Patents by Inventor Won Min

Won Min 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: 10563734
    Abstract: A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle is provided. The multi-stage transmission includes an input shaft and an output shaft. A first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, and a fourth planetary gear set each have three rotary elements and transmit torque between the input shaft and the output shaft. At least six shifting elements are connected with the rotary elements of the planetary gear sets. Accordingly, fuel efficiency is improved by implementing multi-stages in an automatic transmission and vehicle driving comfort is improved by using operating points in a low RPM range of an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kwon, Seong Wook Hwang, Ki Tae Kim, Won Min Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seong Wook Ji
  • Patent number: 10555652
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the present disclosure, because there is no need for a user to pick dust or the like adhered to an outer circumferential surface of the grill off by hand, the vacuum cleaner is easy to use. In addition, when removing dust or the like adhered to an outer circumferential surface of the grill, generation of secondary contamination around the case can be prevented. A cyclone dust collector, the cyclone dust collector comprises a case configured to accommodate dust separated from suctioned air, a first cover configured to open, and close a bottom of the case and a grill assembly provided to be detachable from the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jung Gyun Han, Won Min Lee, Shin Kim
  • Publication number: 20200039342
    Abstract: A dual clutch transmission which can reduce the overall length of a transmission and improve mountability in the vehicle by simplifying the constituent elements of the transmission, is configured by reducing the number of synchronizers and external gears and shafts, and a drive motor is not disposed on the same axle as other constituent elements to reduce the overall length of the transmission, reducing cost and weight of the transmission to improve mountability of the transmission in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ju Hyeon PARK, Seong Wook JI, Ki Tae KIM, Dong Woo KIM, Hyun Sik KWON, II Han YOO, Seong Wook HWANG, Won Min CHO
  • Publication number: 20200035995
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a high loading electrode, which prevents the phenomenon of the binder being lifted, does not cause drying of the electrode slurry, and does not cause damage of the electrode layer and reduction of the electrode strength at the corners in the punching is provided. The method of manufacturing the high loading electrode includes applying an electrode slurry on a release film to thereby produce an electrode layer having the release film attached thereto, punching the electrode layer having the release film attached thereto to provide a plurality of punched electrode layers, each punched electrode layer having a size of a unit electrode, separating and removing the release film from the punched electrode layers, and stacking and rolling at least two punched electrode layers on a current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Won MIN, Seok Koo KIM, Yong Jun KIM, Janis DOELLE, Se Mi PARK
  • Patent number: 10527133
    Abstract: A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle, may include an input shaft and an output shaft; a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, and a fourth planetary gear set provided to transfer a torque between the input shaft and the output shaft and each including three rotation elements; and seven shifting elements connected to the rotation elements of the planetary gear sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seong Wook Hwang, Hyun Sik Kwon, Ki Tae Kim, Won Min Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seong Wook Ji
  • Patent number: 10480624
    Abstract: A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle includes: a first planetary gear set and a second planetary gear set each including three rotating elements; a compound planetary gear set including four rotating elements; and eight rotation shafts connected to the rotating elements of the planetary gear sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kwon, Seong Wook Hwang, Ki Tae Kim, Won Min Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seong Wook Ji
  • Patent number: 10471805
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for motor vehicles includes a temperature door configured to adjust an opening degree of a hot air path, a PTC heater configured to heat an air introduced into the hot air path, and a control unit configured to control an opening position of the temperature door with respect to the hot air path and to secure a minimum opening degree of the hot air path, so that a minimum amount of air is blown toward the PTC heater regardless of the opening position of the temperature door. The control unit is configured to actively adjust the minimum opening degree of the hot air path depending on an on/off condition of the PTC heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Sang Jun Yoo, Se Won Min, Chang Hyun Baek, Hong Rae Jung
  • Patent number: 10457119
