Patents by Inventor Mu Shin Kwak

Mu Shin Kwak 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: 11171504
    Abstract: A charging system using a motor driving system, the motor driving system including: a battery and an inverter, the inverter configured to receive and convert a direct current (DC) power stored in the battery into a three-phase alternating current (AC) power and to output the three-phase AC power to a motor when the motor is driven and the motor configured to generate a rotation force using the three-phase AC power output from the inverter, the charging system includes a controller configured to control the inverter to boost a voltage at a neutral point of the motor and to output the boosted voltage to the battery by determining duty values of switching elements in the inverter when an external charging current is provided to the neutral point of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Joo Young Park, Jae Ho Hwang, Mu Shin Kwak, Su Hyun Bae
  • Patent number: 11124082
    Abstract: An isolation charging control apparatus of a vehicle includes a first vehicle charging control apparatus receiving a control pilot signal for charging control from a charging station system and to receive power from the charging station system and a second vehicle charging control apparatus isolated from the first vehicle charging control apparatus and performing vehicle charging control, using a signal received from the first vehicle charging control apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Myoung Seok Lee, Joo Yong Yeo, Mu Shin Kwak
  • Patent number: 11095245
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an inverter to drive a motor includes: a current control processor generating a voltage command for generating d/q axis current detection values, which are obtained by measuring current supplied to the motor, to follow a d/q axis current command for driving the motor, the current control processor converting the voltage command, which is sampled according to a sampling frequency generated based on a voltage vector phase of the voltage command, into a voltage vector corresponding to a point on each vertex and each side of a hexagon in a voltage vector diagram to apply a resulting value to the inverter driving the motor; and a sample frequency computing processor computing the sampling frequency based on the voltage vector phase of the voltage command and a reference number of sampling times during one rotation period of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Mu Shin Kwak, Joo Young Park, Jae Ho Hwang, Ho Joon Shin, Sung Kyu Kim, Su Hyun Bae
  • Patent number: 10951153
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an inverter driving a motor is provided. The apparatus includes a current controller that generates a voltage instruction for causing a current detection value, obtained by measuring a current provided from an inverter to a motor, to correspond to a current instruction for driving the motor. A voltage modulator generates a pulse width modulation signal for controlling on/off states of switching devices in the inverter at a predetermined switching frequency based on the voltage instruction. A frequency determiner determines the switching frequency based on driving information of the motor, determines a plurality of synchronization frequencies based on a speed of the motor, and randomly selects and determines one of the plurality of synchronization frequencies as the switching frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Joo Young Park, Jae Ho Hwang, Mu Shin Kwak, Su Hyun Bae
  • Patent number: 10899244
    Abstract: A charging control method for an electric vehicle is provided. The method uses a vehicle charging device that includes a power factor correction circuit (PFC) and a DC/DC converter. The method includes receiving, by a PFC controller, a control pilot (CP) signal from an external charging device and restricting by the PFC controller an allowable current value derived by analyzing the CP signal to a maximum current value that is to be applied to the PFC. The PFC controller then derives an output current command value of the DC/DC converter by applying an output value of a voltage controller of the PFC to the allowable current value. A DC/DC converter controller then charges a battery using the output current command value of the DC/DC converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Wook Seong, Hui Sung Jang, Shin Hye Chun, Mu Shin Kwak
  • Publication number: 20200343848
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an inverter driving a motor is provided. The apparatus includes a current controller that generates a voltage instruction for causing a current detection value, obtained by measuring a current provided from an inverter to a motor, to correspond to a current instruction for driving the motor. A voltage modulator generates a pulse width modulation signal for controlling on/off states of switching devices in the inverter at a predetermined switching frequency based on the voltage instruction. A frequency determiner determines the switching frequency based on driving information of the motor, determines a plurality of synchronization frequencies based on a speed of the motor, and randomly selects and determines one of the plurality of synchronization frequencies as the switching frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Joo Young Park, Jae Ho Hwang, Mu Shin Kwak, Su Hyun Bae
  • Publication number: 20200180463
    Abstract: An isolation charging control apparatus of a vehicle includes a first vehicle charging control apparatus receiving a control pilot signal for charging control from a charging station system and to receive power from the charging station system and a second vehicle charging control apparatus isolated from the first vehicle charging control apparatus and performing vehicle charging control, using a signal received from the first vehicle charging control apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Myoung Seok LEE, Joo Yong YEO, Mu Shin KWAK
  • Publication number: 20200177014
