Patents Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company
  • Patent number: 11664652
    Abstract: An emergency power management system of a mobility, may include a fuse device connected to a battery and including a first circuit and a second circuit in which a first fuse and a second fuse are respectively provided and are connected in parallel, a pyro switch provided between the first circuit and the second circuit, and configured to establish electric connection with the first circuit in ordinary times and to release electric connection with the first circuit and to establish electric connection with the second circuit in a case of emergency, a determiner configured to determine abnormality of the first fuse based on current applied from the high-voltage battery or voltages at opposite end portions of the first fuse, and a controller configured to operate the pyro switch when abnormality occurs in the first fuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Jeon, Hyun Woo Jun, Hee Kwang Lee, Hyun Ki Cho, Gwi Taek Kim, Hyun Seok Hong, Woo Suk Jung
  • Patent number: 11664018
    Abstract: A dialogue system includes a Speech to Text (STT) engine configured to convert a user speech into a spoken text; a learning-based dialogue engine configured to determine a user intention corresponding to the spoken text; a storage configured to store learning data used for learning of the dialogue engine; and a controller configured to determine an actual user intention based on at least one of context information or an additional user speech, match a spoken text failing to determine the user intention with the actual user intention when the dialogue engine fails to determine the user intention corresponding to the spoken text, and the dialogue engine may perform learning using the spoken text stored in the storage and the actual user intention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seona Kim, Youngmin Park, Jeong-Eom Lee
  • Patent number: 11665868
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a liquid-cooling type double-sided cooler, including a first cooling portion and a second cooling portion. In the liquid-cooling type double-sided cooler, another end of the first cooling portion is formed with a first communication hole that is configured to penetrate the first cooling liquid path and an outside of the first cooling portion, another end of the second cooling portion is formed with a second communication hole that is configured to penetrate the second cooling liquid path and an outside of the second cooling portion; and the first cooling portion and the second cooling portion are positioned such that the first communication hole and the second communication hole face each other, and the first cooling liquid path and the second cooling liquid path are connected with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sang Chan Jeong
  • Patent number: 11661114
    Abstract: A vehicle floor structure includes a center floor panel, a tunnel extending along a central longitudinal axis of the center floor panel, and having a tunnel cavity, a hydrogen tank located in the tunnel cavity of the tunnel, and a tank support frame configured to support the hydrogen tank so that the hydrogen tank is held in the tunnel cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Cornoration
    Inventor: Ji Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11660481
    Abstract: A fire extinguishing system for a vehicle includes: a fire sensing line arranged in a predetermined space of the vehicle to output a fire sensing signal as an electrical signal when a fire is sensed; a controller configured to output a control signal for spraying a fire extinguishing agent when the fire sensing signal from the fire sensing unit is input; a fire extinguishing agent cylinder configured to discharge the fire extinguishing agent filling an inside thereof in response to the control signal output from the controller; and a spray nozzle assembly arranged in the predetermined space of the vehicle and configured to spray the fire extinguishing agent supplied from the fire extinguishing agent cylinder through a fire extinguishing agent hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Kyung Wan Kang
  • Patent number: 11661116
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a connecting structure between a quarter portion and a rear floor of a vehicle and, more specifically, to a connecting structure between a quarter and a rear floor, which can strengthen torsional rigidity of a vehicle body and secure durability of an opening of a tailgate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Ryu, Dong Oh Lee
  • Patent number: 11661174
    Abstract: A retractable propeller apparatus of an air mobility vehicle has a structure enabling a propeller to be exposed or hidden depending on whether the air mobility vehicle is in a high-speed flight or a parking position. In particular, the retractable propeller apparatus includes: a base having a mount provided with a space; a propeller unit disposed on the mount and configured to generate a flow of air; a cover configured to close the space and be movable in the top-bottom direction with respect to the mount; and a lift unit disposed on the mount connected to the cover, and configured to move the cover. The cover selectively closes or opens the space based on an operation of the lift unit such that the propeller unit is operable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Jung, Kyu Hoon Cho, Chung Sik Yim, Jae Young Choi
  • Patent number: 11660947
    Abstract: A flush glass apparatus includes an operation glass including a glass portion and a frame and configured to open and close an opening of a fixed glass, an upper rail having an upper guide groove configured to slidably support an upper portion of the operation glass, a lower rail having a lower guide groove configured to slidably support a lower portion of the operation glass, a locking device including an upper locking pin and a lower locking pin installed on upper and lower sides of the frame, respectively, to enter the upper and lower guide grooves, respectively, and lock or unlock the operation glass, and upper and lower removal guide members installed on the upper rail and the lower rail, respectively, and configured to guide the upper and lower locking pins to be removed from the upper and lower guide grooves by entering the upper or lower guide grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeong Hyeon Kim, Seong Min Gwak, Su Yun Choi
  • Patent number: 11660964
    Abstract: Disclosed is a user interface capable of controlling various functions of a vehicle, and more particularly a vehicle function control system and a control method using a detachable control device. A method of controlling an integrated control unit includes: recognizing a first detachable control device attached to a first attachment position among at least one attachment position provided at an attachment unit; establishing a first data path with the first detachable control device; transmitting information about a first function to be controlled corresponding to the first attachment position to the first detachable control device through the first data path; and when receiving first manipulation information from the first detachable control device, controlling the first function to be controlled based on the first manipulation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Hoon Chung, Si Hoon Sung
