Patents Assigned to Kia Motors Corporation
  • Vehicle body member having charging and discharging function
    Patent number: 11837737
    Abstract: A vehicle body member includes a first cell portion including a first negative pole portion and a first positive pole portion, with one or more first via holes penetrating the first negative pole portion and the first positive pole portion, a second cell portion including a second negative pole portion and a second positive pole portion, an insulating layer disposed between a surface of the first cell portion and a surface of the second cell portion, the insulating layer having one or more insulating via holes, a series connector connecting the first negative pole portion and the second positive pole portion in series via the first via holes and the insulating via holes, a positive pole current collector connected to the first positive pole portion, and a negative pole current collector connected to the second negative pole portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Won Ki Song
  • Integrated memory system for driving position and method of controlling same
    Patent number: 11834094
    Abstract: An integrated memory system for a driving position is provided. The integrated memory system includes a steering column having an inner column, and an outer column that is movable in an axis direction relative to the inner column. A position detecting unit including a plurality of detection positions detects a relative position of the outer column with respect to the inner column in response to a movement of the outer column and a controller is connected to the position detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Yura Corporation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Hoon Park, In Sik Hwang
  • Structure to prevent door opening in vehicle collision
    Patent number: 11828091
    Abstract: A structure of preventing door opening in vehicle collision may include a handle housing including a housing stopper, a door handle rotatably mounted around a door handle rotation axis on the handle housing, and of which a rotation contact end portion formed at one end portion thereof, and a blocking lever assembly including a blocking lever rotatably coupled to the handle housing and having an inertia portion formed on a portion of the blocking lever, and an assist lever selectively protruded from the blocking lever, wherein, when the blocking lever assembly is rotated by an external impact applied to the blocking lever assembly, the assist lever protrudes out of the blocking lever to be caught by the housing stopper and positioned in a movement path of the rotation contact end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jungho Han, Jinwoo Nam, Kyoung Taek Kwak, Dong Jun Kim, Do Won Sung
  • Vehicle and antenna system of vehicle
    Patent number: 11831066
    Abstract: An antenna system of a vehicle includes a glass antenna installed on a surface of a glass of the vehicle, configured to receive a first broadcast signal and a second broadcast signal; and a broadcasting receiver configured to receive the first broadcast signal and the second broadcast signal, and to cancel and remove a harmonic components of the first broadcast signal from the second broadcast signal. The antenna system can ensure a free space of a loop antenna by implementing an integrated glass antenna, and realize installing an additional antenna module in the free space of the loop antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jungnam Bae
  • System for controlling unmanned aerial vehicle and method thereof
    Patent number: 11831390
    Abstract: A system for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle may control to receive a departure point and a destination from a vehicle, and transmit information related to a shadow area between the departure point and the destination to the unmanned aerial vehicle to control the unmanned aerial vehicle to measure a communication sensitivity for each altitude in the shadow area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Hyun Soo Kim
  • Autonomous controller, vehicle system including the same, and method thereof
    Patent number: 11827248
    Abstract: The autonomous controller includes: a processor configured to control autonomous driving and determines whether to enable an autonomous driving mode or to convert the autonomous driving mode into a manual driving mode based on a current position of the driver's seat; and a storage configured to store data and an algorithm run by the processor. The processor controls at least one of whether to enable an autonomous driving mode, whether to restrict position adjustment of the driver's seat, or whether to hand over control authority based on a movement position in a forward or backward direction of the driver's seat or an angle of the backrest of the driver's seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Young Kim, Jin Su Jeong
  • High-voltage battery-mounting structure for vehicle
    Patent number: 11824217
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a mid-plate configured to support a bottom side of a battery module from a bottom side of a vehicle body; a fastening member fastened through a space in which the mid-plate and the battery module are mounted and configured to fix the mid-plate to the vehicle body; a mounting pipe provided at a top side of the mid-plate and configured to support a pressure applied to the vehicle body from a bottom side of the mid-plate, wherein the fastening member passes through the mounting pipe; a mounting support configured to fix the mounting pipe to the mid-plate, wherein the fastening member passes through the mounting support; and a shield plate coupled to the bottom side of the mid-plate and configured to surround a bottom-side coupling portion of the mounting support while allowing the fastening member to pass therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Woong Jung, Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Tae Hyuck Kim, Gyung Hoon Shin, Hae Kyu Lim
