Patents by Inventor Young Chan Byun

Young Chan Byun 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: 11787430
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing an accelerator pedal mis-operation of a driver: includes a vehicle information obtaining device that obtains vehicle information corresponding to an operation of the driver; and a processor that detects an accelerator pedal monitoring situation based on the vehicle information and determine the accelerator pedal mis-operation of the driver based on an opening degree of an accelerator pedal corresponding to the operation of the driver in the accelerator pedal monitoring situation to switch a vehicle mode to enter a safe mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyeon Jun Kim, Young Chan Byun, Jin Geun Bae, Gi Bum Kim, Ki Bum La, Kyung Su Kim
  • Patent number: 11472302
    Abstract: The charging inlet assembly may include: a charging inlet provided at a predetermined position of the vehicle; a charging connector detachably coupled to the charging inlet; a supporting plate covering at least a rear surface of the charging inlet; a supporting rod extending from the supporting plate toward the charging inlet and configured to be coupled to the charging inlet; and at least one elastic member elastically connecting the charging inlet and the supporting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: JinGeun Bae, Young Chan Byun, Gibum Kim, Hyeonjun Kim, Ki Bum La, Kyungsu Kim
  • Patent number: 11465526
    Abstract: A charging control method of an electric vehicle includes: storing identification information and a charging stop current value of a charger, when charging is stopped due to a timeout of a Power Line Communication (PLC) communication message transmitted from the charger; confirming whether recharging is performed through the same charger as that when the charging is stopped by using the identification information of the charger, upon recharging; and adjusting a charging current of the charger based on the charging stop current value of the charger, when the recharging is performed through the same charger as that when the charging is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Young-Chan Byun
  • Patent number: 11456603
    Abstract: A safety charging system includes: a motor and an inverter which boost a voltage charged from a high-speed battery charger to a high voltage battery; a current variation amount sensor configured to detect variation amount of a current flowing in a motor coil from the high-speed battery charger; and a controller configured to determine that a rotor of the motor rotates when the variation amount of the current detected in the current variation amount sensor is greater than a reference value and perform control of interrupting a charging process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Kyu Lee, Young Chan Byun, Jeong Won Rho
  • Patent number: 11427104
    Abstract: An apparatus of controlling charging of a vehicle battery may include a charging device of a vehicle, the charging device configured to generate a boosted voltage higher than a charging voltage of electric vehicle supply equipment provided outside the vehicle and to charge a battery storing power for driving the vehicle, and a vehicle control unit configured to determine whether power line communication transmitting information for charging the battery performed with the electric vehicle supply equipment provided outside the vehicle and providing the charging voltage to the charging device of the vehicle is off while the battery is charged by the boosted voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sangkyu Lee, Young Chan Byun
  • Patent number: 11372044
    Abstract: A charging system includes a charger, a battery charged by receiving a power of a first voltage from the charger, a multi-charge configured to boost a power of a second voltage lower than the first voltage to the first voltage and supply the boosted power to the battery, a charge relay connected at a position between the battery and the charger and configured to be switched to be in an ON state when the power of the first voltage is supplied from the charger and to be in an OFF state when the power of the second voltage is supplied from the charger, and a charging controller configured to control, based on whether a melting fault of the charge relay occurs, whether to supply the power of the first voltage to the battery through the charge relay or to supply the battery with the power through the multi-charge device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Kyu Lee, Young Chan Byun
  • Publication number: 20220089047
    Abstract: The charging inlet assembly may include: a charging inlet provided at a predetermined position of the vehicle; a charging connector detachably coupled to the charging inlet; a supporting plate covering at least a rear surface of the charging inlet; a supporting rod extending from the supporting plate toward the charging inlet and configured to be coupled to the charging inlet; and at least one elastic member elastically connecting the charging inlet and the supporting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: JinGeun BAE, Young Chan BYUN, Gibum KIM, Hyeonjun KIM, Ki Bum LA, Kyungsu KIM
  • Publication number: 20220001770
    Abstract: A battery charging apparatus and method for a vehicle are provided. The charging apparatus for the vehicle includes a third switching element provided between a first battery and a second battery, configured to electrically connect or disconnect the first battery and the second battery; a first switching element configured to supply or cut off a charging current supplied from outside to the first battery; a second switching element configured to supply or cut off the charging current supplied from the outside to the second battery; and a controller configured to control the first switching element, the second switching element, and the third switching element in order to selectively charge at least one of the first battery or the second battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sangkyu LEE, Young Chan BYUN
  • Publication number: 20210405116
    Abstract: A charging system includes a charger, a battery charged by receiving a power of a first voltage from the charger, a multi-charge configured to boost a power of a second voltage lower than the first voltage to the first voltage and supply the boosted power to the battery, a charge relay connected at a position between the battery and the charger and configured to be switched to be in an ON state when the power of the first voltage is supplied from the charger and to be in an OFF state when the power of the second voltage is supplied from the charger, and a charging controller configured to control, based on whether a melting fault of the charge relay occurs, whether to supply the power of the first voltage to the battery through the charge relay or to supply the battery with the power through the multi-charge device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Sang Kyu LEE, Young Chan BYUN
  • Publication number: 20210399560
    Abstract: An apparatus of controlling charging of a vehicle battery may include a charging device of a vehicle, the charging device configured to generate a boosted voltage higher than a charging voltage of electric vehicle supply equipment provided outside the vehicle and to charge a battery storing power for driving the vehicle, and a vehicle control unit configured to determine whether power line communication transmitting information for charging the battery performed with the electric vehicle supply equipment provided outside the vehicle and providing the charging voltage to the charging device of the vehicle is off while the battery is charged by the boosted voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sangkyu LEE, Young Chan BYUN
