Patents by Inventor Wan Je Cho
Wan Je Cho 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: 20230311617Abstract: Proposed is a slim-type heat management system for an electric vehicle, wherein implementation of various heat management modes may be easily accomplished by using a minimum number of parts including two three-way expansion valves and the like, wherein the various heat management modes include a heat pump dehumidification mode, a dehumidification max mode, and the like, which are for defogging, in addition to an indoor cooling mode, a battery cooling mode, and a heat pump mode for heating. Accordingly, the system is capable of being usefully applied to an electric vehicle being small and an electric vehicle having priority of profitability over performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Wan Je Cho, Ji Wan Son, Sueng Ho Lee, Eon Soo Yun, Seong Bin Jeong, Myung Hwan Kim, Tae Hee Kim, Jae Eun Jeong, Seong Jae Lee, Hyun Jae Lee, Jun Young Kang, Dong Hyun Kong, Kyu Ho Chae
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Patent number: 11761372Abstract: A multi-way coolant valve and a heat pump system having the same include an external housing in which first, second and third external inlets and first, second and third external outlets are formed; and an internal housing provided rotatably inside the external housing to selectively fluidically-connect the first, second and third external inlets, and the first, second and third external outlets, and divided into two stages through which a coolant flows respectively, wherein as the internal housing rotates at a predetermined interval in a selected mode of the vehicle, the first external inlet selectively fluidically-communicates with the first external outlet, the second external outlet, or the third external outlet, the second external inlet selectively fluidically-communicates with the first external outlet or the second external outlet, and the third external inlet selectively fluidically-communicates with the first external outlet, the second external outlet, or the third external outlet.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Seong-Bin Jeong, Dong Seok Oh, Namho Park, Yeonho Kim, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho
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Patent number: 11760161Abstract: A heat pump system for the vehicle includes a cooling apparatus, which includes a radiator and a water pump connected by a coolant line and circulating a coolant in the coolant line to cool at least one heating element provided on the coolant line. The heat pump system further includes a branched line including one end connected to a valve on the coolant line between the radiator and the heating element and the other end connected to the coolant line between the radiator and the water pump. The heat pump system further includes an air conditioner device circulating a refrigerant along the refrigerant line to adjust an indoor temperature of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Wan Je Cho, Yeonho Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Namho Park
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Publication number: 20230202346Abstract: A battery cooling system control method for a vehicle includes a process (A) of measuring by a controller a temperature of a battery based on data detected from a data detector while the vehicle is driving, determining by the controller whether the measured battery temperature is higher than a preset target temperature, and if a condition is not satisfied, cooling the battery using a coolant cooled in a radiator, and a process (B) of, if it is determined through the process (A) that the temperature of the battery is higher than the target temperature (i.e., if the condition is satisfied), operating an air conditioner to cool the battery using a coolant heat-exchanged with a refrigerant while passing through a chiller, and terminating control.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Jeawan Kim, Wan Je Cho, Yeonho Kim
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Patent number: 11685224Abstract: A cooling system for a vehicle includes a cooling apparatus including a radiator and a first water pump connected by a coolant line and circulating a coolant to the coolant line, a battery module provided on a battery coolant line selectively connected to the coolant line through a first valve, and a first chiller provided on the battery coolant line between the first valve and the battery coolant line. The first chiller is connected to a refrigerant line of the air-conditioning apparatus and is configured to heat-exchange the selective inflowed coolant with the refrigerant supplied from the air-conditioning apparatus to adjust a temperature of the coolant. The cooling system further includes an automatic driving controller connected to the coolant line so that the coolant is circulated inside, wherein the battery module or the automatic driving controller is cooled selectively by at least one cooling mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yeonho Kim, Wan Je Cho, Myunghwan Kim, Jeawan Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Eon Soo Yun
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Publication number: 20230173887Abstract: A heat pump system for the vehicle includes a valve, an electrical component cooling apparatus, a battery cooling apparatus, an internal heating apparatus, an internal cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller for controlling a temperature of a battery module by use of a chiller in which a coolant and a refrigerant are heat-exchanged, and for recovering and using heat from various heat sources in a heating mode of a vehicle for indoor heating to improve heating efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Seong-Bin JEONG, Dong Seok Oh, Namho Park, Yeonho Kim, Jeawan Kim, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho
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Publication number: 20230173882Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a valve, an electrical component cooling device, a battery cooling device, an indoor heating device, an indoor cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller to improve heating efficiency by regulating a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller in which a cooler and a refrigerant exchange heat, recovers various heat sources in a heating mode of the vehicle and utilizes the recovered heat sources for indoor heating.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Wan Je CHO, Dong Seok Oh, Namho Park, Seung Ho Lee, Seong-Bin Jeong, Tae Hee Kim, Jae-Eun Jeong, Jeawan Kim, Hyunjae Lee, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Yeonho Kim
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Publication number: 20230173883Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes: a valve, an electrical component cooling device, a battery cooling device, an indoor heating device, an indoor cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller, wherein the second line is selectively fluidically-connectable to the first line connected to the radiator through the second valve; a condenser included in the centralized energy device is selectively fluidically-connectable to the first line or the second line through a third valve to condense the refrigerant supplied through the refrigerant line through heat-exchange with a coolant provided in a sixth line through which a coolant flows; and a first end portion of the third line is selectively fluidically-connectable to the sixth line through a fourth valve provided in the sixth line.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Seong-Bin JEONG, Dong Seok Oh, Wan Je Cho, Jae Yeon Kim, Namho Park
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Publication number: 20230173880Abstract: A refrigerant circulating apparatus for a vehicle, includes at least one heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange a refrigerant; at least one valve provided to selectively flow the refrigerant to the at least one heat exchanger; and a refrigerant distribution unit having a first surface on which the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one valve are provided and a second surface on which at least one flow path through which the refrigerant circulates through the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one valve is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Yeonho Kim, Wan Je Cho, Seong-Bin Jeong, Jeawan Kim, Man Hee Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Tae Hee Kim
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Publication number: 20230173872Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a valve, an electrical component cooling apparatus, a battery cooling apparatus, an internal heating apparatus, an internal cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller for controlling a temperature of a battery module by use of a chiller in which a coolant and a refrigerant are heat-exchanged, and for recovering and using heat from various heat sources in a heating mode of a vehicle for indoor heating to improve heating efficiency, wherein the battery coolant line is selectively connectable to the first connection line through a battery coolant connection line connecting the battery coolant line and the first connection line.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Seong-Bin JEONG, Dong Seok Oh, Wan Je Cho, Jae Yeon Kim, Namho Park
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Patent number: 11613164Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle may include first and second cooling apparatuses; a battery module; and a controller electrically connected to the first and second cooling apparatuses, the battery module, and an air conditioner apparatus to selectively control the first and second cooling apparatuses, the battery module, or the air conditioner apparatus according to a vehicle mode, wherein the heat exchanger provided in the air conditioner apparatus is connected to each of the first and second coolant lines to enable the coolants circulating in the first and second cooling apparatuses to pass through the heat exchanger, and a refrigerant passing through the heat exchanger is selectively condensed or evaporated depending on the vehicle mode through mutual heat exchange with the coolant supplied from any one of the first coolant line and the second coolant line, or the coolants supplied through the first and second coolant lines, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Yeonho Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho
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Patent number: 11614024Abstract: Disclosed herein is an integrated reservoir tank assembly for a vehicle. The integrated reservoir tank assembly for a vehicle includes an integrated reservoir tank in which an inner space is partitioned into a first chamber configured to store cooling water of a first cooling circuit and a second chamber configured to store cooling water of a second cooling circuit by a partition wall; a first electric water pump integrally coupled to the first chamber of the integrated reservoir tank and configured to transmit the cooling water stored in the first chamber along a cooling water line of the first cooling circuit; and a second electric water pump integrally coupled to the second chamber of the integrated reservoir tank and configured to transmit the cooling water stored in the second chamber along a cooling water line of the second cooling circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Seong Bin Jeong, Wan Je Cho, Jae Eun Jeong, Hyun Jae Lee, Nam Ho Park, Tae Hee Kim, Yeon Ho Kim
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Publication number: 20230065082Abstract: A multi-way coolant valve and a heat pump system having the same include an external housing in which first, second and third external inlets and first, second and third external outlets are formed; and an internal housing provided rotatably inside the external housing to selectively fluidically-connect the first, second and third external inlets, and the first, second and third external outlets, and divided into two stages through which a coolant flows respectively, wherein as the internal housing rotates at a predetermined interval in a selected mode of the vehicle, the first external inlet selectively fluidically-communicates with the first external outlet, the second external outlet, or the third external outlet, the second external inlet selectively fluidically-communicates with the first external outlet or the second external outlet, and the third external inlet selectively fluidically-communicates with the first external outlet, the second external outlet, or the third external outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Seong-Bin JEONG, Dong Seok OH, Namho PARK, Yeonho KIM, Man Hee PARK, Jae Yeon KIM, Wan Je CHO
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Publication number: 20230063915Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes: a cooling apparatus that includes a coolant line, and circulates a coolant in the coolant line; and an air conditioning device that circulates a refrigerant along a refrigerant line to control an indoor temperature of the vehicle, wherein the air conditioning device may include first and second heat exchangers connected through the refrigerant line, and in a heating mode of the vehicle, the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger may be supplied with a refrigerant separated into the refrigerant line and a first branch line after being expanded, or a refrigerant expanded after being separated into the refrigerant line and the first branch line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Yeonho KIM, Wan Je Cho, Won Seok Sung, Jeawan Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Seong-Bin Jeong
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Publication number: 20230049156Abstract: A control method of a heat pump system for a vehicle may include a first cooling apparatus having a first radiator, a first water pump, an electrical component, a valve, and a branch line, which are connected by a first coolant line and circulate a first coolant by the first water pump to the electrical component; a second cooling apparatus including a second radiator and a second water pump connected by a second coolant line; and an air conditioning apparatus including a compressor, a heater, an expansion valve, and a heat exchanger which are connected by a refrigerant line circulated with a refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Jae Yeon KIM, Wan Je CHO
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Patent number: 11576284Abstract: A coolant supplying module for supplying a coolant stored in a shared reservoir tank to an electrical component cooling circuit and a battery cooling circuit includes a main body connected to the shared reservoir tank, at least one water pump mounting portion formed at the main body to mount at least one water pump included in the electrical component cooling circuit and the battery cooling circuit, and a valve mounting portion formed at the main body to mount a coolant valve included in the battery cooling circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignees: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Yeon Ho Kim, Wan Je Cho, Jeawan Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Su Whan Kim
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Publication number: 20220410663Abstract: A thermal management system control method for a vehicle, may include: (A) a process in which a controller determines whether a pre-cooling mode is selected according to data detected from a data detector before track driving of the vehicle, and operates an air conditioner; (B) a process in which the controller, when the process (A) is completed, operates a battery chiller expansion valve to cool a battery module according to the data detected from the data detector; and (C) a process in which the controller, when the process (B) is completed, determines whether the evaporator is frozen and then thaws the evaporator or controls an evaporator expansion valve, and terminates the control.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho, Yeonho Kim, Jeawan Kim, SeungRyeol Lee, Seong-Bin Jeong
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Patent number: 11529844Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle may include a cooling apparatus of circulating a coolant in a coolant line to cool at least one electrical component provided in the coolant line; a battery cooling apparatus of circulating the coolant to the battery module; a chiller for heat exchanging the coolant with a refrigerant to control a temperature of the coolant; a heating apparatus that heats an interior of the vehicle using the coolant; and first, second, and third connection line.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Yeonho Kim, Jeawan Kim, Wan Je Cho
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Patent number: 11529848Abstract: A control method of a heat pump system for a vehicle includes a first cooling apparatus having a first radiator, a first water pump, an electrical component, a valve, and a branch line, which are connected by a first coolant line and circulate a first coolant by the first water pump to the electrical component; a second cooling apparatus including a second radiator and a second water pump connected by a second coolant line; and an air conditioning apparatus including a compressor, a heater, an expansion valve, and a heat exchanger which are connected by a refrigerant line circulated with a refrigerant.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho
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Publication number: 20220379681Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle, capable of heating up or cooling a battery module by use of a single chiller in which a refrigerant and a coolant exchange heat, simplifying the system, includes: first and second cooling apparatuses; and a battery module, wherein a main heat exchanger provided in an air conditioning apparatus is connected to each of the first and second coolant lines to enable the coolants circulating in the first and second cooling apparatuses to pass therethrough, and a refrigerant passing through the main heat exchanger is selectively condensed or evaporated depending on a vehicle mode through mutual heat exchange with the coolant supplied from one of the first coolant line and the second coolant line, or the coolants supplied through the first and second coolant lines, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2021Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Yeonho KIM, Jae Yeon KIM, Wan Je CHO