Patents Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company
  • Publication number: 20240149863
    Abstract: A method of controlling a towing mode of an eco-friendly vehicle, may easily charge a battery of a towed vehicle by selecting one of a charge mode during traveling, a regenerative braking charge mode, and a coasting charge mode for charging the battery of the towed vehicle when a towing vehicle tows the towed vehicle so that a motor of the towed vehicle is driven by a negative charge torque for charging the battery when the towing vehicle accelerates or decelerates, and furthermore, may easily perform the assist of the traveling driving force of the towing vehicle by selecting a discharge mode during traveling in a state in which the towed vehicle does not need to be charged to the amount of charge of the battery of the towed vehicle greater than or equal to a reference value so that the motor of the towed vehicle is driven by a positive driving torque by discharging the battery of the towed vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Jun SHIN, Hyo Jun KAWK, Jin Cheol SHIN, Kyung Hun HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240149653
    Abstract: A docking system for a vehicle and a building and a control method therefor, include a plurality of vehicle doors provided to enter the vehicle, a roof connected to an upper portion of each of the vehicle doors, and configured to be vertically lifted and lowered above and below the plurality of vehicle doors, wherein when the roof is lifted, an indoor space expands upward to connect the indoor space of the vehicle to an indoor space of the building into one space, and a sealing door respectively provided inside each of the vehicle doors, when the roof is lifted, which is rotated toward each of the vehicle doors to seal each of the vehicle doors and the roof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Hyun CHOI, Hyung Sik Choi, Sang Heon Lee
  • Publication number: 20240149668
    Abstract: A torque vectoring device for a vehicle includes: a differential; a first planetary gear device including a first rotating element fixed to a transmission case and a second rotating element connected to a differential case of the differential; a second planetary gear device including a first rotating element connected to a motor, and a third rotating element connected to a third rotating element of the first planetary gear device; and a selective connector configured such that a second rotating element of the second planetary gear device can be selectively connected to one of the third rotating element of the second planetary gear device and a selected drive shaft which is one of two drive shafts coupled to the differential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Young Kim, Kwang Min Choi, Baek Yu Kim, Chul Min Ahn, Sung Gon Byun, Sun Sung Kwon, Jun Hoi Huh
  • Publication number: 20240149690
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an input device, a first battery, a battery monitoring system configured to monitor a state of charge (SOC) value of the first battery, and a power distribution control apparatus configured to determine whether the vehicle is in a ready state based on an operating state of the driving motor when an On command for an Eco mode is received, obtain a driving-possible distance based on the SOC value of the first battery when it is determined that the vehicle is in the ready state, and control a power saving mode of the vehicle based on the obtained driving-possible distance, wherein electric power to be supplied to the first load is limited in the power saving mode. The power saving mode is a mode in which electric power to be supplied to the first load is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Un CHON
  • Publication number: 20240149712
    Abstract: A silencer for a fuel cell vehicle includes: an internal pipe including a first drain disposed in a lower portion of an external circumferential surface thereof and configured to discharge water and a plurality of gas flow ports disposed in an upper portion of the external circumferential surface and configured to allow gas to flow therethrough; a housing surrounding the internal pipe and forming a space in which the water and the gas flow within the internal pipe; a drainage adjustment portion disposed inside the internal pipe and configured to open or close the first drain, wherein the drainage adjustment portion includes: a moving plate including a shape corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of the internal pipe and moving in an axial direction of the internal pipe according to flow of the gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Ki Ho PARK
  • Publication number: 20240149695
    Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle includes inputting, in response to an error occurring in a main controller configured for controlling a motor driving the vehicle, a brake signal of the vehicle to an electronic controller; confirming, in response to the brake signal being input, whether the vehicle decelerates in a drive controller; outputting, upon confirming that the vehicle does not decelerate, by the drive controller, a signal for generating a notification for inducing an emergency button mechanically or electrically connected to the main controller to operate; and cutting off power supplied to the main controller in response to the operation of the emergency button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Un CHON
