Patents Assigned to Kia Motors Corp.
  • Publication number: 20190009628
    Abstract: A bracket apparatus for a composite spring, may include a lower bracket disposed to come into contact with a composite spring when a U-bolt is fastened to a nut; an upper bracket disposed above the lower bracket so as not to be decoupled therefrom by the nut; and an elastic member disposed between the lower bracket and the upper bracket to provide a force such that the lower and upper brackets move away from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Seung Hyun Oh
  • Patent number: 10167952
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Sung Hyun Cho, Joung Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 10160288
    Abstract: A heating system for a hybrid vehicle may include a first heating line connecting an engine, having a temperature which is controlled through water-cooling, to a heater core that is heated using a heat generated from the engine, a second heating line allowing for heat exchange between various electronic devices and an auxiliary radiator controlling the temperatures of the various electronic devices, a branch line connected to the first heating line and the second heating line and exchanging heat therebetween, a plurality of valves provided on each of the first heating line, the second heating line, and the branch line, and a controller controlling each valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.
    Inventors: Hee Sang Park, Yong Soo Chang, Bock Cheol Lee, In Keun Kang
  • Publication number: 20180362043
    Abstract: A method for controlling a manual driving mode includes manual mode detecting step detecting whether a vehicle switched from autonomous to manual mode; first step controlling angle of tire and steering angle of a steering wheel using travel route information when switching to manual mode is detected; delay time determination step determining a delay time of change of the angle of the tire with change of the steering angle of the steering wheel by the change in the angle of the tire with the change in the steering angle of the steering wheel for predetermined time; delay time comparison step comparing the determined delay time with predetermined time period; second step controlling only the steering angle of the steering wheel using travel route information when delay time is within the predetermined time period; and third step controlling angle of the tire by steering angle of the steering wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Sang Woo Hwang, Hyeon Seok Cho, Byung Rim Lee, Young Dae Park, Min Jun Kim
  • Publication number: 20180345757
    Abstract: A Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system for a vehicle, may include a first coolant line passing through a radiator; a second coolant line passing through an indoor air conditioning core and a high voltage battery core; a first coolant exchange line passing through a first heat exchanger; a second coolant exchange line passing through a second heat exchanger; a refrigerant line including the first heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger, and a compressor, in which coolant circulates; and a controller configured to control the first valve and the second valve to selectively connect the first coolant line or the second coolant line to the first coolant exchange line or the second coolant exchange line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Man Ju Oh, Sang Shin Lee, Jae Woo Park, So Yoon Park, Jae Woong Kim, So La Chung
  • Patent number: 10145333
    Abstract: A cylinder head integrated with an exhaust manifold and an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler may include an exhaust manifold including a plurality of connection parts connected to a plurality of exhaust ports, respectively, and an extension part connected to a plurality of connection parts, a water jacket provided at a location adjacent to the exhaust manifold, and an EGR cooler communicating with the water jacket and configured to surround an outside of the extension part of the exhaust manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Dong Ho Chu
  • Publication number: 20180340663
    Abstract: A head lamp apparatus may control a supply of power to a laser diode based on a quantity of white light outputted to an outside environment in the head lamp apparatus using the laser diode as a light source, and controls a power supply using only a quantity of pure white light excluding noise light when the supply of power to the laser diode is controlled, thus maximally preventing blue laser beams, which are harmful to human bodies, from being exposed to the outside environment, and allowing an operation of a head lamp to be precisely controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., SL Corporation
    Inventors: Byoung Suk Ahn, Jik Soo Shin, Ki Hong Lee, Jung Wook Lim, Keun Sig Lim, Hyo Kyoung Kim, Seung Mok Yang, Sung Wook Yoon
  • Publication number: 20180340659
    Abstract: A lamp apparatus for a vehicle may include a light source device configured to irradiate light; a detector configured to be distanced from the light source device and detect the light irradiated from the light source device, verifying whether the light source device is operating abnormally; and a reflector configured to have the light irradiated from the light source device incident thereon and reflect a portion of the light irradiated from the light source device wherein a portion of the light reflects toward the detector while reflecting the light irradiated from the light source device such that the light reflects toward a front of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., SL Corporation
    Inventors: Byoung Suk Ahn, Jik Soo Shin, Ki Hong Lee, Jung Wook Lim, Keun Sig Lim, Cheol Min Park, Hyo Kyoung Kim, Sung Wook Yoon
  • Publication number: 20180334129
    Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle may include an airbag cushion configured to be provided with a vent hole for discharging inflation gas therein to the outside; a flap configured to have an external circumferential surface partially coupled to the airbag cushion along a rim of the vent hole; and a tether configured to have one end portion penetrating through the vent hole of the airbag cushion to be coupled to an internal side surface of the flap and be partially supported on an internal side surface of the airbag cushion to pull the flap when the airbag cushion is fully deployed, to close the vent hole and release a tensile force when the airbag cushion is loaded to deploy the flap outwardly of the airbag cushion by the inflation gas, to open the vent hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Kyung Taek LIM, Jun Yeol Choi, Jae Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 10113456
    Abstract: An engine oil supply system may include an oil pan connected with an oil pump at a first side and connected with an oil cooler at a second side, an oil passage through which oil pressurized by the oil pump flows, an oil filter disposed in the oil pan to filter impurities in the oil supplied from the oil pump, and a bypass valve disposed in the oil passage to selectively supply the oil in the oil passage to at least one of the oil cooler and the oil filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Kam Chun Lee, Joong Hyun Hwang, Byung Chul Lee, Jong Beom Seo
  • Patent number: 10106119
    Abstract: A curtain airbag for a vehicle may include a curtain airbag cushion including a rear panel disposed at a door window side of the vehicle and a front panel disposed inside the vehicle, a protrusion formed by bending the curtain airbag cushion to protrude toward the inside of the vehicle, and connections for attaching upper and lower ends of a protruding part of the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Chang Jin Oh
  • Patent number: 10087827
    Abstract: A valve device for a vehicle may include a pneumatic valve having first and second chambers in which respective pressures thereof are regulated, and a pressure regulation valve coupled to the pneumatic valve, the pressure regulation valve communicating with the first chamber, including a positive pressure side opening and a negative pressure side opening, and selectively opening and closing the positive pressure side opening and the negative pressure side opening to regulate the pressure in the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Dong Ho Chu, Yang Geol Lee, