Patents by Inventor Min Sig Shin

Min Sig Shin 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).

  • Variable compression ratio apparatus
    Patent number: 8074612
    Abstract: A variable compression ratio apparatus is disclosed. An upper connecting rod has one end rotatably connected to a piston so as to reciprocate motion of the piston. A lower connecting rod has one end rotatably connected to the other end of the upper connecting rod. A crankshaft is rotatably mounted at an eccentric position of the lower connecting rod. A control rod has one end rotatably connected to the other end of the lower connecting rod, to control the position of that end of the lower connecting rod. A control shaft is connected to the other end of the control rod, to control the position of that end of the control rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Min Sig Shin, Myung Rae Cho, Hong Wook Lee, Woo Tae Kim, Won Gyu Kim, Jin Woo Cho
  • Dual rotor oil pump of an engine with balance weight arrangement
    Patent number: 7985055
    Abstract: A balance shaft function may be realized without employing a balance shaft, when an oil pump includes an inner rotor fixed to the rotation shaft and an outer rotor that rotates with the inner rotor if at least one rotor of the inner and outer rotors has a mass center formed apart from a rotation center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Min Sig Shin, Myung Rae Cho, Hong Wook Lee, Wootae Kim, Jin Woo Cho
  • Balance shaft module equipped with oil pump
    Patent number: 7946834
    Abstract: A balance shaft module according to the present invention includes a first balance shaft equipped with a first eccentric balance weight, a second balance shaft equipped with a second eccentric balance weight, and a hydraulic pump that is operated by the first balance shaft and the second balance shaft, wherein the hydraulic pump includes a first gear equipped on the first balance shaft and a second gear equipped on the second balance shaft and externally meshed with the first gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Myung Rae Cho, Jin Woo Cho, Woo Tae Kim, Hong Wook Lee, Min Sig Shin
  • Variable Compression Ratio Apparatus
    Publication number: 20090241910
    Abstract: A variable compression ratio apparatus is disclosed. An upper connecting rod has one end rotatably connected to a piston so as to reciprocate motion of the piston. A lower connecting rod has one end rotatably connected to the other end of the upper connecting rod. A crankshaft is rotatably mounted at an eccentric position of the lower connecting rod. A control rod has one end rotatably connected to the other end of the lower connecting rod, to control the position of that end of the lower connecting rod. A control shaft is connected to the other end of the control rod, to control the position of that end of the control rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Min Sig SHIN, Myung Rae Cho, Hong Wook Lee, Woo Tae Kim, Won Gyu Kim, Jin Woo Cho
  • OIL PUMP OF AN ENGINE
    Publication number: 20090208352
    Abstract: A balance shaft function may be realized without employing a balance shaft, when an oil pump includes an inner rotor fixed to the rotation shaft and an outer rotor that rotates with the inner rotor if at least one rotor of the inner and outer rotors has a mass center formed apart from a rotation center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Min Sig Shin, Myung Rae Cho, Hong Wook Lee, Wootae Kim, Jin Woo Cho
  • BALANCE SHAFT MODULE EQUIPPED WITH OIL PUMP
    Publication number: 20090129959
    Abstract: A balance shaft module according to the present invention includes a first balance shaft equipped with a first eccentric balance weight, a second balance shaft equipped with a second eccentric balance weight, and a hydraulic pump that is operated by the first balance shaft and the second balance shaft, wherein the hydraulic pump includes a first gear equipped on the first balance shaft and a second gear equipped on the second balance shaft and externally meshed with the first gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Inventors: Myung Rae CHO, Jin Woo CHO, Woo Tae KIM, Hong Wook LEE, Min Sig SHIN