Patents by Inventor Sueng Ho Lee

Sueng Ho Lee 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: 9841082
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft outputting changed torque of the engine, a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements, a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements, a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements, a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements, and seven friction elements disposed to selectively connect the rotation elements with each other and selectively connect the rotation elements with a transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Chang Wook Lee, Sueng Ho Lee, JongSool Park, KyeongHun Lee, Dong Hwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 9841080
    Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus for a vehicle achieves seven forward speeds with a minimal number of input gears disposed on input shafts, since the second speed gear and the fourth speed gear are simultaneously engaged with the second input gear and the third speed gear and the seventh speed gear are simultaneously engaged with the third input gear, and distortion of step ratios at the high-speed region may be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sueng Ho Lee, Chang Wook Lee, Jongsool Park
  • Patent number: 9834081
    Abstract: A power transmitting apparatus may include: an electric supplementary drive unit; a torque converting device having first, second, and third rotation elements, wherein the first rotation element is connected to the electric supplementary drive unit, the second rotation element is connected to an engine, and the third rotation element is operated as an output element; a first input shaft directly connected to the second rotation element, and a second input shaft directly connected to the third rotation element; a direct coupling device selectively connecting two rotation elements among the first, second, and third rotation elements, a first speed output unit having first and second synchronizer modules, and a second speed output unit having third and fourth synchronizer modules; and a reverse speed device having an idle gear and engaging to any one input gear on the first and second input shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Sueng Ho Lee, Jongsool Park, Hyung Wook Cho
  • Patent number: 9829076
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for vehicle may include an input shaft; an output shaft; first to fourth planetary gear sets and six control elements disposed at a portion selectively connecting the rotation elements and the rotation elements or a portion selectively connecting the rotation elements and the transmission housing, wherein the input shaft is continuously connected to the third rotation element, the output shaft is continuously connected to the eleventh rotation element, the second rotation element is continuously connected to the eleventh rotation element, the third rotation element is continuously connected to the fourth rotation element, the sixth rotation element is continuously connected to the eighth rotation element, the ninth rotation element is continuously connected to the tenth rotation element, the fifth rotation element is selectively connected to the transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: JongSool Park, Sueng Ho Lee, Dong Hwan Hwang, Seong Wook Hwang, Seongwook Ji, Wonmin Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, KyeongHun Lee, Jong Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 9822852
    Abstract: Nine or more forward speeds and at least one reverse speed are achieved by a planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle including an input shaft, an output shaft, four planetary gear sets respectively having three rotation elements, and six control elements for selectively interconnecting the rotation elements and a transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seongwook Ji, Sueng Ho Lee, Jae Chang Kook, Dong Hwan Hwang, SeokJin Kim, Wonmin Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, Jong Sool Park, Kyeong Hun Lee, Seong Wook Hwang
  • Patent number: 9822847
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include: an input shaft receiving torque of an engine; an output shaft outputting changed torque; a first planetary gear set including a first rotation element, a second rotation element, and a third rotation element; a second planetary gear set including a fourth rotation element, a fifth rotation element, and a sixth rotation element; a third planetary gear set including a seventh rotation element, an eighth rotation element, and a ninth rotation element; and a fourth planetary gear set including a tenth rotation element, an eleventh rotation element, and a twelfth rotation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Chang Wook Lee, Sueng Ho Lee, Dong Hwan Hwang, Seong Wook Hwang, Seongwook Ji, Wonmin Cho, JongSool Park, KyeongHun Lee, Myeong Hoon Noh
  • Patent number: 9822845
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft outputting changed torque of the engine, a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements, a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements, a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements, a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements, and seven friction elements disposed to selectively connect the rotation elements with each other and selectively connect the rotation elements with a transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Chang Wook Lee, Sueng Ho Lee, JongSool Park, KyeongHun Lee, Dong Hwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 9822846
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft outputting changed torque of the engine, a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements, a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements, a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements, a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements, and seven friction elements disposed to selectively connect the rotation elements and to selectively connect the rotation elements with a transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hyunda Motor Company