  • Publication number: 20240153129
    Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle and a vehicle position calculation method. The vehicle includes an image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jihee Han, Junsik An, Jungphil Kwon
  • Publication number: 20240149836
    Abstract: A sensor cleaning device includes: a spray nozzle configured to spray washing water and air to a sensor; a first flow path having a venturi section that exerts a venturi effect in a midstream thereof and configured to guide air from an air supply source to the spray nozzle; a second flow path configured to provide fluid communication between a washing water supply source and the venturi section such that washing water is suctioned into the venturi section by the venturi effect and combines the washing water from the washing water supply source with a flow of air guided to the spray nozzle; a third flow path configured to communicate with the first flow path to bypass the venturi section; and a valve device configured to control a flow of fluid flowing along the first, second, and third flow paths to a blocking mode, a washing water supply mode, and an air supply mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bosung Lee, Buyeol Ryu, Wonkyu Choi
  • Publication number: 20240154422
    Abstract: A power conversion system of a battery for a vehicle includes a bidirectional charger configured to output a first active line voltage between a first active line and a neutral line and a second active line voltage between a second active line and the neutral line at different levels by converting a voltage of a battery into an AC voltage in a battery discharge mode, and a wiring swap device configured to electrically connect the first active line to a load-side first active line and to cross and electrically connect the second active line and the neutral line to a load-side neutral line and a load-side second active line, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Uk Park, Jae Hyun Kim, Hyun Wook Seong, Dong Gyun Woo
  • Publication number: 20240149819
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an interior material for a vehicle and a method for molding the interior material for the vehicle, and more specifically the method for molding an interior material for a vehicle according to the present disclosure includes heating a skin inserted into an upper end heater and a lower end heater spaced apart from each other; preforming the heated skin using an upper mold having a mold temperature set to have a set shape and a lower mold having a second mold temperature; and pressing the preformed skin and a core using a 1-1 mold and a 1-2 mold having set mold temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation, KBI Dongkook Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun An, In Soo Han, Woo Hyun Lim, Kyu Ha Yoo, Dong II Son, Dong Hyuk Choi, Chang Woo Kang, Chang Bok Park, Wan Gyu Choi
  • Publication number: 20240151364
    Abstract: A hydrogen supply method includes a first fluid circulation operation in which a first fluid sequentially circulates through a first fluid circulation line including a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the first fluid and an external fluid, a compressor, a second heat exchanger, and an expansion member. The hydrogen supply method further includes a (2-1)th fluid circulation operation in which a second fluid circulates through a second fluid circulation line through which the second fluid circulates and exchanges heat with the first fluid in the second heat exchanger. The (2-1)th fluid circulation operation includes allowing the second fluid to sequentially circulate through the second heat exchanger, a hydrogen storage including a metal or alloy that adsorbs hydrogen, and a pump through the second fluid circulation line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ho Young Jeong, Yeon Ho Kim, Ji Hye Park
  • Publication number: 20240151360
    Abstract: A hydrogen supply method includes a two-side heat exchange mode in which both introducing a second fluid into a hydrogen storage part after the second fluid exchanges heat with a first fluid in a second heat exchanger in a state in which a compressor is driven to compress the first fluid and introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid is heated or cooled in the thermal device are performed. The method also includes a one-side heat exchange mode in which one of introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid exchanges heat with the first fluid in the second heat exchanger in a state in which the compressor is driven to compress the first fluid and introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid is heated or cooled in the thermal device is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ho Young Jeong, Hoon Mo Park, Kyung Moon Lee, Yeon Ho Kim, Ji Hye Park, Jae Yeon Kim, Dong Hoon Nam
  • Publication number: 20240154488
    Abstract: A cooling structure includes a housing having a cooling channel defined therein through which a coolant flows and includes a sealing cap fitted to a hole of the housing to seal the hole. The sealing cap includes a blocking member configured to be in contact with an internal surface of the housing. The cooling structure may be for cooling a motor, such as an in-wheel vehicle motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kam Chun Lee, Jae Young Jeun, Jeong Uk An, Ki Tack Lim, Kyung Jun Lee, Yong Gyu Lee, Sung Min Hong, Hong Wook Lee, Kyung Ku Yeo
