Patents Assigned to HYUNDAI KEFICO CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 11680637
    Abstract: An electronic shift lever is provided and includes a housing which accommodates various components therein. A motor unit generates a driving force and a reduction unit is connected to the motor unit. The reduction unit is configured to increase the driving force generated from the motor unit. The motor unit and the reduction unit are accommodated inside the housing and are formed integrally with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Yu Ko, Ji Hwan Oh, Su Won Kim, Chan Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11667524
    Abstract: Disclose is a method for fabricating a semiconductor device. The method includes: forming a groove such as by etching one side surface of a first substrate; attaching a second substrate including a silicon layer on the etched surface of the first substrate formed with the hollow groove; etching the second substrate so as to leave substantially only the silicon layer; forming a thin film structure on the surface of silicon layers of the second substrate; and separating the second substrate formed with the thin film structure from the first substrate. For example, the groove structure may be formed in the lower portion of the device in the process of fabricating the semiconductor device to facilitate the final device separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Hwan Choi, Chi Yeon Kim
  • Patent number: 11661649
    Abstract: Disclosed are a component for a fuel injector and a method for coating the same. The component for the fuel injector may include a base material, a bonding layer laminated on the base material, a support layer laminated on the outer surface of the bonding layer, and an NbSiCN functional layer including an NbCN layer and an SiCN layer and alternately laminated on the outer surface of the support layer, thereby reducing friction, high hardness, shock resistance, heat resistance, and durability of the component for the fuel injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Han Su Park, Heon Joon Park, Sung Chul Cha
  • Patent number: 11654885
    Abstract: A coasting regeneration control method of a vehicle equipped with a continuously variable valve duration (CVVD) engine includes: determining, by an engine control unit (ECU), whether a current state of the vehicle satisfies coasting regeneration conditions; and entering, by the ECU, a coasting regeneration mode and performing regenerative braking when the current state of the vehicle satisfies the coasting regeneration conditions, in which when the coasting regeneration mode is entered, a throttle valve is fully opened so that the amount of intake air of the engine is maximized, a CVVD target duration is controlled to be maximized, and a closing time of an intake valve is delayed after a start point of time of a compression stroke, thereby decreasing pumping loss of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Young Ho Jun, Jung Min Yoon
  • Patent number: 11614163
    Abstract: A motor control method for a shift-by-wire system recognizes a current position of a switched reluctance (SR) motor at a point in time when a shifting request is input as a start position and determines whether the current position of the SR motor is the same as a target position, applies a current for rotating the SR motor toward the target position when the current position and the target position are not the same, counts time until a point in time when an actual motion of the SR motor is sensed, performs advanced-angle control of increasing a rotation speed of the SR motor when the counted time exceeds the time reference value, and measures a current applied to the SR motor and increases the advanced-angle control or performs retarded-angle control of decreasing the rotation speed of the SR motor, depending on the measured current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventor: Seung-Man Choi
  • Patent number: 11598414
    Abstract: In one aspect, a method of controlling gear shifting in response to a driving mode change, the method including determining a maximum number of allowable low-level gear-shifting steps according to a result of determining a state of a transmission, computing an immediate post-gear-shifting expected speed of a turbine for each step included that is within the maximum number of allowable low-level gear-shifting steps, using a current speed of an output shaft of the transmission and a gear ratio of each step and comparing the computed expected speed of the turbine with a preset allowable speed thereof for each step, setting the lowest-level gear-shifting step, among gear-shifting steps at which the expected speed of the turbine and the allowable speed thereof satisfy a predetermined condition, is set to be a target gear-shifting step, and executing gear-shifting control for shifting a current gear-shifting step down to the target gear-shifting step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventor: Hyeong-Tak Lee
  • Patent number: 11584351