  • Patent number: 11662018
    Abstract: A method and a system of diagnosing a vehicle oil leak are capable of detecting an oil leak state of transmission oil on the basis of logic. The method includes an operating condition determination step of determining, by a controller, whether a minimum operating condition of a vehicle is satisfied. The minimum operating condition is required to normally generate a target line pressure by operating an EOP. The method includes a counting step of counting, by the controller, an operating time of the EOP when the minimum operating condition is satisfied and includes an oil leak diagnosis step of diagnosing, by the controller, an oil leak when the counted continuous operating time of the EOP is a permissible time or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Min Yoon, Jae Yeol Yun
  • Patent number: 11660921
    Abstract: An independent suspension system includes a wheel knuckle engaged with a wheel and configured to be rotated in response to a steering input; a motor assembly disposed at one end of the wheel knuckle and configured to rotate the wheel knuckle; an upper arm engaged with the motor assembly; a lower arm having a first end engaged with a vehicle body and a second end engaged with the wheel knuckle; a connection arm configured to be engaged with the upper arm; a rotation pin disposed at a connection portion between the upper arm and the connection arm to enable integral rotation of the upper arm and the connection arm; and a shock absorber disposed between the connection arm and the lower arm and engaged with the connection arm so as to be perpendicular to the connection arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ha Kyung Moon, Gab Bae Jeon
  • Patent number: 11660707
    Abstract: A welding quality inspection apparatus for inspecting the welding quality of a plurality of welding parts formed on the material through the upper electrode and the lower electrode of the welding gun includes a position detection unit for detecting a position of the upper electrode, a control unit generating a position table based on a signal detected by the position detection unit during a total welding time of welding the plurality of welding parts of the material, generating first position data for a first welding time and second position data for a second welding time of a spot welding time of each of the welding parts based on the position table, checking whether the welding parts are defective by using the first position data, the second position data, and reference data, and generating result data based on whether the welding parts are detective, and an output unit for outputting the result data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bok Deok Seo
  • Patent number: 11660962
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a battery; a sensor configured to detect at least one of a charging state, a discharging state, or a performance state of the battery; a display configured to display the state of the battery; and a controller configured to judge a cause of discharge of the battery based on the detection result of the sensor, to determine at least one of the charging voltage, charging current, or charging time of the battery based on the determination result, and to control the display to display a charging mode of the battery based on the determined charging voltage, charging current, or charging time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunho Choi, Seungwon Park, Sungtae Kim, Yong Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11661083
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided to avoid a collision with a target object located in front of the vehicle by predicting an expected traveling path of the target object. The vehicle also predicts the possibility of a collision with the target object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: NamGyun Kim, Jaewoong Choi
  • Patent number: 11661871
    Abstract: A muffler for a vehicle includes: a muffler shell; a baffle disposed within the muffler shell, and having a first opening and a second opening which allow an exhaust gas to pass therethrough; and a variable valve mounted on the baffle. In particular, the variable valve includes: a valve plate rotatably mounted to open and close the first opening of the baffle; a valve arm connected to the valve plate; and a valve actuator to move the valve arm by variations in pressure of the exhaust gas. The valve plate is capable of rotating in a plane parallel to a plane of the baffle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Young Dug Yang
  • Patent number: 11661102
    Abstract: An independent suspension system for a vehicle includes: a steering unit configured to be controlled to adjust the steering angle of a wheel, a shock absorber engaged with the wheel and configured to absorb impacts applied to the wheel and including a first shock absorber and a second shock absorber, each of which arranged in a forward-rearward direction on opposite side surfaces of the wheel, and a link unit disposed between the shock absorber and the steering unit in order to vary the distance between the wheel and the steering unit. The link unit includes a first upper arm disposed between the first shock absorber and the steering unit, a second upper arm disposed between the second shock absorber and the steering unit, and at least one ground clearance adjustment unit engaged with the first and second upper arms in order to vary the distance between the first and second upper arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Jeong Hwan Park
  • Patent number: 11661056
    Abstract: A lane keeping assist apparatus of a vehicle with a trailer, a system having the same, and a method thereof include a processor to request an advancing vehicle to control partial braking over the trailer of the advancing vehicle based on a lane departure amount of the advancing vehicle when the advancing vehicle departs from a lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sang Jun Kim
  • Patent number: 11661663
    Abstract: A water electrolysis system includes a water electrolytic stack, a water reservoir connected to the water electrolytic stack to supply water to the water electrolytic stack, a water circulation pump supplying the water in the water reservoir to the electrolytic stack; and a control unit configured to, during an operation stoppage of the electrolysis system, control the driving of the water circulation pump to convert the water in the electrolytic stack from an acidic condition to a neutral condition and to regulate a unit cell voltage of the electrolytic stack to a voltage such that an electrolysis reaction does not occur and a chemical state of an anode catalyst is stably maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung Han Yu, Ju Han Kim, Bo Ki Hong, Keun Bong Ham
  • Patent number: D987479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Kwaeje Cho
  • Patent number: D987480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Kwaeje Cho