Patents by Inventor Young-min Yoon

Young-min Yoon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20170232960
    Abstract: A control method and system for a hybrid vehicle with a DCT is provided. The method includes monitoring whether clutch stuck off is sensed and requesting prohibition of regenerative braking by a driving motor and requesting braking control using mechanical braking force to a higher controller when clutch stuck off is sensed. A driving mode is then changed into a single clutch driving mode, in which a vehicle is driven in gear stages realized by a clutch other than the clutch in which the clutch stuck off occurred and the higher controller is requested to prohibit regenerative braking by the driving motor, when clutch stuck off has occurred. Additionally, the higher controller is requested to obtain the braking force for the vehicle from mechanical braking force is response to determining that single clutch shifting has been performed and braking is required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Sung Hyun Cho, Young Min Yoon
  • Patent number: 9731712
    Abstract: A control method and system for a hybrid vehicle with a DCT is provided. The method includes monitoring whether clutch stuck off is sensed and requesting prohibition of regenerative braking by a driving motor and requesting braking control using mechanical braking force to a higher controller when clutch stuck off is sensed. A driving mode is then changed into a single clutch driving mode, in which a vehicle is driven in gear stages realized by a clutch other than the clutch in which the clutch stuck off occurred and the higher controller is requested to prohibit regenerative braking by the driving motor, when clutch stuck off has occurred. Additionally, the higher controller is requested to obtain the braking force for the vehicle from mechanical braking force is response to determining that single clutch shifting has been performed and braking is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sung Hyun Cho, Young Min Yoon
  • Patent number: 9702456
    Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle to implement an Automatic Vehicle Hold (AVH) function includes operating an Electronic Stability Control (ESC) such that an AVH function begins to be exhibited, controlling a transmission such that the transmission is in an interlocked state when a predetermined amount of time elapses after operating the ESC, and releasing the operation of the ESC when the transmission is in the interlocked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Young Min Yoon, Tae Hee Cho
  • Patent number: 9702420
    Abstract: A diagnostic method of determining clutch failure of a dual clutch transmission (DCT) includes comparing, by a controller, a wheel torque of a vehicle with a driving load torque of the vehicle, confirming, by the controller, whether or not the vehicle is driving, if, as a result of comparing step, the wheel torque is greater than the driving load torque, releasing, by the controller, a gear engaged with a non-drive shaft, if, as a result of the confirming step, the vehicle is in a stopped state, reconfirming, by the controller, whether or not the vehicle is driving, after the releasing step, and judging, by the controller, that a transmission clutch of the non-drive shaft fails, if, as a result of the reconfirming step, the vehicle is driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Young Min Yoon
  • Patent number: 9694825
    Abstract: A clutch burst prevention method for preventing a non-drive input shaft clutch of a vehicle provided with a double clutch transmission (DCT) from damage may include a torque reduction operation of reducing a torque of an engine by an ECU when a stuck phenomenon occurs on a shift gear of the non-drive input shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Young Min Yoon
  • Publication number: 20170158190
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a driving control method for hybrid type vehicles with a DCT. The method includes: receiving the motor speed from a driving motor; when abnormality of the motor speed is detected, requesting driving of an engine and determining whether an engine clutch is engaged; if it is determined that the engine clutch is released, controlling a clutch of a current driving stage using a clutch torque higher than a transmission input torque; controlling the current driving stage to be a limp home driving stage set in advance to be in a limp home driven status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sung Hyun CHO, Ho Young LEE, So Young LEE, Seung Sam BAEK, Ho Sung KIM, Seong Hwan CHEONG, Young Min YOON
  • Publication number: 20170152940
    Abstract: An automotive transmission has a hill-hold (H) mode for preventing a vehicle parked on a slope from rolling downward, a reverse (R) mode, a neutral (N) mode, and a drive (D) mode, in which a H position and a R-range are arranged next to and connected to each other in a shift gate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Young Min YOON, Seong Hwan CHEONG, Hyung Wook CHO
  • Patent number: 9663109
    Abstract: A vehicle clutch control method includes an incline detecting step of detecting an incline of a road surface when the vehicle is in a creep hold state, a first determining step of determining whether the detected incline is greater than a first set value, and a first control step of opening the clutch and operating an electronic stability program (ESP) brake when the incline is greater than the first set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Young Min Yoon
  • Publication number: 20170130822
    Abstract: A method of setting a reference position of an actuator in an automated manual transmission includes: performing Hall signal comparison by comparing, by a controller, a signal value of Hall sensors with a reference signal value; performing first movement by moving, by the controller, a finger of the actuator to a first end in a shifting direction by a preset distance if the signal values are identical; performing a first selection checking by checking whether selecting operation is enabled; performing a second movement by moving the finger to a second end in the shifting direction by a distance that is twice the preset distance if selecting operation is not enabled; performing a second selection checking by checking whether selecting operation is enabled; and performing a third movement by moving the finger to the first end in the shifting direction by the preset distance if selecting operation is not enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Young Min YOON
  • Publication number: 20170130786
    Abstract: A diagnostic method of determining clutch failure of a dual clutch transmission (DCT) includes comparing, by a controller, a wheel torque of a vehicle with a driving load torque of the vehicle, confirming, by the controller, whether or not the vehicle is driving, if, as a result of comparing step, the wheel torque is greater than the driving load torque, releasing, by the controller, a gear engaged with a non-drive shaft, if, as a result of the confirming step, the vehicle is in a stopped state, reconfirming, by the controller, whether or not the vehicle is driving, after the releasing step, and judging, by the controller, that a transmission clutch of the non-drive shaft fails, if, as a result of the reconfirming step, the vehicle is driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventor: Young Min YOON
  • Publication number: 20170120913
