Patents by Inventor Moo Yong Kim

Moo Yong 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).

  • Publication number: 20240069535
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a simulation apparatus for secondary battery production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Shinkyu KANG, Min Yong KIM, Youngduk KIM, Nam Hyuck KIM, Su Ho JEON, Min Hee KWON, Sung Nam CHO, Hyeong Geun CHAE, Gyeong Yun JO, Moon Kyu JO, Kyungchul HWANG, Moo Hyun YOO, Han Seung KIM, Daewoon JUNG, Seungtae KIM, Junhyeok JEON
  • Patent number: 11155206
    Abstract: A proximity sensor installed inside a vehicle can include: an outer frame formed of a first non-conductive substance and including a first metal layer; an inner frame formed of a second non-conductive substance, including a second metal layer, and disposed in an interior of the outer frame; a sensor electrode contacting the second metal layer; and a sensor Integrated Circuit (IC) connected to the sensor electrode and configured to detect an approach or a contact of a user's hand. The first metal layer can be connected to the ground (GND) so as to confine a sensing field of the sensor electrode to the interior of the outer frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gideok Kwon, Seok Jun Oh, Moo Yong Kim, Donghee Seok, Jong Bok Lee, HeeJin Ro
  • Patent number: 10523200
    Abstract: A proximity sensor is provided. The proximity sensor has an exposed exterior surface formed of a metal material to improve the aesthetics thereof. The proximity sensor mounted within a vehicle includes a frame formed of a nonconductive material and a metal layer that covers an exterior surface of the frame. A sensor electrode contacts the metal layer and a sensor integrated circuit (IC) connected to the sensor electrode to sense an approach or a contact of a user on the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gideok Kwon, Seok Jun Oh, Moo Yong Kim, Donghee Seok, Jong Bok Lee, HeeJin Ro
  • Publication number: 20190152391
    Abstract: A proximity sensor installed inside a vehicle can include: an outer frame formed of a first non-conductive substance and including a first metal layer; an inner frame formed of a second non-conductive substance, including a second metal layer, and disposed in an interior of the outer frame; a sensor electrode contacting the second metal layer; and a sensor Integrated Circuit (IC) connected to the sensor electrode and configured to detect an approach or a contact of a user's hand. The first metal layer can be connected to the ground (GND) so as to confine a sensing field of the sensor electrode to the interior of the outer frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Gideok Kwon, Seok Jun Oh, Moo Yong Kim, Donghee Seok, Jong Bok Lee, HeeJin Ro
  • Publication number: 20190115917
    Abstract: A proximity sensor is provided. The proximity sensor has an exposed exterior surface formed of a metal material to improve the aesthetics thereof. The proximity sensor mounted within a vehicle includes a frame formed of a nonconductive material and a metal layer that covers an exterior surface of the frame. A sensor electrode contacts the metal layer and a sensor integrated circuit (IC) connected to the sensor electrode to sense an approach or a contact of a user on the metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Gideok Kwon, Seok Jun OH, Moo Yong Kim, Donghee Seok, Jong Bok Lee, HeeJin Ro
  • Publication number: 20180195946
    Abstract: A dust sensor apparatus having flow rate control function for securing reliability of measurement of the dust sensor by constantly maintaining flow rate of the air flowing into the dust sensor for measuring concentration of dust in the internal of a vehicle, may include a blow motor configured for controlling flow rate of the air to be packaged in the dust sensor for measuring concentration of dust in the internal of a vehicle such that flow rate of the air flowing into the dust sensor is maintained constantly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, HANON SYSTEMS, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD., ONEGENE ELECTRONICS, TRUWIN
    Inventors: Dong Ho KWON, Gee Young SHIN, Myung Hoe KIM, Dong Won YEON, Moo Yong KIM, Chae Geun LIM, Sang Ho OH, Joong Heum JUNG, Hyun Hoo JANG, Young Oh KIM, Do Yeop KANG, Jin Young LEE, Jung Keun PARK, Du Yeol KIM
  • Patent number: 9868337
    Abstract: A method for dehydrating an evaporator of an air conditioner of a vehicle is provided to drive a blower motor depending on the humidity of the evaporator while monitoring a dry state of the evaporator, thus allowing the evaporator to be appropriately dried and preventing a problem from being caused by the discharge of a battery, therefore minimizing an odor generated by the air conditioner of the vehicle owing to effective drying of the evaporator of the air conditioner, and consequently considerably improving the marketability of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Tae Han Kim, Jun Kyu Park, Moo Yong Kim
  • Publication number: 20170267065
