Patents by Inventor Young Kyu Oh

Young Kyu Oh 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: 20240124230
    Abstract: An inter-floor transport system includes a first interface unit at a first floor and configured to receive containers from a transport vehicle, and a car configured to receive containers from the first interface unit at the first floor and move containers to a second floor, where the car includes a cage, a storage unit in the cage and including a plurality of storage areas, and an arrangement unit in the cage, the arrangement unit being configured to receive containers from the first interface unit and store containers in respective storage areas of the plurality of storage areas of the storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youn Gon Oh, Ji Hun Kim, Sang Hyuk Park, Young-Kyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20240072370
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a sub-pack including a plurality of battery modules that are located adjacent to one another; a duct coupled to a side of the sub-pack in a width direction of the sub-pack; and a duct cover covering a duct opening portion formed on a side of the duct in a longitudinal direction of the duct, the duct cover including a filter having a mesh structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun JO, Yu-Dam KONG, Seung-Hyun KIM, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Sung-Goen HONG
  • Publication number: 20240072401
    Abstract: A battery module ac includes a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are vertically stacked; a module housing including a base plate supporting the cell stack, and a pair of side plates covering both side portions of the cell stack and each including a spark direction changing portion formed by bending an end portion of the side plate in a longitudinal direction of the side plate toward the cell stack; and a bus bar frame assembly covering an opening portion formed on a side of the module housing in a longitudinal direction of the module housing, the bus bar frame assembly including a bus bar frame coupled to a side of the cells tack in a longitudinal direction of the cell stack and a bus bar located on the bus bar frame and coupled to an electrode lead of the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun JO, Yu-Dam KONG, Seung-Hyun KIM, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Sung-Goen HONG
  • Publication number: 20240072374
    Abstract: A battery module includes a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are vertically stacked; a module housing including a base plate supporting the cell stack and a pair of side plates covering both side portions of the cell stack; a bus bar frame assembly covering an opening portion formed on a side of the module housing in a longitudinal direction of the module housing; and a plurality of spark delay portions protruding from an inner surface of each of the pair of side plates and spaced apart from one another in a height direction of the side plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun KIM, Yu-Dam KONG, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Sang-Hyun JO, Sung-Goen HONG
  • Publication number: 20230191447
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes: a levitation stage transferring a substrate in a first direction and including first areas and second areas, which are arranged in a second direction that is different from the first direction; a plurality of rollers installed in the first areas and transferring the substrate; a plurality of first vacuum holes installed in the first areas and sucking the air at first pressure; and a plurality of second vacuum holes installed in the second areas and sucking the air at second pressure that is different from the first pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Young Kyu OH, Jung Soo LEE, Chung Oh HONG, Chang Hwa JEONG
  • Patent number: 11661897
    Abstract: An active purge system (APS) according to a driving state of a hybrid vehicle includes an active purge unit (APU) configured to pressurize a vaporized gas generated in a fuel tank of the hybrid vehicle and supply the pressurized vaporized gas to an intake pipe, and a control unit configured to control the APU, where the control unit gradually controls a processing amount of the vaporized gas according to the driving state of the hybrid vehicle. The processing amount of the vaporized gas is gradually controlled using the APS according to the driving state of the hybrid vehicle, particularly, a number of places at which slip occurs in a power transmission system of the hybrid vehicle so that degradation of driving ability due to the occurrence of slip is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 11448167
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an active purge system and an active purge method for a hybrid vehicle, and changes a control method for the throughput of the evaporation gas according to the engine torque according to a change in an optimal operating line, the system efficiency, or the state of charge (SOC) condition of a battery using an active purge unit for pressing the evaporation gas generated by a fuel tank and supplying the pressed evaporation gas to an intake pipe, thereby efficiently purging the evaporation gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Publication number: 20220252016
    Abstract: An active purge system (APS) according to a driving state of a hybrid vehicle includes an active purge unit (APU) configured to pressurize a vaporized gas generated in a fuel tank of the hybrid vehicle and supply the pressurized vaporized gas to an intake pipe, and a control unit configured to control the APU, where the control unit gradually controls a processing amount of the vaporized gas according to the driving state of the hybrid vehicle. The processing amount of the vaporized gas is gradually controlled using the APS according to the driving state of the hybrid vehicle, particularly, a number of places at which slip occurs in a power transmission system of the hybrid vehicle so that degradation of driving ability due to the occurrence of slip is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Publication number: 20220186688
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an active purge system and an active purge method for a hybrid vehicle, and changes a control method for the throughput of the evaporation gas according to the engine torque according to a change in an optimal operating line, the system efficiency, or the state of charge (SOC) condition of a battery using an active purge unit for pressing the evaporation gas generated by a fuel tank and supplying the pressed evaporation gas to an intake pipe, thereby efficiently purging the evaporation gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 11286868
    Abstract: A method of compensating fuel for each cylinder of an engine during purging may include, compensating a fuel injection time for each cylinder depending on an amount of intake air for each cylinder, an injection pressure of the injector, and an internal pressure of a combustion chamber of the engine; pressurizing a vaporized gas adsorbed into a canister and injecting the pressurized vaporized gas into the intake pipe by operating an active purge pump; and estimating an amount of vaporized gas reaching each combustion chamber and converting the fuel injection time depending on the estimated amount of vaporized gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park, Se-Geun Kim
  • Patent number: 11225243
