Patents Assigned to Kia Motors Corp.
  • CRASH BOX FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150343972
    Abstract: A crash box for a vehicle may include a front connection portion that is connected to both ends of a back beam of the vehicle, a rear connection portion that is connected to a side member of the vehicle, an intermediate connection portion for connecting the front connection portion and the rear connection portion, which is formed as a hollow box shape and through which a cut cross-section of a heptangular shape is formed in a vehicle width direction, and a plurality of reinforcement ribs formed at an inner space of the intermediate connection portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Jeong Ho Lee, Seung Mok Lee, Hyun Gyung Kim, Nam Cheol Kim, Dong Eun Cha
  • SHIFT CONTROL METHOD FOR DCT VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150337952
    Abstract: A shift control method for a dual clutch transmission (DCT) vehicle may include, performed by a controller of the DCT, an actual shift determining step, a cooperation control termination determining step, a flare determining step, an engine torque reducing step, a torque adding step, an engine torque raising step, and a shift finishing step of reducing an amount of reduction of the engine torque until synchronization is completed in proportion to a synchronization prediction time in which it takes an engine speed to reach a synchronization speed when the synchronization prediction time is smaller than a reference time during which the torque adding step and the engine torque raising step are performed, and having slip control over an engagement-side clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Sung Hyun CHO, Ho Sung Kim, Sang Mo Ha
  • Electric water pump
    Patent number: 9188128
    Abstract: An electric water pump, which can not only ensure more reliable waterproof and cooling performance, provides enhanced durability and operational reliability, and is able to reduce the number of parts and has a more compact structure, compared to the conventional technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORP., AMOTECH CO., LTD., MYUNG HWA IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Woong Lee, Yun Seok Kim, Hyeong Geun Song, Byung Soo Kim
  • GEAR-SHIFT LEVER MODULE
    Publication number: 20150323062
    Abstract: A gear-shift lever module with various sensors integrated on one circuit board may include a module housing, the integrated circuit board disposed in the module housing, a position sensor, a manual mode switch and a connector. The position sensor senses a shift position of a gear-shift lever and is disposed on the integrated circuit board at a position corresponding to a hinge portion at a lower end of the gear-shift lever. The manual mode switch is disposed on the integrated circuit board at a position corresponding to a manual mode of the gear-shift lever and senses the manual mode by being pressed by the gear-shift lever when the gear-shift lever is positioned for the manual mode. The connector is electrically connected with the position sensor and the manual mode switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Jin JEONG, Yang Rae CHO, Deok Ki KIM, Ji Soo KIM
  • AIR EXTRACTOR GRILL FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150321540
    Abstract: An air extractor grill for a vehicle may include a housing fixedly mounted at a portion on the vehicle separating inside and outside spaces of the vehicle and provided with through holes having a plurality of grills, an outer cover coupled with one surface of an outside of the housing and having an opened inner space provided with a plurality of outer barrier ribs, and a plurality of valves including upper portions fitted between the housing and the outer cover to be closely disposed to the housing to seal the through holes when the outer cover is connected with the housing, the plurality of valves being operated to open the through holes while lower portions of the plurality of valves rotate toward the outer cover based on the fixed upper portions when air inside the vehicle needs to be discharged to the outside of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Eung Young Kim, Byeong Moo Jang, Jun Mo Ku
  • SHIFT CONTROL METHOD FOR DCT VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150316146
    Abstract: A shift control method for a dual clutch transmission (DCT) vehicle may include determining whether power-on downshift is initiated, determining a progress degree of a shift process if the power-on downshift is initiated, determining a difference in the number of shift stages between a target shift stage and a current shift stage according to the determined progress degree of the shift process, and selecting and performing one of downshifts (e.g., other shaft full-skip power-on downshift, same shaft power-on downshift, and other shaft power-on downshift) according to the progress degree of the shift process and the shift stage number difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Sung Hyun Cho
  • ENGINE RPM SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD FOR CLUTCH CONTROL IN VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150316446
    Abstract: An engine rpm signal processing method in a vehicle, may include a low speed determination step for determining whether an engine rpm sensor signal needs to be subjected to post processing when the engine rpm sensor signal is less than a predetermined first reference speed, and a filtering step for processing the engine rpm sensor signal with a Kalman filter to output a filtered engine rpm when it is determined in the low speed determination step that the post processing of the engine rpm sensor signal is necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Jin Sung KIM
