Patents by Inventor Young-Chul Kim

Young-Chul 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).

  • Publication number: 20210016625
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermal management system for a vehicle, which can provide various effects, such as a reduction of weight, a cost reduction, and a reduction of a package size due to a reduction in the number of components. The thermal management system for a vehicle, which includes a refrigerant circulation loop circulating refrigerant and exchanging heat between the refrigerant and inside air of an air-conditioning case in order to perform air-conditioning inside the vehicle, includes: a first coolant loop for cooling electric parts of the vehicle; and a second coolant loop for cooling a battery of the vehicle, wherein the first coolant loop and the second coolant loop are configured independently, and coolant flowing in the first coolant loop selectively circulates in the second coolant loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Jae Min LEE, Young Chul KIM, Seo Jun YOON, Seung Ho LEE
  • Patent number: 10879231
    Abstract: An ESD protection SCR device includes an epitaxial layer provided on a P-type semiconductor substrate, the epitaxial layer having the P-type conductivity, element isolation layers provided on the epitaxial layer, the element isolation layers dividing the epitaxial layer into an anode region and a cathode region, a first well of an N-type conductivity, provided in a portion of the epitaxial layer corresponding to the anode region, a first impurity region provided on a surface of the first well, the first impurity region being connected to an anode terminal and having a high concentration P-type conductivity, a second well of the P-type conductivity, provided in a portion of the epitaxial layer corresponding to the cathode region, a second impurity region provided on a surface of the second well, the second impurity region being connected to a cathode terminal and having a high concentration N-type conductivity, and a floating well of the N-type conductivity, buried in the epitaxial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: DB HITEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Soon Noh, Joon Tae Jang, Joon Hyeok Byeon, Young Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20200378663
    Abstract: A gas-liquid separation device for a vehicle includes: a housing of which an upper surface is opened and a lower surface is closed; a cover disposed on the upper surface of the housing, and the cover having an outlet disposed at a center region of the cover and an inlet disposed at a portion spaced apart from the center region; an exhaust pipe of which an upper end is connected to the outlet; a guide pipe having a cylinder shape with an upper surface opened and having a gas refrigerant flow space; a mounting cap disposed on the lower surface of the housing and a refrigerant guider disposed on the cover inside the housing to prevent a liquid refrigerant from flowing into the gas refrigerant flow space among a refrigerant flowing into the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Wan Je CHO, Namho PARK, Jae Yeon KIM, Yeon Ho KIM, Seoyoung OH, Chul Min KIM, Young Chul KIM, Jae Min LEE
  • Patent number: 10829108
    Abstract: Disclosed are a hybrid electric vehicle, which is capable of controlling engine starting in consideration of entry into a specific area, and method of controlling the same. A method of controlling engine starting of a hybrid vehicle includes determining whether catalyst heating is necessary, determining whether a current location corresponds to a specific area associated with exhaust emissions, determining whether a first mode driving is possible, when it is determined that the current position corresponds to the specific area and the catalyst heating is necessary, and performing the first mode driving when the first mode driving is determined to be possible, or a second mode driving when the first mode driving is determined to be impossible. Here, the first mode driving is performed by using an electric motor, and the second mode driving is performed by using at least an engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Lee Hyoung Cho, Young Chul Kim, Jea Mun Lee, Dong Ho Yang
  • Publication number: 20200344902
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a display and a supporter. The supporter being mounted on the display and configured to support the display and rotate the display module between a first position and a second position. The supporter including a drive motor, a first gear, and a detection sensor. The drive motor configured to supply a driving force to rotate the display. The first gear configured to rotate together with the display by receiving the driving force from the drive motor. The detection sensor configured to detect a rotation amount of a second gear configured to rotate in with the first gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Yong CHOI, Young Chul KIM, Ji Su KIM, Hun Sung KIM, Sung Yong PARK, Jin Soo SHIN, Dae Sik YOON, Yong Yeon HWANG
  • Publication number: 20200333328
    Abstract: A biological environment simulating apparatus using rotational force includes a mounting unit on which a cell to be pressurized is mounted, a rotational force application unit configured to apply centripetal force to the mounting unit to make the mounting unit perform a circular movement along a circular path about a predetermined center point and a control unit. The control unit controls the rotational force application unit based on a type of the cell and an appropriate pressure condition matched with the type of the cell so that a pressure satisfying the appropriate pressure condition is applied to the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Seung Hee YANG, Jin Woo CHOI, Dong Ki KIM, Jung Pyo LEE, Yon Su KIM, Young Chul KIM, Hee Chan KIM, Mi Yeon YU, Sa Ram LEE
  • Patent number: 10749709
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a distributed file system using a torus network. The distributed file system includes multiple servers. The location of a master server may be determined to shorten the latency of data input/output. The location of the master server may be determined such that the distance between the master server and a node farthest away from the master server, among nodes, is minimized. When the location of the master server is determined, the characteristics of the torus network and the features of a propagation transmission scheme may be taken into consideration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Chei-Yol Kim, Dong-Oh Kim, Young-Kyun Kim, Young-Chul Kim, Hong-Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 10742772
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for transforming data for low volume transmission of a meta model based protocol which monitors power amount data of new renewable energy, including: generating energy sensing data; receiving, by a client, the energy sensing data and transforming the received energy sensing data into meta model data including a meta model and meta data; generating packet meta model data by dividing and compressing the meta model data; transmitting the packet meta model data to a server through an Internet of Things (IOT) communication network; and parsing, by the server, the packet meta model data to output the meta model data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: SEJONG INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA COOPERATION FOUNDATION HO
    Inventors: Hyun Seung Song, So Young Moon, Eun Young Byun, Woo Sung Jang, Bo Kyung Park, Robert Young Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 10710571
    Abstract: A method for controlling a response to driving load of a hybrid vehicle includes: estimating an optimum speed for a current driving situation, estimating a target driving load based on the optimum speed, determining an eco-level corresponding to the target driving load from among a plurality of eco-levels, and changing at least some of an eco-gauge according to the determined eco-level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Young Chul Kim, Lee Hyoung Cho, Dong Ho Yang
  • Patent number: 10639966
    Abstract: An air conditioning system for motor vehicles includes a compressor, a condenser, a plurality of air conditioning units connected in parallel with each other with respect to the compressor and the condenser, and a flow rate control unit configured to, when a specific one of the air conditioning units is additionally turned on or is turned off, prevent occurrence of a sudden change in refrigerant amount in the remaining air conditioning units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Baek, Chul Soon Kim, Tae Eun Kim, Se Won Min, Sang Jun Yoo, Hong Rae Jung, Seo Jun Yoon, Seung Ho Lee, Jae Min Lee, Young Chul Kim, In Hyeok Kim
  • Patent number: 10612604
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling engine clutch slip for a hybrid vehicle, in which it is determined whether an engine clutch has entered a slip mode and lubrication of the engine clutch is easily achieved through an additional lubrication hydraulic pressure circuit whenever the engine clutch enters the slip mode, thereby achieving the engine clutch slip control in all shift ranges including low-speed and medium-speed ranges and maintaining the heat energy that is generated from the engine clutch at a predetermined level or lower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Chul Kim, Sang Hyun Jeong
  • Publication number: 20200094653
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a coolant heater comprising: a heating element for heating coolant; a first housing for accommodating the heating element; a cover plate for sealing the first housing in which the heating element is accommodated; a temperature fuse provided in an external space formed by coupling the first housing and the cover plate, and disposed to be adjacent to the cover plate; and a second housing for pressing the temperature fuse so as to pressurize the same toward the cover plate, wherein overheat sensing responsiveness of the heating element is improved such that the overheat of the heating element can be prevented, and failure factors in a part in which the temperature fuse is coupled are reduced such that a durability is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicants: Hanon Systems, DAEWOO ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kil Sang JANG, Ji Hoon PARK, Jeong Hyun SON, Man Ok LEE, Bok Sun KANG, Young Chul KIM, Hak Kyu KIM, Yong Jin MOON, Seung Ho LEE, Hyun Seok JUNG, Kyung Seok CHO, Yong Ha CHAE
  • Publication number: 20200047589
    Abstract: Vehicular heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line including a compressor, a high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, a heat pump mode expansion valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, an air conditioning mode expansion valve, low pressure side indoor heat exchanger and a refrigerant-cooling water heat exchanger; an air conditioning mode branch line branched from the refrigerant circulation line and configured to, in an air conditioning mode, form a cooling loop by circulating a refrigerant through the compressor, the high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, the outdoor heat exchanger, the air conditioning mode expansion valve and low pressure side indoor heat exchanger. Heat pump mode branch line branched from the refrigerant circulation line is configured, in heat pump mode to form a heating loop by circulating the refrigerant through the compressor, the high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, the heat pump mode expansion valve and the refrigerant-cooling water heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Jae Min LEE, Young Chul KIM, In Hyeok KIM, Seo Jun YOON, Kyeong Cheol LEE, Seung Ho LEE, Sung Ho KANG, Jung Jae LEE
  • Publication number: 20200031193
