Patents by Inventor Myung Hoe Kim
Myung Hoe 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).
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Publication number: 20180001736Abstract: An air conditioning control system and method for a vehicle may include: an alternate control entering temperature difference excess determination step of determining whether a difference in temperature between a side vent temperature sensor and a shower duct temperature sensor exceeds an alternate control entering temperature difference; and an alternate control step of determining that a side vent grill may have been closed, when the difference exceeds the alternate control entering temperature difference, and performing an alternate control operation of regarding the temperature of air measured by the shower duct temperature sensor as the temperature of air discharged from the side vent grill and controlling a temperature of air to be discharged from a center vent grill.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Myung-Hoe KIM, Byeong-Moo JANG, Jong-Hwan KWON, Seong-Nam KIM
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Publication number: 20170267065Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2016Publication date: September 21, 2017Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hanon SystemsInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20170080781Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2015Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Jungmo Kwak, Moo Yong Kim, Myung Hoe Kim, Sang Shin Lee
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Publication number: 20160318372Abstract: A system for controlling an air conditioner for a vehicle may include a drive only mode selector configured to select a whole air-conditioning mode or an individual air-conditioning mode, a blower motor configured to provide different volumes of air indoors in the whole air-conditioning mode or the individual air-conditioning mode, a passenger seat mode door configured to be opened by an actuator when the whole air-conditioning mode is selected, and to be closed by the actuator when the individual air-conditioning mode is selected, and a controller configured to control a speed at which the voltage of the blower motor is decreased, or to control a speed at which the voltage of the blower motor is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2015Publication date: November 3, 2016Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hanon SystemsInventors: Myung Hun KANG, Sang Shin LEE, Sang Yeop LEE, Myung Hoe KIM, Jae Woo KO, Gyu Ik HAN
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Patent number: 9481227Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes an air conditioning housing and a mode door. The air conditioning housing has a discharge chamber through which conditioned air is discharged out of the air conditioning housing. The discharge chamber includes a defrost vent, a main vent, floor vents and a rear seat vent. The floor vents are formed on opposite sides of a rear portion of the air conditioning housing. The rear seat vent is formed between the floor vents. The mode door has a front opening hole which is formed in a front portion of the mode door, a pair of main opening holes which are formed in a rear portion of the mode door at positions spaced apart from each other, and a rear-end opening hole which is formed behind a first portion provided between the main opening holes.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2013Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.Inventors: Myung Hoe Kim, Jae Min Yang, Seung Wook Kim, Jong Heon Lee, Hyung Joo Kim, Sang Chul Byon
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Patent number: 9375995Abstract: A heater apparatus for a vehicle may include a main heater of a vehicle, and an auxiliary heater coupled with the main heater at the rear side thereof and having a housing including an edge part and an inner part, wherein heat radiation fins and positive temperature coefficient (PTC) element assemblies are coupled with the housing at the front surface thereof.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2013Date of Patent: June 28, 2016Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTDInventors: Myung Hoe Kim, In Gyu Kim, Jong Chul Kim
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Publication number: 20160151520Abstract: A device for sterilizing an evaporator core of an air conditioning system includes a sterilizer is mounted at a front end of the eva core for sterilization and deodorization of the eva core. The sterilizer is mounted at one side of a wall surface of an air channel formed between a blower which blows air toward the eva core and the eva core to prevent an air volume of an air channel from being reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2015Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Sang Shin LEE, Myung Hoe KIM, Yong Jun JI, Jae Ho KIM
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Publication number: 20160121693Abstract: An air extractor grille may include a housing having a plurality of vent holes and fastening holes, a valve panel configured to cover the vent holes and have coupling holes formed at positions corresponding to the fastening holes, and a fastening section, wherein end portions of the fastening section pass through the coupling holes and the fastening holes to be integrally coupled to the housing and the valve panel while another end portion thereof comes into contact with the housing and the valve panel at an outer side of the valve panel to cover a gap between the housing and the valve panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Myung Hoe KIM, II Ju SEO, In Gyu KIM, Ho Duck LEE
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Publication number: 20150369515Abstract: A hybrid heater includes a heater core portion connected to a cooling water inflow tube and a cooling water outflow tube at one side and having an inside through which cooling water circulates, and a PTC heater portion fastened to a front of the heater core portion, inside of which a plurality of plate-type PTC rods arranged in parallel in a horizontal direction are provided, and provided at one side with a connector that is connected electrically to the plurality of PTC rods.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2014Publication date: December 24, 2015Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Myung Hoe KIM, In Gyu KIM, Jong Chul KIM
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Patent number: 9073406Abstract: An air conditioner controlling device for a vehicle may include a knob rotatably installed on the front of a case, a cylindrical cam rotatably installed inside the case, interlocked with a shaft of the knob, and having a slot formed in an outer surface thereof, and a lever having one end rotatably mounted to the case and the other end insertedly coupled to the slot of the cylindrical cam to thereby reciprocate the cylindrical cam at the time of rotation of the cylindrical cam, wherein the lever may be insertedly mounted in a portion of the slot formed along the outer surface of the cylindrical cam, and a mounting position and angle of the lever may be thus adjusted, such that a reciprocation direction of the lever may be freely adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.Inventors: Myung Hoe Kim, Seung Wook Kim, Hye Young Kim
