Patents by Inventor Sang Mun

Sang Mun 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: 9315217
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a splash shield, in which method a base-portion raw material comprising a plastic, glass fibers, a compatibilizer and rubber is subjected to melt extrusion while at the same time injection molding is performed, and then, without removing the injection-molded article from the injection mold, the injection mold is rotated in the open state, and the injection-molded article is conveyed to a foaming mold and subsequently undergoes flame treatment and a polyurethane foam molding step. A single process in the production method is used for the procedure in which the materials are separately compounded and pelletized and the procedure in which the injection-molded article is molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: LG HAUSYS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Hoon Yoon, Moo-Sun Kim, Kyu-Se Lee, Young-Min Kim, Byeong-Sang Mun, Sung-Woon Cha, Young-Ho Kim, Soo-Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 9252437
    Abstract: An apparatus preventing over-cooling of a fuel cell is provided that includes a cooling fluid manifold which is mounted to a stack of the fuel cell and through which cooling fluid flows therethrough. End plates are arranged on both ends of the stack of a fuel cell, and at least one protrusion is provided on one surface of each of the end plates. The at least one protrusion is disposed inside a cooling fluid manifold to reduce the flow amount of the cooling fluid which flows in and out between the separating plates through the cooling fluid manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundia Motor Company
    Inventors: Yoo Chang Yang, Sang Mun Jin, Sung Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20150364775
    Abstract: A fuel cell separator and a fuel cell including the fuel cell separator are provided. The fuel cell separator includes a plurality of channels and inlets and outlets formed through first sides and second sides of the channels such that the reactant introduced into the channels flows perpendicularly to the channels. In particular, the inlets are positioned higher than the outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventor: Sang Mun Jin
  • Publication number: 20150364774
    Abstract: A fuel cell is provided which includes a catalyst layer to which hydrogen gas or air are introduced through both surfaces thereof a first separator disposed at a first side of the catalyst layer and including a plurality of first channels such that a first reactant among hydrogen gas or air flows; and a second separator disposed at the second side of the catalyst layer and including a plurality of second channels disposed in a direction perpendicular to the first channels. Particularly, each of the second channels includes a plurality of ventilation apertures such that a second reactant among the hydrogen and the air flows in a direction perpendicular to the second channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Sang Mun Jin, Yoo Chang Yang
  • Publication number: 20150303492
    Abstract: A separator for a fuel cell is provided. The separator is disposed at both sides of a membrane-electrode assembly and is configured to supply a reaction gas to the membrane-electrode assembly. In addition, the separator includes a conductive microporous body that is formed on a reaction surface corresponding to the membrane-electrode assembly and a channel unit that is connected to an inlet manifold and an outlet manifold through which the reaction gas flows and is configured to guide the reaction gas to the reaction surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Sang Mun Jin, Yoo Chang Yang
  • Publication number: 20150297959
    Abstract: A golf club having a face adapted to directly strike a golf ball thereon, a pipe-shaped shaft coupled to the club head, and a grip coupled to the top end periphery of the shaft, includes a first protrusion formed on one side of an internal surface of a face thereof; a second protrusion formed on the rear surface of the interior thereof in such a manner as to face the first protrusion and having a lubricating oil inlet passage formed thereon in such a manner as to be connected to the outside; a spring disposed engagedly between the first protrusion and the second protrusion; a bolt detachably mounted on the entrance of the lubricating oil inlet passage of the second protrusion; and an elastic structure slidingly operating along the spring in such a manner as to surround the spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventor: Sang Mun LEE
  • Publication number: 20150180077
    Abstract: A device for measuring stack voltage includes a stack part and a connector. The stack part includes terminals of a bipolar plate extending outward from a side of the bipolar plate, a gasket combined with the bipolar plate, a sub-gasket combined with the gasket and having extensions laterally protruding corresponding to the terminals. The connector has insertion grooves in which the terminals are disposed at a front of the connector. A plurality of wires pass forward from behind through the connector. The connector has sensing units that are disposed in the insertion grooves, connected to front ends of the wires, and are in contact with the terminals of the bipolar plate when the connector is combined with the stack part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventor: Sang Mun JIN
  • Publication number: 20150180054
    Abstract: A fuel cell that includes a membrane electrode assembly having an electrolyte, an anode catalyst, and a cathode catalyst; and a plurality of frame-gaskets is provided. Each of the frame-gaskets may be disposed between an anode-side separator and the membrane electrode assembly or between a cathode-side separator and the membrane electrode assembly. Additionally, the membrane electrode assembly is provided with an aperture which is used to combine the membrane electrode assembly with the frame-gasket assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Suk Min Baeck, Sang Mun Jin, Kyung Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20150136919
    Abstract: Provided is a buckle device that fixes a seat belt mounted on a 2nd-row seat or a 3rd-row seat to the vehicle body floor in a vehicle. The buckle device may include a buckle bracket having an upper end with a hole for connecting with a seat belt and a lower end connected to a rail on a vehicle body floor by a buckle connection bolt, and a wire fixing bracket connected between a side of the buckle bracket and a side of a seat frame and absorbing vibration of a seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Compnay, Samsung Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Mun KIM, Chang Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 9023543
    Abstract: The present invention provides a temperature-sensitive bypass device for discharging condensed water from a fuel cell stack, in which a bypass line is provided between an end plate and a separator located at the outermost cell adjacent to an inlet of the fuel cell stack, and a temperature-sensitive valve for opening and closing the bypass line is provided on the inner side of the end plate such that the temperature-sensitive valve is opened when an excessive amount of condensed water is introduced into the inlet of the stack during cold start-up, thereby easily discharging the excessive amount of condensed water present in the inlet of the stack through the bypass line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Sang Mun Chin
  • Patent number: 8945792
