Patents by Inventor So La CHUNG
So La CHUNG 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).
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Publication number: 20240060215Abstract: Disclosed is a composite fiber including a substrate and a MXene disposed inside the substrate. The substrate contains a polymer and has a fiber shape. Since the MXene content is controlled to be in an optimum range, the mechanical properties, mechanical stability, and oxidation stability of the composite fiber are maximized.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Hong Chan Jeon, Sang Soo Jeon, Hyun Dae Cho, Jee Jung Kim, So La Chung, Jin Ho Hwang, Tae Hee Han, Woo Jae Jeong, Dong Jun Kang, Hwan Soo Shin
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Patent number: 11858308Abstract: A vehicle warmer includes: a housing provided within a vehicle; a heat generation film normally accommodated within the housing, and configured to be spread out from the housing when in use, and to generate heat when electricity is supplied; an electricity supply unit supplying electricity to the heat generation film; and a switching unit provided between the electricity supply unit and the heat generation film to enable electricity to flow from the electricity supply unit to the heat generation film when the heat generation film is spread out from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hyeon Kyu Yang, Man Ju Oh, So La Chung
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Patent number: 11794547Abstract: An integrated thermal management module for a vehicle may include a chiller; a first reservoir portion through which electric part-cooling water passes, and a second reservoir portion through which high-voltage battery-cooling water passes; a first pump that circulates the electric part-cooling water through an electric portion, and a first valve that controls cooling water that has passed through the chiller or cooling water of the first reservoir portion to be selectively circulated through the electric portion by the first pump; and a second pump that circulates the high-voltage battery-cooling water through a high-voltage battery, and a second valve that controls the cooling water that has passed through the chiller or cooling water of the second reservoir portion to be selectively circulated through the high-voltage battery by the second pump.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Man Ju Oh, So La Chung, Jae Woong Kim, Sang Shin Lee
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Patent number: 11795973Abstract: A deep learning-based cooling system temperature prediction apparatus has an artificial neural network modeled by connecting a plurality of artificial neural network submodels each including an input layer, a hidden layer, and an output layer is used. A pump flow speed, a cooling water flow rate, a battery inlet cooling water temperature, a motor inlet cooling water temperature, a radiator outlet cooling water temperature, a battery temperature, and a motor temperature are predicted by inputting at least one of a predetermined control variable, an environment variable, or a time variable to the plurality of artificial neural network submodels in accordance with a physical causality. A number of the plurality of artificial neural network submodels and the control variables or environment variables that are sequentially input to each submodel depend on divisional control and integral control of the cooling system.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATIONInventors: Jae Woong Kim, Sang Shin Lee, So La Chung, Man Ju Oh, Young Jin Kim, Jong Hyun Park
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Publication number: 20230093781Abstract: A vehicular thermal management system includes: an indoor-air-conditioner disposed in a first vehicle body having a passenger space and including a compressor, a first condenser, an evaporator, a blower, and a refrigerant line; and a component-air-conditioner disposed in a second vehicle body combinable with the first vehicle body and including an electrical component line for cooling an electrical component of the vehicle and a first battery line for cooling a high-voltage battery including a chiller which extends toward the first vehicle body to be disposed behind the evaporator when the first vehicle body is combined with the second vehicle body.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2020Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, Uk Il Yang, Jae Woong Kim, So La Chung
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Patent number: 11584190Abstract: A vehicular thermal management system includes: an indoor-air-conditioner disposed in a first vehicle body having a passenger space and including a compressor, a first condenser, an evaporator, a blower, and a refrigerant line; and a component-air-conditioner disposed in a second vehicle body combinable with the first vehicle body and including an electrical component line for cooling an electrical component of the vehicle and a first battery line for cooling a high-voltage battery including a chiller which extends toward the first vehicle body to be disposed behind the evaporator when the first vehicle body is combined with the second vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, Uk Il Yang, Jae Woong Kim, So La Chung
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Patent number: 11541725Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle may include a battery line connected to a high-voltage battery core, provided with a first radiator, and through which coolant is communicated by a first pump; an indoor heating line connected to a heating core for indoor air conditioning, provided with a hydrothermal heater therein, provided with a second pump to fluidically-communicate the coolant, and provided with a first valve at a downstream point of the heating core; a first and a second battery heating line branched or joined at the downstream point of the heating core in the indoor heating line to be connected to the upstream point and the downstream point of the high-voltage battery core, respectively; and a refrigerant line provided with an expansion valve, a cooling core for indoor air conditioning, a compressor, and a condenser.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Man Ju Oh, So La Chung, Jae Woong Kim, Sang Shin Lee