  • Frunk latch emergency opening structure
    Patent number: 11821243
    Abstract: A frunk latch emergency opening structure includes: a base configured to be fixed to a vehicle body; a pawl provided on the base so as to be rotatable; a first cable connected to one end of the pawl and configured such that tension is applied to the first cable by operating a vehicle inside handle; an emergency lever configured to be rotatable in an interlocking manner with the pawl at one end of the emergency lever; a second cable connected to another end of the emergency lever and configured such that tension is applied to the second cable by operating a frunk inside handle; and a safety hook configured to be coupled to the base so as to be rotatable and to move due to operation of a front outside lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, PYEONG HWA AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Kyoon Lim, Sang Il Kim, Ki Ryun Ahn, Hyeon Tae Park
  • Door opener assembly for push type fuel door
    Patent number: 11821248
    Abstract: A fuel door opener assembly for a push type fuel door includes a pop-up part installed inside a housing and a locking part installed inside the housing. The pop-up part includes a plunger installed to be slidable inside the housing in a state of being elastically supported, a door catch connected to the fuel door, installed to pass through the housing, disposed coaxially with the plunger, brought into contact with an end portion of the plunger, and configured to pop up the fuel door, a cam being selectively restrained by the locking part and configured to restrain sliding of the door catch when restrained by the locking part, and a plunger spring configured to elastically support the plunger toward the door catch inside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, SAMBO A & T Co., Ltd., Southco Manufacturing & Technology (Shanghai) Co., Limited.
    Inventors: Seong-Muk Lee, Yeong-Bae Park, Joon-Ho Hong
  • Eco-friendly vehicle and method for providing distance to empty thereof
    Patent number: 11820236
    Abstract: An eco-friendly vehicle and method for providing distance to empty thereof are provided. The vehicle includes a processor that predicts a distance to empty (DTE) based on a driving route received from a navigation terminal to output the DTE to an output device. The processor is configured to estimate an engaging frequency of a disconnector based on the driving route and to calculate the DTE based on the engaging frequency of the disconnector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Se Hoon Park
  • Integrated control apparatus for autonomous vehicle
    Patent number: 11820405
    Abstract: An integrated control apparatus for an autonomous vehicle includes a mobile control device 10, which is a portable device manipulated by a user, configured to perform steering, speed change, acceleration and braking of the vehicle, and a touch-type stationary display device 20 manipulated in a touch manner by the user and configured to perform functions other than the steering, the speed change, the acceleration and the braking of the vehicle when the vehicle is shifted from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode. A steering dial switch and a speed change slide switch of the mobile control device are manipulated in a manner different from that in which an acceleration button switch and a braking button switch of the mobile control device are manipulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, SL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eun Sik Kim, Seok Woo Ye, Jae Hoon Jung, Ji Hoon Yang
  • Method and apparatus for controlling gear-shifting and engine clutch connection in hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 11820362
    Abstract: A control method for controlling gear-shifting and lock-up of an engine clutch in a hybrid vehicle includes: detecting a kickdown shift by a driver while the hybrid vehicle is driving in an electric vehicle mode; starting gear-shifting when the kickdown shift is detected; controlling a difference between an engine speed and a motor speed to be equal to or less than a first reference value; synchronizing the engine speed and the motor speed through an engine speed control; performing torque blending by locking up the engine clutch when the synchronization is completed; and ending the gear-shifting when a target required torque is reached through the torque blending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Park, Moon Kyung Joo, Jin Kuk Cho
  • Powertrain for vehicle and braking control method thereof
    Patent number: 11820234
    Abstract: A powertrain for a vehicle may include a motor; a planetary gear set mounted to rotate parallel to a rotation shaft of the motor so that one rotation element may exchange power with the motor; a front wheel driveshaft engaged to the planetary gear set to receive power from another rotation element of the planetary gear set and to transfer a rotating force to a front wheel coupled to the front wheel driveshaft; and a rear wheel driveshaft engaged to the planetary gear set and mounted to receive power from the other rotation element of the planetary gear set to rotate parallel to the rotation shaft of the motor, and to transfer a rotating force to a rear wheel coupled to the rear wheel driveshaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Min Ho Chae, Soon Ki Eo, Chon Ok Kim
  • Control device for responding to failure of brake system of four-wheel drive electric vehicle
