Patents Assigned to Kia Motor Company
  • Publication number: 20250070206
    Abstract: A cooling structure for an air cooler may include: a stack cooling line through which stack coolant for cooling a fuel cell stack circulates; an electronic component cooling line through which electronic component coolant for cooling an electronic component circulates; an air cooler disposed on the electronic component cooling line to cool air supplied to a cathode of the fuel cell stack; and a first valve connected to the front side of the air cooler to supply at least one of the stack coolant or the electronic component coolant to the air cooler. The cooling structure for an air cooler may include a bypass line connecting the electronic component cooling line upstream of the first valve to the electronic component cooling line downstream of the air cooler in order to allow the electronic component coolant to bypass the air cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Oh Tak Kwon
  • Publication number: 20250065949
    Abstract: A method of controlling fine steering of independent steering apparatuses of a vehicle includes determining, by a controller, a parallel mode input; performing rotation of the independent steering apparatuses when the controller receives the parallel mode input, and determining, by the controller, a moving direction of the vehicle in response to a rotating direction of a steering wheel. The method further includes: after determining the moving direction of the vehicle, determining, by the controller, whether or not the vehicle enters a fine steering mode; and performing, by the controller, steering angle input to the independent steering apparatuses located at a front end in the moving direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jeong Hwan Park
  • Publication number: 20250065960
    Abstract: A mid-gate assembly for a vehicle includes: a module frame installed between a passenger compartment and a cargo compartment of a vehicle and spaced apart from a floor of the vehicle; a mid-gate rotatably installed on the floor and configured to selectively close a lower side of the module frame by being rotated by a mid-gate regulator and open the lower side of the module frame by being folded toward the floor; and a back glass installed on the module frame and the mid-gate and configured to be selectively movable upward and downward by a back glass regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Doo-Young Jung, Soo-Bok Kim, Hyung-Sik Choi, Sung-Won Hong, Hoon-Joo Jo
  • Publication number: 20250065895
    Abstract: A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle includes: under the control of the processor, recognizing at least one vehicle driving around the autonomous vehicle within a preset reference range, setting at least one target vehicle by assigning an identifier (ID) to at least one among the at least one vehicle, analyzing a driving pattern of the at least one target vehicle, and determining a risk level with respect to the at least one target vehicle based on a result of the analyzing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Hyung Song
  • Publication number: 20250066925
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing interior parts for a vehicle includes: forming a first plating layer on a surface of an injection molded product through electroless plating; printing a symbol part on the first plating layer; partially removing the first plating layer to a size corresponding to the symbol part from a rear surface of the injection molded product; forming a second plating layer on the first plating layer; and removing the symbol part and the first plating layer from the surface of the injection molded product on which the second plating layer is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, BS TECHNICS CO.,LTD., ALPS ELECTRIC KOREA CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ju Lee, Kwang Pyo Cho, Hong Sik Chang, Seung Sik Han, Young Jai Im, Jun Sik Kim, Young Do Kim, Jung Sik Choi, Tae Kyoung Jung, In Ho Park, Seon Dong Kim, Dae Woo Park
  • Publication number: 20250065801
    Abstract: A method of controlling an autonomous vehicle includes sensing, using a first sensor, an object located in front of the autonomous vehicle as the autonomous vehicle is driving on a driving path using a low beam of a headlight mounted on the autonomous vehicle. The method also includes, when a portion of the object is exposed by the low beam and is additionally sensed by a second sensor, switching, by a processor, the low beam to a high beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jun Hyung Song
  • Publication number: 20250065728
    Abstract: A power module for a vehicle includes: a circuit board provided with a first metallic layer; a first switching portion disposed on a center portion of the circuit board, and including a plurality of semiconductor chips; a second switching portion disposed on the outside the first switching portion on the circuit board and including a plurality of semiconductor chips; a third switching portion disposed on the outside the first switching portion on the circuit board; a lead frame disposed on one side of the circuit board; and a signal lead disposed on the other side of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: MYUNG ILL YOU, Hyun Koo LEE
  • Publication number: 20250065548
    Abstract: A mold device includes: an outer mold part including a first outer mold, and a second outer mold that is moved toward the first outer mold to form a molding space with the first outer mold; and an inner mold part including an inner mold that is moved between a molding position disposed in the molding space of the outer mold part and an exit position deviating from the molding space. The inner mold is configured to mold a cylinder having a hollow part extending in a first direction between the inner mold part and the outer mold part when being located in the molding position. The inner mold is formed to correspond to the cylinder to form a space allowing introduction of a resin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HANGUK MOLD CO.,LTD
    Inventors: Kyu Young Lee, Suk Joo Hong, Jung Hwan Park, Eui Hwan Son, Min Woo Chu, Byoung Jin Kwon, Ji Hun Kim
  • Publication number: 20250065504
    Abstract: A system and a method for providing a sign language service are provided. The system includes a first terminal that generates at least one piece of first message data corresponding to a message to be delivered by a first user. The system also includes a server that converts the first message data received from the first terminal into first operation data corresponding to an operation of a robot. The system also includes the robot that performs an operation according to the first operation data received from the server. The server sorts two or more pieces of first operation data based on a transmission order according to a predetermined criterion, when identifying the two or more pieces of first operation data, and transmits the pieces of sorted first operation data to the robot. The robot performs the operation, based on the pieces of sorted first operation data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SUNGSHIN WOMEN`S UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ju Hee Park, Soo Min Shim, Jeong Min Oh, Bo Kyung Kim, Seong Wook Hwang, Joon Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20250065908
