Patents by Inventor Sung Wha HONG

Sung Wha HONG 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: 11815179
    Abstract: An actuator for a transmission may include a shift fork coupled to a sleeve; a ball screw mounted to pass through a portion of the shift fork; and at least a guide shaft mounted to pass through a portion of the shift fork to be parallel to the ball screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Yun Park, Sung Wha Hong, Hang Chul Cho
  • Patent number: 11364789
    Abstract: A hybrid powertrain may include a first shifting module including a motor input shaft having a motor directly connected to the motor shaft and provided to form two shifting stages having the largest gear ratios in sequence among a series of shifting stages; a second shifting module including an engine input shaft concentrically mounted with the motor input shaft and connected to an engine through a main clutch, and provided to form the remaining shifting stages of the series of shifting stages; a center synchro mounted to intermit the motor input shaft and the engine input shaft; and a continuous variable device provided to implement a state in which the first shifting module forms a gear ratio smaller than a shifting stage having a small gear ratio among the shifting stages of the first shifting module by a continuously controlled friction force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Yun Park, Dong Woo Gwak, Seong Eun Yun, Sung Wha Hong, Hyeon Jin Kim, Jin Seung Lim
  • Patent number: 11293499
    Abstract: A clutch device configured for a transmission may include a first body and a second coaxially mounted to the first body; a friction element mounted between the first body and the second body; a friction piston configured to axially press the friction element by use of hydraulic pressure; a retractable mechanism including a dog clutch, which is configured to restrict rotation between the first body and the second body, and repeatedly engaging and disengaging the dog clutch by repeatedly applying pressure in axial direction thereof; and an operation piston configured to provide pressure to the retractable mechanism in an axial direction of the retractable mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seong Eun Yun, Dong Woo Gwak, Sung Wha Hong, Jong Yun Park
  • Patent number: 11247555
    Abstract: A power train for an electric vehicle may include an input shaft to which a motor is fixedly connected; a driving gear rotatably mounted on the input shaft; an output shaft disposed in parallel to the input shaft; a driven gear fixed to the output shaft and gear-engaged with the driving gear; a planetary gear set including first, second and third rotation elements wherein the first rotation element is fixedly connected to the input shaft and the second rotation element is fixedly connected to the driving gear, and the third rotation element is restrained from rotating; a friction clutch configured for selectively connecting the input shaft to the driving gear and configured for selectively connecting the input shaft to the driving gear; and a restraining device provided to the third rotation element to implement two states so that only one-way rotation of the third rotation element of the planetary gear set is restrained or two-way rotation thereof is restrained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Yun Park, Jin Seung Lim, Byung Dae Choi, Sung Wha Hong, Dong Woo Gwak, Hyeon Jin Kim, Seong Eun Yun
  • Publication number: 20220010847
    Abstract: A clutch device configured for a transmission may include a first body and a second coaxially mounted to the first body; a friction element mounted between the first body and the second body; a friction piston configured to axially press the friction element by use of hydraulic pressure; a retractable mechanism including a dog clutch, which is configured to restrict rotation between the first body and the second body, and repeatedly engaging and disengaging the dog clutch by repeatedly applying pressure in axial direction thereof; and an operation piston configured to provide pressure to the retractable mechanism in an axial direction of the retractable mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seong Eun YUN, Dong Woo GWAK, Sung Wha HONG, Jong Yun PARK
  • Publication number: 20210370764
    Abstract: A power train for an electric vehicle may include an input shaft to which a motor is fixedly connected; a driving gear rotatably mounted on the input shaft; an output shaft disposed in parallel to the input shaft; a driven gear fixed to the output shaft and gear-engaged with the driving gear; a planetary gear set including first, second and third rotation elements wherein the first rotation element is fixedly connected to the input shaft and the second rotation element is fixedly connected to the driving gear, and the third rotation element is restrained from rotating; a friction clutch configured for selectively connecting the input shaft to the driving gear and configured for selectively connecting the input shaft to the driving gear; and a restraining device provided to the third rotation element to implement two states so that only one-way rotation of the third rotation element of the planetary gear set is restrained or two-way rotation thereof is restrained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Yun PARK, Jin Seung Lim, Byung Dae Choi, Sung Wha Hong, Dong Woo Gwak, Hyeon Jin Kim, Seong Eun Yun