    Abstract: A control method of a vehicle includes summing weight values according to shift types through a controller during kickdown shifts of the vehicle, calculating a control constant based on the acquired sum of the weight values and the number of times of kickdown shifting through the controller, after summing of the weight values, and adjusting at least one of a shift pattern and an engine RPM based on the calculated control constant through the controller, after the calculation of the control constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Young Min YOON
  • Publication number: 20170120914
    Abstract: A control method of a vehicle includes executing one of a plurality of clutch protection logics according to estimated clutch temperatures by a controller. A control constant is counted according to the executed clutch protection logic by the controller. At least one of a shift pattern and an engine revolutions per minute (RPM) are adjusted based on the counted control constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Young Min YOON
  • Publication number: 20170114891
    Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle to implement an Automatic Vehicle Hold (AVH) function includes operating an Electronic Stability Control (ESC) such that an AVH function begins to be exhibited, controlling a transmission such that the transmission is in an interlocked state when a predetermined amount of time elapses after operating the ESC, and releasing the operation of the ESC when the transmission is in the interlocked state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Young Min YOON, Tae Hee CHO
  • Publication number: 20170114889
    Abstract: A method for controlling driving of a vehicle includes diagnosing whether or not a wheel speed sensor has failed when a shift lever is changed to an R-range while a vehicle travels in a lowest forward gear provided on a same shaft as a reverse gear is provided, disengaging the lowest forward gear and then engaging the reverse gear when the wheel speed sensor is diagnosed to be in a normal state, and calculating a vehicle speed using the wheel speed sensor in a simultaneous disengagement range, in which an odd gear and an even gear are simultaneously disengaged, during gear engagement in the disengagement of the lowest forward gear and then engaging the reverse gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventor: Young Min YOON
  • Publication number: 20170108112
    Abstract: A method for controlling an Electronic Oil Pump (EOP) of a transmission includes performing a clutch temperature determination by determining whether a temperature of a clutch is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value (A) previously input to a control unit, performing a vehicle speed check by, if it is determined that the clutch temperature is less than the predetermined reference value (A) previously input to the control unit, checking whether a vehicle speed is equal to or greater than a predetermined reference value (C) previously input to the control unit, and performing oil supply by the control unit supplying oil to the transmission by operating the EOP, wherein the oil supplied from the EOP is selectively supplied to a clutch or a gear of the transmission by controlling a solenoid valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Young Min YOON, Yong Uk SHIN
  • Publication number: 20170108118
    Abstract: A control method for a shifting mechanism of a vehicle includes determining whether or not an error signal is generated by a motor unit, when it is determined that an error signal is generated, determining whether or not a shift finger of the shifting mechanism is shifted to one of the shift positions, when it is determined that the shift finger is shifted to one of the shift positions in the step of determining whether or not the shift finger of the shifting mechanism is shifted to one of the shift positions, confirming a value of an end position by moving the shift finger to the end position of the shift position that is currently selected, and correcting a value of a position of the shift finger using the value of the end position confirmed in the step of confirming the value of the end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Young Min YOON
  • Publication number: 20170101085
    Abstract: A driving control method for a hybrid vehicle is provided to overcome a slip of the vehicle by a conversion of an EV mode into an HEV mode. The driving control method includes: determining by a controller whether the hybrid vehicle is insufficiently driven backward only by power of a motor when the vehicle is driven backward on an uphill road by driving the motor backward; starting an engine and engaging a backward stage gear; releasing a first clutch and at the same time requesting a brake operation signal to the hybrid vehicle while the motor is converted into forward driving; and then engaging a second clutch and requesting a brake release signal to the hybrid vehicle while an engine clutch is engaged to control the hybrid vehicle to be started by the power of the motor and the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Young Min YOON
  • Publication number: 20170101084
    Abstract: A control method of a hybrid vehicle includes: confirming whether or not the driving mode of the vehicle is an EV mode when a controller senses shift of the position of a shift lever from the position R to the position D or from the position D to the position R; applying reverse-directional motor torque to a motor through the controller so that a motor speed is synchronized with the speed of an engagement-side clutch, as a result of confirmation of the driving mode, if the driving mode of the vehicle is the EV mode; and executing normal driving of the vehicle by applying regular-directional motor torque to the motor through the controller after synchronization of the motor speed with the engagement-side clutch speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Young Min YOON, Jin Sung KIM, Seung Sam BAEK, Seong Hwan CHEONG
  • Publication number: 20170089457
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for controlling a transmission for a vehicle. The method includes sensing, by a controller, an opening degree of an accelerator pedal; checking, by the controller, a gear stage engaged with an input shaft, with which a Reverse (R) gear and a second gear of a Dual-Clutch Transmission (DCT) are engageable, if the opening degree of the accelerator pedal is less than or equal to a reference value as a result of the sensing; and controlling, by the controller, the vehicle in a parking mode in which disengagement of the R gear is prevented if the R gear is engaged with the input shaft as a result of the checking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Young Min YOON, Seong Hwan CHEONG
  • Publication number: 20170089460
    Abstract: A control method for preventing backward slipping of a vehicle includes a range detection step in which a controller detects a range position of a shift lever, a gradient comparison step in which the controller compares a gradient of a road with a predetermined reference gradient when it is determined that the position of the shift lever is the D range, a stop state check step where the controller checks a brake and a driving state of the vehicle when it is determined at the gradient comparison step that the gradient of the road is equal to or greater than the reference gradient, and an inter-lock implementation step in which the controller engages multiple gears on an identical shaft when it is determined at the stop state check step that the brake is on and the vehicle has stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventor: Young Min Yoon