Patents Assigned to Kia Motor Company
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Publication number: 20250112236Abstract: A cathode material for sulfide-based all-solid-state batteries, in which Li3V2(PO4)3 (LVP) is doped with a transition metal having an oxidation number of +5 or more and the surface of the cathode material is substituted with a halogen element so as to have improved surface stability and energy density and to suppress side reactions with a solid electrolyte, a manufacturing method thereof, and an all-solid-state battery using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Im Sul Seo, Sang Heon Lee, Sung Woo Noh, Jeong Hyun Seo, Chung Bum Lim, Ju Yeong Seong, Je Sik Park
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Patent number: 12266833Abstract: A membrane-electrode assembly and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The membrane-electrode assembly includes a pattern layer formed between a separator and a subgasket through a UV curing process.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Young June Park, Han Hyung Lee, Soon Ho Jung, Seung Ah Yu, Min Jin Kim, Sun Il Kim
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Patent number: 12266981Abstract: Disclosed is a rotor including a sleeve part having a shape corresponding to a cylinder extending in a reference direction, and having an inner hole extending in the reference direction, in an interior thereof, a division part disposed in the inner hole, and dividing the inner hole into a first space and a second space, together with the sleeve part, a first magnet part disposed in the first space, and a second magnet part disposed in the second space, and disposed to have an opposite polarity to that of the first magnet part when viewed along the reference direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)Inventors: Hyo Jeong Lee, Kyoung Ku Ha, Hong Seok Kim, Sung Il Kim, Young Doo Yoon, Hyun Sung Kim, Sang Gyu Lee, Min Seong Lee
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Patent number: 12267928Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an in-vehicle lighting environment includes: a passenger state determination unit that determines a state of a passenger using a gaze of the passenger photographed by a camera of a vehicle; a driving state determination unit that determines a driving state of the vehicle using an acceleration value measured by an acceleration sensor of the vehicle; an external environment state determination unit that determines an external environment state of the vehicle using an external illuminance value measured by an external illuminance sensor of the vehicle; and a lighting environment control unit that controls an illuminance and a color of a first light disposed inside the vehicle based on data determined by at least one determination unit among the passenger state, driving state, and external environment state determination units.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Hae Seong Jeong, Jung Seok Suh
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Patent number: 12267881Abstract: An operating method of a communication node in a wireless communication network includes: performing a first monitoring operation on a first link and a second link during a preset period; performing a first random backoff operation in the first link for a first random backoff period, if the first link and the second link are in an idle state according to the first monitoring operation; performing, in the second link, a second random backoff operation for a second random backoff period which is different from the first random backoff period in length; and transmitting a frame at a same point in time in the first link and the second link, if the first link is in the idle state according to the first random backoff operation, and if the state of the second link is an idle state according to execution of the second random backoff operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Korea National University of Transportation Industry—Academic Cooperation FoundationInventors: Yong Ho Kim, Yong Su Gwak
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Patent number: 12267169Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving an HARQ response in a communication system supporting sidelink communication. An operating method for a transmitting terminal comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a higher layer signaling message including PSFCH configuration information; transmitting, to one or more receiving terminals, an SCI including data resource allocation information; transmitting, to the one or more receiving terminals, the data on a PSSCH indicated by the SCI; and performing a monitoring operation on a dedicated PSFCH resource region indicated by the PSFCH configuration information in order to receive a reception response to the SCI from the one or more receiving terminals. Therefore, the performance of the communication system can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Gene Back Hahn, Hyuk Min Son