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for motor vehicles includes a blower configured to blow an air into a vehicle room, a PTC heater configured to heat the air blown into the vehicle room, the PTC heater having a heat generation amount adjusted by PWM duty ratio control, a blower air volume change amount measurement unit configured to, when an air volume of the blower is changed, measure a blower air volume change amount per unit time during a predetermined time period from a time point at which the air volume of the blower is changed, and a control unit configured to, when the air volume of the blower is changed, correct a PWM duty ratio of the PTC heater in view of the blower air volume change amount per unit time measured by the blower air volume change amount measurement unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Hong Rae Jung, Se Won Min, Sang Jun Yoo
  • Patent number: 10451150
    Abstract: A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle is provided. The multi-stage transmission includes an input shaft, an output shaft, and first, second, third, fourth and fifth planetary gear devices that are disposed between the input shaft and the output shaft to transmit rotary force. Each of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth planetary gear devices have three rotary elements, and six shifting elements that are connected to the rotary elements of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth planetary gear devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Tae Kim, Seong Wook Hwang, Hyun Sik Kwon, Won Min Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seong Wook Ji
  • Patent number: 10433695
    Abstract: A robot cleaner enables a wet cleaning, has a replaceable cleaning unit, and ensures a sufficient friction force for doing a wet cleaning of a floor. The robot cleaner includes a frame including a wheel for driving, a replaceable cleaning unit formed at a lower part of the frame to clean a bottom surface and disposed in front of the wheel, a tank disposed at an upper part of the wheel and configured to supply fluid to the cleaning unit, a pump configured to pump the fluid contained in the tank such that the fluid contained in the tank is supplied to the cleaning unit, a hose configured to extend to the pump and the upper part of the cleaning unit and through which the fluid pumped by the pump flows, and a bumper formed on a side of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Du Hwan Hyun, Hwi Chan Jang, Dong Won Kim, Byoung In Lee, Sahng Jin Lee, Won Min Lee, Hyun Soo Jung, Seung Il Han
  • Patent number: 10428912
    Abstract: A transmission for a vehicle capable is provided to improve fuel efficiency through multiple gear shift stages and enhance power performance of an engine. By combining first and second planetary gear sets, a compound planetary gear set, and multiple frictional elements selectively connecting rotary components of the three planetary gear sets via a corresponding shaft, the transmission provides eleven forward gear stages and three reverse gear stages. In particular, a first rotary element of the first planetary gear is fixedly connected to a transmission case, a second rotary element of the first planetary gear is fixedly connected to a second rotary element of the second planetary gear, and a third rotary element of the first planetary gear device is selectively connected to a first rotary element of the compound planetary gear set and a fourth rotary element of the compound planetary gear set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Wook Hwang, Hyun Sik Kwon, Ki Tae Kim, Won Min Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seong Wook Ji
  • Patent number: 10420190
    Abstract: An audio apparatus, a driving method thereof, and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The audio apparatus includes a lighting part configured to provide a lighting effect to at least one direction around the audio apparatus; a detector configured to detect a direction, with respect to the audio apparatus, of a person present in a vicinity of the audio apparatus, and detect a motion of the person; and a processor configured to control the lighting part to provide, to the detected direction, the lighting effect based on the detected motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mi-youn Won, Won-min Choi, Jung-geun Kim, Ji-hyae Kim, Won-hee Lee, Chang-hoon Park, Se-ran Jeon
  • Patent number: 10408306
    Abstract: A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle includes: an input shaft, an output shaft, a first, a second, a third, and a fourth planetary gear device, each of which is disposed between the input shaft and the output shaft, and six gear-shift elements connected to rotation elements of the planetary gear devices. A first rotation element of the third planetary gear device is fixedly connected to a first rotation element of the first planetary gear device and to a first rotation element of the second planetary gear device. A second rotation element of the third planetary gear device is fixedly connected to a third rotation element of the first planetary gear device and to a third rotation element of the fourth planetary gear device. A third rotation element of the third planetary gear device is selectively connected to the input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kwon, Seong Wook Ji, Ki Tae Kim, Ju Hyeon Park, Il Han Yoo, Seong Wook Hwang, Won Min Cho
  • Patent number: 10408307
    Abstract: A multi-stage transmission for vehicles includes an input shaft for receiving power from an engine; an output shaft for outputting the power; and a first, a second, a third, and a fourth planetary gear device. Each of the planetary gear devices has three rotary elements. The transmission further includes a first rotary shaft connected to the input shaft; a second rotary shaft; a third rotary shaft; a fourth rotary shaft; a fifth rotary shaft; a sixth rotary shaft; a seventh rotary shaft connected to a first rotary element of the third planetary gear device; and an eighth rotary shaft connected to a third rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device and to the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kwon, Seong Wook Ji, Ki Tae Kim, Ju Hyeon Park, Il Han Yoo, Seong Wook Hwang, Won Min Cho
