Patents by Inventor Kwang Ok Han
Kwang Ok Han 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: 12291077Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air-conditioning device and an air-conditioning system of an integrated heat exchanger, wherein an integrated heat exchanger for generating heating air or cooling air is used to generate air-conditioning air by utilizing cooling water, thereby securing cooling/heating efficiency. A decreased number of doors are used to adjust the temperature of air-conditioning air with regard to each mode, thus reducing the entire package. In addition, front and rear indoor spaces can be temperature-controlled individually, and comfort can be provided for each passenger seat.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTDInventors: Kwang Ok Han, Gee Young Shin, Su Yeon Kang, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim, Dae Hee Lee, Jae Won Cha, Won Jun Joung, Byung Guk An
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Publication number: 20250121651Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle includes a condenser and an evaporator disposed to face each other in a housing, which simplifies a refrigerant circuit, reduces a flow path for air, and reduces a thermal loss that may occur when air flows.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Kwang Ok Han, Myung Hoe Kim, Kwang Woon Cho, Su Yeon Kang, Tae Yong Park, Jeung Sik Shin, Jae Chun Ryu
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Patent number: 12247749Abstract: An air conditioning system is provided with an integrated heat exchanger. The air conditioning system generates heating air or cooling air through the integrated heat exchanger that adjusts the temperature of conditioning air by circulating coolant, thus securing cooling and heating efficiency. The air conditioning system adjusts temperature by the coolant circulated in the integrated heat exchanger such that a temperature adjustment door for adjusting the temperature of the conditioning air is eliminated, the number of components is decreased, and the size of an overall package is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Hanon SystemsInventors: Kwang Ok Han, Gee Young Shin, Su Yeon Kang, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim, Dae Hee Lee, In Jae Kang, Tae Young Park, Jae Chun Ryu
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Publication number: 20250010688Abstract: In an air conditioning system for a mobility vehicle, air is introduced into a housing in multiple directions including forward, rearward, leftward, and rightward directions, such that outside air is introduced into a heat exchanger in the housing and heat exchange is performed regardless of a traveling direction of the mobility vehicle. In addition, the amount of outside air to be provided to an external heat exchanger is adjusted depending on the traveling direction of the mobility vehicle or whether a heat pump is used, which improves the efficiency in operating the external heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: January 9, 2025Inventors: Kwang Ok HAN, Myung Hoe KIM, Su Yeon KANG, Kwang Woon CHO, Hyo Geun OH, Won Jun JOUNG, Byung Guk AN
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Publication number: 20250001837Abstract: A roof air vent device includes: a roof provided to cover an upper portion of a vehicle; a duct housing provided in the roof extending in a length direction or width direction of the vehicle to draw air into the duct housing; a guide member provided inside the duct housing in the extending direction of the duct housing to distribute the air drawn into the duct housing; and a rotating nozzle including a discharge unit provided to the duct housing to discharge the air drawn into the duct housing into a vehicle cabin and to change directions of air discharge by rotation of the discharge unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: January 2, 2025Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, ITW EF&C KOREA LLC.Inventors: Su Yeon Kang, Gyeong Nam Cho, Kwang Ok Han, Dong Won Yeon, Yong Seok Park, Keong No Kim, Chun Ha Kim
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Publication number: 20240399833Abstract: Proposed is an air-curtain system of a vehicle. The system may include a plurality of air discharge units provided on a roof of a door side or trunk side of the vehicle and adjusting a direction or pressure of discharged air, an air supply system connected at a plurality of ends to the air discharge units and adjusting supply of the air to the air discharge unit as a plurality of guides provided therein are rotated, and a controller adjusting a flow rate of the air discharged from the air discharge unit by adjusting a rotation angle of each of the guides depending on an open or closed state of a door or trunk of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Su Yeon Kang, Kwang Ok Han, Il Young Noh
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Publication number: 20240399814Abstract: In an air conditioner system for a mobility device, some inside air communicates with an outdoor heat exchanger when outside air for indoor ventilation is introduced, thereby improving heat pump performance. That is, by allowing indoor cold air to communicate with the outdoor heat exchanger upon mixing the inside and outside air during indoor cooling and allowing indoor warm air to communicate with the outdoor heat exchanger upon mixing the inside and outside air during indoor heating, it is possible to increase the heat pump efficiency as the outdoor heat exchanger recovers the heat of the indoor air during indoor cooling and heating. In addition, introduced is an air conditioner system for a mobility device in which a structure is simplified as inside air may be selectively transmitted to an outdoor heat exchanger side only by applying a flow path structure and a valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2023Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Hyo Geun Oh, Kwang Ok Han, Do Ung Hong
