Patents by Inventor Yeon Ho Kim

Yeon Ho 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: 10666096
    Abstract: A direct-cooling stator core assembly having cooling channels so as to directly cool a stator core and a wound coil, and a driving motor for a vehicle including the same, are provided. The direct-cooling stator core assembly includes a stator core having an outer surface and a plurality of core recesses formed in the outer surface in a longitudinal direction. The direct-cooling stator core assembly further includes a cooling fluid supply member configured to supply cooling fluid to the core recesses in the stator core. In the direct-cooling stator core assembly, when cooling fluid is flowing through the core recesses, the cooling fluid flowing through the core recesses directly cools the stator core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Jin Seo, Myung Kyu Jeong, Yeon Ho Kim, Jae Bum Park, Jae Min Yu, Hee Ra Lee, Ga Eun Lee
  • Patent number: 10654768
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a process for effectively separating and removing by-products (light gas, C5-C6 hydrocarbon oil fraction, polyethylbenzene) contained in a substantial amount in addition to ethylbenzene as a target compound in an alkylation reaction product of a fluidized catalytic cracking off-gas to prepare ethylbenzene having high purity, and process economical efficiency may be secured by utilizing the polyethylbenzene as an absorbent or gasoline fraction, without requiring a transalkylation reaction for further producing ethylbenzene from polyethylbenzene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: SK Innovation Co., Ltd., SK Global Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dae Sung Song, Hee Du Lee, Sang Il Lee, Kyung Jong Oh, Ji Hoon Lee, Yeon Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20200130456
    Abstract: A cooling module for a vehicle includes: a high temperature radiator including first and second header tanks into which a coolant flows and from which it is exhausted, and a plurality of tubes and heat radiating fins respectively interconnecting the first and second header tanks; a low temperature radiator including third and fourth header tanks into which a coolant flows and from which it is exhausted, and a plurality of tubes and heat radiating fins respectively interconnecting the third and fourth header tanks; and a condenser disposed at a side surface of the high temperature and low temperature radiators corresponding to the second and fourth header tanks to be respectively connected to the second and fourth header tanks and condensing a refrigerant flowing therein through heat exchange with a coolant supplied from the second and fourth header tanks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yeon Ho KIM, Jae Yeon KIM, Wan Je CHO
  • Publication number: 20200086711
    Abstract: A centralized energy module for a vehicle includes a base plate, a compressor mounted on the base plate, a first condenser mounted on the base plate at a location spaced part from the compressor and configured for condensing the refrigerant through heat-exchange with a first coolant supplied from a high temperature radiator while firstly passing the refrigerant supplied from the compressor, a second condenser connected with the first condenser and configured for condensing the refrigerant through heat-exchange with a second coolant supplied from a low temperature radiator while secondly passing the refrigerant supplied from the compressor, an expansion valve connected with the second condenser, and an evaporator mounted on the base plate, evaporating the refrigerant supplied from the expansion valve through heat-exchange with a third coolant which flows into the evaporator and supplying the evaporated refrigerant to the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Jae Yeon KIM, Yeon Ho KIM, Wan Je CHO
  • Patent number: 10556499
    Abstract: An apparatus for cooling a motor of a hybrid vehicle includes a support ring that is disposed between a motor casing and a motor and has a shape that encloses the motor. A water jacket is formed in the support ring and circulates cooling water and an oil jacket is formed in a support ring and circulates oil. Further, oil is discharged from the oil jacket is sprayed onto the motor to enable the oil to be used to cool the motor and to enable cooling water to be used to cool the motor. Accordingly, the performance of cooling the motor is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Kim, Hak Sung Lee, Yeon Ho Kim, Tae Ho Kim, Sung Hyun Ahn
  • Publication number: 20200028400
    Abstract: A coil wiring unit of a drive motor for a vehicle is provided. The unit includes a bus bar assembly that has a plurality of bus bars for connecting coils of the drive motor to each phases stacked in a longitudinal direction. A plurality of insulating sheets are disposed between each of the bus bars and correspond to the shape of each of the bus bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Young-Jin Seo, Yeon-Ho Kim, Ga-Eun Lee, Jae-Min Yu, Hee-Ra Lee, Myung-Kyu Jeong
  • Patent number: 10522826
