Patents Assigned to Hyundai Motors Company
  • Patent number: 12194891
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle and a regenerative braking control method of the same include performing regenerative braking based on a travel environment while driving of the vehicle, determining the number of turn-on/off times of a brake lamp for a reference time during execution of the regenerative braking based on the travel environment, and adjusting a regenerative braking torque of a drive motor based on the determined number of turn-on/off times of the brake lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Patent number: 12194973
    Abstract: A method of removing foreign objects from a brake device includes determining whether starting power is turned off in a state in which leakage of a hydraulic circuit is confirmed; and operating, while the starting power is turned off, a main master cylinder using standby power, and performing a foreign object removal mode in which hydraulic pressure is applied to a plurality of hydraulic regulating valves in the hydraulic circuit and released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Won Lee, Won Jun Hwang
  • Patent number: 12199544
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus includes a first motor including first windings respectively corresponding to phases, a second motor including second windings respectively corresponding phases, a first inverter including first switching elements and connected to a first end of each of the first windings, a second inverter including second switching elements, a first changeover switch including third switching elements respectively connected to a second end of each of the first windings at one end and connected to each other at the other end, a second changeover switch including switches selectively connecting the second inverter with the second end of each of the first windings or the second inverter with a first end of each of the second windings, and a controller configured for controlling the states of the first switching elements, the second switching elements, the third switching elements and the switches based on preset conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Han Geun Jang, Nae Chun Park, In Ho Kim, Sang Cheol Shin, Choul Woo Jung
  • Patent number: 12199434
    Abstract: Disclosed is a power management device configured to stably supply power and save power by managing power quality includes a first switch, a converter, a voltage detector, a current detector, and a processor configured to control power of the power source to be supplied to the load through the first switch by turning the first switch on in an echo compensation mode, monitor power quality based on the detected current and the detected voltage, and when it is determined that the power quality has been abnormal, perform compensation control through the converter in a turned-on state of the first switch or control the power of the power source to be supplied to the load through the converter by turning the first switch off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Seong Chul Ahn
  • Patent number: 12194961
    Abstract: Provided is a console for a vehicle capable of providing a large storage space and various types of usability in, for example, a high-performance vehicle and reducing costs while securing rigidity of the console and improving an aesthetic effect. The console for a vehicle includes a frame installed on a floor of the vehicle, and a console body mounted on the frame and having at least one article receiving part, wherein the frame is at least partially exposed externally of the console body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Min Han Kim
  • Patent number: 12199465
    Abstract: A system for charging a battery for a vehicle using a motor driving system that operates a motor having a plurality of windings is disclose. The system includes a first inverter having a plurality of first switching elements, a DC terminal connected to the battery, and an AC terminal connected to one terminal of the plurality of windings, a second inverter having a plurality of second switching elements, a DC terminal selectively short-circuited/opened with the DC terminal of the first inverter, and an AC terminal connected to the other terminal of the plurality of windings, and a controller configured to control an electric connection state between the DC terminals of the first inverter and the second inverter and an open/short-circuited state of the first switching elements and the second switching elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kang Ho Jeong, Myung Ho Kim, Sang Cheol Shin, Young Seul Lim
  • Patent number: 12199331
    Abstract: A laminated glass antenna structure includes: a lower glass sheet including a first surface facing inside and a second surface at the upper end thereof; an upper glass sheet including a third surface adjacent to the lower glass sheet; an adhesive film positioned between the upper glass sheet and the lower glass sheet; and an antenna unit including a plurality of microstrip patch unit cells provided on the second surface and the third surface with respect to a ground plane provided on the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Hongik University Industry-Academia Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Nak Kyoung Kong, Dae Hee Lee, Jong Min Park, Ki Hong Lee, Jong Seon Lee, Oh Heon Kwon, Keum Cheol Hwang, Ho Sung Choo
  • Patent number: 12195094
    Abstract: An embodiment vehicle body includes a pillar member including an upper fastening portion at an upper end and a lower fastening portion at a lower end, a roof side coupling portion provided in a roof member extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, wherein the roof side coupling portion is configured to be coupled to the upper fastening portion by insertion coupling, and a side sill side coupling portion provided in a side sill member extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body, wherein the side sill side coupling portion is configured to be coupled to the lower fastening portion by insertion coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Do Hoi Kim, Jung Jong Chun, Hee Dae Oh, Frank Petetin, Bahman Moarefi
  • Patent number: 12193828
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for monitoring a driver using a brain wave signal of the driver are disclosed. The monitoring method includes collecting a brain wave signal for a driver in a vehicle for a predetermined time, determining the driver's state by analyzing the brain wave signal collected for the predetermined time, and controlling an operation of the vehicle on the basis of the determined driver's state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SOOKMYUNG WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY—ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jeong Su Kang, Suh Yeon Dong
  • Patent number: 12200239
    Abstract: A video decoding method is configured to reconstruct a current block that is encoded using an intra prediction. The method includes decoding, from a bitstream, direction information indicating a direction of differential coding applied to a residual block of the current block, generating the residual block from residual signals by reconstructing and using the information on the residual signals from the bitstream and using the direction information, inversely quantizing the modified residual block, generating a prediction block for the current block through intra prediction, and reconstructing the current block by adding the prediction block and the inverse quantized residual block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Ewha University-Industry Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Je Won Kang, Sang Hyo Park, Seung Wook Park, Wha Pyeong Lim
