Patents by Inventor Won Gyu Kim

Won Gyu Kim 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: 11846262
    Abstract: An ignition coil control system includes: a first ignition coil; a second ignition coil; a spark plug generating spark discharge by a discharge current generated in the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil; and an ignition controller that controls spark discharge of the electrode by adjusting an amount and duration of the discharge current of the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil based on a step pulse signal including different voltages transmitted from an engine control unit (ECU).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiseon Sim, Dongwon Jung, Won Gyu Kim, Jin Oh Song, Soo Hyung Woo
  • Patent number: 11784466
    Abstract: A multi-ignition coil control system includes a spark plug including first and second center electrodes, and first and second ground electrodes spaced apart from the center electrodes by a predetermined distance, a first ignition coil including a primary coil, and a secondary coil in which a discharge current is generated by electromagnetic induction with the primary coil, and a second ignition coil including a primary coil, and a secondary coil in which a discharge current is generated by electromagnetic induction with the primary coil, wherein one end of the secondary coil of the first ignition coil and one end of the secondary coil of the second ignition coil are electrically connected to one of the center electrodes, and the other end of the secondary coil of the first ignition coil and the other end of the secondary coil of the second ignition coil are electrically connected to the other of the center electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soo Hyung Woo, Kiseon Sim, Won Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20230070763
    Abstract: A multi-ignition coil control system includes a spark plug including first and second center electrodes, and first and second ground electrodes spaced apart from the center electrodes by a predetermined distance, a first ignition coil including a primary coil, and a secondary coil in which a discharge current is generated by electromagnetic induction with the primary coil, and a second ignition coil including a primary coil, and a secondary coil in which a discharge current is generated by electromagnetic induction with the primary coil, wherein one end of the secondary coil of the first ignition coil and one end of the secondary coil of the second ignition coil are electrically connected to one of the center electrodes, and the other end of the secondary coil of the first ignition coil and the other end of the secondary coil of the second ignition coil are electrically connected to the other of the center electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Soo Hyung Woo, Kiseon Sim, Won Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11560870
    Abstract: An ignition coil control system may include a first ignition coil including a primary coil and a secondary coil; a first switch that selectively electrically-connects the primary coil of the first ignition coil; a second ignition coil including a primary coil and a secondary coil; a second switch that selectively electrically-connects the primary coil of the second ignition coil; a pair of electrodes generating spark discharge by a discharge current generated in the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil; and an ignition controller that controls spark discharge of the pair of electrodes by adjusting an amount and a duration of the discharge current of the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil by turning the first switch and the second switch on or off according to a single pulse signal having a constant voltage including different voltages transmitted from an engine control unit (ECU).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kiseon Sim, Dongwon Jung, Won Gyu Kim, Jin Oh Song, Soo Hyung Woo
  • Publication number: 20220364537
    Abstract: An ignition coil control system may include first and second ignition coils, and a spark plug including a pair of electrodes in which generates spark discharge by discharge currents of the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil, a DC-DC converter connected to a primary coil of the first ignition coil, a primary coil of the second ignition coil and a battery; in which converts current magnitude supplied to a primary coil of the first ignition coil and a primary coil of the second ignition coil from a battery, and a controller in which controls the spark discharge of the electrodes by adjusting an amount and a duration of the discharge current of the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil base on a pulse signal, wherein the controller is configured to selectively execute a multi-state ignition through the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil and a single-stage ignition through one of the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil according to an operation region of an engin
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kiseon SIM, Dongwon JUNG, Won Gyu KIM, Jin Oh SONG, Soo Hyung WOO
  • Publication number: 20220285921
    Abstract: An ignition coil control system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include a first ignition coil, a second ignition coil, a spark plug generating spark discharge by a discharge current generated in the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil, and an ignition controller that controls spark discharge of the spark plug by adjusting an amount and duration of the discharge current of the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil, and changing a sequence of charging and discharging of the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil based on a pulse signal transmitted from an engine control unit (ECU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Kiseon Sim, Dongwon Jung, Won Gyu Kim, Jin Oh Song, Soo Hyung Woo