    Inventors: KyeongHun Lee, Chang Wook Lee, JongSool Park, Sueng Ho Lee, Dong Hwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 9816591
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include: an input shaft receiving torque of an engine; an output shaft outputting changed torque; a first planetary gear set including a first rotation element, a second rotation element, and a third rotation element; a second planetary gear set including a fourth rotation element, a fifth rotation element, and a sixth rotation element; a third planetary gear set including a seventh rotation element, an eighth rotation element, and a ninth rotation element; and a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong Hwan Hwang, Sueng Ho Lee, Chang Wook Lee, JongSool Park, KyeongHun Lee
  • Patent number: 9816590
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission includes an input shaft, an output shaft, and first to fourth planetary gear sets respectively including first to third, fourth to sixth, seventh to ninth, and tenth to twelfth rotating elements, wherein the input shaft and the second rotating element, the output shaft and the eleventh rotating element, the first and sixth rotating elements, the first and eighth rotating elements, the seventh and eleventh rotating elements, and the ninth and tenth rotating elements are fixedly interconnected, and the output shaft is selectively connected with the third rotating element, and achieves ten forward speeds and one reverse speed by selectively operating three control elements among seven control elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: KyeongHun Lee, Chang Wook Lee, JongSool Park, Sueng Ho Lee, Dong Hwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 9810295
    Abstract: A planetary gear train may include an input shaft, an output shaft, four planetary gear sets having first to twelfth rotation elements, a first shaft connected with the first rotation element and selectively connectable with a transmission housing, a second shaft interconnecting the second and fourth rotation elements, and connected with the input shaft, a third shaft interconnecting the third rotation element and the tenth rotation element, a fourth shaft connected with the fifth rotation element, a fifth shaft interconnecting the sixth and seventh rotation elements, and selectively connectable with the first shaft, a sixth shaft connected with the eighth rotation element and selectively connectable with the respective third and fourth shaft and selectively connectable with the transmission housing, a seventh shaft interconnecting the ninth and twelfth rotation elements, and selectively connectable with the transmission housing, and an eighth shaft connected with the eleventh rotation element and the output
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: KyeongHun Lee, Chang Wook Lee, JongSool Park, Sueng Ho Lee, Dong Hwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 9810290
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for vehicles may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft outputting changed torque of the engine, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, a first shaft, a second rotation shaft, a third rotation shaft, a fourth rotation shaft selectively connected to the input shaft, a fifth rotation shaft selectively connected to the input shaft or selectively connected to the transmission housing, a sixth rotation shaft directly connected to the output shaft to be continuously operated as an output element, a seventh rotation shaft selectively connected to the transmission housing, an eighth rotation shaft selectively connected to the third rotation shaft, a ninth rotation shaft directly connected to the input shaft to be continuously operated as an input element, and six friction elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seong Wook Hwang, KyeongHun Lee, Sueng Ho Lee, Kangsoo Seo, Jae Chang Kook, Dong Hwan Hwang, Wookjin Jang, Myeong Hoon Noh, Seongwook Ji, Wonmin Cho, JongSool Park, Hyu Tae Shim, Chang Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 9797480
    Abstract: An automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft; an output shaft; first to fourth planetary gear sets and six control elements which are disposed between the rotating elements, and disposed at portions where the rotating elements are selectively connected to a transmission housing, in which the input shaft is directly connected with the second rotating element, the output shaft is directly connected with the eleventh rotating element, the first rotating element is directly connected with the seventh rotating element, the sixth rotating element is directly connected with the transmission housing, the fourth rotating element is directly connected with the ninth rotating element, the eighth rotating element is directly connected with the tenth rotating element, and at least ten forward speeds and one reverse speed are implemented by operations of three control elements among the six control elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seongwook Ji, Sueng Ho Lee, Jae Chang Kook, Dong Hwan Hwang, SeokJin Kim, Wonmin Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, JongSool Park, KyeongHun Lee, Seong Wook Hwang
  • Patent number: 9791022