  • Patent number: 10400865
    Abstract: A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle is provided that has at least nine forward shifting stages and one reverse shifting stage with a relatively small number of parts and a configuration such that an engine may be operated at desired operation points, thereby increasing fuel efficiency of the vehicle, and the engine may be operated more quietly, thereby improving the quietness of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Wook Hwang, Jae Chang Kook, Hyu Tae Shim, Seong Wook Ji, Won Min Cho, Kang Soo Seo, Myeong Hoon Noh
  • Patent number: 10400868
    Abstract: A multi-stage transmission for a vehicle includes an input shaft; an output shaft; first, second, third, fourth and fifth planetary gear sets disposed between the input shaft and the output shaft to transmit rotary force, each of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth planetary gear sets having three rotary elements; and six shifting elements connected to the rotary elements of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth planetary gear sets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Chang Kook, Hyun Sik Kwon, Ki Tae Kim, Won Min Cho, Seong Wook Hwang, Seong Wook Ji
  • Patent number: 10400864
    Abstract: A multistage transmission for a vehicle includes: input and output shafts; four planetary gear devices each having three rotary elements to transfer rotary force; and six shift elements connected to the rotary elements of the planetary gear devices. A first rotary element of the first planetary gear device is selectively connected to a transmission case and to a second rotary element of a second planetary gear device, a second rotary element of the first planetary gear device is selectively connected to the transmission case and fixedly connected to a third rotary element of the second planetary gear device, and a third rotary element of the first planetary gear device is selectively connected to the second rotary element of the second planetary gear device and fixedly connected to a third rotary element of a third planetary gear device and a first rotary element of a fourth planetary gear device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Wook Hwang, Hyun Sik Kwon, Ki Tae Kim, Won Min Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seong Wook Ji
  • Patent number: 10352405
    Abstract: A vehicular multi-stage transmission includes: input and output shafts; first, second, third and fourth planetary gear devices each including first, second and third rotary elements; and seven shifting elements connected to the rotary elements of the four planetary gear devices. In particular, the second rotary element of the first planetary gear device PG1 is selectively connected to a transmission case by a first shifting element while being selectively connected to the input shaft, and the secondary rotary element of the first planetary gear device is selectively connected to the third rotary element of the second planetary gear device, the first rotary element of the third planetary gear device, and the first rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device. In addition, the third rotary element of the first planetary gear device is fixedly connected to the second rotary element of the second planetary gear device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Chang Kook, Seong Wook Ji, Ju Hyun Park, Won Min Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, Il Han Yoo, Seong Wook Hwang, Ki Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 10344836
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle transmission capable of improving fuel economy and performance of a vehicle with an increased number of gear stages. The vehicle transmission includes three simple planetary gear sets and one compound planetary gear set or includes five simple planetary gear sets. A shifting operation is performed by changing speed and direction of rotation of gears in a manner of selectively connecting and disconnecting rotary elements of the gear sets and a plurality of friction members. The vehicle transmission provides ten or more forward speed ratios and one or more reverse speed ratios through this shifting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Tae Kim, Seong Wook Hwang, Hyun Sik Kwon, Won Min Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seong Wook Ji
  • Patent number: 10344831
    Abstract: A transmission may include input shaft connected to second rotary element of the third planetary gear set and first clutch; first shaft connecting first rotary element of the second planetary gear set, and second clutch; second shaft connecting first rotary element of the third planetary gear set and first brake; third shaft connecting first rotary element of the first planetary gear set and third clutch; fourth shaft connecting third rotary element of the fourth planetary gear set, the third clutch, and second brake; fifth shaft connecting second rotary element of the first planetary gear set, second rotary element of the second planetary gear set, and third rotary element of the third planetary gear set; and sixth shaft connecting third rotary element of the first planetary gear set, third rotary element of the second planetary gear set, first rotary element of the fourth planetary gear set, and fourth clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Wook Ji, Kang Soo Seo, Jae Chang Kook, Seong Wook Hwang, Hyu Tae Shim, Won Min Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, Wook Jin Jang, Myeong Hoon Noh