Patents by Inventor Soo Hyung Woo

Soo Hyung Woo 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: 20110036317
    Abstract: A continuously variable valve lift device for a vehicle is provided, which includes a drive shaft rotating in association with a crank shaft and having a drive cam formed on an outer periphery thereof, a locker arm shaft provided apart from the drive shaft and having one end that supports a rocker arm rotating and rocking in association with the drive cam, output cams rotatably installed on the drive shaft to interlock with the other end of the rocker arm, and a variable drive part straightly moving the rocker arm shaft in a vertical direction of the rocker arm shaft to vary a valve lift. When a valve is shifted from the high-lift state to the low-lift state, a pumping loss is reduced to improve the fuel consumption ratio. Also, since an advance function is provided, an exhaust-side CVVT can be deleted to greatly reduce the manufacturing cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jei Choon Yang, Byong Young Choi, Young Hong Kwak, Ki Young Kwon, Jin Kook Kong, Soo Hyung Woo, Jin Soon Kim
  • Publication number: 20100326404
    Abstract: A variable compression ratio apparatus may include a cylinder block and a mounting hole formed at a side surface thereof; a connecting rod pivotally connected to the piston; a crankshaft provided with a central axis, a bearing seat coaxially disposed with the central axis, and a crank pin formed in a crank arm connecting the bearing seat with the central axis of the crank pin eccentrically, wherein the crank pin is rotatably connected to the connecting rod; and an eccentric bearing provided with a bearing central axis and a crank mounting hole formed eccentrically to the bearing central axis, the crank mounting hole of the eccentric bearing being rotatably coupled to the bearing seat rotatably inserted in the crank mounting hole, wherein the eccentric bearing changes the compression ratio by controlling a distance between the central axis and a combustion chamber according to driving condition of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Eun Ho LEE, Jin Kook Kong, Soo Hyung Woo
  • Publication number: 20100307436
    Abstract: A variable valve lift device equipped with a swing arm variably lifting an exhaust valve or an intake valve may include an outer body in which a mounting groove is formed in the middle portion thereof, an inner body mounted inside the mounting groove of the outer body and with a rear end thereof pivotally-connected to the outer body in the outer body, and a latching portion formed in the outer body and the inner body and fixing or releasing a front end portion of the inner body to the outer body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Ju Hun LEE, Jei Choon Yang, Gee Wook Shin, Jin Kook Kong, Soo Hyung Woo, Jin Soon Kim
  • Publication number: 20100307438
    Abstract: A variable tappet may include an outer tappet body, an inner tappet body that is slidably disposed within the outer tappet body and selectively connected with the outer tappet body, a lost motion elastic member that is disposed within the outer tappet body and elastically supports the outer tappet body, and a connecting unit that is slidably disposed within the inner tappet body and selectively connects the outer tappet body and the inner tappet body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jun Hun Lee, Gee Wook Shin, Jin Kook Kong, Soo Hyung Woo, Jin Soon Kim
  • Publication number: 20100139590
    Abstract: An apparatus for adjusting deviation of an engine and a continuously variable valve lift device including the same are provided. The apparatus for adjusting deviation of an engine includes an adjustment member connecting a rocker arm to plural output cams, respectively, to adjust lengths between the rocker arm and the output cams, respectively, so that the lengths become equal to or different from each other. The continuously variable valve lift device includes an eccentric cam shaft with eccentric cams installed on its outer periphery, a rocker arm rotatably installed on the eccentric cams to interlock with plural output cams, and apparatus for adjusting deviation provided on the rocker arm to adjust lengths between the rocker arm and the output cams so that the lengths become equal to or different from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jei Choon YANG, Young Hong Kwak, Ki Uk Shin, Jin Kook Kong, Soo Hyung Woo, Jin Soon Kim, Ki Young Kwon
  • Publication number: 20100122677
    Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus may include an input unit, a control link disposed to a control shaft, a driving cam that is provided with a contact portion and pivotally disposed to the control shaft, a valve opening unit that contacts the contact portion and is opened and closed in accordance with pivoting of the driving cam, wherein the control link, the input unit and the driving cam are connected by a connecting unit, and contact positions of the valve opening unit and the contact portion are variable according to a relative rotation angle of the control link around the control shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Eun Ho LEE, Young Hong KWAK, Ki Young KWON, Jin Kook KONG, Soo Hyung WOO, Young Nam KIM