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for a vehicle may include a front Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), a rear extension duct for supplying air from the front HVAC to a rear seat, a rear blower disposed in a middle of the rear extension duct to blow air drawn in through the rear extension duct from the front HVAC, a vent duct branched from the rear extension duct to discharge air blown by the rear blower to a rear interior space of the vehicle through a vent grille, a rear floor duct branched from the vent duct to discharge air supplied through the vent duct to the rear interior space, and an air direction adjustment door to adjust a direction of air and a volume of the air for the vent duct extending to the vent grille and the rear floor duct extending to the discharge port, and an actuator thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Myung Hoe KIM, Sun Dong KIM, Young Soo NAM, Byeong Moo JANG, Jong Sik BAE, Moo Yong KIM, Jeong Hun SEO, Tae Wan KIM, Yong Eun SEO
  • Publication number: 20170080781
    Abstract: An air vent for a vehicle supplies air generated from a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system into an interior of the vehicle. The air vent may include: a first supply duct communicated with the HVAC system; a second supply duct communicated with the HVAC system; a vent body communicated with the first supply duct and the second supply duct; a first discharging duct always communicated with the first supply duct through the vent body; a second discharging duct always communicated with the second supply duct through the vent body; and a central discharging duct selectively communicated with the first supply duct or the second supply duct through the vent body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jungmo Kwak, Moo Yong Kim, Myung Hoe Kim, Sang Shin Lee
  • Patent number: 9048035
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a light-emitting button key includes a pressing step of pressing a metal plate and forming a button body opened in one direction; an adhesive coating step of coating an adhesive in the button body; an injection-molding step of injecting a synthetic resin formed of a transparent or semitransparent material into the button body in which an adhesive layer is formed by the adhesive; and a groove machining step of penetrating the button body and adhesive layer from an outside of the button body and thus forming a light transmission groove corresponding to a character, number or symbol. The light transmission groove is formed in the groove machining step is not passed through the penetration part, and the light emitted from the rear side of the button body is radiated to an outside through the penetration part and light transmission groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: HKT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Moo Yong Kim
  • Publication number: 20150116978
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light-emitting button key and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Moo Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 8851153
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a waste heat management system of an electric vehicle. In particular, a pump for controlling the flow of cooling fluid, an OBC cooling fluid line and a motor cooling fluid line which diverge in parallel from an outlet of a cooling fluid line of the fluid pump, and a heater core cooling fluid line and a radiator cooling fluid line which are respectively connected in parallel with a junction of an inlet of the fluid pump cooling fluid line and a junction of outlets of the heater core cooling fluid line and the radiator cooling fluid line, are interconnected to provide both heating and air-conditioning to the interior of the vehicle. Additionally, the present invention, also allows the motor to be preheated when the vehicle is not running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Doowon Climate Control Co., Ltd., Halla Climate Control Corporation
    Inventors: Hee Sang Park, Hyun Kim, June Kyu Park, Jun Mo Ku, Moo Yong Kim, Soon Jong Lee, Tae Wan Kim
  • Patent number: 8690650
    Abstract: An air-conditioner for a vehicle, may include a casing having an upper outlet and a lower outlet, with an air flow space defined in the casing and including an upper space and a lower space to guide air to the upper outlet and/or the lower outlet, an evaporator installed in the casing and selectively communicating with the upper outlet through the upper space, and a distributing partition wall to partition the lower space into a receiving space to receive a heating member therein and selectively communicate with the upper space and at least a partitioned space to communicate the heating member with the lower outlet, thus guiding the air to a side portion of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Halla Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Moo Yong Kim, Tae Han Kim, Hun Soo Kim, Hee Jun Jeong, Chun Shik Jeong, Seong Seok Han
  • Publication number: 20130316633