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Patent number: 11541777Abstract: A system and method for controlling a vehicle thermal management apparatus, may include a component state unit of collecting a state of a vehicle component, a disturbance collection unit of collecting a state of a disturbance affecting thermal management of the vehicle component, a determination unit of calculating an amount of heat exchange between the vehicle component and a thermal management apparatus, which is required in the future, based on a past state value of the vehicle component collected through the component state unit and a past state value of the disturbance collected through the disturbance collection unit, and an operation unit of controlling operation of the thermal management apparatus based on the amount of heat exchange determined by the calculation unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jae Woong Kim, So La Chung, Man Ju Oh, Sang Shin Lee
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Patent number: 11476511Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle battery is disclosed. The system includes a reservoir tank, which is positioned outside a vehicle and which stores refrigerant therein, a refrigerant supply line for supplying the refrigerant from the reservoir tank to a heat exchange circuit, which exchanges heat with the battery mounted in the vehicle, a refrigerant recovery line for recovering the refrigerant discharged from the heat exchanger circuit, a cable, which is connected at one end thereof to the reservoir tank and which includes therein the refrigerant supply line or the refrigerant recovery line, and a connector provided at a remaining end of the cable, which serves to connect the refrigerant supply line or the refrigerant recovery line in the cable to an inlet or an outlet of the heat exchange circuit when the connector is coupled to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, So La Chung, Jae Woong Kim
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Patent number: 11476400Abstract: A ventilation module can be used with a ventilation seat for a vehicle. A thermoelectric air-conditioning part has a thermoelectric unit performing heat absorption and heat generation by using a Peltier effect when electric power is applied, a cooling unit provided at a first side of the thermoelectric unit, and a heat dissipation unit provided at a second side of the thermoelectric unit. The module is configured so that air that is supplied from a blower is cooled by the thermoelectric air-conditioning part, passes through a cooling fin of the cooling unit, and is discharged to an interior of the vehicle through a seat cushion. The module is configured so that air that is supplied from the blower is heated by the thermoelectric air-conditioning part, passes through a heat dissipating fin of the heat dissipation unit, and is discharged through the heat dissipation path.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Man Ju Oh, Sang Shin Lee, Jae Woo Park, So Yoon Park, Jae Woong Kim, So La Chung
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Patent number: 11413933Abstract: A thermal management system for an electric vehicle includes an interior air conditioning part including an air inflow part, an air discharge part, a cooling core, a heating core arranged between the cooling core and the air discharge part, and an adjustment door. The adjustment door is selectively adjustable to control whether air from the cooling core may flow into the heating core. A heat transfer line connects an electric part core to the heating core for transferring that heat of the electric part to the heating core, in order to allow heat dissipation of the electric part through the heating core.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, So La Chung, Jae Woong Kim
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Patent number: 11396217Abstract: A heater assembly includes a base panel; a heating member disposed behind the base panel opposite a heating target space; a thermal conductive film having a film shape, attached to an outer surface facing the heating target space of the base panel, and transmitting heat of the heating member to the outer surface of the base panel by having an end portion extending behind the base panel and coupled to the heating member; and a shield layer preventing the thermal conductive film from being directly exposed to the heating target space by being attached to an outer surface facing the heating target space of the thermal conductive film.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, So La Chung, Jae Woong Kim
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Patent number: 11390135Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle is provided. The system includes an interior air conditioning apparatus and a chiller that exchanges heat between first refrigerant and second refrigerant. A first line guides the first refrigerant to be circulated sequentially through a chiller, a high-voltage battery cooling core and a heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) core. A second line guides the second refrigerant to be circulated sequentially through a compressor, a condenser and the chiller. A controller operates the blower, a first pump and the compressor based on an exterior temperature of the vehicle and whether interior air conditioning is necessary, when cooling of the high-voltage battery is necessary.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, So Yoon Park, Jae Woong Kim, So La Chung
