Patents by Inventor Nam Seok Yun

Nam Seok Yun 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: 20240092139
    Abstract: Disclosed is heating, ventilation, and air conditioner (HVAC) of an electric vehicle. The HVAC includes: a compressor configured to compress a refrigerant, a four-way reversing valve connected to four flow paths including a flow path connected to a discharge end of the compressor and a flow path connected to a suction end of the compressor, a first heat exchanger connected to the four-way reversing valve and configured to operate as a condenser or an evaporator according to a circulation direction of the refrigerant, and a second heat exchanger of which one end is connected to the first heat exchanger and the other end is connected to the four-way reversing valve and which operates as a condenser or an evaporator according the circulation direction of the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nam-Seok Yun
  • Publication number: 20240066953
    Abstract: A vehicle control system into which battery temperature management and air conditioning are integrated includes a battery temperature management unit setting a temperature of a battery module provided in a vehicle to be in a predetermined range, by circulating a coolant, an air conditioning unit operating as an air conditioner or a heat pump according to a circulation direction of a refrigerant, a heat exchange unit causing the coolant and the refrigerant to exchange heat with each other, and a controller performing control so that the battery temperature management unit operates, that the air conditioning unit operates as the air conditioner or the heat pump according to a request for cooling of air inside of the vehicle or a request for heating of the air inside of the vehicle, and that the heat exchange unit selectively absorbs heat of the refrigerant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Nam-Seok YUN
  • Publication number: 20230173889
    Abstract: An air conditioner system for mobility is provided. The air conditioner system is configured to secure the air conditioning performance in cooling and heating conditioning and to prevent a battery from being deteriorated as the battery is prevented from being overcharged while the air conditioner system is driven when the battery is charged by the regenerative breaking while the charge amount of the battery is already high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Nam Seok YUN
  • Publication number: 20230074635
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus for a vehicle includes an air conditioner unit disposed in an air conditioning room of a vehicle and configured in such a manner that ambient air, introduced into the air conditioning room from an outside of the vehicle, is suctioned and blown to an interior of the vehicle by a blower; a damper installed in an opening on an introduction side of the air conditioner unit to selectively allow introduction of one of indoor air flowing from the interior and ambient air; and an internal exhaust grill installed in the interior to fluidly communicate with a space defined by the air conditioner unit and an internal side surface of the air conditioning room, wherein the indoor air in the interior may be discharged to an outside of the vehicle through the internal exhaust grill and the air conditioning room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nam Seok YUN
  • Publication number: 20230064579
    Abstract: A bus heating system and a method of controlling the same, is configured for controlling a water-heating-type main heater unit and a heat-pump-type auxiliary heater unit in conjunction with each other for heating an interior of a bus, improving the efficiency of operation of the main heater unit while reducing the number of switch operations. The bus heating system includes a water-heating-type main heater unit configured to heat an internal bottom area of the bus, a heat-pump-type auxiliary heater unit configured to heat an internal roof area of the bus, and a controller configured to control operations of the main heater unit and the auxiliary heater unit in conjunction with each other based on a set target internal temperature (Ttarget), a measured outside air temperature (Toutside), a measured internal temperature (Troom), and a main-heater-unit refrigerant temperature (Trefrigerants).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Nam Seok YUN, Wang Hyun JOE
  • Patent number: 11491842
    Abstract: An air-conditioner casing for an air conditioner mounted on a ceiling of a bus are provided. The air-conditioner casing includes: a pair of bases having first and second bases which are installed to be spaced apart from and opposite to each other; and one or more shrouds coupled in a space between the first and second bases, in which the number of shrouds to be connected and installed in the casing may be determined based on a capacity of an air conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nam-Seok Yun
  • Patent number: 11479078
    Abstract: A multi-zone air conditioner system for large vehicles may include an air conditioning device configured to partition an internal of a vehicle into a plurality of zones to independently cool each zone, a detecting device configured to include a room temperature detector for detecting a room temperature of each zone and a photo detector for detecting an amount of solar radiation, an input device configured to switch an operating state of the air conditioning device to an automatic mode or a manual mode, and a control device configured to generate a control signal for operating the air conditioning device based on a signal transmitted from the detecting device and the input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Nam-Seok Yun
  • Publication number: 20210394582
    Abstract: An air-conditioner casing for an air conditioner mounted on a ceiling of a bus are provided. The air-conditioner casing includes: a pair of bases having first and second bases which are installed to be spaced apart from and opposite to each other; and one or more shrouds coupled in a space between the first and second bases, in which the number of shrouds to be connected and installed in the casing may be determined based on a capacity of an air conditioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nam-Seok YUN
  • Publication number: 20200317021
    Abstract: A multi-zone air conditioner system for large vehicles may include an air conditioning device configured to partition an internal of a vehicle into a plurality of zones to independently cool each zone, a detecting device configured to include a room temperature detector for detecting a room temperature of each zone and a photo detector for detecting an amount of solar radiation, an input device configured to switch an operating state of the air conditioning device to an automatic mode or a manual mode, and a control device configured to generate a control signal for operating the air conditioning device based on a signal transmitted from the detecting device and the input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Nam-Seok YUN
  • Publication number: 20200215878
    Abstract: An air cleaner may include an electrostatic air cleaner including: an air cleaner casing; an air cleaner main body; and an air cleaner return grille cover which is coupled to the air cleaner casing, wherein the air cleaner main body may include: a filter unit which has a size greater than a predetermined particle size; a dust collector unit which secondarily filters out dust, which passes through the filter unit and has a size equal to or smaller than the predetermined particle size, by collecting the dust on an electrode plate by generating a high-tension arc; a converter unit which generates the high-tension arc on the dust collector unit; and a sensor unit which measures concentration of the dust having a size equal to or smaller than the predetermined particle size to operate the dust collector unit and the converter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Nam-Seok YUN
  • Publication number: 20180170143
    Abstract: A multi-zone air conditioner system for large vehicles may include an air conditioning device configured to partition an internal of a vehicle into a plurality of zones to independently cool each zone, a detecting device configured to include a room temperature detector for detecting a room temperature of each zone and a photo detector for detecting an amount of solar radiation, an input device configured to switch an operating state of the air conditioning device to an automatic mode or a manual mode, and a control device configured to generate a control signal for operating the air conditioning device based on a signal transmitted from the detecting device and the input device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Nam-Seok Yun
  • Publication number: 20160126603
    Abstract: A hybrid bus battery pack cooling structure is provided that includes a suction core that is installed between an evaporator and a compressor to inject a vaporized refrigerant to a battery pack mounted within a vehicle. Accordingly, a battery pack is cooled without using cool air to be supplied into the vehicle during warmer weather, and thus, the battery pack is cooled without loss of interior cooling performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Nam Seok Yun