Patents by Inventor Seong Bin JEONG

Seong Bin JEONG 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: 20240124909
    Abstract: Provided is a composition and a fructose production method, wherein the composition contains: sucrose phosphorylase or a microorganism expressing same; or a culture or lysate of the microorganism whereby fructose can be produced at low cost with high yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Seon Won KIM, Seong Hee JEONG, Ji Bin PARK, Moon Hyuk KWON
  • Patent number: 11904656
    Abstract: A heat pump system control method for a vehicle includes a process (A) of operating a compressor of an air conditioner to cool or heat an interior of the vehicle while the vehicle is driving, measuring by a controller initial states of the compressor and a refrigerant based on data detected from a data detector, and monitoring the compressor, a process (B) of determining by the controller whether a current coil temperature of a motor unit provided in the compressor is higher than a coil specification temperature through the process (A) and operating a protection mode; and a process (C) of, when the process (B) is completed, calculating by the controller a slope of a coil temperature of the motor unit over time, determining whether the temperature slope is greater than zero (0) three times consecutively to stop the operation of the compressor, and terminating control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: ChanWoong Jo, Seong-Bin Jeong
  • Publication number: 20240034129
    Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system for a vehicle includes a first circuit including a radiator and a first valve in a first line, a second circuit including a first water pump, a second valve, and a third valve provided in a second line, a third circuit including electrical equipment provided in a third line, a fourth circuit including second water pump and a fourth valve provided in a fourth line, a fifth circuit including a battery module provided in a fifth line, a sixth circuit including a third water pump and a cooler provided in a sixth line, a seventh circuit including a fourth water pump and a heater provided in a seventh line, and a centralized energy module including a condenser, a chiller, and an evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho, Seong-Bin Jeong, Yeonho Kim, Jeawan Kim, Hoyoung Jeong, Man Hee Park, Hochan An, Tae Hee Kim
  • Publication number: 20240034258
    Abstract: A battery module mounting assembly for a vehicle includes a battery module disposed in a lower portion of a vehicle body, and a battery fixing frame respectively mounted on left and right sides of the battery module in a width direction of the vehicle. The battery fixing frame can fix the battery module to a lower portion of the vehicle body, and at least one hydraulic passage having both ends open in a front-rear direction of the vehicle is formed in an interior of the battery fixing frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Myunghwan Kim, Jai Young An, Dong Seok Oh, Wan Je Cho, Gungoo Lee, Hyeonsu Jin, Jun Young Kang, Eun Bi Kim, Sun Keun Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Seong-Bin Jeong
  • Patent number: 11884127
    Abstract: A thermal management system includes: a first radiator, a first electric water pump, and a first coolant line configured to allow a coolant to be circulated by the first electric water pump; a second radiator, a second electric water pump, and a second coolant line configured to allow a coolant to be circulated by the second electric water pump; and a first flow control device and a second flow control device installed at front ends and rear ends of the first radiator and the second radiator so as to control a coolant flow direction between the first coolant line, the second coolant line, and a third coolant line. The third coolant line is installed so as to connect the first flow control device and the second flow control device to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Bin Jeong, Wan Je Cho, Jae Eun Jeong, Hyun Jae Lee, Nam Ho Park, Tae Hee Kim
  • Publication number: 20230415546
    Abstract: An embodiment compression module for a vehicle includes a compression unit configured to compress a refrigerant introduced into the compression unit, a control unit having a first surface separably assembled to the compression unit to control the compression unit, and an accumulator unit separably mounted on a second surface of the control unit in a direction opposite to the compression unit, the accumulator unit being configured to supply the refrigerant to the compression unit in a gaseous state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ji Wan Son, Seong-Bin Jeong, Dong Seok Oh, Wan Je Cho
  • Publication number: 20230398837
    Abstract: An embodiment method for controlling a compressor of a vehicle includes selectively controlling an operation of the compressor by determining and comparing a discharge pressure of the compressor and a temperature of an inverter with predetermined values based on data detected in real time when the compressor is operated to cool or heat an interior of the vehicle and operating a protection mode to prevent thermal burnout of the inverter in response to a determination that the discharge pressure of the compressor is higher than an operation stop pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Jae-Eun Jeong, Wan Je Cho, Tae Hee Kim, Hyunjae Lee, Namho Park, Seong-Bin Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230356566
    Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system for a vehicle includes a first cooling apparatus that circulates a first coolant in a first coolant line to control a temperature of an electrical component, a second cooling apparatus that circulates a second coolant in a second coolant line to control a temperature of a battery module, a third cooling apparatus that circulates a third coolant in a third coolant line to control a temperature of an autonomous driving controller, and an air conditioning device that circulates a refrigerant along a first refrigerant line to control an indoor temperature of the vehicle, the air conditioning device including a compressor, a condenser, a first expansion valve, and an evaporator all connected through the first refrigerant line, and further including a first chiller, a second chiller, and a connection line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Myunghwan Kim, Jai Young An, Namho Park, Wan Je Cho, Eon Soo Yun, Seong-Bin Jeong, Yeonho Kim, Seongjae Lee, Jae Yeon Kim, Myung Hyuk Kim
  • Patent number: 11787262
    Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus may include an evaporator; a temperature sensor configured for detecting a temperature of the evaporator; a compressor compressing a refrigerant transmitted to the evaporator; a clutch selectively allowing power transmission from a vehicle power source to a compressor; and a controller connected to the clutch and configured for controlling the clutch to selectively allow the power transmission according to a result of comparison between a target temperature of the evaporator and a temperature detected by the temperature sensor, in which the controller sets the target temperature based on a vehicle driving state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Seong Bin Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230311617
    Abstract: Proposed is a slim-type heat management system for an electric vehicle, wherein implementation of various heat management modes may be easily accomplished by using a minimum number of parts including two three-way expansion valves and the like, wherein the various heat management modes include a heat pump dehumidification mode, a dehumidification max mode, and the like, which are for defogging, in addition to an indoor cooling mode, a battery cooling mode, and a heat pump mode for heating. Accordingly, the system is capable of being usefully applied to an electric vehicle being small and an electric vehicle having priority of profitability over performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Wan Je Cho, Ji Wan Son, Sueng Ho Lee, Eon Soo Yun, Seong Bin Jeong, Myung Hwan Kim, Tae Hee Kim, Jae Eun Jeong, Seong Jae Lee, Hyun Jae Lee, Jun Young Kang, Dong Hyun Kong, Kyu Ho Chae
  • Patent number: 11761372
    Abstract: A multi-way coolant valve and a heat pump system having the same include an external housing in which first, second and third external inlets and first, second and third external outlets are formed; and an internal housing provided rotatably inside the external housing to selectively fluidically-connect the first, second and third external inlets, and the first, second and third external outlets, and divided into two stages through which a coolant flows respectively, wherein as the internal housing rotates at a predetermined interval in a selected mode of the vehicle, the first external inlet selectively fluidically-communicates with the first external outlet, the second external outlet, or the third external outlet, the second external inlet selectively fluidically-communicates with the first external outlet or the second external outlet, and the third external inlet selectively fluidically-communicates with the first external outlet, the second external outlet, or the third external outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong-Bin Jeong, Dong Seok Oh, Namho Park, Yeonho Kim, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho
  • Patent number: 11701949
    Abstract: A system for humidifying a vehicle that is a fuel cell electric vehicle includes a fuel cell stack for producing electrical energy through an electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen, a water supply tank for storing water generated during electricity generation in the fuel cell stack, a HVAC apparatus for humidifying an interior of the vehicle using the water supplied from the water supply tank, a heater for generating steam by heating the water supplied from the water supply tank, and supplying the steam to the HVAC apparatus, and a controller that determines an operation mode of the system based on at least one of a vehicle state, a HVAC apparatus state, or an indoor temperature of the vehicle, and controls at least one of the HVAC apparatus or the heater based on the determined operation mode to control indoor humidification of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seong Bin Jeong, Albert Biermann, Moo Sang Kim, Tae Hun Jung
  • Publication number: 20230211647
    Abstract: A heat pump system control method for a vehicle includes a process (A) of operating a compressor of an air conditioner to cool or heat an interior of the vehicle while the vehicle is driving, measuring by a controller initial states of the compressor and a refrigerant based on data detected from a data detector, and monitoring the compressor, a process (B) of determining by the controller whether a current coil temperature of a motor unit provided in the compressor is higher than a coil specification temperature through the process (A) and operating a protection mode; and a process (C) of, when the process (B) is completed, calculating by the controller a slope of a coil temperature of the motor unit over time, determining whether the temperature slope is greater than zero (0) three times consecutively to stop the operation of the compressor, and terminating control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: ChanWoong Jo, Seong-Bin Jeong
  • Patent number: 11691498
    Abstract: A vehicle radiator assembly includes: a common inlet tank having a high temperature inlet chamber and a low temperature inlet chamber; a common outlet tank spaced apart from the common inlet tank and including a high temperature outlet chamber and a low temperature outlet chamber; a high temperature radiator core including a plurality of high temperature tubes connecting the high temperature inlet chamber and the high temperature outlet chamber, and a plurality of high temperature cooling fins arranged with the plurality of high temperature tubes; a low temperature radiator core including a plurality of low temperature tubes connecting the low temperature inlet chamber and the low temperature outlet chamber, and a plurality of low temperature cooling fins arranged with the plurality of low temperature tubes; and a bimetal interposed between the high temperature radiator core and the low temperature radiator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seong Bin Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230202262
    Abstract: A gas-liquid separation device for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a housing with an upper surface that is opened and a lower surface that is closed; a cover mounted on the opened upper surface to close and seal the interior of the housing, and including an outlet and an inlet, and a mount hole; an exhaust pipe mounted on the cover; a guide pipe with an upper surface that is opened so that the exhaust pipe is inserted inside, and forms a gas refrigerant flow space between the exterior circumference and the interior circumference of the exhaust pipe; a mount cap mounted inside the closed lower end of the housing; a refrigerant guider to prevent the liquid refrigerant of the refrigerant inflowed into the inlet from flowing into the gas refrigerant flow space, and fixed to the exhaust pipe; and a receiver dryer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Jong Il Park, Seong-Bin Jeong, Seongjae Lee
  • Publication number: 20230173882
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a valve, an electrical component cooling device, a battery cooling device, an indoor heating device, an indoor cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller to improve heating efficiency by regulating a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller in which a cooler and a refrigerant exchange heat, recovers various heat sources in a heating mode of the vehicle and utilizes the recovered heat sources for indoor heating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Wan Je CHO, Dong Seok Oh, Namho Park, Seung Ho Lee, Seong-Bin Jeong, Tae Hee Kim, Jae-Eun Jeong, Jeawan Kim, Hyunjae Lee, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Yeonho Kim
  • Publication number: 20230173881
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle regulates a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller in which a coolant and a refrigerant exchange heat, and recovers various heat sources in a heating mode of the vehicle and utilizes the recovered heat sources for indoor heating to improve heating efficiency, and may include a first valve that controls a flow of a coolant introduced into an internal, an electrical component cooling device, a battery cooling device, an indoor heating device, an indoor cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller, in which the first valve may include at least one port through which the coolant is introduced or discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Seong-Bin JEONG
  • Publication number: 20230173887
    Abstract: A heat pump system for the vehicle includes a valve, an electrical component cooling apparatus, a battery cooling apparatus, an internal heating apparatus, an internal cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller for controlling a temperature of a battery module by use of a chiller in which a coolant and a refrigerant are heat-exchanged, and for recovering and using heat from various heat sources in a heating mode of a vehicle for indoor heating to improve heating efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seong-Bin JEONG, Dong Seok Oh, Namho Park, Yeonho Kim, Jeawan Kim, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho
  • Publication number: 20230173883
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes: a valve, an electrical component cooling device, a battery cooling device, an indoor heating device, an indoor cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller, wherein the second line is selectively fluidically-connectable to the first line connected to the radiator through the second valve; a condenser included in the centralized energy device is selectively fluidically-connectable to the first line or the second line through a third valve to condense the refrigerant supplied through the refrigerant line through heat-exchange with a coolant provided in a sixth line through which a coolant flows; and a first end portion of the third line is selectively fluidically-connectable to the sixth line through a fourth valve provided in the sixth line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seong-Bin JEONG, Dong Seok Oh, Wan Je Cho, Jae Yeon Kim, Namho Park
  • Publication number: 20230173880
    Abstract: A refrigerant circulating apparatus for a vehicle, includes at least one heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange a refrigerant; at least one valve provided to selectively flow the refrigerant to the at least one heat exchanger; and a refrigerant distribution unit having a first surface on which the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one valve are provided and a second surface on which at least one flow path through which the refrigerant circulates through the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one valve is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Yeonho Kim, Wan Je Cho, Seong-Bin Jeong, Jeawan Kim, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Tae Hee Kim