Patents Assigned to Hyundai Motor Japan R&D Center Inc.
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Publication number: 20100225191Abstract: A structure for arranging a permanent magnet suitable for a rotor core having a thin, circular, hollow ring section and a structure for reducing the amount of the permanent magnet are provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2009Publication date: September 9, 2010Applicants: Hyundai Motor Japan R&D Center, Inc., Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Nishimura Hiroshi
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Publication number: 20100220190Abstract: The present invention features an apparatus and method for displaying a bird's eye view image of around a vehicle in a relatively simple manner without causing a large amount of processing load, in which a driver can easily perceive a three-dimensional obstacle placed adjacent to a seam.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2009Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicants: Hyundai Motor Japan R&D Center, Inc., Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Nakamura HIROSHI
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Publication number: 20100220053Abstract: An input apparatus for in-vehicle devices is easy to use and facilitates recognizing the position of fingertips. For this, the input apparatus includes a control unit including a recess allowing fingers to be inserted threreinto and having a control surface on an inner side wall thereof, a control switch disposed on the control surface, and a camera horizontally photographing the fingers inserted into the recess; and a display unit displaying an image of the fingers photographed by the camera to overlay on a control screen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2009Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR JAPAN R&D CENTER, INC., HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Kosei Ishii
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Publication number: 20100144487Abstract: A motor-generator system for a vehicle, in which power transmission between a crankshaft of an engine and a motor-generator is performed by a V-belt wound around pulleys thereof, includes a speed controller controlling the rotational speed of the V-belt within a predetermined range and provided on a crankshaft pulley mounted on the crankshaft. The motor-generator system, among others, can maintain the power transmission force of the V-belt at a high level.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2009Publication date: June 10, 2010Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR JAPAN R&D CENTER, INC.Inventors: Nakano Noboru, Sakurai Nobuo
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Publication number: 20100108420Abstract: A method of controlling clutch transfer torque in a hybrid vehicle comprises estimating clutch characteristics from a relation between a control current for a clutch hydraulic valve and a clutch transfer torque corresponding to the control current for the clutch hydraulic valve. With the method, a clutch friction coefficient can be precisely estimated, thereby reducing/eliminating a shock that can occur in the event of the clutch going on or off.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR JAPAN R&D CENTER, INC., HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Kadota Keiji
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Publication number: 20100114442Abstract: A method of adjusting the characteristics of a clutch in a hybrid electric vehicle, more particularly to a method of adjusting characteristic of a clutch for a hybrid electric vehicle, which is capable of maintaining the characteristic of the clutch at an appropriate level while suppressing the frequency of the adjustment as possible, thereby a driver or passengers of the vehicle hardly feel annoyance caused by frequent adjustment of characteristic of a clutch.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR JAPAN R&D CENTER, INC., HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Keiji Kadota
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Patent number: 7684906Abstract: A method of controlling a hybrid vehicle that is driven by at least one of an engine and a motor generator, the motor generator exchanging power with a battery. The method includes determining whether the vehicle is accelerating, decelerating, or traveling at a constant speed; selecting a range of a state of charge of the battery based on whether the vehicle is accelerating, decelerating, or traveling at a constant speed; and controlling at least one of: torque and number of rotations of the engine and the motor generator, such that the power being exchanged between the battery and the motor generator is such that the state of charge is within the selected range.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Motor Japan R&D Center Inc., Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Teruyoshi Egoshi
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Patent number: 7642009Abstract: A holder for battery that maintains a temperature difference between battery modules below a specific value by the shape of a module support portion including receiving recesses divided into halves to become smaller from the upstream to the downstream of cooling air flow direction so that the contact area of the cooling air between the battery modules varies. The battery modules may include a module support portion supporting a plurality of battery modules and a plurality of receiving recesses formed at regular intervals on the module support portion, on which the battery modules are placed.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2006Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Motor Japan R&D Center Inc., Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Yoshiro Shimoyama
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Publication number: 20090243880Abstract: Alarm systems comprises an eye gaze direction detecting part, an obstacle detecting device and an alarm controlling part. The eye gaze direction detecting part determines a vehicle driver's field of view by analyzing facial images of a driver of the vehicle pictured by using a camera equipped in the vehicle. The obstacle detecting device detects the presence of an obstacle in the direction unobserved by the driver using a radar equipped in the vehicle, the direction of which radar is set up in the direction not attended by the driver on the basis of data detected by the eye gaze monitor. The alarm controlling part determines whether to make an alarm in case an obstacle is detected by the obstacle detecting device. The systems can detect the negligence of a vehicle driver in observing the front view targets and release an alarm to prevent the driver from any possible danger.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2008Publication date: October 1, 2009Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Japan R&D Center, Inc.Inventor: Shingo Kiuchi
