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: 20250042221
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus may include an electric water pump to pump coolant, a coolant channel in fluid communication with a cooling target and the electric water pump, and a thermoelectric device including a higher-temperature part and a lower-temperature part. The thermoelectric device may cool the coolant flowing into the coolant channel. The cooling apparatus may include a first heat sink disposed adjacent to the higher-temperature part, a second heat sink disposed adjacent to the coolant channel, and a cooling fan provided adjacent to the first heat sink. The cooling apparatus may include an air duct forming a first fluid line where air passes through only the first heat sink and is then discharged by operation of the cooling fan and forming a second fluid line where air passes through the first heat sink and the second heat sink and is then discharged by the operation of the cooling fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Hee Kim, Wan Je Cho, Seong-Bin Jeong, Hyunjae Lee, Minseob Shin, Yong Woong Cha, Jae-Eun Jeong
  • Publication number: 20250035350
    Abstract: A refrigerant module for a vehicle includes: a heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a refrigerant introduced therein and a working fluid; a valve manifold connected to the heat exchanger and having a refrigerant flow path formed inside to supply the refrigerant to the heat exchanger or to bypass the refrigerant; and a plurality of valve assemblies mounted on the valve manifold to control a flow of the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-Bin Jeong, Dong Seok Oh, Wan Je Cho, Woojin Lee, Jae-Eun Jeong, Yong Woong Cha, DongJu Ko, Shin Ryu, Kyoung Tai Park
  • Publication number: 20250018768
    Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system includes a valve module for controlling a flow of a coolant, a first line connected to the valve module, an electrical component on the first line, a second line connected to the first line and the valve module, a radiator on the second line, a third line connected to the valve module, a battery module on the third line, a fourth line connected to the third line, a fifth line connected to the valve module, a chiller on the fifth line, a sixth line connected to the first line and the chiller, a seventh line connected to the third line and the chiller, an eighth line connected to the valve module, an autonomous driving controller on the eighth line, a connection valve connected to the fourth and eighth lines, and a ninth line connected to the valve module and the connection valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventor: Seong-Bin Jeong
  • Publication number: 20250018767
    Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system includes a valve module for controlling a flow of a coolant, a first line connected to the valve module, an electrical component on the first line, a second line connected to the first line and the valve module, a radiator on the second line, a third line connected to the valve module, wherein the battery module is on the third line, a fourth line connected to the valve module and the third line, a fifth line connected to the valve module, a chiller on the fifth line, a sixth line connected to the first line, and a seventh line connected to the third line, wherein an end of the sixth line and an end of the seventh line are respectively connected to the chiller such that the sixth line and the seventh line may be connected to the fifth line through the chiller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Seong-Bin Jeong, Jae-Eun Jeong, Yong Woong Cha, Wan Je Cho
  • Patent number: 12172496
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Il Park, Seong-Bin Jeong, Seongjae Lee
  • Patent number: 12172493
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: 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
  • Patent number: 12172499
    Abstract: A system for humidification of 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 power generation in the fuel cell stack, a first duct for supplying air exhausted from a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) apparatus to a vehicle glass, a second duct for supplying air exhausted from the HVAC apparatus into the vehicle interior, a humidification apparatus for humidifying air supplied through the second duct using water supplied from the water supply tank, and a controller that supplies air to the vehicle glass through the first duct to perform anti-fogging control of the vehicle glass when adjusting an inside humidity of the vehicle using the humidification apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hun Jung, Biermann Albert, Moo Sang Kim, Seong Bin Jeong
  • Patent number: 12158163
    Abstract: An electric water pump includes: a housing in which a cooling water inlet and a plurality of cooling water outlets are formed; a stator provided inside the housing; a rotor that is provided inside the housing and spaced apart from the stator at a predetermined interval in a radial direction; and an impeller provided integrally with an upper portion of the rotor. The electric water pump further includes: a pump body provided between the stator and the rotor, and having a first middle outlet; and a driving device selectively fluidly communicating any one of the plurality of cooling water outlets, and the first middle outlet by rotating the pump body at a predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seoyoung Oh, Seong-Bin Jeong
  • Patent number: 12128736
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignees: 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
  • Patent number: 12090816
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a cooling apparatus configured to circulate a coolant in a coolant line to cool at least one electrical component provided in the coolant line, a battery cooling apparatus configured to circulate the coolant in the battery module, a heating apparatus configured to heat a vehicle interior by using the coolant, and a chiller configured to adjust a temperature of the coolant by heat-exchanging the coolant with a refrigerant, wherein the chiller is connected to the chiller connection line through a third valve provided in the coolant line between the radiator and the second valve, and the reservoir tank is provided in the coolant line between the radiator and the second valve, and is connected to the supply line connecting a first valve and a first water pump through a supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho, Heung Seok Seo, Seong Bin Jeong, Yeonho Kim, Jeawan Kim, Sangmoon Cho, SeungRyeol Lee, Jieun Kim
  • Patent number: 12083861
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes: a cooling apparatus that includes a coolant line, and circulates a coolant in the coolant line; and an air conditioning device that circulates a refrigerant along a refrigerant line to control an indoor temperature of the vehicle, wherein the air conditioning device may include first and second heat exchangers connected through the refrigerant line, and in a heating mode of the vehicle, the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger may be supplied with a refrigerant separated into the refrigerant line and a first branch line after being expanded, or a refrigerant expanded after being separated into the refrigerant line and the first branch line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yeonho Kim, Wan Je Cho, Won Seok Sung, Jeawan Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Seong-Bin Jeong
