Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Corporation

Lg Innotek Co., Ltd.

Korea Institute of Industrial Technology

Other

Kia Motors Corporation

Korea Institute of Science and Technology

Korea University Research and Business Foundation

Hanon Systems

Afs Inc.

Tae Hee Kim

Wan Je Cho

Seong-Bin Jeong

Jae Yeon Kim

Yeonho Kim

Man Hee Park

Hyunjae Lee

Jae-Eun Jeong

Hyun Jae Lee

Jeawan Kim

Seong Bin Jeong

Namho Park

Jung Nam Im

Jae Eun Jeong

Song Jun Doh

Myoung Seok Sung

Gyu Dong Lee

Nam Ho Park

Kyoung Ku Lee

Yoonjin Kim

Chaehwa Kim

Soo Hyun Kim

Seung Ho Lee

Sueng Ho Lee

Yeon Ho Kim

Jungbae Kim

Dong Seok Oh

Yong Woong Cha

Young Mee Jung

Hochan An

Ji Wan Son

Ho Sung Kang

Hoyoung Jeong

Seong Woo Jeong

Jeong Wan Han

Gahee Kim

Eon Soo Yun

Dong Hyun Kong

Hyo-Chan Bae

Justin Jihong Chung

Jung Bum Choi

Myung Hwan Kim

Doyoung Kim

Kyu Ho Chae

Min Ji Yoon

Jin Yoo

Chunkyu Kwon

Minseob Shin

Hyunsub Lee

Seong Jae Lee

Jun Young Kang

Chae Hwa Kim

In order to efficiently perform heating of a vehicle interior in a state in which the external temperature is low and heat generated by a heating element is not sufficient in an early stage of driving the vehicle, a heat pump system for a vehicle is provided. The heat pump system utilizes various heat sources in a general heating mode of the vehicle interior, and at the same time, maximizes the system performance by increasing flow of the refrigerant. The heat pump system may include: a compressor, a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) module; a heat-exchanger; a first expansion valve; a first connection line; a chiller; a second expansion valve; a second connection line; a third connection line; and a fourth connection line.

Heat pump system for a vehicle

An embodiment multi-way coolant valve includes an outer housing including first to third outer inlets, first to third outer outlets, and a pump mount portion coupled to one of the outer outlets, an inner housing rotatably provided within the outer housing and including penetration holes corresponding to the outer inlets and outlets, a coolant line defined by a selective connection of the penetration holes such that the outer inlets and outlets are selectively connected, pads interposed between an interior circumference of the outer housing and an exterior circumference of the inner housing at locations of the outer inlets and outlets, respectively, and a driving unit connected to a rotation center of the inner housing to selectively rotate the inner housing within the outer housing, wherein the inner housing is configured to rotate by a preset interval according to a selected vehicle mode.

Multi-way coolant valve and heat pump system having the same

A slim-type heat management system for an electric vehicle is provided. The system includes various heat management modes using a number of parts including at least two three-way expansion valves. The various heat management modes include a heat pump dehumidification mode and a dehumidification max mode, which are for defogging, in addition to an indoor cooling mode, a battery cooling mode, and a heat pump mode for heating.

Slim-type heat management system for electric vehicle

An embodiment heat pump system for a vehicle includes a first circuit including a radiator and a first valve in a first line, a second circuit including a first water pump, a second valve, and a third valve provided in a second line, a third circuit including electrical equipment provided in a third line, a fourth circuit including second water pump and a fourth valve provided in a fourth line, a fifth circuit including a battery module provided in a fifth line, a sixth circuit including a third water pump and a cooler provided in a sixth line, a seventh circuit including a fourth water pump and a heater provided in a seventh line, and a centralized energy module including a condenser, a chiller, and an evaporator.

Heat pump system for vehicle

An embodiment method for controlling a compressor of a vehicle includes selectively controlling an operation of the compressor by determining and comparing a discharge pressure of the compressor and a temperature of an inverter with predetermined values based on data detected in real time when the compressor is operated to cool or heat an interior of the vehicle and operating a protection mode to prevent thermal burnout of the inverter in response to a determination that the discharge pressure of the compressor is higher than an operation stop pressure.

Compressor control method for vehicle

A thermoelectric element according to an embodiment comprises: a first substrate; a first electrode part disposed on the first substrate; a thermoelectric semiconductor disposed on the first electrode part; second electrode parts disposed on the thermoelectric semiconductor; and a second substrate disposed on the second electrode parts, wherein the second substrate comprises: a first surface; and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the second electrode parts are disposed on the first surface, a terminal electrode part formed by extending at least one of the second electrode parts is disposed on the second surface, and the second substrate is formed between the terminal electrode part and the second electrode parts.