    Abstract: A charging system using a motor driving system including a battery, an inverter configured to receive and convert DC power stored in the battery into three-phase AC power and to output the three-phase AC power to a motor when the motor is driven and the motor configured to generate rotation force using the three-phase AC power output from the inverter, may include a controller configured to control the inverter to boost a voltage of a neutral point of the motor and to output the boosted voltage to the battery, by determining duty values of switching elements in the inverter when external charging current is provided to the neutral point of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Jae Lee, Joo Young Park, Jae Ho Hwang, Mu Shin Kwak, Su Hyun Bae
  • Publication number: 20200127592
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an inverter to drive a motor includes: a current control processor generating a voltage command for generating d/q axis current detection values, which are obtained by measuring current supplied to the motor, to follow a d/q axis current command for driving the motor, the current control processor converting the voltage command, which is sampled according to a sampling frequency generated based on a voltage vector phase of the voltage command, into a voltage vector corresponding to a point on each vertex and each side of a hexagon in a voltage vector diagram to apply a resulting value to the inverter driving the motor; and a sample frequency computing processor computing the sampling frequency based on the voltage vector phase of the voltage command and a reference number of sampling times during one rotation period of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Yong Jae LEE, Mu Shin Kwak, Joo Young Park, Jae Ho Hwang, Ho Joon Shin, Sung Kyu Kim, Su Hyun Bae
  • Patent number: 10532730
    Abstract: An apparatus for reducing vibrations of a two-cylinder engine for a hybrid electric vehicle includes a reference signal generator for generating a first reference signal and a first reference phase, a speed calculator for calculating a speed of the motor based on the position of the motor, a vibration extractor for extracting a first vibration signal based on the speed of the motor, a variable filter, a filter coefficient updater, a phase calculator, a phase shift compensator, a synchronization signal generator for generating a first synchronization signal synchronized with the first vibration signal based on a first reference phase transferred from the reference signal generator, the second phase difference transferred from the phase calculator and the first compensation value transferred from the phase shift compensator, an inverse phase signal generator, and a torque generator for generating a final command torque based on the first inverse phase signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Byunghoon Yang, Jeong Soo Eo, Youngkwan Ko, Mu Shin Kwak, Tae Hee Jung
  • Patent number: 10498157
    Abstract: A charging system for improving a power factor and a current quality in a grid stage is provided. The charging system includes a rectifying circuit that is configured to rectify a grid power and a converter that is configured to receive a voltage-current rectified by the rectifying circuit and convert the voltage-current into a charge voltage-current to be provided to a battery. A capacitor is connected across a connection end of the rectifying circuit and the converter. The converter includes a first high frequency switching circuit, a transformer, and a second high frequency switching circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Ho Joon Shin, Mu Shin Kwak, Young Kook Lee, Sung Kyu Kim, Jung Ik Ha, Yong Su Han
  • Patent number: 10483900
    Abstract: A system for controlling an inverter may include a motor; then inverter including a plurality of switching elements turned on/off by a pulse width modulation signal, converting DC power into AC power according to on/off of the plurality of switching elements and providing the AC power to the motor; a current sensor for detecting and outputting a current provided to the motor; a rotation angle sensor for detecting and outputting a rotor angle of the motor; and a controller for performing duty determination control for determining a duty of the pulse width modulation signal on the basis of values detected by the current sensor and the rotation angle sensor and a torque command of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Joo Young Park, Mu Shin Kwak, Jae Ho Hwang, Su Hyun Bae, Yong Jae Lee, Sung Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10476419
    Abstract: A dual inverter control method is capable of improving power efficiency of an inverter and a motor by controlling a dual inverter through 6-step control to apply a voltage to the motor in a motor driving system using the dual inverter. The dual inverter control method for controlling first and second inverters having output terminals commonly connected to a motor includes comparing all voltage commands for driving the motor with the magnitude of a DC voltage commonly applied to the first and second inverters; and generating a first voltage command with respect to an output of the first inverter and a second voltage command with respect to an output of the second inverter by selectively applying high gain over voltage modulation (HOVM) depending on a comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Joo Young Park, Mu Shin Kwak, Ho Joon Shin, Su Hyun Bae, Jun Mo An, Sung Kyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20190260326
    Abstract: A system for controlling an inverter may include a motor; then inverter including a plurality of switching elements turned on/off by a pulse width modulation signal, converting DC power into AC power according to on/off of the plurality of switching elements and providing the AC power to the motor; a current sensor for detecting and outputting a current provided to the motor; a rotation angle sensor for detecting and outputting a rotor angle of the motor; and a controller for performing duty determination control for determining a duty of the pulse width modulation signal on the basis of values detected by the current sensor and the rotation angle sensor and a torque command of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Joo Young PARK, Mu Shin KWAK, Jae Ho HWANG, Su Hyun BAE, Yong Jae LEE, Sung Kyu KIM
