includes a second expansion device and an integrated heat exchanger. The second refrigerant line branches from a branch point between the indoor heat exchanger and the first expansion device in the first refrigerant line and branches from a point between the compressor and the indoor heat exchanger through a switching valve to be connected to the compressor. The first coolant circuit and the second coolant circuit are each connected to the integrated heat exchanger so as to allow a coolant to exchange heat with a refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Ki Mok Kim, Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh
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Publication number: 20240174051Abstract: An embodiment air conditioning system includes a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser, an expander, and an evaporator, a first coolant line including a first heat exchanger and a first air conditioning heat exchanger, a second coolant line including a second heat exchanger, connected so that a coolant of the first coolant line flows by connecting front and rear ends of a second air conditioning heat exchanger to front and rear ends of the first air conditioning heat exchanger, and a first valve selectively controlling a flow of the coolant of the first coolant line on the front end of the first air conditioning heat exchanger, and a controller controlling the first valve in a heating mode so that the coolant cooled through the first heat exchanger in the first coolant line flows to the first air conditioning heat exchanger and the second air conditioning heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Ki Mok Kim, Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh
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Patent number: 11993134Abstract: A refrigerant module of an integrated thermal management system of a vehicle is provided in which components of the module may be compactified by modularizing the components related to a refrigerant. In the refrigerant module of the integrated thermal management system for the vehicle in which the refrigerant module is configured such that a refrigerant circulates through a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, an evaporator, and an accumulator, the refrigerant module includes the compressor having a first suction port and a first discharge port, the condenser having a second suction port and a second discharge port, the expansion valve having a third suction port and a third discharge port, the evaporator having a fourth suction port and a fourth discharge port, the accumulator having a fifth suction port and a fifth discharge port, and a connection passage enabling the refrigerant discharged from the accumulator to flow to the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Wia CorporationInventors: Man Ju Oh, Sang Shin Lee, Ki Mok Kim, Man Hee Kim, Se Min Lee, Bong Jun Park
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Patent number: 11987095Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated thermal management system for a vehicle including a refrigerant flow line extending to allow a refrigerant discharged from a compressor to flow in the order of an indoor condenser, an external condenser, and an evaporator and to flow back to the compressor, a refrigerant chiller line branching from the refrigerant flow line at each of the points downstream of the compressor, the indoor condenser, or the external condenser, the refrigerant chiller line joining the refrigerant flow line at a point upstream of the compressor after the refrigerant passes through a battery chiller and an electric chiller or bypasses the same, a battery cooling line extending to allow a coolant to circulate while passing through a battery radiator or the battery chiller, and an electric cooling line extending to allow a coolant to circulate while passing through an electric radiator or the electric chiller.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Ki Mok Kim, Man Ju Oh, Sang Shin Lee, Won Seok Sung
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Publication number: 20240162530Abstract: An embodiment coolant management system for a mobility vehicle includes an inlet line and an outlet line configured to be connected to an external thermal management station and configured to selectively supply a cooling or heating coolant, a refrigerant circuit that circulates a refrigerant therethrough, the refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser, an expander, and an evaporator, a first coolant line that circulates a coolant therethrough, wherein a battery and a first heat exchanger that exchanges heat with the evaporator of the refrigerant circuit are provided on the first coolant line, a second coolant line configured to circulate the coolant therethrough, wherein a second heat exchanger that exchanges heat with the condenser of the refrigerant circuit is provided on the second coolant line, and a controller that communicates with the external thermal management station and control respective valves to manage a temperature of the coolant.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2023Publication date: May 16, 2024Inventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, Ki Mok Kim, Uk Il Yang
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Patent number: 11981185Abstract: An integrated thermal management system for a vehicle may make refrigerant-related components compact by modularizing the refrigerant-related components.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Wia CorporationInventors: Man Ju Oh, Sang Shin Lee, Ki Mok Kim, Man Hee Kim, Se Min Lee, Bong Jun Park
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Publication number: 20240109393Abstract: An embodiment is a thermal management system for a vehicle, the thermal management system including a main refrigerant line in which a compressor, an indoor condenser, a first expansion valve, an outdoor condenser, a second expansion valve, and an indoor evaporator are sequentially provided, a battery cooling water line in which a battery, the chiller for a battery, and a water pump for a battery are sequentially provided, a refrigerant heater disposed between the compressor and the indoor condenser on the main refrigerant line, and a controller configured to control operations of the compressor and the refrigerant heater, control opening and closing of the first expansion valve and the second expansion valve, control operations of the water pump for an electric component and the water pump for a battery, and control flow paths of the refrigerant, the cooling water for an electric component, and the cooling water for a battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Man Ju Oh, UK II Yang, Ki Mok Kim, Sang Shin Lee
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Publication number: 20240060705Abstract: A refrigerant circulation apparatus includes a refrigerant circulation component including a compressor, a condenser, an expander, and an evaporator forming a refrigerant cycle through circulation of a refrigerant, and a support body in which the compressor is fixed to one side, the condenser, the expander, and the evaporator are sequentially disposed on the other side along the refrigerant cycle of the refrigerant, and a plurality of flow paths are formed so that the refrigerant flows between the condenser, the expander, and the evaporator.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, Ki Mok Kim, Se Min Lee, Bong Jun Park, Man Hee Kim
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Publication number: 20240034123Abstract: An embodiment integrated thermal management system includes a first refrigerant line configured to allow a refrigerant to flow therethrough and including a compressor, an interior heat exchanger, a first expander, an exterior heat exchanger, a second expander, and an evaporator, a second refrigerant line including an integrated heat exchanger, a third refrigerant line, an expansion module configured to allow the refrigerant having passed through the first refrigerant line to flow to the integrated heat exchanger or to flow through the third refrigerant line, a first coolant line connected to the integrated heat exchanger, the first coolant line including a first water pump, a PE component, a first radiator, and a first valve, and a second coolant line connected to the integrated heat exchanger, the second coolant line including a second water pump, a battery, a second radiator, and a second valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Ki Mok Kim, Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, Hyo Chan Bae, Hyeon Keun Yun