Patents Assigned to Kia Motors Corp.
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Patent number: 12280702Abstract: Disclosed are an assist grip and a vehicle including the same. The assist grip includes a fixing part coupled to an interior of a vehicle, a grip part including a radar member that senses whether an object is present within a close distance, and connected to the fixing part to be rotatable, and a connection part connecting the grip part to the fixing part such that the grip part is rotatable.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HL Klemove Corp.Inventors: Seul Ki Jeon, Eung Hwan Kim, Han Yeol Yu, Beom Sic Yoo, Kyung Jin You, Jae Ho Huh
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Patent number: 12280664Abstract: A driving information display apparatus may include a processor configured to display driving information depending on a speed limit of a road in augmented reality; and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor, wherein the processor is configured to adjust a display form of a display object depending on at least one of a remaining distance to an enforcement point depending on the speed limit of the road, a speeding degree compared to the speed limit, and a speeding degree compared to a user-set speed to display the display object, and the driving information display apparatus is disposed within a vehicle or outside the vehicle, and when disposed outside the vehicle, transmits the driving information to the vehicle or a mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Autoever Corp.Inventors: Tae Hyun Sung, Bum Hee Chung, Young Jun You, Joo Young Lee, Dong Chul Lee
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Patent number: 12265814Abstract: A vehicle and a network system are capable of downloading and updating the latest software from a plurality of other vehicles that are not subject to distance restrictions during an update time in a parking or autonomous driving situation. The vehicle includes a controller and a communicator, which is configured to perform communication with a server and a plurality of other vehicles in a network. Based on a software update request of the vehicle, the controller is configured to perform a software update of the vehicle through the other vehicle in response to a determination that the number of the other vehicle having a processor corresponding to a processor included in the vehicle among the plurality of other vehicles and the other vehicle for which the software update included in a wireless network formed by the vehicle is completed is greater than a predetermined reference value.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORP.Inventors: Sungwoo Choi, Seung Hwan Shin
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Patent number: 11124020Abstract: A constant velocity joint assembly integrated with a wheel hub device may include an internal race coupled to an end portion of a driveshaft, a plurality of joint balls held in the internal race, and a hub housing accommodating and coupling the internal race holding the joint balls therein, with a bearing coupled to an external circumferential surface thereof, the hub housing provided as an external race of a constant velocity joint and the wheel hub device.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., HYUNDAI WAI CorporationInventors: Won Jun Choi, Hee Il Kim, Kong Sup Jung, Ki Dong Park, Chang Hee Jeong, Bum Jae Lee
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Patent number: 10900440Abstract: A cooling circuit for a vehicle may include a plurality of cylinder heads into which cooling water is continuously introduced from a plurality of cylinder blocks oppositely disposed parallel with each other, wherein a flow control valve may include a head port, through which the cooling water discharged from the plurality of cylinder heads is joined and the joined cooling water is introduced into the flow control valve, and wherein the flow control valve also may include a set of ports including a radiator port, a heat exchanger port, and a heater core port, through which the cooling water introduced into the flow control valve is discharged towards a radiator, an oil heat exchanger, and a heater core, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Phil Gi Lee, Jae Suk Park, Seong Soo Kim
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Patent number: 10895181Abstract: A vehicle muffler may include first to third baffles to partition the internal to a housing into first to fourth chambers; a suction tube penetrating the housing, the first to third baffles in series, having an inlet at outside of the housing and an outlet in the fourth chamber, and having through-holes in the section locating in the first to third chambers; a first discharge tube penetrating the first and second baffles and the housing in series, having an inlet on the first baffle, and an outlet at outside of the housing; a second discharge tube penetrating the second and third baffles, and the housing in series, having an inlet in the second chamber, and an outlet at the outside of the housing; and a connection tube penetrating the second and third baffles in series, having an inlet in the second chamber, and an outlet in the fourth chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventor: Hyeon Gyun Ahn
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Patent number: 10850558Abstract: An apparatus for reducing tire noise may include a rim with a tire mounted thereto in a wheel; a resonance tube provided along an external circumferential surface of the rim, and configured such that a first edge portion thereof in a width direction is provided with a first flange locked to a first side wall of the rim and a second edge portion thereof in the width direction is provided with a second flange; a strap provided along the external circumferential surface of the rim to surround the second flange of the resonance tube such that the resonance tube is brought into contact with the external circumferential surface of the rim; and a protruding portion configured to protrude from the external circumferential surface of the rim to prevent the resonance tube and the strap from being moved in the width direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventor: Sang Min Shin