  • Patent number: 12083860
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yeonho Kim, Wan Je Cho, Seong-Bin Jeong, Jeawan Kim, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Tae Hee Kim
  • Patent number: 12065014
    Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a cooling device including a radiator, at least one electrical component, and first and second water pumps that are connected to a coolant line, the cooling device configured to circulate coolant through the coolant line so that the coolant is supplied to the at least one electrical component; and first and second oil coolers connected to cool at least one driving motor and supplied with the coolant from the cooling device, where the second oil cooler is provided on the coolant line, and the first oil cooler is disposed in parallel with the second oil cooler provided on the coolant line through a parallel line provided on the coolant line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Su Whan Kim, Yeonho Kim, Jeawan Kim, Wan Je Cho, Seong-Bin Jeong
  • Patent number: 12059943
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Seong-Bin Jeong
  • Publication number: 20240246396
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle is configured by including a valve, a first cooling apparatus, a second cooling apparatus, and a flow control line, to be configured for adjusting a temperature of a battery module by use of a single chiller where a refrigerant and a coolant are heat-exchanged, selectively recollecting waste heat of the electrical component and the battery module and using the same for heating of the vehicle interior, and forming a plurality of coolant flowing lines by a single valve according to selected mode of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seong-Bin JEONG, Dong Seok OH, Namho PARK, Wan Je CHO, Seung Hyun WON, Jungha PARK, ChangMin PARK, Ji Wan SON, Yeonho KIM, ByeongGu KANG, Jong Il PARK, Hyunjae LEE, JInsung PARK, Jae Yeon KIM, Yong Woong CHA
  • Publication number: 20240190202
    Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system for a vehicle includes a valve module for controlling a flow of a coolant according to a selected mode for temperature adjustment of a vehicle interior and temperature adjustment of a battery module, a first line connected to the valve module, an electrical component on the first line, a second line connected to the first line and the valve module, a radiator on the second line, a third line connected to the valve module, wherein the battery module is on the third line, a fourth line connected to the valve module and the third line, a fifth line connected to the valve module, a chiller on the fifth line, a sixth line connected to the first line and the fifth line, and a seventh line connected to the third line and the fifth line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Seong-Bin Jeong, Jae-Eun Jeong, Yong Woong Cha, Wan Je Cho
  • Publication number: 20240190211
    Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system of a vehicle includes a valve controlling a flow of a coolant, a first line having ends connected to the valve, a radiator and an electrical component on the first line, a second line having ends connected to the valve, a battery module on the second line, a first connection line including a first end connected to the valve, a chiller on the first connection line, a second connection line including ends connected to the second and first connection lines, and a third connection line including a first end connected to a second end of the first connection line and a second end connected to the first line between the radiator and the electrical component, wherein the valve operates such that the first, second, or first connection line is connected to another line or to itself depending on the selected mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Yong Woong Cha, Wan Je Cho, Jungha Park, Eon Soo Yun, ByeongGu Kang, Seongjae Lee, Jong Il Park, Jai Young An, Seong-Bin Jeong
  • Publication number: 20240181843
    Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system of a vehicle includes a first cooling device including an electrical component and a first line for circulating a coolant, a second cooling device including a battery module and a second line for circulating the coolant, a HVAC module connected through a refrigerant line and internally provided with an opening/closing door that adjusts a selective flow of ambient air according to a cooling, heating, or heating and dehumidifying mode of a vehicle interior, a heat-exchanger connected to the internal condenser through the refrigerant line, a first expansion valve on the refrigerant line and connecting the heat-exchanger and the evaporator, a compressor connected between the evaporator and the internal condenser through the refrigerant line, an accumulator on the refrigerant line between the evaporator and the compressor, a chiller, a second expansion valve, a third expansion valve, and a second connection line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Wan Je Cho, Yeonho Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Seong-Bin Jeong
  • Publication number: 20240166020
    Abstract: An embodiment heat pump system of a vehicle includes a first cooling device including a battery module and a first line for circulating a coolant, an air conditioner unit including a compressor, an internal condenser, a main heat exchanger, a first expansion valve, and an evaporator that are interconnected through a refrigerant line for circulating a refrigerant, and a chiller connected to the first cooling device through the first line, connected to the refrigerant line through a first connection line, and configured to adjust a coolant temperature through heat-exchanging a selectively introduced coolant with the refrigerant. The air conditioner unit further includes a second expansion valve, a first valve, a second valve, a second connection line, a third connection line, and a fourth connection line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Wan Je Cho, Yong Woong Cha, Seong-Bin Jeong, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Dong Seok Oh
  • Publication number: 20240151440
    Abstract: An embodiment multi-way coolant valve includes an outer housing including first to third outer inlets, first to third outer outlets, and a pump mount portion coupled to one of the outer outlets, an inner housing rotatably provided within the outer housing and including penetration holes corresponding to the outer inlets and outlets, a coolant line defined by a selective connection of the penetration holes such that the outer inlets and outlets are selectively connected, pads interposed between an interior circumference of the outer housing and an exterior circumference of the inner housing at locations of the outer inlets and outlets, respectively, and a driving device connected to a rotation center of the inner housing to selectively rotate the inner housing within the outer housing, wherein the inner housing is configured to rotate by a preset interval according to a selected vehicle mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Wan Je Cho, Namho Park, Seong-Bin Jeong, Yeonho Kim, Tae Hee Kim, Jae-Eun Jeong, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Hyunjae Lee, Seong Woo Jeong, Jung Bum Choi, Ho Sung Kang, Jeong Wan Han