  • Publication number: 20220275782
    Abstract: An ignition coil control system includes: a first ignition coil; a second ignition coil; a spark plug generating spark discharge by a discharge current generated in the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil; and an ignition controller that controls spark discharge of the electrode by adjusting an amount and duration of the discharge current of the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil based on a step pulse signal including different voltages transmitted from an engine control unit (ECU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiseon SIM, Dongwon JUNG, Won Gyu KIM, Jin Oh SONG, Soo Hyung WOO
  • Publication number: 20220252033
    Abstract: An ignition coil control system may include a first ignition coil including a primary coil and a secondary coil; a first switch that selectively electrically-connects the primary coil of the first ignition coil; a second ignition coil including a primary coil and a secondary coil; a second switch that selectively electrically-connects the primary coil of the second ignition coil; a pair of electrodes generating spark discharge by a discharge current generated in the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil; and an ignition controller that controls spark discharge of the pair of electrodes by adjusting an amount and a duration of the discharge current of the first ignition coil and the second ignition coil by turning the first switch and the second switch on or off according to a single pulse signal having a constant voltage including different voltages transmitted from an engine control unit (ECU).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kiseon Sim, Dongwon Jung, Won Gyu Kim, Jin Oh Song, Soo Hyung Woo
  • Patent number: 11378055
    Abstract: An ignition coil control method may include receiving first pulse signal and second pulse signal following the first pulse signal by a delay time transmitted from an engine control unit; charging the first ignition coil when the first pulse signal is on; charging the second ignition coil when a predetermined time period elapses from a time at which the first pulse signal is on; discharging the first ignition coil when the first pulse signal is off; discharging the second ignition coil when a maintaining time of the first pulse signal from a time at which the second ignition coil is charged; when the second pulse signal is on, charging the first ignition coil for a dwell time and then discharging the first ignition coil; and charging the second ignition coil for the dwell time and then discharging the second ignition coil when a predetermined time period elapses from a time at which the second ignition coil is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kiseon Sim, Dongwon Jung, Won Gyu Kim, Jin Oh Song, Soo Hyung Woo
  • Patent number: 11255302
    Abstract: An intake system for a vehicle may include an intake manifold having an internal space divided into a first chamber and a second chamber by a partition wall, in which intake air flows into the first chamber through a charging path and is then discharged to a portion of an intake port connected to the intake manifold; and intake air flows into the second chamber through a bypass path bypassing charger and is then discharged to another portion of the intake port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Il Suk Yang, Won Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10794308
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling deactivation of cylinders in an engine may include a sensor that measures pressure inside an intake manifold of the engine, an oil control valve (OCV) that deactivates the cylinders in the engine, and a controller that is configured to control the OCV to deactivate a specific cylinder in the engine, based on the pressure inside the intake manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Kumoh National Institute of Technology Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Ki Seon Sim, Gee Wook Shin, Myung Sik Choi, Won Gyu Kim, Young Hong Kwak, Kyoung Seok Park
  • Publication number: 20200123994
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling deactivation of cylinders in an engine may include a sensor that measures pressure inside an intake manifold of the engine, an oil control valve (OCV) that deactivates the cylinders in the engine, and a controller that is configured to control the OCV to deactivate a specific cylinder in the engine, based on the pressure inside the intake manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Kumoh National Institute of Technology Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Ki Seon Sim, Gee Wook Shin, Myung Sik Choi, Won Gyu Kim, Young Hong Kwak, Kyoung Seok Park
  • Patent number: 10526962
    Abstract: A variable compression ratio apparatus including an eccentric cam interposed at an internal circumference of a front end portion of a connecting rod, in which a first chamber is formed to realize a high compression ratio by a piston by rotating the eccentric cam in one direction and a second chamber is formed to realize a low compression ratio by the piston by rotating the eccentric cam in an opposite direction may include a first spool valve selectively supplying a hydraulic pressure to expand the first chamber or the second chamber for realizing the high compression ratio and the low compression ratio; a second spool valve forming a control hydraulic pressure for the operation of the first spool valve; and an oil control valve controlling the operation of the second spool valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Myungsik Choi, Won Gyu Kim, Gyu Han Hwang
  • Patent number: 10408255