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Patent number: 10840847Abstract: A method of controlling an electric oil pump driven by a motor, may include changing, by a controller, a frequency of a current applied to the motor with a predetermined control cycle to control RPM of the motor to instantaneously change into a different value according to a frequency change.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorpInventor: Byung Hwan Jung
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Patent number: 10823049Abstract: A method of preventing surge for a vehicle may include detecting, by a controller, whether tip-out of an accelerator pedal is detected, comparing, by the controller, a difference value, obtained by subtracting an exhaust pressure from an intake pressure in a combustion chamber of an engine, with a predetermined reference value when the tip-out of the accelerator pedal is detected, driving, by the controller, a supercharger disposed at the rear end portion of a turbocharger at a predetermined number of revolutions per minute, which is lower than a normal number of revolutions per minute, when the difference value is greater than the reference value, and opening a bypass valve, which performs opening or closing operation and is disposed in a bypass line that diverges from an upstream point of the supercharger and is connected to a downstream point of the supercharger.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Seung Eun Yu, Haeng Pyo Heo, Min Taek Kim
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Patent number: 10746260Abstract: A dual clutch transmission may include a first input shaft having a plurality of odd stage driving gears; a second input shaft disposed to have a concentric shaft with the first input shaft and including a plurality of even stage driving gears; an output shaft; a counter shaft disposed parallel to the first input shaft, the second input shaft, and the output shaft to continuously transfer power to the output shaft and including odd stage driven gears engaged with the odd stage driving gears and even stage driven gears engaged with the even stage driving gears; a plurality of synchronous devices; a plurality of shift forks coupled to the plurality of synchronous devices; and one shift rail provided to commonly guide a linear sliding of the plurality of shift forks.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Sun Sung Kwon, Soon Ki Eo, Yeo Hyeon Gwon
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Patent number: 10731755Abstract: A method of controlling driving of a CVT vehicle during cornering performed by a controller, may include determining whether it is necessary to perform an auxiliary control process to enhance a re-acceleration response after entering the corner, by determining a travelling state of the vehicle; setting a target gear ratio instead of a gear ratio obtained based on a shift pattern when the determining produces an affirmative result indicating that it is necessary to perform the auxiliary control process; and performing gear shifting of a CVT to follow the target gear ratio set in the setting of the gear ratio.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Chan Hee Won, Sung Hwa Jeong, Woo Il Chang, Hyung Hee Lee, Jun Sung Park, Ho Young Kim
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Patent number: 10713863Abstract: A method of predicting a driving condition of a vehicle may include selecting a first prediction position where a vehicle is predicted to pass afterward while driving and predicting a first driving load of the vehicle at the first prediction position; when the vehicle reaches the first prediction position, measuring a driving condition of the vehicle at the first prediction position; and predicting a second driving load at a second prediction position where the vehicle is predicted to pass afterward by reflecting an error between the first driving load at the first prediction position and the real driving condition at the first prediction position.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Byeong Wook Jeon, Kwang Hee Park, Jae Chang Kook, Sang Jun Park
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Patent number: 10704452Abstract: A cooling system for an engine, may include a low temperature radiator; an intercooler installed to receive a coolant cooled from the low temperature radiator and restore the coolant to the low temperature radiator again after heat exchange; a water pump installed to supply the coolant to the intercooler by pumping the coolant cooled from the low temperature radiator; a motorized supercharger installed to receive the coolant from the intercooler; and a reservoir installed to store the coolant passing through the motorized supercharger and deliver the coolant to a coolant line between the low temperature radiator and the water pump.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventor: Dong Ho Chu
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Patent number: 10669751Abstract: An apparatus for a hood latch of a vehicle may include a hood, wherein the hood is completely closed by an operation of a cinching mechanism when the incomplete closing of the hood is detected to perform the closing of the hood, preventing a safety accident.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., PYEONG HWA AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Il Kim, Ki Ryun Ahn