    Patent number: 11820374
    Abstract: A control device may be configured for responding to failure for ensuring the stability of a vehicle by switching from a two-wheel-drive mode to a four-wheel-drive mode when detecting failure of the brake system in a two-wheel-drive mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Gwi Chul Kim
  • Frame structure provided with independent suspension for commercial vehicle
    Patent number: 11820195
    Abstract: A frame structure of a commercial vehicle having an independent suspension system may include: a front outrigger mounted at lower front ends of wheel housings along a wide direction of a vehicle; a rear outrigger mounted at lower rear ends of the wheel housings along the width direction, wherein the wheel housings are arranged between the front and rear outriggers in a vehicle body length direction; a center reinforce unit mounted on an inner lower side of the wheel housing and disposed between the wheel housings, the center reinforce unit configured to connect the front and rear outriggers along the vehicle body length direction; a side reinforce unit mounted on an inner side of the wheel housing and connected to the center reinforce unit; and a lower reinforce unit configured to be connected to the center reinforce unit and coupled to the first suspension mounting assembly through the rear outrigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Yong Woo Moon
  • Ejector nozzle and ejector including same
    Patent number: 11824235
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ejector nozzle and an ejector including the same. The ejector nozzle includes a first tube having a first flow path into which a fluid is introduced, and a second tube provided outside the first tube and having an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the first tube, the second tube defining a second flow path between the first tube and the second tube, in which the first tube further includes a communication port that penetrates the first tube to allow the first flow path to communicate with the second flow path and is openably and closably provided, and in which when the communication port is opened, a part of the fluid flowing in the first flow path is allowed to flow along the second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: In Tae Park, Hak Yoon Kim, Hyeon Seok Ban
  • Helmet and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 11819306
    Abstract: A helmet configured for improving the safety of a user of a personal mobility by measuring an electroencephalogram (EEG) of the user using an EEG detector provided in a helmet, determining an accident situation based on the measured EEG, and operating a safety device is provided. The helmet includes a body configured to form an exterior of the helmet and can be worn on a user's head; the EEG detector provided on the body and configured to detect EEG of the user; and a controller configured to determine an accident-related situation based on an EEG signal output from the EEG detector, and to generate a control signal for operating a safety device according to the determined accident-related situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeong-Eom Lee, Youngmin Park, Seona Kim
  • Apparatus for assisting lane change, vehicle, system having the same, and method thereof
    Patent number: 11820378
    Abstract: An apparatus for assisting a lane change includes: a storage configured to store information for the lane change; and a processor that classifies a plurality of lane change steps for the lane change from a position of a host vehicle in an original lane to a target lane, and determines whether to output a warning of a dangerous situation in each lane change step of the plurality of lane change steps when the dangerous situation occurs. When the host vehicle is positioned on a boundary line of the target lane or goes over the boundary line of the target lane, the processor assists the lane change without outputting the warning based on a driving situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Eon Oh, Hoi Won Kim, Doo Jin Um
  • Vehicle and method of managing cleanliness of interior of the same
    Patent number: 11821845
    Abstract: A method of managing cleanliness of an interior of a vehicle includes: detecting indoor contamination using a contamination detector including at least a camera; receiving information on the next user including information on at least one user scheduled to ride in the vehicle; determining at least one harmful substance based on the result of detection of the indoor contamination and the information on the next user; and transmitting information on the determined at least one harmful substance to the external entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Hyun Woo, Min Jae Park, Anastasia Yarygina
  • Vehicle and vehicle tailgate locking device
    Patent number: 11814879
    Abstract: A vehicle tailgate locking device including an external door handle switch configured to be turned on and off in response to operation of an external door handle, a latch assembly including a latch member configured to engage or disengage a striker by rotation, a pawl member configured to restrain or release the latch member, and a latch motor configured to rotate the pawl member to release the latch member, and a controller configured to control power to be supplied to the latch motor in response to the external door handle switch being turned on, to stop the power supplied to the latch motor in response to either the external door handle switch being turned off after the external door handle switch is turned on or an elapse of a preset time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Eun Kim, Manhee Cho, Cheol Ho Lee, Seungwon You