  • Publication number: 20100077974
    Abstract: A continuously variable valve lift device may include a vibration link having one end eccentrically and rotatably coupled to a rotation shaft, a rocker arm having a middle portion pivotally coupled to the other end of the vibration link, an advance lever having one end coupled to the one end of the rocker arm to select advance or delay, a swivel cam link having one end pivotally coupled to the other end of the rocker arm, and a swivel cam, one end of which is pivotally coupled to the other end of the swivel cam link and the other end of which is pivotally coupled to a stationary shaft to open and close a valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jei Choon YANG, Eun Ho Lee, Young Hong Kwak, Ki Young Kwon, Jin Kook Kong, Soo Hyung Woo, Jin Soon Kim, Kyoung Joon Chang
  • Publication number: 20090293825
    Abstract: A variable valve lift apparatus may include a camshaft having an input cam, a rocker arm shaft disposed in parallel with the camshaft with a distance therebetween, a shaft carrier with a camshaft and a rocker arm shaft, a rocker arm that is mounted on the rocker arm shaft with a first roller contacting the input cam, a first link connected to the rocker arm, an amplification lever with a middle portion thereof connected to the first link and the shaft carrier, a second link connected to the amplification lever, an output cam mounted on the camshaft, one side of the output cam connected to the second link, and a profile portion formed at an exterior circumference thereof, a variable driveshaft rotating the shaft carrier by a predetermined angle, and a valve moved by the profile portion with rotation of the output cam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Eun Ho Lee, Young Hong Kwak, Kiyoung Kwon, Jin Kook Kong, Soo Hyung Woo, Kyoung Joon Chang
  • Publication number: 20090288622
    Abstract: The CVVL device includes a rocking cam having a rolling face contacting a rocker arm is formed to press the rocker arm when pivoted, a rocking roller, which is disposed above the drive cam and rolls on an outer circumference of the drive cam, a control apparatus, which changes a position of the rocking roller rolling on the outer circumference of the drive cam; and a rocking apparatus, which pivots the rocking cam according to a position of the rocking roller such that a position where the rocker arm is contacted with the rolling face is changed depending on the position of the rocking roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Ki Young Kwon, Young Hong Kwak, Eun Ho Lee, Soo Hyung Woo, Young Nam Kim, Jin Kook Kong
  • Publication number: 20090193806
    Abstract: A variable turbocharger including a turbine housing, a first scroll fluidly communicating with a turbine, a second scroll formed along an outside of the first scroll, wherein the first scroll and the second scroll are disposed within the turbine housing for exhaust gas to exhaust through the turbine, a partitioning unit for selectively separating the first scroll and the second scroll, and a a flux control valve disposed at the exhaust gas inflow portion and selectively coupled to the partitioning unit for blocking the exhaust gas from flowing into the second scroll. The variable turbocharger may prevent turbo lag at a low speed and be highly efficient at a high speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Publication date: August 6, 2009
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Kook KONG, Soo Hyung Woo, Young Nam Kim, Young Jin Won, Young-Ju Kim, Jin Wook Son, Jeong-Hwa Cha
  • Publication number: 20090139492
    Abstract: A variable compression ratio apparatus that changes the compression ratio of an air-fuel mixture in a combustion chamber according to a driving state of an engine, enablements may include a connecting rod receiving the combustion force from the piston; a pin link receiving a part of the combustion force from the connecting rod and rotating the crankshaft; a support link disposed substantially in parallel with the connecting rod; a division link receiving a part of the combustion force from the connecting rod and transmitting the part of the combustion force to the support link; a control link provided with one end coupled to the division link in order to change position of one end of the division link; and an eccentric camshaft coupled to other end of the control link in order to change position of a rotational axis of the control link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Eun Ho Lee, Jei Choon Yang, Young Hong Kwak, Kiyoung Kwon, Jin Kook Kong, Soo Hyung Woo, Young Jin Won