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Patent number: 12266093Abstract: A battery cell electrode alignment inspection method for inspecting an alignment state of a jelly roll configured of negative and positive electrode plates and a separator of a battery cell includes: obtaining electrode vision image data by capturing vision images of individual negative and positive electrode plates configuring the jelly roll by a vision camera; obtaining dimensional data of the individual negative and positive electrode plates; storing the obtained dimensional data of the individual negative and positive electrode plates; marking a cell barcode for identification of the jelly roll; scanning the cell barcode to receive dimensional data of individual negative and positive electrode plates; X-ray-capturing the jelly roll to obtain X-ray image data of the individual negative and positive electrode plates; and substituting the dimensional data of the individual negative and positive electrode plates to the obtained X-ray images of the individual negative and positive electrode plates.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Hokyeong Oh, Seho Kwon, Jinho Ban
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Patent number: 12267576Abstract: A vehicle and a control method thereof may increase a shooting angle of a camera mounted on the vehicle to photograph without limitation of the shooting angle. The method of controlling a vehicle including at least one camera, the control method including: adjusting a direction of a vehicle body to adjust a shooting direction of the at least one camera to a target direction thereof; and controlling the at least one camera to photograph in the adjusted shooting direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CorporationInventors: Jung hun Choi, Dong Hyun Ha, Jae Wung Jung
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Patent number: 12266830Abstract: Provided is a system for deploying a container from a vehicle. The system includes a container; a reservoir configured to store a substance to be dispensed to the container; and a deployment device configured to transition the container between a deployed position and a retracted position. In the deployed position, the container is placed external to the vehicle, and in the retracted position, the container is placed internal to the vehicle. The system may further include a dispensing device connected to the reservoir and configured to dispense the substance from the reservoir to the container. Preferably, the vehicle is a fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) including a fuel cell stack, and the substance includes wastewater exhaust form the fuel cell stack.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: John Molnar, Amanda Christiana, Henry Teutsch, Victoria Delker
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Patent number: 12263885Abstract: An embodiment upper body for a vehicle includes an upper main body extending in a longitudinal direction from two opposite sides of the vehicle, the upper main body comprising a plurality of transverse members, a plurality of upper body pillar units each comprising a central portion bent and protruding upward and two opposite ends respectively connected to two opposite sides of the upper main body, the plurality of upper body pillar units being disposed to be spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction, and an upper body connection member extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, spaced apart upward from a side of the upper main body, and connecting sides of the plurality of upper body pillar units.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Ho Yeon Kim, Seok Ju Gim, Won Oh Kim, Je Joon Lee, Chul Hee Heo, Ji Ae Yong
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Patent number: 12265365Abstract: A method and system for controlling a vehicle shorten waiting time for a user to receive a result of a command when implementing a Car-to-Home service that communicates through servers. The method includes: inquiring, through a first server, a current state of an Internet of Things (IoT) device linked to enable remote control from a vehicle and storing the inquired IoT device current state; upon generation of the request from the vehicle, fetching information about the current state of the IoT stored in the first server and displaying the information through a display; re-inquiring the current state to update the information about the current state of the IoT stored in the first server; and if the information about the current state of the displayed IoT does not match the information about the updated current state in the first server, displaying the updated information about the IoT current state through the display.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Yongwoo Shin
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Patent number: 12266832Abstract: A method of distributing power in a fuel cell system including a plurality of fuel cell stacks, includes determining, by a controller, a total system power demand, which is a power demand of the fuel cell system, determining an operation order of the fuel cell stacks based on a state of the fuel cell stacks, determining the number of operation fuel cell stacks among the plurality of fuel cell stacks based on the total system power demand and an average available power of the fuel cell stacks, determining operation target fuel cell stacks based on the operation order of the fuel cell stacks and the number of operation fuel cell stacks, and determining a power demand of each of the operation target fuel cell stacks based on the total system power demand and an effective catalyst reaction area ratio of each fuel cell stack included in the operation target fuel cell stacks.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jae Gwang Lee, Soon Woo Kwon