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a water-heating type PTC heater of a thermal management system for a vehicle and, more specifically, to a method for controlling a water-heating type PTC heater, in which a heat source for heating is secured by operating the water-heating type PTC heater and thereby additionally heating a coolant, while charging a battery, in a thermal management system for a vehicle, during a heating mode, in which: refrigerant circulates through a second heat exchanger, a waste heat recovery chiller, a compressor and an indoor heat exchanger; and the coolant passes through a water-cooling type battery module, the water-heating type PTC heater, a battery chiller, electric parts and the waste heat recovery chiller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Seung Ho LEE, Young Chul KIM, Seo-Jun YOON, Jae Min LEE
  • Patent number: 10540458
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for monitoring photovoltaic power generation, which may enhance compatibility with the existing legacy system by enabling data integration between monitoring systems that use different kinds of protocols on the basis of a meta-model and may automatically generate code for processing data and automatically generate a program for processing a protocol through the generated code, thus allowing even a user who does not know the protocol well to easily connect devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SEJONG INDUSTRY-ACADEMIA COOPERATION FOUNDATION HONGIK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hyun Seung Son, Bo Kyung Park, Woo Sung Jang, Robert Young Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20190322155
    Abstract: The heater module includes a fluid pump including a pump inlet configured to introduce cooling water thereinto, a pump outlet configured to pressurize and discharge the introduced cooling water, cooling water heating heater including a heater inlet configured to introduce thereinto the cooling water discharged from the pump outlet of the fluid pump, a heating unit configured to heat the introduced cooling water, a heater outlet configured to discharge the heated cooling water, a flow channel switch valve for switching a circulation flow channel of the cooling water, wherein the fluid pump is integrally formed with one side of the cooling water heating heater to embody both a heating mode and a battery temperature-rising mode by one heater module for heating cooling water. Thus, a connection hose for connection components is removed or a length thereof is minimized, a fluid pump and a valve housing are reduced, thereby reducing costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: In Hyeok KIM, Jung Jae LEE, Jae Yeong JU, Young Chul KIM, Hak Kyu KIM, Hyuk KIM, Jong Du LEE
  • Publication number: 20190321733
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for sharing user activity information comprises: receiving a user action history generated in one service among a first service and a second service through an application executed in an electronic device; mapping and storing account information at the first service, account information at the second service, and the user action history with respect to a user of the electronic device; and transmitting, to the application, information on the user action history or an event corresponding to the user action history, such that the event corresponding to the user action history is provided to the user through another service among the first service and the second service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: NAVER Corporation
    Inventors: Wonkuym Kim, Changhoon Yang, Gyeong Hwan Jo, Hyun Tae Cho, Jinwoo Yoo, Jeff Lee, Gil Do Kim, Jong Un Chae, SeHyung Kim, Sujin Jeong, GunPyo Park, Byung Yong Song, Young Chul Kim, Joohwan Bae, Jungseob Lee
  • Publication number: 20190319024
    Abstract: An ESD protection SCR device includes an epitaxial layer provided on a P-type semiconductor substrate, the epitaxial layer having the P-type conductivity, element isolation layers provided on the epitaxial layer, the element isolation layers dividing the epitaxial layer into an anode region and a cathode region, a first well of an N-type conductivity, provided in a portion of the epitaxial layer corresponding to the anode region, a first impurity region provided on a surface of the first well, the first impurity region being connected to an anode terminal and having a high concentration P-type conductivity, a second well of the P-type conductivity, provided in a portion of the epitaxial layer corresponding to the cathode region, a second impurity region provided on a surface of the second well, the second impurity region being connected to a cathode terminal and having a high concentration N-type conductivity, and a floating well of the N-type conductivity, buried in the epitaxial layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Seok Soon Noh, Joon Tae Jang, Joon Hyeok Byeon, Young Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20190311929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for storing a wafer, particularly to a container for storing a wafer in which a plurality of purging areas is vertically partitioned in the interior of a storage chamber, and a purge gas is sprayed into the plurality of purging areas, thereby allowing not only uniform purging of the wafer to be assured but also efficient purging of the wafer without waste of the purge gas to be achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Bum Je WOO, Seok Mun YOON, Jang HEO, Young Chul KIM
  • Patent number: 10414363
    Abstract: An oil supply system of a vehicle includes: a first pump generating a first quantity of oil to cool a driving motor of a hybrid vehicle; a second pump generating a second quantity of oil to lubricate a friction lubrication element of the hybrid vehicle; a flow channel switching valve selectively switching a flow channel of the first quantity of oil and a flow channel of the second quantity of oil to connect the flow channel of the first quantity of oil to the friction lubrication element or connect the flow channel of the second quantity of oil to the driving motor; and a controller controlling an operation of the flow channel switching valve to supply a portion of the first quantity of oil to the friction lubrication element or a portion of the second quantity of oil to the driving motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Young Chul Kim, June Ho Lee