    Abstract: A parking release monitoring device for an automatic transmission vehicle is proposed. The device includes: a receiver sensing an output signal of a shift lever; a determiner determining a target gear stage in accordance with the output signal of the shift lever; a driver transmitting a control signal to a parking solenoid to engage a parking sprag and applying a driving current to a clutch control solenoid to engage a clutch and prevent rolling of the vehicle when the determined target gear stage is a P-gear stage; and a detector measuring the intensity of the driving current applied to the clutch control solenoid, in which the determiner receives intensity information of the driving current applied to the clutch control solenoid from the detector and compares the received intensity information of the driving current with the output signal of the shift lever, thereby determining whether parking release has occurred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Chang Kyu Shin, Ji Young Jung
  • Patent number: 11572856
    Abstract: A damper spring structure of a high-pressure fuel pump includes: a housing of the high-pressure fuel pump in which a flow path for fuel is formed; a lid coupled to the housing and having an accommodation space between the housing and the lid; a damper spring installed in the accommodation space between the housing and the lid; and a damper installed in the damper spring so as to be supported by the damper spring, in which the damper spring is seated and supported on the lid and the housing in the accommodation space by contact points, and the lid is supported at a plurality of contact points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Hyeong Kyun Park, Kyung Chul Han, Jin Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 11572857
    Abstract: A suction valve of a high-pressure fuel pump for a vehicle includes a housing having an inlet through which a fuel is introduced and a pump chamber configured to press the fuel, a valve installation space arranged between the inlet and the pump chamber, and a solenoid part provided with a rod for performing a linear reciprocal motion, and further includes a valve sleeve inserted into the valve installation space and formed with a flow hole, a valve spring seated on the valve sleeve, a valve plate elastically supported by the valve spring, and moving in conjunction with the rod, and a valve sheet formed with an introduction hole opened and closed by the valve plate, in which the valve sleeve is slid and inserted into the valve installation space, and the valve sheet is fitted into and fastened to the valve installation space to support the valve sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung Chul Han, Hyeong Kyun Park, Jin Sung Kim, Chun Ky Hong
  • Patent number: 11506151
    Abstract: A dual purge ejector and a dual purge system using the same are provided. A first end of a main body is fully open and an ejecting end of a nozzle is located proximate to the opening hole. Therefore, even if the ejector is disconnected from an adapter, negative pressure is not formed in a main body, to prevent discharge of fuel evaporation gas into the atmosphere and a failure of the dual purge system may be reliably diagnosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Dong June Kim, Chan Karam Na
  • Patent number: 11499514
    Abstract: A high pressure pump includes a housing with a chamber formed inside and a flow control valve and a discharge check valve installed in the chamber; a piston installed to operate up and down in an assembly hall formed in the housing to compress fuel in the chamber to a high pressure; a cylinder forming a gap between an inner circumferential surface and the piston and guiding reciprocation of the piston; and a support member seated on a stepped surface of the housing to surround an outside of the cylinder and configured to elastically support the housing and the cylinder, thereby reducing friction while preventing fuel leakage between the piston and the cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung Chul Han, Hyeong Kyun Park, Jin Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 11459989
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clip for an injector, in particular, the clip for the injector including a base portion and an elastic piece of the clip that elastically support the upper surface of a connector housing and the lower surface of an injector cup, thus attenuating fuel injection load. In addition, an engaging piece of the clip is inserted into an engaging portion of the injector cup, thus preventing the rotation of the injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Hyuk Oh, Young Il Kang, Kwang Won Koo, Yeon Jee Oh
  • Patent number: 11460104
    Abstract: An electronic shift lever includes a motor part configured to generate a driving force according to an input signal from a controller which receives an input signal from a user, an output shaft assembly coupled to the motor part and rotated by a driving force of the motor part, a manual shaft coupled to the output shaft assembly and configured to receive the driving force of the motor part, a support member disposed between the motor part and the output shaft assembly and between the housing and the output shaft assembly, a magnet rotor having a first end into which the output shaft assembly is inserted and a second end through which the manual shaft passes, a Hall sensor configured to detect a rotational position of the magnet rotor, and the housing which accommodates the motor part, the output shaft assembly, the support member, and the Hall sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Yu Ko, Su Won Kim, Ji Hwan Oh, Chan Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11441558
