Patents by Inventor Wonmin CHO

Wonmin 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).

  • Patent number: 9835237
    Abstract: A power transmission apparatus for a vehicle includes a first input shaft directly connected to an engine, a second input shaft enclosing the first input shaft and rotating independently from the first input shaft and selectively receiving torque of the engine through a first clutch, a third input shaft enclosing the second input shaft and rotating independently from with the second input shaft and selectively receiving the torque of the engine through a second clutch, an intermediate shaft disposed in parallel with the first, second and third input shafts, a transfer gear fixedly disposed on the intermediate shaft and outputting torque of the intermediate shaft, a first shifting member, a second shifting member, and a third shifting member for changing the torque of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Seong Wook Hwang, Yong Uk Shin, Seongwook Ji, Woochurl Son, Wonmin Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, Ki Been Lim, Woo Jin Chang, Jae Chang Kook, Ki Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 9829078
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft outputting torque of the input shaft, 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 shaft directly connected to the input shaft, a third shaft directly connected to the output shaft, a fourth shaft, a fifth shaft, a sixth shaft selectively connectable to the first shaft, a seventh shaft selectively connectable to at least one of the first shaft and the fourth shaft, an eighth shaft selectively connectable to at least one of the fifth shaft and the sixth shaft, and a ninth shaft directly connected to a transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seongwook Ji, Seong Wook Hwang, Woo Jin Chang, Wonmin Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, Jae Chang Kook
  • Patent number: 9829077
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle having an input shaft for receiving torque of an engine; an output shaft for outputting 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; and a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements, improves power delivery performance and fuel economy by achieving at least ten forward speed stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jong Soo Kim, Jinseok Kim, Jae Chang Kook, Dong Hwan Hwang, Jin Ho Kim, Seong Wook Hwang, Woo Jin Chang, Kyeong Hun Lee, Seongwook Ji, Chon Ok Kim, Wonmin Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, Jong Sool Park, Tae Whan Kim
  • 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: 9829075
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of automatic transmission may include input shaft, output gear, first to fourth planetary gear sets, first rotating shaft including first sun gear, second rotating shaft including first planet carrier, second ring gear, third planet carrier, and fourth ring gear, third rotating shaft including first ring gear and third ring gear, and selectively connected to transmission housing, fourth rotating shaft including second sun gear, and selectively connected to transmission housing, fifth rotating shaft including second planet carrier, and selectively connected with first rotating shaft and simultaneously and directly connected with input shaft, sixth rotating shaft including third sun gear, seventh rotating shaft including fourth sun gear, and selectively connected with sixth rotating shaft and simultaneously and selectively connected to transmission housing, eighth rotating shaft including fourth planet carrier, and selectively connected with sixth rotating shaft and simultaneously and dir
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Wonmin Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Myeong Hoon Noh, Seongwook Ji, Kangsoo Seo, Seong Wook Hwang
  • Patent number: 9829079
    Abstract: Eleven forward speeds and one reverse speed are achieved by a planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle. The planetary gear train includes: an input shaft, an output shaft, four planetary gear sets respectively having three rotational elements, and six control elements for selectively interconnecting the rotational elements and a transmission housing. In particular, the six control elements may be four clutches and two brakes, and the rotational elements of each planetary gear set may be a sun gear, a planet carrier rotatably supporting pinion gears, and a ring gear which internally meshes with the pinion gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kwon, Seong Wook Hwang, Ki Tae Kim, Wonmin Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seongwook Ji
  • Patent number: 9822850
    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. The planetary gear train improves power delivery performance and fuel economy by achieving at least ten forward speed stages and one reverse speed stage, and widens gear ratio span and secures linearity of step ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jong Soo Kim, Jinseok Kim, Jae Chang Kook, Dong Hwan Hwang, Seong Wook Hwang, Woo Jin Chang, Seongwook Ji, Chon Ok Kim, Wonmin Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, Jong Sool Park, Kyeong Hun Lee, Tae Whan Kim
  • Patent number: 9821646
    Abstract: A power transmission system may include: an engine power delivery module configured to transmit power of the engine directly to the first motor/generator as driving power for generating electricity and to selectively transmit the power of the engine as driving power for driving the vehicle, and a motor power delivery module disposed in parallel with and independently from the engine power delivery module, and configured to directly transmit power of the second motor/generator as driving power for driving the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seongwook Ji, Jae Chang Kook, Wonmin Cho, Myeong Hoon Noh, Kangsoo Seo, Seong Wook Hwang
  • Patent number: 9822849
    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. The planetary gear train improves power delivery performance and fuel economy by achieving at least ten forward speed stages and one reverse speed stage, and widens gear ratio span and secures linearity of step ratios.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jong Soo Kim, Jinseok Kim, Jae Chang Kook, Dong Hwan Hwang, Seong Wook Hwang, Woo Jin Chang, Seongwook Ji, Chon Ok Kim, Wonmin Cho, Hyun Sik Kwon, Jong Sool Park, Kyeong Hun Lee, Tae Whan Kim
  • Patent number: 9822853