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Patent number: 11383577Abstract: A thermal management system may include a battery line connected to a high-voltage battery core and having a first radiator, and through which cooling water flows by a first pump; an introduction line having an end connected to an upstream side of the first radiator and the other end connected to the internal air-conditioning heating core, and through which cooling water flows by a second pump; a discharge line having an end connected to an upstream side of the high-voltage battery core in the battery line and the other end connected to the internal air-conditioning heating core, and through which the cooling water introduced through the introduction line flows; a refrigerant line having an expansion valve, an internal air-conditioning cooling core, a compressor, and an air-cooling condenser and through which a refrigerant flows; and a water-cooling condenser connecting the refrigerant line and the introduction line.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2019Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, DOOWON CLIMATE CONTROL CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Shin Lee, Jae Woong Kim, So La Chung, Man Ju Oh, Chul Min Kim, Du Youl Choi
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Patent number: 11370265Abstract: A thermal management system includes a refrigerant line including a compressor, a water-cooled condenser, and a cooling core for indoor air conditioning connected to the water-cooled condenser such that refrigerant emerging from the water-cooled condenser is introduced into the cooling core for indoor air conditioning, and a battery line including a high-voltage battery heat exchanging module and a heater core for indoor air conditioning. The battery line is connected to the refrigerant line through the water-cooled condenser in a heat exchangeable manner such that the high-voltage battery heat exchanging module and the heater core for indoor air conditioning are connected in parallel to the water-cooled condenser via a first valve to cause cooling water heated while passing through the water-cooled condenser to be selectively introduced into the high-voltage battery heat exchanging module or the heater core for indoor air conditioning.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, So La Chung, Jae Woong Kim
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Patent number: 11351837Abstract: A vehicular thermal management system includes: an indoor-air-conditioner disposed in a first vehicle body having a passenger space and including a compressor, a first condenser, an evaporator, a blower, and a refrigerant line; and a component-air-conditioner disposed in a second vehicle body combinable with the first vehicle body and including an electrical component line for cooling an electrical component of the vehicle and a first battery line for cooling a high-voltage battery including a chiller which extends toward the first vehicle body to be disposed behind the evaporator when the first vehicle body is combined with the second vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, Uk Il Yang, Jae Woong Kim, So La Chung
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Patent number: 11357138Abstract: A cooling structure of a vehicle drive inverter includes: a switching element disposed in the vehicle drive inverter; a heat dissipation fin connected to and heat-exchangeable with the switching element; a cooling flow path in which a coolant flows and heat-exchanges with the heat dissipation fin; and an auxiliary cooling module connected to and heat-exchangeable with the switching element to be heated by a heat generation of the switching element or to be cooled together with the switching element.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, So La Chung, Jae Woong Kim
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Patent number: 11305611Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus for a vehicle may include a radiator module; a refrigerant module; a hot portion for heat-exchanging with a condenser and a heater core of an internal air-conditioning module; a cold portion for heat-exchanging with an evaporator and a cooling core of the internal air-conditioning module; an electric portion for heat-exchanging with an electric component; a battery portion for heat-exchanging with a high-voltage battery; a connection module for connecting the hot portion, the electric portion, or the battery portion to any one or more radiators among a first radiator, a second radiator, and a third radiator; and a control unit configured of controlling the operations of a compressor and a valve.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hanon SystemsInventors: Man Ju Oh, Sang Shin Lee, Jae Woong Kim, So La Chung, Yun Sub Chung, Gum Bae Choi
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Publication number: 20220105778Abstract: A vehicle warmer includes: a housing provided within a vehicle; a heat generation film normally accommodated within the housing, and configured to be spread out from the housing when in use, and to generate heat when electricity is supplied; an electricity supply unit supplying electricity to the heat generation film; and a switching unit provided between the electricity supply unit and the heat generation film to enable electricity to flow from the electricity supply unit to the heat generation film when the heat generation film is spread out from the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hyeon Kyu YANG, Man Ju OH, So La CHUNG
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Patent number: 11292314Abstract: An air-conditioning control system for a vehicle includes: an occupant sensing unit that determines whether or not there is an occupant inside the vehicle when a driver exits from the vehicle; a ventilation control unit that performs control to allow external air to be introduced into the vehicle, upon sensing that there is an occupant in the vehicle; and a temperature control unit that senses at least one of an interior temperature of the vehicle and an external temperature at the time of controlling ventilation. The system is configured to control heating or cooling based on the sensed interior temperature or the external temperature.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, So La Chung, Jae Woong Kim