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Patent number: 12263882Abstract: An embodiment vehicle intermediate structure includes a first intermediate crossmember connecting a pair of side sills in a width direction of a vehicle, wherein each end face of the first intermediate crossmember is attached to an inboard side surface of the corresponding side sill, and wherein a cross section of the first intermediate crossmember is uniform in a longitudinal direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jeon Woong Kang, Huen Sick Min
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Patent number: 12263624Abstract: A metallic unpainted injection molding for a vehicle is disclosed. The metallic unpainted injection molding for a vehicle is molded by injecting metallic resins into a molding part inside an injection mold through a plurality of gates to be molded, wherein at least a groove line is molded in a boundary section where metallic resins meet each other in the molding part.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Han Ki Sung, Min Jin Choi, Young Rok Yoon, Kyoung Sil Lee, JunSik Choi
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Patent number: 12263713Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle may include a first air conditioner provided on the engine compartment side with respect to a dash panel, and including an intake unit of suctioning internal or external air and blowing same to the vehicle interior side; and a second air conditioner provided on the vehicle interior side with respect to the dash panel, and including a duct for discharging conditioned air to the vehicle interior side. The dash panel has a through hole formed therein, and has an air guide which connects the first air conditioner and the second air conditioner to each other through the through hole.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hanon SystemsInventors: Seung Ho Lee, Seo-Jun Yoon, Sang Ki Lee, Yong Sik Kim, Myung Hun Kang, Eung Young Kim, Jung Mo Kwak
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Patent number: 12263892Abstract: An active air skirt apparatus for a mobility is configured to control an airflow beneath the mobility according to a driving situation of the mobility to ensure optimal aerodynamic performance in the mobility having a flat lower portion for loading a high-voltage battery. That is, improvement of airflow to the front wheel and rear wheel along with improvement of airflow beneath the mobility in each driving situation optimizes the aerodynamic performance of the mobility, thereby ensuring mileage and improving attitude stability of the mobility.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jin Young Yoon, Myung Eun Kim, Dong Eun Cha, Hong Heui Lee
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Patent number: 12264400Abstract: An electrochemical apparatus includes a separator having a first reaction region and a second reaction region; a first reaction layer disposed to correspond to the first reaction region; a second reaction layer disposed to correspond to the second reaction region; a first partition wall portion protruding from one surface of the separator, disposed along a boundary between the first reaction layer and the second reaction layer, and including a first connecting flow path configured to connect the first reaction region and the second reaction region so that the first reaction region and the second reaction region fluidically communicate with each other through the first connecting flow path; and a first sealing member disposed at an end portion of the first partition wall portion and configured to seal a portion between the first reaction layer and the second reaction layer, enlarging a reaction region without increasing a size of a reaction layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Joon Guen Park
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Patent number: 12263766Abstract: A child anchor for a vehicle can be moved down and hidden in a seat by a user operating the apparatus with the seat changed into a full flat state, whereby it is possible to prevent contact between the child anchor and a passenger who takes a rest in the seat in the full flat state. Accordingly, there is an advantage that it is possible to improve convenience for a passenger who takes a rest.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DAS CO., LTDInventors: Sang Hwi Yoon, Ga be Nam, Gil Ju Kim, Sung Hak Hong, Young Jae Sung, Dong Cheol Park
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Patent number: 12263719Abstract: A control method for a vehicle includes determining whether an internal combustion engine is overheated based on driving information of the vehicle and cooling information of a passenger compartment while the vehicle is driving and an HVAC system is operating in a cooling mode, and controlling an alternator or an actuator of a switching door to reduce a cooling capacity provided by the HVAC system when it is determined that the internal combustion engine is overheated.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2024Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Tae Woong Lim, Hyun Kyun Jung, Ji Wan Son, Han Sol Mun
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Patent number: 12263817Abstract: A cooling system is for cooling a sensor cleaning system of a vehicle. the cooling system includes a collector configured to accommodate water, which reaches a windshield of the vehicle, a pump providing a flow force for moving the water accommodated in the collector along a conduit, and a cooling module to which water moving along the conduit flows and which surrounds a cooling target.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Young Dug Yang