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).

  • Patent number: 11634004
    Abstract: An integrated thermal management system for vehicles includes: a first cooling line; a second cooling line; a refrigerant line; and a bypass line configured to diverge from the second cooling line, to be connected to a chiller, and to allow a coolant to bypass a second radiator and to circulate between a high-voltage battery and the chiller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Mok Kim, Man Ju Oh, Hyeon Keun Yun, Hyo Chan Bae, Sang Shin Lee
  • Publication number: 20230057954
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning device includes: a heating part disposed in a windshield glass of a vehicle and configured to heat the windshield glass; a collection part configured to collect state information on a state of the windshield glass and environment information on internal and external environments of the vehicle; and a control part. The control part is configured to determine a defrosting or dehumidifying mode for the windshield glass based on the state information or the environment information collected by the collection part and to control an operation of the heating part depending on the determined defrosting or dehumidifying mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ki Mok Kim
  • Publication number: 20230035925
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Corporation, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Mok KIM, Man-Ju Oh, Sang Shin Lee, Uk Il Yang
  • Publication number: 20230017549
    Abstract: An integrated thermal management circuit for a vehicle includes a refrigerant line that causes a refrigerant to flow through a compressor, an interior condenser of an interior air conditioning device, and an exterior condenser outside the vehicle. The circuit causes the refrigerant discharged from the condenser to pass through an integrated chiller or an evaporator of the air conditioning device and to be introduced into the compressor. The circuit includes: a first cooling line causing a cooling water to circulate between a high voltage battery and a first radiator or between the high voltage battery and the integrated chiller; a second cooling line causing the cooling water to circulate between an electronic drive unit and a second radiator or between the electronic drive unit and the integrated chiller; and a bypass line provided in the first cooling line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Mok Kim, Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, Jae Woong Kim, Uk Il Yang
  • Publication number: 20220410661
    Abstract: An integrated thermal management circuit for vehicles, includes a refrigerant line configured so that a refrigerant subsequently flows into a compressor and a refrigerant heater, the refrigerant discharged from the refrigerant heater passes through an internal condenser or an integrated chiller and then flows into an external condenser, and the refrigerant discharged from the external condenser passes through the integrated chiller or an evaporator and then flows into the compressor, a battery cooling line configured so that a coolant circulates between a battery and an integrated radiator or the integrated chiller, an electronic part cooling line configured so that the coolant circulates between an electronic driving unit and the integrated radiator or the integrated chiller, and a heat radiation control valve provided between the refrigerant heater and the internal condenser on the refrigerant line and configured to control an amount of heat radiated by the internal condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Shin LEE, Ki Mok KIM, Man Ju OH
  • Publication number: 20220332162
    Abstract: An integrated thermal management module for a vehicle includes a multi-channel including a plurality of valve spaces and a plurality of coolant channels communicating with the valve spaces and disposed around the valve spaces, a plurality of valve bodies inserted into the valve spaces, respectively, and configured to open and close the coolant channels around the valve spaces of the multi-channel upon operation, and a plurality of pumps coupled to the multi-channel. The valve spaces are formed on one side of the multi-channel, the valve bodies are coupled to the one side of the multi-channel, the pumps are coupled to an opposite side of the multi-channel, and a rotation axis of each of the valve bodies and a rotation axis of each of the pumps are identical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Sang Shin Lee, Hyeon Keun Yun, Ki Mok Kim, Hyo Chan Bae, Man Ju Oh, Chang Won Lee, Hyun Jun Seo, Sang Min Lee, Je Min Yeon
  • Publication number: 20220305885
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Uk Il Yang, Man Ju Oh, Ki Mok Kim, Sang Shin Lee
  • Publication number: 20220176773
    Abstract: An integrated thermal management system for a vehicle, may include: a refrigerant line; a first coolant line for circulating coolant and connecting a first radiator, the high-temperature core, a heating core of an internal air conditioner, and a high-voltage battery with each other in parallel; a second coolant line for circulating coolant and connecting a second radiator, an electronic driving part, the low-temperature core, and a cooling core of the internal air conditioner with each other in parallel; and a third coolant line for circulating coolant and connecting a third radiator and the high-voltage battery to the second coolant line in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Shin LEE, Man Ju OH, Ki Mok KIM, Uk Il YANG