  • Patent number: 11186168
    Abstract: A power train for a vehicle may include a differential case; a differential ring gear aligned to be concentric to the differential case, and provided in a relatively rotatable state therebetween; and a connection/disconnection mechanism provided to connect or disconnect the differential ring gear and the differential case in a state where power is transferred thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Yong Kim, Sang Bum Baek, Jong Yun Park, Eun Chan Lee, Byung Dae Choi, Hye Sung Jeong, Sung Wha Hong, Bung Chul Rim, Gwang Soo Hwang, Joon Lee
  • Patent number: 11181173
    Abstract: A powertrain for an electric vehicle, may include: an input shaft and an output shaft mounted in parallel to each other; first and second power transmission mechanisms provided to transmit power from the input shaft to the output shaft at two gear ratios different from each other; a one-way clutch included in the first power transmission mechanism; a friction clutch included in the second power transmission mechanism; and a bypass mechanism provided to form a power transmission path that bypasses the one-way clutch and a power transmission path that bypasses the friction clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Yun Park, Hang Chul Cho, Sang Bum Baek, Byung Dae Choi, Seong Eun Yun, Joon Lee, Sung Wha Hong, Hyeon Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11181152
    Abstract: A cone clutch for a vehicle may include a hub, a sleeve, a clutch ring including a clutch cone, a first friction ring, an internal middle cone, a second friction ring, an external middle cone, and a third friction ring, wherein friction members are provided on only any one of two contact surfaces between the clutch cone and the first friction ring, between the first friction ring and the internal middle cone, between the internal middle cone and the second friction ring, between the second friction ring and the external middle cone, and between the external middle cone and the third friction ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Yun Park, Sung Wha Hong, Dong Woo Gwak, Seong Eun Yun
  • Publication number: 20210239209
    Abstract: An actuator for a transmission may include a shift fork coupled to a sleeve; a ball screw mounted to pass through a portion of the shift fork; and at least a guide shaft mounted to pass through a portion of the shift fork to be parallel to the ball screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Yun Park, Sung Wha Hong, Hang Chul Cho
  • Patent number: 10975918
    Abstract: A cone clutch apparatus for the vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a hub, a sleeve, a clutch ring including a clutch cone, a first friction ring, an internal middle cone, a second friction ring, an external middle cone, and a third friction ring, wherein clutch ring passages allowing oil to be supplied are formed in the clutch cone, and inclined surfaces for increasing areas with which the oil passing through the clutch ring passages are in contact while moving are formed on the internal middle cone, the second friction ring, and the external middle cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Yun Park, Sung Wha Hong, Dong Woo Gwak, Seong Eun Yun
  • Publication number: 20210079960
    Abstract: A cone clutch for a vehicle may include a hub, a sleeve, a clutch ring including a clutch cone, a first friction ring, an internal middle cone, a second friction ring, an external middle cone, and a third friction ring, wherein friction members are provided on only any one of two contact surfaces between the clutch cone and the first friction ring, between the first friction ring and the internal middle cone, between the internal middle cone and the second friction ring, between the second friction ring and the external middle cone, and between the external middle cone and the third friction ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Yun PARK, Sung Wha HONG, Dong Woo GWAK, Seong Eun YUN
  • Publication number: 20210079959
    Abstract: A cone clutch apparatus for the vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a hub, a sleeve, a clutch ring including a clutch cone, a first friction ring, an internal middle cone, a second friction ring, an external middle cone, and a third friction ring, wherein clutch ring passages allowing oil to be supplied are formed in the clutch cone, and inclined surfaces for increasing areas with which the oil passing through the clutch ring passages are in contact while moving are formed on the internal middle cone, the second friction ring, and the external middle cone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Yun PARK, Sung Wha HONG, Dong Woo GWAK, Seong Eun YUN
  • Publication number: 20210070162
    Abstract: A hybrid powertrain may include a first shifting module including a motor input shaft having a motor directly connected to the motor shaft and provided to form two shifting stages having the largest gear ratios in sequence among a series of shifting stages; a second shifting module including an engine input shaft concentrically mounted with the motor input shaft and connected to an engine through a main clutch, and provided to form the remaining shifting stages of the series of shifting stages; a center synchro mounted to intermit the motor input shaft and the engine input shaft; and a continuous variable device provided to implement a state in which the first shifting module forms a gear ratio smaller than a shifting stage having a small gear ratio among the shifting stages of the first shifting module by a continuously controlled friction force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Yun PARK, Dong Woo Gwak, Seong Eun Yun, Sung Wha Hong, Hyeon Jin Kim, Jin Seung Lim