  • Link apparatus of variable rear spoiler for vehicle
    Patent number: 9174687
    Abstract: A link apparatus of a variable rear spoiler for a vehicle, may include an outer linkage coupled to a motorized rotating drive shaft, a base bracket affixed to a vehicle body and a spoiler bracket connected to a rear spoiler, wherein the outer linkage determines a withdrawal height of the rear spoiler at a fully open state of the rear spoiler, and an inner linkage positioned inside of the outer linkage and coupled to the drive shaft, the base bracket, and the spoiler bracket, wherein the inner linkage determines a withdrawal angle of the rear spoiler at the fully open state of the rear spoiler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Phil Jung Jeong, Young Sub Oh, Seung Mok Lee, Hyun Gyung Kim, Bock Cheol Lee, Dong Eun Cha
  • CLUTCH TORQUE CONTROL METHOD FOR DCT VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150308522
    Abstract: A clutch torque control method for a dual clutch transmission (DCT) vehicle may include a shift initiation determining step of determining whether power-on downshift in which a driver steps on an accelerator pedal to change a current shift stage to a lower shift stage is initiated, and a torque correcting step of correcting basic control torque according to torque-stroke (TS) curve characteristics for controlling a disengagement-side clutch within a real shift range in which a number of rotations of an engine is changed with observer torque calculated by a torque observer when the power-on downshift is initiated, and determining the corrected basic control torque into control torque of the disengagement-side clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Sung Hyun CHO, Joung Chul KIM
  • WATERTIGHT APPRATUS OF EXTERIOR COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150307139
    Abstract: A watertight apparatus of exterior component for a vehicle may include a coupling member coupling an exterior component and a vehicle body panel, and having a coupling groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of a part of the coupling member which passes through a vehicle body panel, and a watertight pad which is arranged to be in close contact with a bottom of the exterior component, a first side of which is coupled to a part of the vehicle body panel through which the coupling member passes and a second side of which is inserted into the coupling groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Nam Cheol KIM, Jeong Ho Lee
  • Multi-symbol indication apparatus
    Patent number: 9165484
    Abstract: A multi-symbol indication apparatus, may include a plurality of light sources, each of the light sources emitting light of a single color, a plurality of filter units, each of the filter units installed above the light sources with different height each other and reflecting light of the single color corresponding to the relevant light source, wherein a symbol may be carved on each of the filter units, and a display cover installed above the filter units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventor: Sung Sik Choi
  • AIR CLEANER APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND MOLD UNIT FOR FABRICATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150285195
    Abstract: An air cleaner apparatus for a vehicle includes a body defining therein a storage space. The body has an intake port through which air is to be taken in, a laterally-bent support section disposed at an upper portion, and plate-shaped reinforcement members disposed above the storage space and having a predetermined thickness, wherein a cover is coupled to the upper portion of the body, defines therein a storage space, and has a discharge port at one side through which air is to be discharged and a laterally-bent coupling section disposed at a lower side, wherein an opening is provided at front sides of the body and cover, and serves as an entrance through which a filter member is stored or taken out, and wherein a plate-shaped cover is coupled to a front portion of the storage part in order to open or close the storage part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Yoon Geun CHO
  • Apparatus for opening and closing trunk for vehicle
    Patent number: 9145725
    Abstract: An apparatus for opening and closing a trunk for a vehicle, may include a motor unit equipped with a motor, an inner tube provided outside the motor unit to surround the motor unit, with a plurality of protrusions protruding from an outer circumference of the inner tube, an outer tube provided outside the inner tube to surround the inner tube and including a threaded groove being indented along an inner circumference of the outer tube, a bar-shaped spindle having a threaded portion on an outer circumference thereof, and coupled to the motor unit to cause the threaded portion of the spindle to engage with the threaded groove of the outer tube when the motor may be rotated, thus allowing the spindle to perform translation simultaneously with rotation, and an elastic member-wound on an outer circumference of the outer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Yong Hyuck Im, Min Hyung Byun, Jong Wook Hong
  • Method of adjusting characteristics of dry clutch
    Patent number: 9145933