  • Publication number: 20240151361
    Abstract: A hydrogen supply method includes a two-side heat exchange mode in which both introducing a second fluid into a hydrogen storage part after the second fluid exchanges heat with a first fluid in a second heat exchanger in a state in which a compressor is driven to compress the first fluid and introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid is heated or cooled in a thermal device are performed. The method also includes a one-side heat exchange mode in which one of introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid exchanges heat with the first fluid in the second heat exchanger in a state in which the compressor is driven to compress the first fluid and introducing the second fluid into the hydrogen storage part after the second fluid is heated or cooled in the thermal device is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yeon Ho Kim, Hoon Mo Park, Kyung Moon Lee, Dong Hoon Nam, Ji Hye Park, Young Jin Cho, Jea Wan Kim, Byeong Soo Shin, Ji Hoon Lee, Ho Young Jeong, Suk Hoon Hong, Man Hee Park, Yeong Jun Kim, Jae Yeon Kim, Ho Chan An
  • Publication number: 20240155153
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for video coding for refining predicted signals of intra prediction based on deep learning. The video coding method and the apparatus generate a refined intra predicted signal to improve video coding efficiency and video quality. The video coding method and the apparatus adaptively input a prediction block according to intra prediction of a current block, block information related to the current block, and neighboring reconstructed reference samples into a deep learning network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, EWHA UNIVERSITY – INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Je Won Kang, Hye Sun Jeong, Seung Wook Park, Jin Heo
  • Publication number: 20240151366
    Abstract: A hydrogen supply method including a (1-1)th fluid circulation operation in which a first fluid sequentially circulates through a first fluid circulation line including a first heat exchanger in which the first fluid and an external fluid exchange heat therebetween, a first flow rate control member that controls flow of the first fluid, a compressor, the first flow rate control member, a second heat exchanger, and an expansion member. The hydrogen supply method further includes a (2-1)th fluid circulation operation in which a second fluid circulates through a second fluid circulation line through which the second fluid circulates and exchanges heat with the first fluid in the second heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ho Young Jeong, Yeon Ho Kim, Ji Hye Park
  • Publication number: 20240155134
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for video coding using improved cross-component linear model (CCLM) prediction. The video coding method and the apparatus generate a first predictor of a current chroma block according to CCLM prediction, and additionally generate a second predictor of the current chroma block based on the neighboring pixels of the current chroma block in intra prediction of the current chroma block. The video coding method and the apparatus perform weighted combination on the first predictor and the second predictor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Byeung Woo Jeon, Bum Yoon Kim, Jee Hwan Lee, Seung Wook Park, Jin Heo
  • Publication number: 20240149837
    Abstract: A sensor cleaning apparatus for a vehicle includes: a sensor housing in which a driver and a sensor are mounted, a cover part configured to rotate and exposed to the outside of the sensor housing through an open region formed on a front surface of the sensor housing, and a blade part connected to the cover part. The blade is rotated as the driver is driven and provided to allow air generated by its rotation to flow toward a front surface and a rear surface of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DY AUTO Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Heon Wang, Nak Kyoung Kong, Dong Eun Cha, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jung Kwan Choi
  • Publication number: 20240149704
    Abstract: A vehicle control method includes receiving information on a state of a main battery from a battery controller to a power controller so that a vehicle operates in a power saving mode, receiving, by the power controller, information on a possible travel distance of the vehicle determined by a drive controller using information on a charge amount of the main battery, receiving information on a determination that the vehicle cannot travel to a destination from the drive controller to the power controller using information on a remaining travel distance to the destination, and executing, by the power controller, the power saving mode depending on a level according to the information on the determination that the vehicle cannot travel to a destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Un CHON
  • Publication number: 20240151087
    Abstract: A door closing impact absorber apparatus includes a first body, a second body coupled to the first body, wherein the first body and the second body are relatively movable therebetween, and an elastic portion disposed between the first body and the second body to support elastically the first body and the second body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hyungin YUN, Chungsik Yim