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Publication number: 20240375479Abstract: An air-conditioning system for mobility vehicles is capable of introducing outside air into a front portion and a rear portion of a housing in which a heat exchanger is mounted and capable of selectively changing the introduction direction of the outside air, adjusting the amount of heat exchange between the heat exchanger and the outside air depending on the travel direction of a mobility vehicle or whether or not a heat pump is used, thus improving the operational efficiency of the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2023Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwang Ok HAN, Myung Hoe Kim, Su Yeon Kang, Yeong Jun Kim, Kwang Woon Cho, Hyo Geun Oh, Won Jun Joung, Byung Guk An
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Publication number: 20240286461Abstract: A roof-type air conditioner is provided in which condensate water generated during interior cooling by an air conditioning unit is collected in a collecting unit to prevent the condensate water from flowing into an interior space of a vehicle. Due to accumulation of the condensate water, the condensate water collected by the collecting unit is discharged to the outside of the vehicle to prevent overflow and contamination of condensate water.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwang Ok Han, Myung Hoe Kim, Nam Seok Yun, Su Yeon Kang, Kwang Woon Cho, Yeong Jun Kim, Jae Won Cha, Won Jun Joung, Byung Guk An
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Publication number: 20240092141Abstract: An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes: a housing having an inside divided into an inflow space, a heat exchange space, and an outflow space, which are straightly arranged, and having a plurality of discharge ports, which communicates with an interior, at the inflow space; a blowing unit disposed at the inflow space of the housing and configured to blow air; a heat exchange unit disposed at the heat exchange space of the housing and configured to adjust a temperature of conditioned air by exchanging heat with air; and an opening-closing door disposed at the outflow space of the housing and configured to open and close the plurality of discharge ports such that conditioned air at an adjusted temperature selectively flows to the plurality of discharge ports. The air conditioning device adjusts the temperature of conditioned air for respective modes and reduces a flow resistance of air.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwang Ok Han, Young Tae Song, Yong Chul Kim, Gee Young Shin, Su Yeon Kang, Jae Sik Choi, Dae Hee Lee, Byeong Moo Jang, Ung Hwi Kim, Jae Won Cha, Won Jun Joung, Byung Guk An
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Publication number: 20230415538Abstract: Proposed are an air conditioner having an integrated heat exchanger and an air conditioning system using the integrated heat exchanger. The integrated heat exchanger enables heat exchange between cooling water and conditioning-air, and generates heating air or cooling air such that cooling/heating efficiency is improved. Further, since the temperature of the cooling water circulating in the integrated heat exchanger is adjusted, there is no temperature adjustment door for adjusting the temperature of conditioning-air, so the number of parts is reduced. Further, since the integrated heat exchanger is applied, components are optimally arranged and the entire package is reduced in size.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Hanon SystemsInventors: Kwang Ok Han, Gee Young Shin, Su Yeon Kang, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim, Dae Hee Lee, In Jae Kang, Tae Young Park, Jae Chun Ryu
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Publication number: 20230417426Abstract: An air conditioning system is provided with an integrated heat exchanger. The air conditioning system generates heating air or cooling air through the integrated heat exchanger that adjusts the temperature of conditioning air by circulating coolant, thus securing cooling and heating efficiency. The air conditioning system adjusts temperature by the coolant circulated in the integrated heat exchanger such that a temperature adjustment door for adjusting the temperature of the conditioning air is eliminated, the number of components is decreased, and the size of an overall package is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Hanon SystemsInventors: Kwang Ok Han, Gee Young Shin, Su Yeon Kang, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim, Dae Hee Lee, In Jae Kang, Tae Young Park, Jae Chun Ryu
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Publication number: 20230398829Abstract: The present disclosure provides an air-conditioning device and an air-conditioning system of an integrated heat exchanger, wherein an integrated heat exchanger for generating heating air or cooling air is used to generate air-conditioning air by utilizing cooling water, thereby securing cooling/heating efficiency. A decreased number of doors are used to adjust the temperature of air-conditioning air with regard to each mode, thus reducing the entire package. In addition, front and rear indoor spaces can be temperature-controlled individually, and comfort can be provided for each passenger seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTDInventors: Kwang Ok Han, Gee Young Shin, Su Yeon Kang, Dong Ho Kwon, Myung Hoe Kim, Dae Hee Lee, Jae Won Cha, Won Jun Joung, Byung Guk An