  • Publication number: 20210328444
    Abstract: A safety charging system includes: a motor and an inverter which boost a voltage charged from a high-speed battery charger to a high voltage battery; a current variation amount sensor configured to detect variation amount of a current flowing in a motor coil from the high-speed battery charger; and a controller configured to determine that a rotor of the motor rotates when the variation amount of the current detected in the current variation amount sensor is greater than a reference value and perform control of interrupting a charging process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Sang Kyu Lee, Young Chan Byun, Jeong Won Rho
  • Publication number: 20210323434
    Abstract: A wireless power transfer apparatus may include a charging controller configured of generating a current instruction and a voltage instruction for wireless power transfer, a first circuit portion connected to the charging controller and an external power source and configured of converting an electric power supplied from the external power source to corresponding voltage value and corresponding current value according to the voltage instruction and the current instruction, and a primary coil connected to the first circuit portion and configured of generating an induced current in a secondary coil of an electric vehicle to deliver the electric power converted by the first circuit portion to the electric vehicle, wherein the charging controller estimates temperature of the secondary coil by use of the current value applied to the primary coil, and changes the current instruction for determining a current value applied to the primary coil, according to the estimated temperature of the secondary coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyungsu KIM, Young Chan BYUN, JinGeun BAE, Gibum KIM, Hyeonjun KIM, Ki Bum LA
  • Publication number: 20210309240
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing an accelerator pedal mis-operation of a driver: includes a vehicle information obtaining device that obtains vehicle information corresponding to an operation of the driver; and a processor that detects an accelerator pedal monitoring situation based on the vehicle information and determine the accelerator pedal mis-operation of the driver based on an opening degree of an accelerator pedal corresponding to the operation of the driver in the accelerator pedal monitoring situation to switch a vehicle mode to enter a safe mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Hyeon Jun KIM, Young Chan BYUN, Jin Geun BAE, Gi Bum KIM, Ki Bum LA, Kyung Su KIM
  • Publication number: 20210300196
    Abstract: A charging control method of an electric vehicle includes: storing identification information and a charging stop current value of a charger, when charging is stopped due to a timeout of a Power Line Communication (PLC) communication message transmitted from the charger; confirming whether recharging is performed through the same charger as that when the charging is stopped by using the identification information of the charger, upon recharging; and adjusting a charging current of the charger based on the charging stop current value of the charger, when the recharging is performed through the same charger as that when the charging is stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Young-Chan Byun
  • Patent number: 10836267
    Abstract: An electronic vehicle includes a power electronic component; a cooling water storage unit receiving cooling water capable of cooling the power electronic component; and a vehicle charging connection unit connected to an external cable at an external charger-side thereof and disposed on a path through which the cooling water is circulated. The circulating cooling water cools the vehicle charging connection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung Su Kim, Gun Seok Yoon, Hyeon Jun Kim, Young Chan Byun, Gi Bum Kim
  • Patent number: 10836268
    Abstract: A charging state display controller recognizing and displaying that a high voltage battery of an electric vehicle is being used, may include a receiving unit receiving operation signals output from controllers using the high voltage battery when the high voltage battery is in a using mode, a signal determination unit determining whether or not the number of the operation signals received by the receiving unit satisfies a predetermined condition, and a control unit controlling on/off of a charging state indicator in accordance with whether or not the number of operation signals satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gi Bum Kim, Young Chan Byun, Chil Seong Park
  • Patent number: 10637260
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling charging of a battery includes a battery unit including a battery, a first relay connected with the battery, and a second relay interposed between the first relay and a rapid charging port to charge the battery with charging power from a rapid charger connected with the rapid charging port, if the first relay and the second relay are controlled to be on. The apparatus includes a charging controller that controls the first relay and the second relay to be on or off and to determine a welding state of the second relay, if the rapid charger is connected with the rapid charging port, to control charging of the battery in a charging sequence corresponding to the welding state of the second relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Young Chan Byun
  • Publication number: 20200055414
    Abstract: A charging state display controller recognizing and displaying that a high voltage battery of an electric vehicle is being used, may include a receiving unit receiving operation signals output from controllers using the high voltage battery when the high voltage battery is in a using mode, a signal determination unit determining whether or not the number of the operation signals received by the receiving unit satisfies a predetermined condition, and a control unit controlling on/off of a charging state indicator in accordance with whether or not the number of operation signals satisfies the predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gi Bum Kim, Young Chan Byun, Chil Seong Park
  • Patent number: 10486535
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for preventing overheating of a charging inlet are provided. The apparatus includes a charging time measuring unit that measures a charging time and a temperature estimating unit that estimates a temperature of the charging inlet based on the measured charging time and a charging parameter. A charging parameter setting unit sets the charging parameter by communicating with a charger and resets the charging parameter to prevent the temperature of the charging inlet from exceeding a threshold temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung Su Kim, Gun Seok Yoon, Hyeon Jun Kim, Young Chan Byun, Gi Bum Kim
  • Patent number: RE47527
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for computing distance to empty (DTE) based on available energy computed using a battery SOC vs open circuit voltage (OCV) table, battery temperature vs energy efficiency, an energy efficiency vs energy table, etc., to enable a more accurate calculation of the DTE in consideration of the temperature of the battery, which is one of disturbance elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Jin Heo, Eui Sun Hong, Young Chan Byun, Seon Young Park, Byung Soon Min