  • Patent number: 10697501
    Abstract: A transmission synchronizer includes a lower key that is installed to be slidable with respect to a hub in a radial direction of the hub and an upper key that is installed on an exterior of the lower key, the upper key being slidable in an axial direction of the hub. Additionally, a sleeve is installed at an exterior of the hub to slide the upper key in the axial direction while the sleeve slides in the axial direction, to pressurize the upper key toward a synchro ring. A key spring installed between the lower key and the hub to pressurize the lower key and the upper key toward an inner surface of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Young Choi, Sung Wha Hong, Jong Yun Park
  • Patent number: 10598232
    Abstract: A transmission synchronizer apparatus may include a sleeve coupled to an external peripheral surface of a hub gear while moving axially, and clutch gears disposed at both sides of the hub gear, each selectively synchronizing and engaging with the sleeve according to the axial movement of the sleeve, wherein the transmission synchronizer includes a plurality of main sleeve teeth protruding radially from an internal peripheral surface of the sleeve while being distanced from one another, and an auxiliary sleeve tooth protruding radially from the internal peripheral surface of the sleeve while protruding from one side of each of the main sleeve teeth to have a height lower than the main sleeve tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Company
    Inventors: Jae Young Choi, Sung Wha Hong, Jong Yun Park
  • Patent number: 10393191
    Abstract: A synchronizer of a transmission may include bottom key disposed on a hub to be slidable in a radial direction of the hub; a top key disposed radially outside the bottom key to be slidable in an axial direction of the hub; a sleeve disposed outside the hub and sliding in the axial direction to slide the top key in the axial direction to press a synchro-ring; a key spring disposed between the bottom key and the hub to press the bottom key and the top key toward an internal side of the sleeve; and a motion converting portion converting relative motion generated in a circumferential direction of the hub between the top key and the bottom key into axial relative motion of the top key to the bottom key toward the synchro-ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Young Choi, Sung Wha Hong, Jong Yun Park
  • Patent number: 10393192
    Abstract: A clutch may include a hub configured to be constrained to a rotation shaft; a sleeve configured to be straight slidably disposed on an external circumferential surface of the hub; a clutch gear configured to be disposed to be relatively rotatable with respect to the rotation shaft; a first friction ring configured to be mounted between the clutch gear and the hub; a key configured to be mounted between the sleeve and the hub; and a displacement changing portion configured to change a relative rotation displacement of the first friction ring with respect to the hub to an axial linear displacement of the first friction ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jong Yun Park, Yeon Ho Kim, Sung Wha Hong, Kyung Ha Kim, Jae Young Choi
  • Publication number: 20190010994
    Abstract: A synchronizer of a transmission is provided. The synchronizer includes a lower key that is installed to be slidable with respect to a hub in a radial direction of the hub and an upper key that is installed on an exterior of the lower key, the upper key being slidable in an axial direction of the hub. Additionally, a sleeve is installed at an exterior of the hub to slide the upper key in the axial direction while the sleeve slides in the axial direction, to pressurize the upper key toward a synchro ring. A key spring installed between the lower key and the hub to pressurize the lower key and the upper key toward an inner surface of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Jae Young Choi, Sung Wha Hong, Jong Yun Park
  • Publication number: 20180372167
    Abstract: A synchronizer of a transmission may include bottom key disposed on a hub to be slidable in a radial direction of the hub; a top key disposed radially outside the bottom key to be slidable in an axial direction of the hub; a sleeve disposed outside the hub and sliding in the axial direction to slide the top key in the axial direction to press a synchro-ring; a key spring disposed between the bottom key and the hub to press the bottom key and the top key toward an internal side of the sleeve; and a motion converting portion converting relative motion generated in a circumferential direction of the hub between the top key and the bottom key into axial relative motion of the top key to the bottom key toward the synchro-ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Young CHOI, Sung Wha HONG, Jong Yun PARK