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Patent number: 10668915Abstract: A transmission for an electric vehicle, may include a concentric deceleration device for receiving power from a motor shaft and for decelerating; an output shaft disposed in parallel with the input shaft; a hollow shaft rotatably provided on the input shaft; a clutch device provided to switch the transmission state of power from the input shaft to the hollow shaft; a first synchronizer having a hub fixed to the input shaft; a second synchronizer having a hub fixed to the hollow shaft; a plurality of driving gears having different sizes and provided on the input shaft and the hollow shaft to be engaged with at least one of the first synchronizer and the second synchronizer; and a plurality of driven gears provided on the output shaft to be engaged with the plurality of driving gears to form different shift ratios, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Ma Ru Kang, Sun Sung Kwon, Yong Uk Shin, Seong Wook Ji, Soon Ki Eo, Chon Ok Kim, Il Han Yoo, Min Ho Chae, Yong Sug Choi, Ki Tae Kim
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Patent number: 10654419Abstract: A luggage compartment screen apparatus of a vehicle may include a moving housing movable along guide rails; a push mechanism to be drawn out or drawn in from the moving housing toward the luggage compartment and be rotatable and formed to have a step in a rotation direction thereof; and a locking mechanism rotatably disposed on the moving housing to be configured to be selectively locked to the guide rail, formed to have a step in a drawn-out and drawn-in direction of the push mechanism, and having a stepped portion in contact with a stepped portion of the push mechanism to be rotated to be locked to the guide rail at the time of a drawn-in operation or a rotation operation of the push mechanism and be rotated to be separated from the guide rail at the time of a drawn-out operation of the push mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorpInventors: Jang Hyun Cho, Won Jong Lee, Hee Cheol Kim, Dong Hwan Kim, Dong Ha Lee
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Patent number: 10611417Abstract: A rear spoiler apparatus for a vehicle may include a main flap which is deployed by an operation force from an actuator and a support flap which is additionally deployed from the main flap, in which the support flap rotates to open together when the main flap rotates and the open angle of the support flap is greater than the open angle of the support flap.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Hak Lim Kim, Min Sik Chung, Sang Hyun Park, Ui Chang Hwang, Seung Hwan Kim, Dong Guk Lee, Koo Cheol Kang
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Patent number: 10605362Abstract: A control method for a vehicle with a Dual Clutch Transmission (DCT) may include: determining whether it is a wheel speed-unknown state by a TCU, determining whether an input shaft speed sensor is in a normal state when it is the wheel speed-unknown state, determining whether IG-OFF occurs when it is the wheel speed-unknown state and the input shaft speed sensor IS for is in a normal state, storing information related to the current wheel speed-unknown state and an output shaft speed of the DCT determined by the input shaft speed sensor, determining whether the TCU is not in TCU latch-off and whether it was the wheel speed-unknown state immediately before IG-OFF on the basis of the stored data, when IG-ON occurs, and performing pre-engaging on the basis of the DCT output shaft speed stored immediately after IG-OFF, when the TCU is not in latch-off and it was the wheel speed-unknown state immediately before IG-OFF.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventors: Sung Hyun Cho, Seong Hwan Cheong
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Patent number: 10589744Abstract: A shifting control method for a vehicle with a dual clutch transmission (DCT), the shifting control method may include controlling engine torque to be increased according to reserve demand torque by giving the reserve demand torque of an engine to be increased to a predetermined value or more when if a controller determines that the vehicle enters a manual power off and downshift shifting; controlling, by the controller, a release side clutch to be released; controlling, by the controller, an engine torque to perform a control so that engine speed follows coupling side input shaft speed; and completing the shifting by performing a control so that a coupling side clutch is coupled when it is determined that the actual shift is completed.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Compnay, Kia Motors Corp.Inventor: Sung Hyun Cho
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Patent number: 10576992Abstract: A method for controlling a driving mode of an autonomous driving vehicle, may include comparing a current vehicle speed with a reference vehicle speed when a driving mode change signal is generated during driving of the autonomous driving vehicle in manual driving mode; stopping the manual driving mode and executing autonomous driving mode when a result of the comparing indicates that the current vehicle speed is equal to or slower than the reference vehicle speed; and executing the autonomous driving mode or maintaining the manual driving mode which is a current driving mode, depending on a determination result of whether an APS signal is generated or not, when the result of the comparing indicates that current vehicle speed exceeds the reference vehicle speed.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignees: Hyndai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.Inventor: Eun Sik Kim