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to manganese oxide nano-rods in the form of a core-shell, in which the manganese oxide nano-rods are formed in a core-shell structure, the core and the shell each include MnxOy, when x of MnxOy of the core is 1 and y is 2, x of MnxOy of the shell is 2 and y is 3, and when x of MnxOy of the core is 2 and y is 3, x of MnxOy of the shell is 1 and y is 2. According to the present disclosure, in the secondary battery using the manganese oxide, the elution of manganese is inhibited and the structural stability of an active material is increased, thereby increasing the capacity and the cycle life at a high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA BASIC SCIENCE INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jin Bae Lee, Hae Jin Kim, Won Gi Hong, Sang Moon Lee, Yeon Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 10493815
    Abstract: A cooling fan control method for a vehicle is provided. The method includes turning on a starting of the vehicle and sensing a stack temperature. A first required speed of first and second cooling fans required by the stack radiator is set and a temperature of an electrical equipment is sensed to set a second required speed of the first cooling fan. When an air conditioner is operated; an air conditioner pressure is sensed and a second required speed of the second cooling fan required by the condenser is set. The method then compares the required speeds as well as a resonance frequency RPM to determine different setting conditions of the fans. The operation of the fans is complete when the coolant temperature and an air conditioner pressure of the stack and the electrical equipment are within a predetermined setting value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yeon Ho Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho
  • Patent number: 10486500
    Abstract: A centralized energy (CE) module for a vehicle may include a base plate; a compressor mounted on the base plate and compressing a refrigerant; a condenser mounted on the base plate at a location distanced from the compressor and exchanges heat between the compressed refrigerant supplied from the compressor with cooling water which flows into the condenser to condense the refrigerant; and an evaporator mounted on the base plate at a location distanced from the condenser and evaporating the refrigerant supplied from an expansion valve, integrally mounted, through heat transfer with the cooling water which flows into the evaporator and supplies the evaporated refrigerant to the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Yeon Ho Kim, Myunghwan Kim, Wan Je Cho
  • Patent number: 10486496
    Abstract: A method of controlling an air conditioning system for a vehicle is provided. The method includes detecting a cooling mode while the vehicle is being driven and comparing a vent discharge temperature of air with a cooling target temperature set by a user. When the vent discharge temperature is greater than the cooling target temperature the compressor RPM is determined and air is introduced into the vehicle without passing through the interior heat exchanger and the electric heater. When the vent discharge temperature is less than the cooling target temperature, the compressor RPM is determined and a door in the system is opened to guide the air through the interior heat exchanger to heat the air is heated and then the vent discharge temperature is compared with the cooling target temperature again, and the electric heater is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Wan Je Cho, Jae Yeon Kim, Kwon Hyoung Choi, Tae Han Kim, Ho Gyu Choi, Su Yeon Kang, Yeon Ho Kim, Myunghwan Kim, Yong Hyun Choi
  • Patent number: 10486974
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lithium-transition metal-silicate complex that is formed into a sphere with a hollow, in which a radius of the hollow is in a range of 0.5 to 3.0 nm, and a diameter of the lithium-transition metal-silicate complex is in a range of 5 to 10 nm. The present disclosure enables to facilitate the mass production of a complex including a lithium-transition metal-silicate complex, having a micro-sized hollow, and having a spherical shape. In addition, when using a lithium-transition metal-silicate complex of the present disclosure as a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, it is capable of providing a cathode active material for a lithium-ion battery excellent in charging and discharging characteristics as well as in high-rate characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA BASIC SCIENCE INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yeon Ho Kim, Hae Jin Kim, Jin Bae Lee, Won Gi Hong, Sang Moon Lee
  • Publication number: 20190323391
    Abstract: An electric oil pump system integrated with a heat exchanger capable of reducing installation space and cost may include: an the electric oil pump including a motor and a pumping part operated by power of the motor to suck and send oil under pressurizing to an oil-used part; and a heat exchanger to exchange heat between the pressurized oil sent by the electric oil pump and coolant cooled at a radiator while the coolant and the pressurized oil pass through the heat exchanger. In particular, the heat exchanger is directly coupled to the electric oil pump and the oil-used part, respectively, and integrated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Hyun AHN, Byoung Hoon CHOI, Seung Jae KANG, Hak Sung LEE, Yeon Ho KIM, Jong Hyun KIM, Tae Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20190315977