    Abstract: A separator for a fuel cell includes a metal plate which defines a passage and a manifold, frames having gaskets which are integrated therewith using injection, and a bonding unit for bonding the frames to the metal plate. The gaskets may be differently formed. This resolves process interference problems between conductive surface treatment and gasket cross-linking, obviates deburring of the gasket, and preventes poor injection of the gaskets, which ensures stable quality of the separator, increases productivity and decreases the manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Suk Min Baeck, Sang Mun Jin
  • Patent number: 8945241
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for manufacturing a metal separator for a fuel cell, which can manufacture large-sized metal separators in large quantities using metal plates such as stainless steel by thermoplastic deformation using an incremental and synchronized rubber molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Dong Yol Yang, Seung Min Ryu, Sae Hoon Kim, Yoo Chang Yang, Sang Mun Chin, Nam Young Cho
  • Patent number: 8921008
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell separator with a gasket and a method for manufacturing the same, which can prevent corrosion of the separator and improve corrosion resistance of the separator. In particular, the present invention provides a fuel cell separator with a gasket and a method for manufacturing the same, in which an adhesive is coated on the entire or partial surface of the separator, preferably by screen printing. A process of integrally molding a gasket to the separator is then performed such that the edges of the separator are not exposed to the outside after the injection molding process but, rather, are coated with the resin adhesive. The present invention thereby prevents corrosion of the separator, improves corrosion resistance of the separator, and prevents formation of burrs during the injection molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignees: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sae Hoon Kim, Sang Mun Chin, Seong Il Heo, Suk Min Baeck, Yoo Chang Yang
  • Publication number: 20140356749
    Abstract: An apparatus preventing over-cooling of a fuel cell is provided that includes a cooling fluid manifold which is mounted to a stack of the fuel cell and through which cooling fluid flows therethrough. End plates are arranged on both ends of the stack of a fuel cell, and at least one protrusion is provided on one surface of each of the end plates. The at least one protrusion is disposed inside a cooling fluid manifold to reduce the flow amount of the cooling fluid which flows in and out between the separating plates through the cooling fluid manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Yoo Chang Yang, Sang Mun Jin, Sung Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20140335444
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell separator with a gasket manufactured by integrally forming a gasket on one side of a separator; independently injection molding a frame gasket on a frame such that a first airtight portion covers the entire surface of the frame to maintain the shape of the frame gasket and a second airtight portion projects upward and downward from both ends of the first airtight portion; and bringing the first airtight portion of the frame gasket into contact with the other side of the separator with the gasket formed on one side thereof. To create a fuel cell stack in certain embodiments, the invention stacks the second airtight portion of the frame gasket on another second airtight portion of an adjacent unit cell with a membrane-electrode assembly interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventors: Sang Mun Chin, Sae Hoon Kim, Yoo Chang Yang, Suk Min Baeck, Seong Il Heo
  • Patent number: 8859159
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for generating a virtual sound source for monitoring the operating state of a fuel cell stack, which monitors in real time the deviation and deterioration of a plurality of cells in a fuel cell stack during operation, and expresses the results as a chord or different sounds, thus allowing a driver to easily recognize the operating state of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sae Hoon Kim, Sang Mun Chin, Kwi Seong Jeong
  • Publication number: 20140295324
    Abstract: A separator for a fuel cell and a method for manufacturing the same comprise two sheets of metal plates integrally formed to minimize contact resistance between an upper metal plate and a lower metal plate. The method for manufacturing the separator includes steps of preparing an upper metal plate and a lower metal plate, each plate having opposing main sides, and applying a coating liquid containing a polymer composite material on both sides of the upper and lower metal plates, to form first and second composite material layers on both sides of the upper plates and third and fourth composite material layers on both sides of the lower plates. The method further includes stacking the upper metal plate on the lower metal plate, before drying the respective composite material layers, and integrally bonding the second composite material layer and the third composite material layer to form a single intermediate composite material layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicants: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Chi Seung LEE, Seong Il HEO, Suk Min BAECK, Jun Ho JANG, Sang Mun JIN, Yoo Chang YANG, Kyung Min KIM, Yang Bok LEE, Dae Soon LIM
  • Patent number: 8822099
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell separator with a gasket manufactured by integrally forming a gasket on one side of a separator; independently injection molding a frame gasket on a frame such that a first airtight portion covers the entire surface of the frame to maintain the shape of the frame gasket and a second airtight portion projects upward and downward from both ends of the first airtight portion; and bringing the first airtight portion of the frame gasket into contact with the other side of the separator with the gasket formed on one side thereof. To create a fuel cell stack in certain embodiments, the invention stacks the second airtight portion of the frame gasket on another second airtight portion of an adjacent unit cell with a membrane-electrode assembly interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sang Mun Chin, Sae Hoon Kim, Yoo Chang Yang, Suk Min Baeck, Seong Il Heo
  • Publication number: 20140242486
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for generating a virtual sound source for monitoring the operating state of a fuel cell stack, which monitors in real time the deviation and deterioration of a plurality of cells in a fuel cell stack during operation, and expresses the results as a chord or different sounds, thus allowing a driver to easily recognize the operating state of the fuel cell stack
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Sae Hoon Kim, Sang Mun Chin, Kwi Seong Jeong
  • Patent number: 8785063
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuel cell stack with a water drainage structure, which can effectively drain condensed water and prevent water from flowing into unit cells by combining an end anode plate (EAP) and an end cathode plate (ECP), which are formed by modifying an anode plate (AP) and cathode plate (CP) respectively. In doing so, the modified anode plate (AP) and cathode plate (CP) are converted into a dummy cell which is positioned at the end portions of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoo Chang Yang, Jong Sung Kim, Sae Hoon Kim, Sang Mun Jin, Suk Min Baeck, Seong Il Heo