  • Patent number: 12196015
    Abstract: An embodiment structure includes a housing configured to be mounted on a door of a vehicle, a casing configured to be movable in the housing, a striker mounted at one side of the casing and configured to be fixed by being caught by a latch part or released, a casing guide unit connected to the casing and configured to guide a forward movement of the casing, an elastic force providing unit configured to apply elastic force in a rearward direction of the casing, and an operating unit configured to move the casing guide unit forward or rearward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hyong-Don Kim, Chung-Sik Yim, Dae-Hee Lee, Yong-Hyun Nam, Kyu-Hoon Cho
  • Patent number: 12193985
    Abstract: A strength assist device includes: a multi-link part including one or more links; a profile controller that is connected to one end portion of the multi-link part, and rotates around a central rotational axis; and an elastic force providing part that is connected to the other end portion of the multi-link part, and provides an elastic force to the multi-link part. When the profile controller rotates and one end portion of the multi-link part revolves around the central rotational axis, the elastic force applied to the multi-link part varies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI ROTEM COMPANY
    Inventors: Kyu Jung Kim, Hyun Seop Lim, Sang In Park, Ju Young Yoon, Dong Jin Hyun, Ki Hyeon Bae, Beom Su Kim, Dae Je Kim
  • Patent number: 12199540
    Abstract: A motor driving apparatus of driving a motor including a plurality of windings respectively corresponding to a plurality of phases is disclosed. The motor driving apparatus include a first inverter including a plurality of first switching elements and connected to a first end of each of the windings, a second inverter including a plurality of second switching elements and connected to a second end of each of the windings, and a controller configured for controlling ON/OFF states of the first switching elements and the second switching elements based on a required output of the motor, wherein the first inverter may be connected to a first voltage source, the second inverter may be connected to a second voltage source, and the first voltage source and the second voltage source may have different grounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kang Ho Jeong, Myung Ho Kim, Sang Cheol Shin, Young Seul Lim
  • Patent number: 12195011
    Abstract: A method for controlling a driving force of a vehicle includes setting and providing a filter simulation map for simulating a filter to a control unit of the vehicle, determining a required driving force command based on vehicle driving information collected while the vehicle is driven, determining a final front wheel driving force command and a final rear wheel driving force command from the determined required driving force command through a limit application process of using a limit determined in accordance with a vehicle driving variable in the filter simulation map, and controlling a driving force which is applied to front wheels and rear wheels of the vehicle by a driving device configured to drive the vehicle in accordance with the determined final front wheel driving force command and the determined final rear wheel driving force command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Patent number: 12195091
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a vehicle body structure includes: a roof side rail; a front pillar connected to the roof side rail; a cowl member connected to the front pillar, and extending in a width direction of a vehicle; a cowl cross bar located below the cowl member, connected to the front pillar, and extending in the width direction of the vehicle; and a connection bracket connecting the front pillar, the cowl member, and the cowl cross bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Keon Woo Kim, Sang Woo Kim, Seung Won Lee
  • Patent number: 12195921
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a cellulose nanofiber film is provided. The method includes preparing cellulose nanofiber dispersion, performing a chemical crosslinking by adding an epichlorohydrin-based material to the cellulose nanofiber dispersion to prepare a planar body and performing physical crosslinking in which a metal chloride is added to the planar body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chae Hwan Hong, Jin Woo Choung, Jungmok You, Kangyun Lee
  • Patent number: 12195129
    Abstract: A mobile device holder for mobility object includes: a main body coupled to a top end of the mobility object; a display positioned on a top surface of the main body and configured to provide a passenger of the mobility object with information; and a holder configured to be stored in the main body when coupled to a first side of the main body, and configured to be coupled to a second side of the main body and mount a mobile device thereon when separated from the first side, wherein the mobile device is supported together on the holder and a top surface of the display when mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hyun Song
  • Patent number: 12195087
    Abstract: A frame structure for a purpose built vehicle (PBV) includes: an inner panel connected to the rear of a middle part of a side member to form an inner side of a rear part of the side member, a front outer panel connected to the rear of the middle part of the side member and coupled to an outer side of the inner panel to form a closed cross-section, a center outer panel connected to the rear of the front outer panel and coupled to the outer side of the inner panel to form a space in which a rear suspension member is coupled, and a rear outer panel connected to the rear of the center outer panel and coupled to the outer side of the inner panel to form a closed cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Hae Lee, Nam Ho Kim, Byung Joo Chung, Seung Hak Lee, Min Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 12195024
    Abstract: A method and system for providing a connected car service may include a connected car terminal configured to generate a first list of services/functions applied to a vehicle and to generate usage status information of services/functions included in the first list, and may include a connected car server configured to identify an unused service/function among the services/functions included in the first list based on the usage status information, and to transfer usage guidance information for guiding a using method with respect to the unused service/function to a user terminal of the user of the connected car terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jaeyoon Ko
  • Patent number: 12198089
    Abstract: An embodiment driver evaluation method performed by a control server includes receiving air quality data from a sensor in a vehicle, determining an internal state of a vehicle as a smoking state, an air pollution state, or a normal state based on the air quality data, transmitting a driving grade range to a passenger terminal, the driving grade range having an adjusted evaluation score reduced by at least one level from a reference score as a highest point in response to the determined internal state being the smoking state, determining a driver evaluation score for driving of the vehicle based on a driving grade in response to the driving grade within the driving grade range being received from the passenger terminal, and storing the driver evaluation score in a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hanul Lee, Sojeong Kim