  • Publication number: 20220134837
    Abstract: An integrated thermal management system for vehicles includes: a first cooling line; a second cooling line; a refrigerant line; and a bypass line configured to diverge from the second cooling line, to be connected to a chiller, and to allow a coolant to bypass a second radiator and to circulate between a high-voltage battery and the chiller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Mok Kim, Man Ju Oh, Hyeon Keun Yun, Hyo Chan Bae, Sang Shin Lee
  • Patent number: 9878592
    Abstract: A method for defogging of a vehicle includes: determining whether the defogging of the vehicle is necessary based on at least any one of an outdoor temperature, an operation state of a cooler of an air conditioner, and an operation state of a blower of the air conditioner; defogging to control an air direction mode to add or increase an air volume supplied to a window if it is determined that the defogging of the vehicle is necessary. The air direction mode is maintained in a current state if it is determined that the defogging of the vehicle is not necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Ki Mok Kim
  • Publication number: 20160075211
    Abstract: A method for defogging of a vehicle includes: determining whether the defogging of the vehicle is necessary based on at least any one of an outdoor temperature, an operation state of a cooler of an air conditioner, and an operation state of a blower of the air conditioner; defogging to control an air direction mode to add or increase an air volume supplied to a window if it is determined that the defogging of the vehicle is necessary. The air direction mode is maintained in a current state if it is determined that the defogging of the vehicle is not necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventor: Ki Mok KIM
  • Patent number: 8344708
    Abstract: Provided is a switching mode power supply circuit for plasma display panel, which includes an EMI filter unit, a PFC unit, an output unit, and a standby unit. The EMI filter unit may include a first line filter connected to a commercial line input power, a first capacitor and discharge resistor connected to the first line filter, a second line filter connected to the first capacitor and discharge resistor, a second capacitor connected to the second line filter, and a relay unit disposed between the first line filter and the first capacitor and discharge resistor. The standby unit may be connected to a contact point of the first line filter and the relay unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peel Sik Jeon, Dong Kyun Ryu, Won Chan Choi, Jae Han Yoon, Ki Mok Kim, Jeong Rak Lee, Seung Heun Yang
  • Patent number: 7986099
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a switching mode power supply circuit for a plasma display panel comprising an input unit, a PFC (Power Factor Correction) unit, an output unit and a standby unit, wherein the standby unit includes a standby block for outputting a standby voltage by being connected to an AC filter stage of the input unit, a sequence block for sequentially applying power of the output unit and a control block which is connected between the standby block and the sequence block and inputs the standby voltage outputted from the standby block to the sequence block only in case that a PS_ON signal is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peel Sik Jeon, Dong Kyun Ryu, Won Chan Choi, Jae Han Yoon, Ki Mok Kim, Jeong Rak Lee, Seung Heun Yang
  • Publication number: 20100097363
    Abstract: Provided is a switching mode power supply circuit for plasma display panel, which includes an EMI filter unit, a PFC unit, an output unit, and a standby unit. The EMI filter unit may include a first line filter connected to a commercial line input power, a first capacitor and discharge resistor connected to the first line filter, a second line filter connected to the first capacitor and discharge resistor, a second capacitor connected to the second line filter, and a relay unit disposed between the first line filter and the first capacitor and discharge resistor. The standby unit may be connected to a contact point of the first line filter and the relay unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peel Sik JEON, Dong Kyun RYU, Won Chan CHOI, Jae Han YOON, Ki Mok KIM, Jeong Rak LEE, Seung Heun YANG
  • Publication number: 20100097006
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a switching mode power supply circuit for a plasma display panel comprising an input unit, a PFC (Power Factor Correction) unit, an output unit and a standby unit, wherein the standby unit includes a standby block for outputting a standby voltage by being connected to an AC filter stage of the input unit, a sequence block for sequentially applying power of the output unit and a control block which is connected between the standby block and the sequence block and inputs the standby voltage outputted from the standby block to the sequence block only in case that a PS_ON signal is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peel Sik JEON, Dong Kyun Ryu, Won Chan Choi, Jae Han Yoon, Ki Mok Kim, Jeong Rak Lee, Seung Heun Yang