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).

  • Publication number: 20180001736
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Myung-Hoe KIM, Byeong-Moo JANG, Jong-Hwan KWON, Seong-Nam 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
  • Publication number: 20160318372
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Myung Hun KANG, Sang Shin LEE, Sang Yeop LEE, Myung Hoe KIM, Jae Woo KO, Gyu Ik HAN
  • Patent number: 9481227
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignees: 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
  • Patent number: 9375995
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Myung Hoe Kim, In Gyu Kim, Jong Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20160151520
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Sang Shin LEE, Myung Hoe KIM, Yong Jun JI, Jae Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20160121693
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Myung Hoe KIM, II Ju SEO, In Gyu KIM, Ho Duck LEE
  • Publication number: 20150369515
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Myung Hoe KIM, In Gyu KIM, Jong Chul KIM
  • Patent number: 9073406
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORP.
    Inventors: Myung Hoe Kim, Seung Wook Kim, Hye Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20150176857
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Myung Hoe Kim, In Gyu KIM, Jung Sam GU
  • Publication number: 20150060428
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Myung Hoe Kim, In Gyu Kim, Jong Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20140179213
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Seung Hoon Moon, Myung Hoe Kim, Seung Wook Kim, Jae Min Yang
  • Publication number: 20140134937
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Myung Hoe KIM, Jae Min YANG, Seung Wook KIM, Jong Heon LEE, Hyung Joo KIM, Sang Chul BYON
  • Publication number: 20140083237
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corp., Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Myung Hoe Kim
  • Patent number: 8602853
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Myung Hoe Kim
  • Patent number: 8504219
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Myung Hoe Kim, Woo Sung Kim, Do Sung Hwang, Hyung Jin Yoon, Sung Yun Kim, Woo Suk Sung, Ji-Hwon Kim
  • Publication number: 20130174676
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Halla Climate Control Corp., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Myung Hoe KIM, Seung Wook Kim, Hye Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20130146248
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, HALLA CLIMATE CONTROL CORP., Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Myung Hoe Kim, Jong Heon Lee, Seong Seok Han, Hyung Joo Kim
  • Publication number: 20120103959
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Halla Climate Control Corp., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Myung Hoe Kim, Do Sik Min, Kwang Hun Oh