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Publication number: 20090237268Abstract: The present invention provides an information display system for a vehicle displaying a vehicle image overlapped with a panorama view image, and the information display system provides information around the vehicle, condition of the vehicle or information for a dangerous place to the driver with easy understand.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2008Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR JAPAN R&D CENTER, INC.Inventors: Hirota Tomoyuki, Maruyama Shuji, Kurozu Tomotaka
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Publication number: 20090237257Abstract: The present invention provides a doze-off warning apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a sensor measuring a driver's eye-open time (to) and an eye-closure time (tc); a doze-off driving determination part determining degree of danger based on the measured eye-open time (to) and the eye-closure time (tc) and comparing the determined degree of danger with a predetermined threshold (Kt); and an alarm part providing a warning signal with the driver when the degree of danger exceeds the predetermined threshold (Kt).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2008Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR JAPAN R&D CENTER, INC.Inventors: Kiichi Yamada, Minakami Yumie
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Publication number: 20090128317Abstract: The present invention provides a movable display device which has a high awareness of a display content while a sight line moving angle between a sight line connecting a driver's eye to display means and a sight line connecting the driver's eye to a target is small, thereby alleviating the driver's fatigue.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2008Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Japan R&D Center, Inc.Inventor: Fujie Hideshiro
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Publication number: 20090122555Abstract: A lamp fixture has a hollow shape, such as a pyramid or a cone. The fixture includes a light source mount at a vertex of the shape, configured for light from a light source to enter the shape therethrough; reflecting inner surfaces on sides of the shape; and a design element on or in at least one of the sides. The design element may be a slit, a hole, a transparent element, a color pattern, a three-dimensional object, a prominence, an uneven surface, or a combination thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2008Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Japan R&D Center Inc.Inventor: Suzuki Hiroshi
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Publication number: 20090087726Abstract: The present invention provides a grommet of a support structure for battery modules, which is easy to assemble, is reduced in the number of parts and has a simple and easy structure. The support structure for battery modules, which comprises a grommet having at least one hollow portion formed therein for fitting a cylindrical battery module thereto, the grommet being integrally formed as a single unit, wherein the grommet comprises: a first fitting section and a second fitting section formed in such a fashion that the grommet is horizontally or vertically cut inwardly from one end thereof so as to divide the hollow portion into two parts; and a foldable section for interconnecting the first fitting section and the second fitting section so as to allow the first fitting section and/or the second fitting section to be opened or closed thereabout.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2007Publication date: April 2, 2009Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Japan R&D Center, Inc.Inventor: Yoshiro Shimoyama
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Publication number: 20080217209Abstract: A storage device for battery modules is provided, which comprises a plurality of retaining members that are fastened to one another in a stack; receiving portions that form spaces divided by interfaces between the retaining members and arranged in plurality of lines along the interfaces; and shock-absorbing members that are mounted on the receiving portions to surround the battery modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2007Publication date: September 11, 2008Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Japan R&D Center, Inc.Inventor: Yoshiro Shimoyama
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Publication number: 20080084188Abstract: A device for cooling or heating a battery module is disclosed to uniformly lower the temperature of the battery modules, reduce the overall weight and manufacturing costs and time. The device comprises: a plurality of battery modules; a holder supportably accommodating said battery modules; at least one fan for delivering into or removing from said holder cold or hot air; and a film fixed on each of said battery modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2006Publication date: April 10, 2008Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Motor Japan R&D Center, Inc., Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Yoshiro Shimoyama
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Publication number: 20080013139Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of displaying an object, in which the object is formed by displaying a two-dimensional object image on a plurality of displaying surfaces which are respectively disposed at different positions having different depths from each other. The luminance of the two-dimensional image displayed on each displaying surface is changed independently such that when the object image is moved farther in depth, the luminance of the object image displayed on a surface nearer to the observer is reduced and the luminance of the object image displayed on a surface farther from the observer is increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2006Publication date: January 17, 2008Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Japan R&D Center, Inc.Inventors: Shuji Maruyama, Tomoyuki Hirota