    Abstract: A guide for a piston of a high-pressure pump includes: an upper body and a lower body, a connection part integrally connecting the upper body and the lower body, and a seal molded by an insert injection between the upper body and the lower body while surrounding the connection part. A gap exists between the upper body and the lower body, and the piston and the seal are in close contact with a piston. Therefore, it is possible to prevent leakage of fuel even while securing motion performance of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung Chul Han, Hyeong Kyun Park, Jin Sung Kim, Chun Ky Hong
  • Patent number: 11391369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a shift-by-wire (SBW) device and, more specifically, to an actuator and reduction gear structure of a shift-by-wire device. A shift-by-wire device according to the present invention comprises: a housing; a motor which generates torque by means of an applied current; a hollow rotor shaft; a reduction gear which receives the transmission of the torque of the motor, converts same and transmits same to an output; an output shaft which passes through inside the rotor shaft, has an encoder magnet provided on one end thereof, has the other end directly connected to a manual shaft, and transmits the torque increased by means of the reduction gear to a detent plate; and a controller disposed inside the housing and for detecting the position of the output from the encoder magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Young Dae Min, Ho Young Kim, Ji Hwan Oh, Nam Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11391367
    Abstract: A method of detecting a gear shift position of an electric shift-by-wire system is proposed. The method includes setting, as a reference position, a motor position at a time point when shift is completed to a target shift stage; rotating the motor until the motor no longer rotates in a P stage-engaging direction from the reference position; measuring a rotation amount of the motor with respect to the reference position; and determining the gear shift position by determining that the reference position is a P stage when the measured rotation amount of the motor is less than or equal to a predetermined first reference value, and the reference position is not the P stage when the measured rotation amount of the motor is greater than the first reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventor: Hyoung Sang Cho
  • Patent number: 11371476
    Abstract: A positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) outlet anti-freezing device of an intake manifold of a vehicle engine includes a first guide and a second guide formed adjacent to a PCV outlet within an inlet tube of the intake manifold to block direct contact between fresh air and a PCV gas, thereby preventing condensation and freezing of the PCV gas. The first guide and the second guide also can improve flow distribution of the intake manifold by improving fluidity of the fresh air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Min Ki Kim, Hyung Wook Kim, Chan Karam Na
  • Patent number: 11367972
    Abstract: A vehicle controller has a modification prevention device, and the vehicle controller includes: a printed circuit board; a security module frame seated on the printed circuit board and having multiple coupling holes; and security modules inserted into the coupling holes and configured to electrically communicate with a circuit of the printed circuit board. In particular, the security modules include non-conductive insertion pins and conductive insertion pins inserted into the coupling holes, and the non-conductive insertion pins and the conductive insertion pins are scattered while being separated from the coupling holes of the security module when the vehicle controller is disassembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI KEFICO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11339871
    Abstract: An inhibitor switch is provided. The inhibitor switch includes a housing having a rotor accommodation space and a Hall element accommodation space, a rotor disposed in the rotor accommodation space, and a magnet disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor. A Hall element is disposed in the Hall element accommodation space and spaced apart horizontally from the magnet with a sensing surface facing an outer circumferential surface of the magnet. Further, the inhibitor switch include a cover configured to block an opening of the rotor accommodation space to prevent the rotor from being released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI KEFICO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Gu Lim, Sung Hwa Cho, Soo Man Cho
  • Patent number: 11326572
    Abstract: A method of predicting vehicle engine torque using an artificial neural network is provided. A data-based artificial neural network model is applied to more accurately calculate torque and reduce development costs for calibration and logics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI KEFICO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hyung-Soo Do