    Abstract: Provided are a zinc-base plated steel material comprising a base steel and a zinc-based plated layer and a post-treatment film, which are sequentially formed on the base steel. The post-treatment film comprises an oxide or oxide salt of at least one group A element selected from B, Al, V, and Fe and an organic compound, wherein the content of oxygen atoms in the post-treatment film is 50 atom % or more, and wherein when the mole number of oxygen atoms forming a covalent bond with hydrogen in the post-treatment film is a and the mole number of oxygen atoms not forming the covalent bond with hydrogen is b, a/b is 0.3 or greater; and a composition for forming the post-treatment film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Yeon-Ho KIM, Yong-Woon KIM, Yung-Keun KIM, Yon-Kyun SONG
  • Publication number: 20190319503
    Abstract: An internal permanent magnet motor may include a stator of a annular shape, and a rotor coaxially disposed inside the stator by positioned between a gap between the rotor and the stator and having a plurality of permanent magnets embedded therein and spaced from each other in a circumferential direction along a circumference of the rotor, wherein the stator has a plurality of first notches formed on an internal circumferential surface facing the rotor in a height direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction thereof, and the rotor has a plurality of second notches formed on an external circumferential surface facing the stator in a height direction perpendicular to the circumferential direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Hwa DO, Kyoung Bum KIM, Yeon Ho KIM, Jae Bum PARK, Hee Ra LEE
  • Patent number: 10447188
    Abstract: A method and system of controlling driving of a brushless DC electric motor (BLDC) of an electric water pump are provided. The method includes estimating an initial position of a rotor using a magnitude of a current detected in a three-phase coil wound on a stator and converting a current magnitude that reflects a rotational angle of the rotor with respect to the initial position into two direct currents based on the three-phase current. The converted direct currents are output and a rotational angle, a speed, a flux and a torque of the rotor are acquired based on values of the three-phase current, a voltage generated according to flow of the three-phase current, a predetermined coil resistance, and an inductance input. A speed of the motor is then adjusted based on the acquired rotational angle, speed, flux, and torque of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Myung Hwa Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Soo Shim, Yeon Ho Kim, Byoung Hoon Choi, Jae Shin Yi, Hyeong Geun Song, Geun Oh Dong
  • Patent number: 10411541
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driving motor for environmentally friendly vehicles. The driving motor for the vehicles includes: a stator core; a bobbin assembled to the stator core; a coil part wound on the bobbin; a coil lead-out portion configured such that an end portion of the coil part drawn from the bobbin is formed to have a curved structure; and a terminal bonded with a bonding portion formed in the coil lead-out portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Jin Seo, Dae Woong Han, Hee Ra Lee, Yeon Ho Kim, Jae Won Ha, Myung Kyu Jeong, Jae Woo Shim
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10351125
    Abstract: A method for stabilizing an engine clutch control includes transmitting an engine clutch operation start command from a controller to an engine clutch system, the engine clutch system including an engine clutch, detecting a hydraulic pressure generated during the operation of the engine clutch system, carrying out an oil leakage judgment mode using the controller to determine whether the hydraulic pressure is a normal hydraulic pressure where the operation of the engine clutch is available or if the hydraulic pressure an abnormal hydraulic pressure where the operation of the engine clutch is unavailable, and changing an operation mode to an emergency operation mode wherein the operation of the engine clutch is stopped in case of abnormal hydraulic pressure, and carrying out an operation mode change by operating the engine clutch in a case of normal hydraulic pressure, based on a control by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDIA MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong-Hyun Kim, Seung-Ki Kong, Jae-Shin Yi, Hak-Sung Lee, Tae-Ho Kim, Yeon-Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20190214869
    Abstract: A hairpin winding motor for a vehicle may include a hairpin including a pattern coil formed from a bundle of a plurality of coils; a stator including a slot in which the hairpin is arranged; and a rotor configured to move in response to the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Moon, Dong Yeon Han, Yeon Ho Kim, Woong Chan Chae, Young Jin Shin, Kyung Soo Park, Hyoung Jun Cho, Jung Shik Kim
  • Publication number: 20190173351
    Abstract: A motor cooling structure is provided. The structure includes a motor housing that has an inner wall, an outer wall, and a plurality of cooling fins which are disposed on the inner wall. An inlet boss is obliquely connected to the motor housing and an outlet boss is obliquely connected to the motor housing. The outlet boss is spaced apart from the inlet boss. Additionally, a first cooling channel and a second cooling channel are disposed between the inner wall and the outer wall, and are connected in parallel to the inlet boss and the outlet boss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Woo Hyung Seol, Jae Won Ha, Heung Seok Seo, Yeon Ho Kim, Seokbin Hong, Hee Ra Lee, Yong Sung Jang