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Publication number: 20150176857Abstract: A hybrid heater core system may include a heater core body having an upper header; a lower header; and a plurality of cooling water tubes connecting the upper and lower headers; and a PTC heater coupled to the heater core body and having a PTC element; a flow path hole forming a flow path in the PTC heater; a connector formed at a first end of the PTC heater; locking protrusions configured to be locked to the upper and lower headers at upper end and lower end thereof; and a hook locked and fixed to the cooling water tubes at a second end of the PTC heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Myung Hoe Kim, In Gyu KIM, Jung Sam GU
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Publication number: 20150060428Abstract: A heater apparatus for a vehicle may include a main heater of a vehicle, and an auxiliary heater coupled with the main heater at the rear side thereof and having a housing including an edge part and an inner part, wherein heat radiation fins and positive temperature coefficient (PTC) element assemblies are coupled with the housing at the front surface thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Myung Hoe Kim, In Gyu Kim, Jong Chul Kim
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Publication number: 20140179213Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control door for an air conditioner. The control door includes a door panel that includes a plurality of discharge apertures, and is located around a vent of a housing of the air conditioner and is configured to slide to close and open the vent via the discharge apertures. A take-up shaft is disposed on each of opposite sides of the vent of the housing of the air conditioner, each of opposite ends of the door panel is wound onto the take-up shaft. The control door further includes a drive part configured to transmit a rotating force to the take-up shaft, to allow the door panel to slide around the vent of the housing of the air conditioner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Seung Hoon Moon, Myung Hoe Kim, Seung Wook Kim, Jae Min Yang
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Publication number: 20140134937Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes an air conditioning housing and a mode door. The air conditioning housing has a discharge chamber through which conditioned air is discharged out of the air conditioning housing. The discharge chamber includes a defrost vent, a main vent, floor vents and a rear seat vent. The floor vents are formed on opposite sides of a rear portion of the air conditioning housing. The rear seat vent is formed between the floor vents. The mode door has a front opening hole which is formed in a front portion of the mode door, a pair of main opening holes which are formed in a rear portion of the mode door at positions spaced apart from each other, and a rear-end opening hole which is formed behind a first portion provided between the main opening holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Inventors: Myung Hoe KIM, Jae Min YANG, Seung Wook KIM, Jong Heon LEE, Hyung Joo KIM, Sang Chul BYON
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Publication number: 20140083237Abstract: A control apparatus for an air conditioning system of a vehicle, may include a knob selectively rotatable by a user's operation, a cam to which an inner wire of a cable may be connected, the cam being rotated through a rotation force transmitted from the knob, a cable holder that holds and supports a skin layer of the cable slidably surrounding the inner wire of the cable, wherein the cable holder may be pivotally coupled to a vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicants: Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Myung Hoe Kim
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Patent number: 8602853Abstract: An air filter assembly of a blower for a vehicle may include an air filter casing installed in an intake duct having an outdoor air intake port communicating with the outdoor of the vehicle, an indoor air intake port communicating with the indoor of the vehicle, and a subsidiary indoor air intake port communicating with the indoor of the vehicle, wherein the subsidiary indoor air intake port is provided in the air filter casing. an air filter received in the air filter casing and purifying indoor air or outdoor air supplied into the intake duct, and an air guide integrated with an end of the air filter and selectively opening or closing the subsidiary indoor air intake port so as to guide a predetermined amount of indoor air into the intake duct during an outdoor air inlet mode.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventor: Myung Hoe Kim
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Patent number: 8504219Abstract: A telematics device for an electric vehicle and a remote air-conditioning control method thereof are provided. A vehicle driver remote adjusts an indoor temperature of the electric vehicle by driving an air-conditioning unit of the vehicle during the battery charging, so that a travelable distance based on the battery life can be maximized.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Myung Hoe Kim, Woo Sung Kim, Do Sung Hwang, Hyung Jin Yoon, Sung Yun Kim, Woo Suk Sung, Ji-Hwon Kim
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Publication number: 20130174676Abstract: An air conditioner controlling device for a vehicle may include a knob rotatably installed on the front of a case, a cylindrical cam rotatably installed inside the case, interlocked with a shaft of the knob, and having a slot formed in an outer surface thereof, and a lever having one end rotatably mounted to the case and the other end insertedly coupled to the slot of the cylindrical cam to thereby reciprocate the cylindrical cam at the time of rotation of the cylindrical cam, wherein the lever may be insertedly mounted in a portion of the slot formed along the outer surface of the cylindrical cam, and a mounting position and angle of the lever may be thus adjusted, such that a reciprocation direction of the lever may be freely adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2012Publication date: July 11, 2013Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Halla Climate Control Corp., Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Myung Hoe KIM, Seung Wook Kim, Hye Young Kim
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Publication number: 20130146248Abstract: An HVAC assembly for a vehicle is provided that does not require an outward protruding structure so as to form a console vent duct, thus achieving a more compact design, improving a mounting ability on the vehicle, improving a manipulation feeling when selecting each outlet for discharging air, and enhancing sealability between the respective outlets, therefore eventually significantly improving marketability of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2012Publication date: June 13, 2013Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORP., Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Myung Hoe Kim, Jong Heon Lee, Seong Seok Han, Hyung Joo Kim
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Publication number: 20120103959Abstract: An auxiliary heating apparatus for a vehicle may include a PTC (“Positive Temperature Coefficient”) heating module including a PTC element, and positive and negative terminal boards supplying power to the PTC element, the PTC heating module being disposed between coolant tubes of a heater core of an air conditioning system for the vehicle, a radiation fin provided on each of opposite sides of the PTC heating module to promote a radiation of heat of the PTC heating module, and a holding unit securing the PTC heating module to the coolant tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Halla Climate Control Corp., Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Myung Hoe Kim, Do Sik Min, Kwang Hun Oh