Patents by Inventor Seung Tae KONG

Seung Tae KONG 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: 11181035
    Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery system applied to an engine system includes a magnetic valve actuator that uses a resistive force against magnetic forces of magnetic elements to decrease a forward movement speed of a push rod made by a wax expansion force of wax that exchanges heat with a coolant passing through an internal space or to decrease a restoring movement speed of the push rod made by a wax contraction force of the wax, or that uses an additional force of the magnetic forces to increase the forward movement speed of the push rod or the restoring movement speed of the push rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min-Jae Kim, Seung-Tae Kong
  • Patent number: 10947879
    Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery system may include a muffler including a muffler case, a pipe through which exhaust gas flows, a baffle partitioning an internal space of the muffler case into a first space and a second space, and a valve mounted on an end portion of the pipe to change a direction in which the exhaust gas flows, and a heat exchanger mounted outside the muffler to fluidically-communicate with both the first and second spaces, allowing the exhaust gas to be introduced thereinto and to be discharged therefrom, the heat exchanger including a cooling channel through which cooling water flows, and heat exchange between the exhaust gas and the cooling water being performed in the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Min Jae Kim, Seung Tae Kong
  • Publication number: 20200378285
    Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery system may include a muffler including a muffler case, a pipe through which exhaust gas flows, a baffle partitioning an internal space of the muffler case into a first space and a second space, and a valve mounted on an end portion of the pipe to change a direction in which the exhaust gas flows, and a heat exchanger mounted outside the muffler to fluidically-communicate with both the first and second spaces, allowing the exhaust gas to be introduced thereinto and to be discharged therefrom, the heat exchanger including a cooling channel through which cooling water flows, and heat exchange between the exhaust gas and the cooling water being performed in the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Min Jae KIM, Seung Tae KONG
  • Patent number: 9212579
    Abstract: A muffler for a vehicle, may include a housing which defines a space therein, first and second baffles which partition the space inside the housing into first, second and third chambers, an inlet pipe which extends through the first baffle and the second baffle to be connected to the third chamber through the first chamber and the second chamber, an intermediate pipe which connects between the first and third chambers through the first baffle and the second baffle and has a plurality of holes in a portion thereof which may be placed in the second chamber, and an outlet pipe which sequentially extends through the first baffle and the second baffle from an first open end inside the first chamber, sequentially extends through the second baffle and the first baffle, sequentially extends through the first baffle and the second baffle, and then extends to the outside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hak Son Han, Seung Tae Kong
  • Publication number: 20150176448
    Abstract: A muffler for a vehicle, may include a housing which defines a space therein, first and second baffles which partition the space inside the housing into first, second and third chambers, an inlet pipe which extends through the first baffle and the second baffle to be connected to the third chamber through the first chamber and the second chamber, an intermediate pipe which connects between the first and third chambers through the first baffle and the second baffle and has a plurality of holes in a portion thereof which may be placed in the second chamber, and an outlet pipe which sequentially extends through the first baffle and the second baffle from an first open end inside the first chamber, sequentially extends through the second baffle and the first baffle, sequentially extends through the first baffle and the second baffle, and then extends to the outside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hak Son HAN, Seung Tae KONG