Thermoelectric element

An apparatus for determining defective hair follicles includes an image acquiring unit for acquiring an image of a follicle and a hair for each follicle separated from a scalp of an alopecic patient in an incisional hair transplant or each follicle directly extracted from an alopecic patient in a non-incisional hair transplant, an image processing unit for extracting an outline pattern of the image of the follicle and the hair by performing a contour detection process or an edge detection process on the image, a follicle shape database for storing hair pixel patterns related to various shapes of hairs and follicle pixel patterns related to various shapes of follicles, and a follicle determining unit for determining whether a follicle is normal follicle or defective follicle by comparing the outline pattern of the image with the hair pixel patterns and follicle pixel patterns stored in the follicle shape database.

Apparatus for determining defective hair follicles and apparatus for automatically separating hair follicles including the same

A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a valve, an electrical component cooling device, a battery cooling device, an indoor heating device, an indoor cooling device, a centralized energy device, and a chiller to improve heating efficiency by regulating a temperature of a battery module by use of one chiller in which a cooler and a refrigerant exchange heat, recovers various heat sources in a heating mode of the vehicle and utilizes the recovered heat sources for indoor heating.

A refrigerant circulating apparatus for a vehicle, includes at least one heat exchanger configured to heat-exchange a refrigerant; at least one valve provided to selectively flow the refrigerant to the at least one heat exchanger; and a refrigerant distribution unit having a first surface on which the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one valve are provided and a second surface on which at least one flow path through which the refrigerant circulates through the at least one heat exchanger and the at least one valve is provided.

Refrigerant circulating apparatus for vehicle

Provided are a method for fabricating a highly elastic porous polymer membrane, a method for manufacturing a cell culture system using a porous polymer membrane fabricated by the fabrication method, and a cell culture system manufactured by the manufacturing method. The porous polymer membrane can be fabricated by spin coating a mixture solution containing a biodegradable elastomeric polymer and a water-soluble moisture absorbent in an optimum ratio while maintaining a high relative humidity. The porous polymer membrane has a uniform thickness and a uniform pore size and is highly elastic. In addition, the thickness and pore size of the porous polymer membrane can be controlled. The porous polymer membrane can induce active cell-cell interaction during cell co-culture due to its high porosity. The porous polymer membrane enables control over cell alignment or array due to its high biocompatibility and elasticity. The porous polymer membrane can be utilized in a platform for inducing stem cell differentiation, a lab-on-a-chip, a synthetic skin simulant platform, etc.

Method for fabricating highly elastic porous polymer membrane, method for manufacturing cell culture system using porous polymer membrane fabricated by the fabrication method and cell culture system manufactured by the manufacturing method

A thermal management system includes: a first radiator, a first electric water pump, and a first coolant line configured to allow a coolant to be circulated by the first electric water pump; a second radiator, a second electric water pump, and a second coolant line configured to allow a coolant to be circulated by the second electric water pump; and a first flow control device and a second flow control device installed at front ends and rear ends of the first radiator and the second radiator so as to control a coolant flow direction between the first coolant line, the second coolant line, and a third coolant line. The third coolant line is installed so as to connect the first flow control device and the second flow control device to each other.

Thermal management system for electric vehicles

Disclosed is a porous structure including water-soluble chitosan; and a carboxymethyl cellulose-based compound, wherein a weight ratio of the water-soluble chitosan and the carboxymethyl cellulose-based compound is from 65:35 to 25:75, and a process for preparing the same.

Porous structure and method for manufacturing same

An apparatus for automatically separating hair follicles includes a follicle separating unit configured to cut a skin tissue of a scalp cut from a back of a head of an alopecic patient in units of follicles and to classify follicles by a number of hairs included in each follicle in an incisional hair transplant or to classify follicles each directly extracted from the back of the head of the alopecic patient by the number of hairs included in each follicle in a non-incisional hair transplant, and a follicle separation control unit configured to control an operation of the follicle separating unit.

Apparatus for automatically separating hair follicles

Disclosed herein is an integrated reservoir tank assembly for a vehicle. The integrated reservoir tank assembly for a vehicle includes an integrated reservoir tank in which an inner space is partitioned into a first chamber configured to store cooling water of a first cooling circuit and a second chamber configured to store cooling water of a second cooling circuit by a partition wall; a first electric water pump integrally coupled to the first chamber of the integrated reservoir tank and configured to transmit the cooling water stored in the first chamber along a cooling water line of the first cooling circuit; and a second electric water pump integrally coupled to the second chamber of the integrated reservoir tank and configured to transmit the cooling water stored in the second chamber along a cooling water line of the second cooling circuit.

Reservoir tank assembly for vehicle

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Seoul, South Korea

Tae Hee Kim