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission includes an input shaft; an output shaft; a first planetary gear set having first to third rotating elements; a second planetary gear set having fourth to sixth rotating elements; a third planetary gear set having seventh to ninth rotating elements; a fourth planetary gear set having tenth to twelfth rotating elements; and seven control elements, wherein the input shaft is continuously connected with the second rotating element, the output shaft is continuously connected with the eleventh rotating element, the second rotating element is continuously connected with the fourth rotating element, the third rotating element is continuously connected with the tenth rotating element, the sixth rotating element is continuously connected with the seventh rotating element, the ninth rotating element is continuously connected with the twelfth rotating element, the third rotating element and the eighth rotating element are selectively connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: KyeongHun Lee, Chang Wook Lee, JongSool Park, Sueng Ho Lee, Dong Hwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 9784341
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft, an output shaft, a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements, a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements, a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation element, and a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements, in which the input shaft is directly connected to the third rotation element, the second rotation element is directly connected to the eleventh rotation element, the output shaft is directly connected to the second rotation element, the third rotation element is directly connected to the fourth rotation element, the sixth rotation element is directly connected to the eighth rotation element, the ninth rotation element is directly connected to the tenth rotation element, and the fifth rotation element is selectively connected to a transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jong Sool Park, Sueng Ho Lee, Dong Hwan Hwang, Seong Wook Hwang, Seongwook Ji, Wonmin Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, Kyeong Hun Lee, Jong Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 9784339
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft outputting changed torque, a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements, a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements, a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements, a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements, and seven friction elements disposed between at least one rotation element among the twelve rotation elements and another rotation element or the input shaft, or between at least one rotation element among the twelve rotation elements and a transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: JongSool Park, Sueng Ho Lee, Chang Wook Lee, KyeongHun Lee, Dong Hwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 9752657
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft outputting changed torque of the engine, a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotation elements, a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements, a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotation elements, a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements, and seven friction elements disposed between at least one rotation element among the twelve rotation elements and another rotation element or the input shaft, or between at least one rotation element among the twelve rotation elements and a transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: KyeongHun Lee, Chang Wook Lee, JongSool Park, Sueng Ho Lee, Dong Hwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 9726257
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for vehicles may include an input shaft receiving power of an engine, an output shaft outputting shifted power of the engine, a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotating elements, a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotating elements, a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotating elements, a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotating elements, and seven control elements disposed between the rotating elements and at positions selectively connecting the rotating elements and a transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: KyeongHun Lee, Chang Wook Lee, JongSool Park, Sueng Ho Lee, Dong Hwan Hwang
  • Publication number: 20170219061
    Abstract: A planetary gear train may include an input shaft, an output shaft, four planetary gear sets having first to twelfth rotation elements, a first shaft connected with the first rotation element and selectively connectable with a transmission housing, a second shaft interconnecting the second and fourth rotation elements, and connected with the input shaft, a third shaft interconnecting the third rotation element and the tenth rotation element, a fourth shaft connected with the fifth rotation element, a fifth shaft interconnecting the sixth and seventh rotation elements, and selectively connectable with the first shaft, a sixth shaft connected with the eighth rotation element and selectively connectable with the respective third and fourth shaft and selectively connectable with the transmission housing, a seventh shaft interconnecting the ninth and twelfth rotation elements, and selectively connectable with the transmission housing, and an eighth shaft connected with the eleventh rotation element and the output
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: KyeongHun LEE, Chang Wook LEE, JongSool PARK, Sueng Ho LEE, Dong Hwan HWANG
  • Patent number: 9709134
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft receiving power from an engine, an output shaft outputting power changed in speed, a first planetary gear set including first, second, and third rotating elements, a second planetary gear set including fourth, fifth, and sixth rotating elements, a third planetary gear set including seventh, eighth, and ninth rotating elements, a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotating elements, and seven control elements disposed between the rotating elements, and disposed at positions where the rotating elements are selectively connected to a transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Chang Wook Lee, Sueng Ho Lee, JongSool Park, KyeongHun Lee, Dong Hwan Hwang