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Patent number: 10792978Abstract: A vehicle detector assembly for detecting solar radiation may include a housing, a fixed plate fixed to an upper surface of the housing in a flat form, a plurality of photo detectors bonded to a surface of the fixed plate, each being connected to a lead having a uniform one-directional inclination structure, and a detector cap fastened to the housing and transmitting sunlight.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2017Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Compnay, Kia Motors Corporation, Omron Automotive Electronic Korea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kwang-Ok Han, Yong-Chul Kim, Gyu-Suk Han, Kwang-Joon Han, Sang-Hyun Kim, Jang-Won Lee
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Publication number: 20180229579Abstract: A vehicle detector assembly for detecting solar radiation may include a housing, a fixed plate fixed to an upper surface of the housing in a flat form, a plurality of photo detectors bonded to a surface of the fixed plate, each being connected to a lead having a uniform one-directional inclination structure, and a detector cap fastened to the housing and transmitting sunlight.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2017Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicants: Hyundai Motor Compnay, Kia Motors Corporation, Omron Automotive Electronic Korea Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kwang-Ok HAN, Yong-Chul Kim, Gyu-Suk Han, Kwang-Joon Han, Sang-Hyun Kim, Jang-Won Lee
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Patent number: 9937770Abstract: A method for controlling an air flow for a vehicle may include mode selecting, that includes an input portion receiving an input for selecting at least any one of a plurality of discharging modes provided so as to select a discharge pattern of air discharged to the inside of the vehicle and an air flow controller determining the discharge mode, and air volume selecting, that includes the input portion receiving an input for selecting an air volume in the determined discharging mode after the discharging mode is determined and the air flow controller determining the air volume.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Kwang Ok Han, Yong Chul Kim
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Publication number: 20160347148Abstract: A method for controlling an air flow for a vehicle may include mode selecting, that includes an input portion receiving an input for selecting at least any one of a plurality of discharging modes provided so as to select a discharge pattern of air discharged to the inside of the vehicle and an air flow controller determining the discharge mode, and air volume selecting, that includes the input portion receiving an input for selecting an air volume in the determined discharging mode after the discharging mode is determined and the air flow controller determining the air volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2015Publication date: December 1, 2016Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Kwang Ok Han, Yong Chul Kim
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Patent number: 9174513Abstract: The present invention provides a heating control method for a fuel cell vehicle, in which an additional heating source is used together with a typical electric heater to reduce power consumption and increase fuel efficiency as compared to the sole use of the electric heater. For this purpose, the present invention provides a heating control method for a fuel cell vehicle which comprises an electric heater for heating air supplied to the interior of the vehicle, and a heater core provided in a coolant line for cooling a fuel cell stack and heating the air supplied to the interior of the vehicle by heat exchange with the coolant discharged from the fuel cell stack.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Seung Yong Lee, Chi Myung Kim, Eung Young Kim, Gi Young Nam, Sung Wook Na, Hark Koo Kim, Kwang Ok Han, Kyoon Soo Lim, Yong Sun Park
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Patent number: 8840165Abstract: Disclosed is a glove box for a vehicle including: an opening formed in an instrument panel; a box-shaped body which is ejectable and retractable through the opening and which is provided with a guide rail and a rack gear, the guide rail including a linear portion linearly extending in a direction in which the box-shaped body moves and a curved portion extending in a curve from an end of the linear portion, the rack gear being formed along one side of the guide rail; and an actuator provided with a pinion gear which meshes with the rack gear, and a drive unit which transfers driving force to the pinion gear.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2013Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Sung Hae Park, Yong Chul Kim, Kwang Ok Han
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Publication number: 20140175824Abstract: Disclosed is a glove box for a vehicle including: an opening formed in an instrument panel; a box-shaped body which is ejectable and retractable through the opening and which is provided with a guide rail and a rack gear, the guide rail including a linear portion linearly extending in a direction in which the box-shaped body moves and a curved portion extending in a curve from an end of the linear portion, the rack gear being formed along one side of the guide rail; and an actuator provided with a pinion gear which meshes with the rack gear, and a drive unit which transfers driving force to the pinion gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Sung Hae Park, Yong Chul Kim, Kwang Ok Han