    Abstract: A method of controlling a split inflow of condensate water in a hybrid engine includes: determining whether condensate water is generated from an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device of a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV); determining an amount of the condensate water introduced into an hybrid engine; determining whether a vehicle speed of the HEV is within a predetermined speed range; determining whether a request torque of the HEV is within a predetermined torque range; determining whether a duration time of the vehicle speed within the predetermined speed range, and a duration time of the request torque within the predetermined torque range are greater than or equal to a predetermined duration time, respectively; and when the determined duration times are greater than or equal to the predetermined duration time, increasing an engine torque of the HEV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 11187193
    Abstract: An active dual purge system includes: an intake pipe, a compressor to compress air, a canister to collect an evaporation gas, a purge line extending from the canister to a front end of the compressor, a branch line branching off from the purge line and extending to a rear end of a throttle valve body, a purge pump installed in the purge line, a purge valve installed in the purge line, a vent valve installed in a vent line extending from the canister toward the atmosphere, a first sensor installed in the purge line, and a second sensor installed in the purge line, and a controller to perform different tests on the purge pump, the purge valve and the vent valve in different operating states, and diagnose whether at least one of the purge line, the branch line, or the vent line are abnormal using on-board diagnosis (OBD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Publication number: 20210363943
    Abstract: An active dual purge system includes: an intake pipe, a compressor to compress air, a canister to collect an evaporation gas, a purge line extending from the canister to a front end of the compressor, a branch line branching off from the purge line and extending to a rear end of a throttle valve body, a purge pump installed in the purge line, a purge valve installed in the purge line, a vent valve installed in a vent line extending from the canister toward the atmosphere, a first sensor installed in the purge line, and a second sensor installed in the purge line, and a controller to perform different tests on the purge pump, the purge valve and the vent valve in different operating states, and diagnose whether at least one of the purge line, the branch line, or the vent line are abnormal using on-board diagnosis (OBD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu OH, Keum-Jin PARK
  • Patent number: 11168626
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for removing residual purge gas in operating an active purge system and includes determining evaporation gas purge stop in a control unit, closing a PCSV mounted on a purge line connecting a canister and an intake pipe, and determining whether all of the evaporation gas flowed into the intake pipe is flowed into a combustion chamber, so that all of the evaporation gas flowed into an intake pipe during travelling can be flowed into and combusted in the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae-Ho Ahn, Jeong-Ho Seo, Young-Kyu Oh
  • Patent number: 11078853
    Abstract: A mixed fuel amount control system applying active purging includes: a fuel tank in which biofuel and fossil fuel are mixed and stored, an active purging device to supply an evaporated gas evaporated in the fuel tank to an intake pipe, and a concentration sensor to sense a mixing ratio of the biofuel stored in the fuel tank changes. In particular, the flow rate and the concentration of the evaporated gas of the fuel tank flowing into the intake pipe are changed according to a mixing ratio of biofuel and fossil fuel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 11035311
    Abstract: A method for controlling the air-fuel ratio of a vehicle includes: calculating the air amount charged in a cylinder of an engine by using a fresh air amount, a residual air amount remaining inside the cylinder of the engine, and a backflow gas amount flowing back into the cylinder upon the valve overlap of an intake vale and an exhaust valve of the engine, correcting it with the purge gas flow rate supplied to an intake manifold of the engine when the active purge system is operated, calculating the final fuel amount by correcting the fuel amount injected by a fuel injection device with the amount of the fuel component contained in the purge gas when the active purge system is operated, and controlling the air-fuel ratio based on the final air amount and the final fuel amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Young-Kyu Oh
  • Patent number: 11035301
    Abstract: A method for preventing an engine air flow calculation error applied to an engine system may classify an engine operation area of an engine into a sensor measurement deviation generation area, medium/high load areas, and a low load area by an ECU, and classify an air flow calculation applied to a cylinder charging amount of the engine as one of an air flow calculation control applying a compensation measurement air flow to the sensor measurement deviation generation area, an air flow calculation control applying a measurement pressure to the medium/high load areas, and an air flow calculation control applying a measurement air flow to the low load area, excluding influence of an HFM sensor error causing a change in a fresh air charge and inaccuracy of an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) air flow modeling/active purge air flow modeling in the entire operation area of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park
  • Patent number: 11035308
    Abstract: An evaporation gas active purge system may include a purge line of connecting a canister for absorbing an evaporation gas of a fuel tank to an intake pipe; a purge pump mounted on the purge line; a purge valve mounted on the purge line to be disposed between the purge pump and the intake pipe; a pressure sensor mounted on the purge line to be disposed between the purge pump and the purge valve; and a control unit of receiving a signal from the pressure sensor, and transmitting an operating signal to the purge pump and the purge valve, wherein the control unit controls the purge pump and the purge valve by an engine condition and a vehicle speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Gompany, Kia Motors Gorporation
    Inventor: Young-Kyu Oh
  • Patent number: 11035323
    Abstract: An active purge system may include: a canister to collect therein an evaporation gas evaporated from a fuel tank; a purge line to connect the canister to an intake pipe; a purge pump to pressurize the evaporation gas to allow the evaporation gas to move from the canister to the intake pipe; a purge valve installed on the purge line to be located between the purge pump and the intake pipe; and an engine connected to the intake pipe. In particular, the engine includes an injector installed on a cylinder head, an intake valve, and an exhaust valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park, Se-Geun Kim
  • Patent number: 11002201
    Abstract: A method of determining an air volume in an active purge system may include checking whether an engine operates in an idle state; determining an air volume reaching a combustion chamber of the engine in response to a signal received from a sensor provided in an intake pipe; checking whether an evaporation gas collected in a canister is introduced into the intake pipe; estimating an amount of the evaporation gas introduced into the intake pipe and primarily correcting the air volume determined according to the estimated amount of the evaporation gas; checking whether an opening holding time of an intake valve in the engine is varied due to an operation of a continuously variable valve duration (CVVD) system electrically connected to the controller; and deriving a correction variable by substituting an operation duty of the CVVD system into a formula, a table, or a map provided in advance, and secondarily correcting the primarily corrected air volume according to the correction variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Young-Kyu Oh, Keum-Jin Park