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for controlling a vehicle. The device includes a memory and a controller. For example, the device identifies at least one score in association with a travel state of a host vehicle, identifies a final score using the at least one score and at least one weight respectively corresponding to the at least one score, generates a braking control signal based on the final score, and performs braking control for the host vehicle based on the braking control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Woong Hwang, Kyung Joo Bang, Il Hwan Kim, Dong Hyuk Kim, Jeong Ki Hong
  • Publication number: 20250065790
    Abstract: An automatically operatable electric wing-out headrest includes a motor having a lead screw configured to adjust forward-and-rearward rotation of wing-out pads respectively mounted on the opposite sides of a headrest body, a first slider coupled to the lead screw so as to be movable upwards and downwards, a second slider configured to contact the first slider so as to be movable forwards and rearwards, and a wing-out link connected to the second slider to rotate a wing-out frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SEOYONCNF
    Inventors: Sang Uk Yu, Tae Hoon Lee, Sang Ho Kim, Seung Young Lee, Jun Namgoong, Yong Jun Shin
  • Publication number: 20250066192
    Abstract: A catalyst structure for preparing synthetic gas includes a substrate including flow paths partitioned by partition walls, and catalytic material disposed on the surface of the partition walls of the substrate and including a metal oxide carrier and metal active particles supported on the metal oxide carrier, wherein the substrate includes silicon carbide (SIC), silicon nitride (Si3N4), a metallic silicon (Si)-silicon carbide (SIC) composite, a metallic silicon (Si)-silicon nitride (Si3N4) composite, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haeun Jeong, Ji-Hoon Jang, Kyung Soo Park, Pyung Soon Kim, Young Gul Hur
  • Publication number: 20250065849
    Abstract: A sensor cleaning system includes: an air nozzle that sprays compressed air toward a sensor; a liquid nozzle that sprays liquid toward the sensor; a fluid tank that stores compressed air to be supplied to the air nozzle and liquid to be supplied to the liquid nozzle; an air compressor that compresses and supplies external air into the fluid tank; and a distributor that selectively supplies compressed air from the fluid tank to the air nozzle and selectively supplies liquid from the fluid tank to the liquid nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DONG HEE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Cheol Cho, Sung Won Lee, Chul Young Choi, Kun Su Hwang, Kyun Bum Park
  • Publication number: 20250065874
    Abstract: A method for operating a driving assistance system for a motor vehicle includes receiving first data configured to indicate an announcement of at least one of a driving situation and a road situation being expected to be of the motor vehicle. Furthermore, the method includes determining at least one parameter of at least one detection device of the driving assistance system based on the first data. Furthermore, the method includes providing the at least one parameter for preconditioning the at least one detection device to the at least one of the driving situation and the road situation. Furthermore, there is provided a corresponding apparatus, a driving assistance system, a motor vehicle, and a computer program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Lukas Gaß, Dominik MATHEIS
  • Publication number: 20250065866
    Abstract: A driving control apparatus includes a sensor device, a memory, and a controller. The driving control apparatus identifies at least one of a driving situation of an ego vehicle, driving information of the ego vehicle, or any combination thereof, using the sensor device; performs coasting control of the ego vehicle based on a first driving mode, when the at least one of the driving situation, the driving information, or the any combination thereof meets a specified condition; identifies risk information including at least one of at least one time to collision (TTC), a timegap with a forward vehicle, a relative speed to the forward vehicle, or any combination thereof; and determines whether to switch a driving mode to a second driving mode or a third driving mode including braking control, based on the result of comparing the risk information with a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Il Hwan Kim, Kyung Joo Bang, Jae Woong Hwang, Dong Hyuk Kim, Jeong Ki Hong
  • Patent number: 12233783
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling a side mirror of an autonomous vehicle and a method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to detect whether a vehicle is autonomously driven and to fold the side mirror such that a mirror surface is in close contact with a vehicle body surface or side window glass or to insert the side mirror into the inner space of the vehicle when the vehicle is autonomously driven. Through the present disclosure, it is possible to notify an external vehicle of information indicating that the vehicle is driven in an autonomous driving mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eun Young Choi, Jin Su Jeong, Woo Jin Kim, Seo Hyung Cheon, Rosali Sun Pyun, Ki Seok Seong, Dong Il Yang, Min Sang Yu
  • Patent number: 12233721
    Abstract: In an embodiment a power supply system includes a low voltage DC/DC converter (LDC) configured to convert a high voltage into a low voltage, a main battery configured to be charged by the LDC and to supply power to a junction block divided into an essential load part and a general load part, a control block comprising a first power switch configured to control power between the LDC and the junction block, a second power switch configured to control the power between the main battery and the junction block, and a load switch configured to selectively cut off the power to the general load part and an auxiliary battery configured to selectively supply power to an auxiliary junction block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, THN Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Wook Park, Je Hyun Kim, Young Ho Kim, Kuk Hyeon Yoo, Oh Kab Kwon
  • Patent number: 12233787
    Abstract: A tether clip includes a clip body including a panel anchor part and a trim anchor portion connected to the panel anchor part. The clip body has a moving space therein and a trim trigger in the trim anchor portion to be deformable in the moving space direction. The tether clip has a head anchor part with a head hook thereon, a tether connecting the clip body and the head anchor part, and a coupling pin. The coupling pin is inserted into the moving space and includes an inclined slope configured to contact the trim trigger and move the coupling pin toward the panel anchor portion when the trim trigger is deformed inside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Jiseob Park, Hongkeun Son, Jaewon Park, Yoo Sung Doh
  • Patent number: D1063791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jacob Tonks, Bradley Arnold
  • Patent number: D1064324
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yun-Hee Lee, Bo-Hyeok Im, Eun-Sun Yoo, Jae-Hyun Lee, Woong-Sun Ko