  • Patent number: 10293807
    Abstract: A power control system for a hybrid vehicle is provided. The system includes a high-voltage battery that is capable of being charged or discharged, a first motor and a second motor, a first inverter connected to the first motor, and a second inverter connected to the second motor. Additionally, a converter has a first side connected to the battery and a second side connected in parallel to the first inverter and the second inverter and a diode is connected in parallel to both sides of the converter. A controller is configured to operate the converter and the first and second inverters to cause electric power of the high-voltage battery to be bypassed via the diode and directly supplied to the first inverter or the second inverter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Su Hyun Bae, Hong Geuk Park, Sung Kyu Kim, Mu Shin Kwak
  • Publication number: 20190148965
    Abstract: A charging system for improving a power factor and a current quality in a grid stage is provided. The charging system includes a rectifying circuit that is configured to rectify a grid power and a converter that is configured to receive a voltage-current rectified by the rectifying circuit and convert the voltage-current into a charge voltage-current to be provided to a battery. A capacitor is connected across a connection end of the rectifying circuit and the converter. The converter includes a first high frequency switching circuit, a transformer, and a second high frequency switching circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Ho Joon Shin, Mu Shin Kwak, Young Kook Lee, Sung Kyu Kim, Jung Ik Ha, Yong Su Han
  • Patent number: 10243388
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a charging system using a wound rotor synchronous motor, capable of increasing a battery charging capacity while reducing the volume, weight, and/or cost of a vehicle increased due to an on-vehicle charging circuit. The charging system includes an inverter converting a DC output of a battery into a plurality of AC signals having different phases, a wound rotor synchronous motor having a plurality of stator coils, to which the AC signals having different phases are respectively input, and a field coil forming a mutual inductance with the stator coils, the field coil being installed in a rotor to form a magnetic flux using the DC output of the battery, and a controller allowing the battery and the field coil to be insulated from each other in a charge mode in which electricity from a grid is applied to the field coil of the wound rotor synchronous motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ho Joon Shin, Mu Shin Kwak, Young Kook Lee, Sung Kyu Kim, Jung Ik Ha, Yong Su Han
  • Patent number: 10236707
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a charging system using a wound rotor synchronous motor (WRSM), capable of reducing volume, weight, and cost of a vehicle increased due to an on-board charging circuit and increasing a battery charge capacity. The charging system using a wound rotor synchronous motor (WRSM) includes an inverter converting power of a battery into alternating current (AC) powers having a plurality of different phases, a WRSM having a plurality of stator coils each receiving AC power of a different phase and a field coil forming mutual inductance with the plurality of stator coils and installed in a rotor to form a magnetic flux using power of the battery, and a controller controlling the battery side and the field coil side are insulated from each other in a charge mode in which grid power is applied to the field coil side of the WRSM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA Motors Corporation, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Ho Joon Shin, Mu Shin Kwak, Sung Kyu Kim, Young Kook Lee, Jung Ik Ha, Yong Jae Lee, Yong Su Han
  • Patent number: 10186940
    Abstract: A charging system is provided. The charging system includes an inverter, a wound rotor synchronous motor that has at least one stator coil supplied with power converted by the inverter and a rotor having a plurality of field coils, and a switching circuit unit that is configured to selectively supply power to the plurality of field coils. Additionally, a controller is configured to operate the switching circuit unit to supply power from the battery to at least one of the plurality of field coils when the wound rotor synchronous motor operates as a motor and isolate the field coils from the battery and operate the switching circuit unit to supply grid power to a portion of the field coils when the wound rotor synchronous motor is charging when the wound rotor synchronous motor supplies the grid power to the field coil side to charge the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ho Joon Shin, Mu Shin Kwak, Su Hyun Bae, Jun Mo An, Sung Kyu Kim, Joo Young Park
  • Publication number: 20180358875
    Abstract: A charging system is provided. The charging system includes an inverter, a wound rotor synchronous motor that has at least one stator coil supplied with power converted by the inverter and a rotor having a plurality of field coils, and a switching circuit unit that is configured to selectively supply power to the plurality of field coils. Additionally, a controller is configured to operate the switching circuit unit to supply power from the battery to at least one of the plurality of field coils when the wound rotor synchronous motor operates as a motor and isolate the field coils from the battery and operate the switching circuit unit to supply grid power to a portion of the field coils when the wound rotor synchronous motor is charging when the wound rotor synchronous motor supplies the grid power to the field coil side to charge the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Ho Joon Shin, Mu Shin Kwak, Su Hyun Bae, Jun Mo An, Sung Kyu Kim, Joo Young Park