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of claim of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft, an output shaft, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, six control elements for selectively interconnecting rotation elements of the planetary gear sets and a transmission housing, a first connecting member directly connected to the transmission housing, a second connecting member selectively connected to the transmission housing, a third connecting member, a fourth connecting member selectively connected to the input shaft, a fifth connecting member directly connected to the input shaft, and selectively connected to the third connecting member, a sixth connecting member selectively connected to the transmission housing, a seventh connecting selectively connected the fifth connecting member, and selectively connected to the transmission housing, and an eighth connecting member directly connected to the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Wonmin Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Hyun Sik Kwon, Seongwook Ji, Wookjin Jang, Seong Wook Hwang
  • Patent number: 9822848
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission may include: an input shaft; an output shaft; first to fourth planetary gear sets; and six control elements being disposed at a portion where one of the rotating element is selectively connected to another rotating element, or the rotating element is selectively connected to the transmission housing, wherein the input shaft is continuously connected to the second rotating element, the output shaft is continuously connected to the twelfth rotating element, the first rotating element is continuously connected to the seventh rotating element, the fourth rotating element is directly connected to the transmission housing, the fifth rotating element is continuously connected to the eleventh rotating element, and the ninth rotating element is continuously connected to the tenth rotating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kwon, Jae Chang Kook, Dong Hwan Hwang, Seong Wook Hwang, Chang Wook Lee, Seongwook Ji, Wonmin Cho, JongSool Park, KyeongHun Lee, Jong Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 9822857
    Abstract: A planetary gear set of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include input and output shafts for receiving and outputting torques, first to fourth planetary gear sets respectively forming first to third, fourth to sixth, seventh to ninth, and tenth to twelfth rotational elements, and six control elements each of which selectively interconnects a corresponding pair among the input and output shafts, the rotational elements, and a transmission housing, where the input and output shafts are fixedly connected to the first and eleventh rotational elements respectively, respective pairs of the first and sixth rotational elements, the second and ninth rotational elements, the third and tenth rotational elements, the fifth and eleventh rotational elements are fixedly interconnected, and the seventh rotational element is selectively connected to the transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jong Sool Park, Dong Hwan Hwang, Seong Wook Hwang, Seongwook Ji, Chang Wook Lee, Hyun Sik Kwon, SeokJin Kim, Kyeong Hun Lee, Wonmin Cho
  • Patent number: 9822855
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft for receiving an engine torque, an output shaft for outputting a shifted torque, a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, six control elements, a first shaft selectively connectable with a transmission housing, a second shaft, a third shaft, a fourth shaft directly connected with the input shaft, a fifth shaft selectively connectable with the third shaft, and selectively connectable with the transmission housing, a sixth shaft selectively connectable with at least one of the first shaft and the fourth shaft, a seventh shaft directly connected with the output shaft, and an eighth shaft selectively connectable with the sixth shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seongwook Ji, Seong Wook Hwang, Hyun Sik Kwon, Wonmin Cho, Jae Chang Kook
  • 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: 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: 9810292
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of claim of an automatic transmission for a vehicle may include an input shaft for receiving an engine torque, an output shaft for outputting a shifted torque, 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 shaft directly connected with the input shaft, a third shaft, a fourth shaft, a fifth shaft selectively connectable with the fourth shaft, a sixth shaft selectively connectable with the fourth shaft, a seventh shaft selectively connectable with the sixth shaft, and an eighth shaft directly connected with the output shaft, and selectively connectable with the fifth shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kwon, Seong Wook Hwang, Wonmin Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seongwook Ji
  • 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: 9810294
    Abstract: A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for the vehicle may include: an input shaft receiving torque of an engine; an output shaft outputting 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; and a fourth planetary gear set including tenth, eleventh, and twelfth rotation elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyun Sik Kwon, Seong Wook Hwang, Ki Tae Kim, Wonmin Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seongwook Ji
  • Patent number: 9810293
    Abstract: Ten forward speeds and one or more 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 rotational elements, and six control elements for selectively interconnecting the rotational elements and a transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Ki Tae Kim, Seong Wook Hwang, Hyun Sik Kwon, Wonmin Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Seongwook Ji
  • Patent number: 9810289
    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, a second planetary gear set, a third planetary gear set, a fourth planetary gear set, a first rotation shaft selectively connected to a transmission housing, a second rotation shaft, a third rotation shaft selectively connected to the transmission housing, a fourth rotation shaft directly connected to the input shaft, a fifth rotation shaft selectively connected to the second rotation shaft, a sixth rotation shaft, a seventh rotation shaft selectively connected to the input shaft, and selectively connected to the fifth rotation shaft or the sixth rotation shaft, and an eighth rotation shaft directly connected to the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Wonmin Cho, Jae Chang Kook, Myeong Hoon Noh, Seongwook Ji, Kangsoo Seo, Seong Wook Hwang