    Abstract: A variable compression ratio apparatus may include: a connecting rod having an end connected with a crank pin of a crank shaft; a plunger housing formed at the other end of the connecting rod, the plunger housing having a space to which a plunger is inserted. In particular, the plunger moves upwardly and downwardly, and an outer circumference surface of the plunger contacts an inner circumference surface of the plunger housing. The apparatus further includes a protrusion protruded from the plunger to the plunger housing and connected with a piston, and a hydraulic pressure control valve for supplying hydraulic pressure to the space and moving the plunger by supplying hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Myungsik Choi, Won Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10337364
    Abstract: A variable valve timing device applied to an engine system may include a rotor supplied with oil and rotated in clockwise and counterclockwise directions, one-way clutches coupled to the rotor to limit an amount of rotation of the rotor, a sprocket having a rotor hole surrounding an external diameter portion of the rotor, a rotation shaft fitted into a shaft hole of the rotor for the supply of oil to oil grooves, and a shaft fixing member coupled to the rotation shaft to fix the rotor and the rotation shaft, wherein the one-way clutches restrict clockwise/counterclockwise rotation of the rotor by torque of a camshaft, achieving an improvement in fuel efficiency/emission material (EM) of an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Won-Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10260438
    Abstract: A cylinder de-activation control method and a cylinder de-activation system are disclosed. A cylinder de-activation control method of an engine having an odd number of cylinders may include: receiving operation state signals of a vehicle; determining whether the operation state signals correspond to a CDA mode driving region of a CDA apparatus; preparing a CDA driving mode of the CDA apparatus when the operation state signals correspond to the CDA mode driving region; and performing a CDA mode conversion on each cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gee Wook Shin, Won Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10260410
    Abstract: A variable compression ratio device is provided. The device includes a connecting rod connected to a piston in a cylinder and an eccentric cam interposed between a piston pin and the connecting rod. The eccentric cam moves the piston vertically to vary a compression ratio according to an eccentric cam rotation position. A hydraulic controller adjusts hydraulic fluid supplied to first and second chambers formed between the eccentric cam and the connecting rod. The first chamber rotates the eccentric cam in one direction by supplied hydraulic fluid. The second chamber rotates the eccentric cam in another direction by the supplied hydraulic fluid. A position sensor senses a piston position. A compression ratio controller calculates a target compression ratio according to an operating condition of an engine, calculates a current compression ratio based on the piston, and adjusts the eccentric cam rotation position using an oil control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Myungsik Choi, Won Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20190055885
    Abstract: A variable compression ratio device is provided. The device includes a connecting rod connected to a piston in a cylinder and an eccentric cam interposed between a piston pin and the connecting rod. The eccentric cam moves the piston vertically to vary a compression ratio according to an eccentric cam rotation position. A hydraulic controller adjusts hydraulic fluid supplied to first and second chambers formed between the eccentric cam and the connecting rod. The first chamber rotates the eccentric cam in one direction by supplied hydraulic fluid. The second chamber rotates the eccentric cam in another direction by the supplied hydraulic fluid. A position sensor senses a piston position. A compression ratio controller calculates a target compression ratio according to an operating condition of an engine, calculates a current compression ratio based on the piston, and adjusts the eccentric cam rotation position using an oil control valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Myungsik Choi, Won Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10196973
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a variable compression ratio device including a piston, a piston pin, an eccentric cam, a connecting rod, a crank pin, a hydraulic pump, an oil jet injection nozzle, an oil jet control valve, and a control unit. In addition, a groove formed in a rotating direction of the eccentric cam is divided into a first chamber and a second chamber. The piston pin receives a hydraulic pressure through a path formed inside the crank pin and the connecting rod and receives the oil injected from the oil jet injection nozzle to control the hydraulic pressure supplied to the first chamber and the second chamber of the eccentric cam, thereby controlling the rotation position of the eccentric cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Won Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20190003346
    Abstract: A variable valve timing device applied to an engine system may include a rotor supplied with oil and rotated in clockwise and counterclockwise directions, one-way clutches coupled to the rotor to limit an amount of rotation of the rotor, a sprocket having a rotor hole surrounding an external diameter portion of the rotor, a rotation shaft fitted into a shaft hole of the rotor for the supply of oil to oil grooves, and a shaft fixing member coupled to the rotation shaft to fix the rotor and the rotation shaft, wherein the one-way clutches restrict clockwise/counterclockwise rotation of the rotor by torque of a camshaft, achieving an improvement in fuel efficiency/emission material (EM) of an engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Won-Gyu Kim