    Abstract: A system for preventing inflow of exhaust gas for a vehicle, may include an inside/outside air door provided in an air conditioning device of the vehicle and controlling an amount of outside air introduced into an inside of the vehicle, an outside-air temperature sensor measuring a temperature of the outside air of the vehicle, a temperature control door disposed inside the air conditioning device of the vehicle and controlling a temperature of air discharged to the inside of the vehicle, and a control unit controlling the inside/outside air door to cause an amount of the outside air to be introduced to the inside when a vehicle speed may be equal to or larger than a predetermined speed, wherein the control unit controls the temperature control door to control the temperature of the air discharged to the inside when the temperature of the outside air deviates from a predetermined temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Moo Yong Kim, Jun Kyu Park, Dong Won Yeon
  • Patent number: 8590366
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring a concentration of CO2 for a vehicle may include an indoor panel of a vehicle in which an air inlet is mounted, and a CO2 sensing unit mounted in the indoor panel, including a light emitting unit, a light receiving unit, and a case surrounding the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit so as to reflect and move light on a plane, and vertically introduced with air introduced into the inlet with respect to the plane on which light moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: June Kyu Park, Hyun Kim, Yong Chul Kim, Hee Sang Park, Jun Mo Ku, Moo Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 8594910
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for preventing the inflow of exhaust gas of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a mode door provided in an air conditioner of a vehicle in such a manner as to close an air inlet, being in air-close mode, so that only inside air is circulated, or to open the air inlet, being in air-open mode, so that outer air is introduced, and a controller designed, in the air-close mode and above a certain vehicle speed, to control the mode door to tilt and open at a certain angle towards the air-open mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Chang Gyun Seo, Moo Yong Kim, Ho Gyu Choi
  • Publication number: 20130267157
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of preventing an exhaust inflow, including: a measurement step of measuring a concentration of exhaust introduced into an interior of a vehicle through an exhaust detecting sensor installed in the interior of the vehicle, and comparing the concentration of the exhaust with a reference concentration; an introduction step of controlling an interior/exterior air door of an air conditioning apparatus to introduce more exterior air into the interior of the vehicle so as to increase an interior pressure when the concentration of the introduced exhaust is thicker than the reference concentration; and a blowing step of controlling a blower of the air conditioning apparatus to increase an amount of air discharged into the interior of the vehicle to increase the interior pressure when the thick concentration of the exhaust is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jun Kyu Park, Moo Yong KIM
  • Publication number: 20130145647
    Abstract: A method for dehydrating an evaporator of an air conditioner of a vehicle is provided to drive a blower motor depending on the humidity of the evaporator while monitoring a dry state of the evaporator, thus allowing the evaporator to be appropriately dried and preventing a problem from being caused by the discharge of a battery, therefore minimizing an odor generated by the air conditioner of the vehicle owing to effective drying of the evaporator of the air conditioner, and consequently considerably improving the marketability of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Han Kim, Jun Kyu Park, Moo Yong Kim
  • Publication number: 20130149951
    Abstract: An air discharge system of an HVAC (Heat, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning) system for a vehicle, may include a first path provided in the HVAC system to communicate with discharge ports of a front seat, the first path allowing air that has passed through a heat exchanger to be discharged through the discharge ports of the front seat, a second path diverged from the first path to communicate with discharge ports of a rear seat, the second path allowing air that has passed through the heat exchanger to be discharged through the discharge ports of the rear seat, thus enabling the independent discharge of air to the rear seat, and a first control door provided at a position where the first path and the second path diverge from each other, thus opening or closing the second path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jun Kyu Park, Hyun Kim, Hee Sang Park, Tae Han Kim, Sung Beom Song, Moo Yong Kim, Hee Jun Jeong
  • Publication number: 20130131933
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for preventing the inflow of exhaust gas of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a mode door provided in an air conditioner of a vehicle in such a manner as to close an air inlet, being in air-close mode, so that only inside air is circulated, or to open the air inlet, being in air-open mode, so that outer air is introduced, and a controller designed, in the air-close mode and above a certain vehicle speed, to control the mode door to tilt and open at a certain angle towards the air-open mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Chang Gyun Seo, Moo Yong Kim, Ho Gyu Choi