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Young J. Kim — 11 Patents

General Motors: 8 patents #1,982 of 18,328Top 15%
Hyundai Motor: 3 patents #3,336 of 11,886Top 30%
Troy, MI: #313 of 2,712 inventorsTop 15%
Michigan: #8,574 of 86,293 inventorsTop 10%
Overall (All Time): #435,149 of 4,157,543Top 15%
11 Patents All Time
Young J. Kim has been granted 11 US patents while listed as an inventor at General Motors. The first was granted in 2014 and the most recent in May 2025. Young J. Kim ranks #435,149 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 10.5%). Patent records list Young J. Kim in Troy, MI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2014 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2023.peak 32014: 1 patents20142016: 1 patents20162017: 1 patents20172022: 1 patents20222023: 3 patents20232024: 2 patents20242025: 2 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–11 of 11 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12296693 System and method for temperature estimation of inverter AC power bus Daniel J. Berry, Dylan M. Day, Jeffrey W. Yambor 2025-05-13
12255567 System and method estimating temperature of a direct current bus bar and direct current connector in a power inverter and providing control based upon the temperature Daniel J. Berry, Dylan M. Day 2025-03-18
12074505 Systems, apparatuses, and methods for active end-turn cooling for an electric motor with four-bar linkages SeungHwan Keum, Jun-Mo Kang, Insu Chang 2024-08-27 $36,856,000
12015327 Methods, systems, and apparatuses for passive end-turn cooling for an electric motor using gravity SeungHwan Keum, Jun-Mo Kang, Insu Chang 2024-06-18 $21,532,000
11722037 Interior permanent magnet motor having controllable coolant distribution SeungHwan Keum, Insu Chang, Jun-Mo Kang 2023-08-08 $29,355,000
11705781 System and method of active end-turn cooling for an interior permanent magnet motor Insu Chang, SeungHwan Keum, Jun-Mo Kang 2023-07-18 $32,453,000
11575341 Method of rotor temperature prediction for an electric motor Wei Zeng, Scott E. Parrish, Jeffrey W. Yambor 2023-02-07 $25,171,000
11264936 Method and apparatus for controlling operation of a permanent magnet rotary electric machine Anno Yoo, Daniel J. Berry 2022-03-01 $39,272,000
9702310 Method for regenerating lean NOx trap of exhaust purification system provided with lean NOx trap and selective catalytic reduction catalyst and exhaust purification system Jungwhun Kang, Won Jin Jo 2017-07-11
9512751 Device and method for reducing fuel dilution of diesel engine Won Jin Jo, Jae Deuk Lee, Je Rok Chun, Dae Kwon Kim, Jung Hwan Ham +1 more 2016-12-06
8893668 System and method for cooling engine of vehicle Won Jin Jo, Jerok Chun, Kimin Park, Hyun Jun Hong, Hyun Kyu Woo +1 more 2014-11-25