Patents by Inventor Min Taek Kim

Min Taek 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: 12181509
    Abstract: An insulation resistance detection apparatus includes a processor configured to separate a fuel cell from a high voltage battery depending on an insulation resistance value of a vehicle during driving of the vehicle, and then to measure an insulation resistance value of the fuel cell to determine whether it is a failure of the fuel cell or a failure of the high voltage battery, and when it is the failure of the fuel cell, to determine a cause of the failure by calculating an insulation resistance variation; and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyo Jin Park, Soon Gil Kweon, Min Taek Kim
  • Patent number: 11923575
    Abstract: A fault diagnostic apparatus for a fuel cell electric vehicle and a method therefor are provided. The apparatus includes: a main relay connected to a fuel cell stack; a power converter connected to the main relay; a heater relay connected to the fuel cell stack and the main relay at one end and connected to a cathode oxygen depletion (COD) heater at the other end; and a fuel cell control unit (FCU) connected with the main relay, the power converter, and the heater relay. The FCU diagnoses a fault of the main relay based on an amount of change in stack voltage according to control to turn off and on the heater relay and a power of the power converter according to variable control of a voltage of the power converter, when the vehicle enters a shutdown sequence, and outputs the diagnosed result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Taek Kim, Chang Hwan Ye, Soon Gil Kweon, Hyo Jin Park
  • Publication number: 20230402633
    Abstract: A hydrogen supply system for a fuel cell and a control method thereof includes a fuel cell, a hydrogen supply line connected to an inlet side of an anode of the fuel cell and supplying hydrogen to the fuel cell, a hydrogen supply pressure sensor configured for measuring pressure of the hydrogen supply line, and a controller electrically connected to the hydrogen supply pressure sensor and configured for deriving a correction value of the hydrogen supply pressure sensor, supplying hydrogen after air supply is cut off during an operation of the fuel cell, measuring a pressure variation of the hydrogen supply line, and determining whether to use a correction value of the hydrogen supply pressure sensor based on the measured pressure variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hyo Jin PARK, Won Jung Kim, Jae Young Shim, Min Taek Kim
  • Publication number: 20220221500
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides an insulation resistance detection apparatus including a processor configured to separate a fuel cell from a high voltage battery depending on an insulation resistance value of a vehicle during driving of the vehicle, and then to measure an insulation resistance value of the fuel cell to determine whether it is a failure of the fuel cell or a failure of the high voltage battery, and when it is the failure of the fuel cell, to determine a cause of the failure by calculating an insulation resistance variation; and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Hyo Jin Park, Soon Gil Kweon, Min Taek Kim
  • Publication number: 20220181659
    Abstract: A fault diagnostic apparatus for a fuel cell electric vehicle and a method therefor are provided. The apparatus includes: a main relay connected to a fuel cell stack; a power converter connected to the main relay; a heater relay connected to the fuel cell stack and the main relay at one end and connected to a cathode oxygen depletion (COD) heater at the other end; and a fuel cell control unit (FCU) connected with the main relay, the power converter, and the heater relay. The FCU diagnoses a fault of the main relay based on an amount of change in stack voltage according to control to turn off and on the heater relay and a power of the power converter according to variable control of a voltage of the power converter, when the vehicle enters a shutdown sequence, and outputs the diagnosed result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Taek Kim, Chang Hwan Ye, Soon Gil Kweon, Hyo Jin Park
  • Patent number: 10823049
    Abstract: A method of preventing surge for a vehicle may include detecting, by a controller, whether tip-out of an accelerator pedal is detected, comparing, by the controller, a difference value, obtained by subtracting an exhaust pressure from an intake pressure in a combustion chamber of an engine, with a predetermined reference value when the tip-out of the accelerator pedal is detected, driving, by the controller, a supercharger disposed at the rear end portion of a turbocharger at a predetermined number of revolutions per minute, which is lower than a normal number of revolutions per minute, when the difference value is greater than the reference value, and opening a bypass valve, which performs opening or closing operation and is disposed in a bypass line that diverges from an upstream point of the supercharger and is connected to a downstream point of the supercharger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Seung Eun Yu, Haeng Pyo Heo, Min Taek Kim
  • Publication number: 20190360391
    Abstract: A method of preventing surge for a vehicle may include detecting, by a controller, whether tip-out of an accelerator pedal is detected, comparing, by the controller, a difference value, obtained by subtracting an exhaust pressure from an intake pressure in a combustion chamber of an engine, with a predetermined reference value when the tip-out of the accelerator pedal is detected, driving, by the controller, a supercharger disposed at the rear end portion of a turbocharger at a predetermined number of revolutions per minute, which is lower than a normal number of revolutions per minute, when the difference value is greater than the reference value, and opening a bypass valve, which performs opening or closing operation and is disposed in a bypass line that diverges from an upstream point of the supercharger and is connected to a downstream point of the supercharger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Seung Eun YU, Haeng Pyo Heo, Min Taek Kim