    Abstract: A method of adjusting the transmission torque characteristics of a dry clutch may include carrying out adjustment based on learning using a T-S curve that indicates the relationship of the transmission torque to the actuator stroke of the dry clutch, a section of the T-S curve in which inclinations change discontinuously is removed, so that the controllability over the dry clutch is reliable and the feeling of shifting can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Ho Young Lee, Seung Sam Baek, Young Min Yoon
  • Oil pump control method for hybrid vehicle
    Patent number: 9139191
    Abstract: Noise may be prevented from being generated while providing smooth shift operability by preventing the overshoot phenomenon in which rpm of the electric oil pump is unexpectedly increased as the load decreases at the time when shifting ends in controlling the rpm of the electric oil pump to increase in order to increase the line pressure of the transmission as the shifting operation from step N to step D is performed in the hybrid vehicle having the electric oil pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Seung Jae Kang, Jong Hyun Kim, Young Chul Kim, Jang Mi Lee
  • Method of searching for sync start in automated manual transmission
    Patent number: 9127727
    Abstract: A method of searching for a sync start in an automated manual transmission, may include a slip preparing step of operating, in a parked position, a sleeve and a clutch restrained so as not to rotate into a slip state, an actuator operating step of moving the sleeve toward a clutch gear from a neutral position, a clutch speed determination step of determining whether or not a speed of rotation of the clutch has decreased by the actuator operating step, a stop determination step of determining whether or not a movement of the sleeve that was driven by the actuator operating step has stopped, and a first position determination step of determining a point where the clutch speed determination step determines that the speed of the rotation of the clutch has decreased and the stop determination step determines that the movement of the sleeve has stopped as the sync start.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Young Min Yoon, Hyun Cheol Hwang
  • Active control method of pedal effort for accelerator
    Patent number: 9128509
    Abstract: An active control method for controlling a pedal effort for an accelerator, may include determining, in a vehicle velocity determining step, whether a vehicle velocity is in 0 (zero) state while the vehicle provided with an accelerator an pedal effort of which is controllable starts-on; determining, in a shifting stage determining step, whether the current shifting stage is on a neutral state or a parking state when it is determined that the vehicle velocity has been in 0 (zero) state in the vehicle velocity determining step; and controlling, in a pedal effort increasing control step, a current pedal effort to increase to a set target pedal effort when it is determined that the current shifting stage has been on the neutral stage or the parking stage in the shifting stage determining step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Jeong Seon Min, Yang Rae Cho
  • Apparatus for actuating shift lever for vehicle
    Patent number: 9121493
    Abstract: An apparatus for actuating a shift lever for a vehicle may include a shift pattern unit that has two reference ranges in series at which the position of the shift lever is fixed and a passageway connecting the reference ranges for the shift lever to move, and a driving unit that provides the restoration force to the shift lever to selectively return the shift lever to one of the reference ranges when the shift lever is located on the passageway outside of the reference ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Chang Hyun Lee, Han Gil Park, Yang Rae Cho
  • Method of controlling low-pressure fuel pump for GDI engine
    Patent number: 9109485
    Abstract: A method of controlling a low-pressure fuel pump for a GDI engine includes setting predetermined driving conditions that affect a drivability of the GDI engine in situations that are generated in a vehicle in which the GDI engine is mounted, open-loop controlling the low-pressure fuel pump when one or more of the predetermined driving conditions occur, and when none of the predetermined driving conditions occurs, close-loop controlling the low-pressure fuel pump according to a signal from a fuel pressure sensor such that a target fuel pressure provided from an engine controller is pursued.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventor: Bum Ky Lee
  • Active air flap apparatus for vehicle and defect diagnosis method thereof
    Patent number: 9110896
    Abstract: An active air flap apparatus for a vehicle may include a drive flap positional sensor connected with a drive shaft connecting an actuator and a drive flap and detecting a rotational angle of the drive flap, a driven flap pivotally connected with the drive flap through a link mechanism, a driven flap positional sensor connected with a driven shaft pivotally connected with the link member and detecting a rotational angle of the driven flap, and a controller determining whether the drive flap positional sensor, the driven flap positional sensor, a motor of the actuator, and the link member may be defective by monitoring a feedback voltage value of the drive flap positional sensor, a feedback voltage value of the driven flap positional sensor, and a current applied to the motor of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORP., HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Phil Jung Jeong, In Cheol Kim, Yong Jin Jung, Sang Won Park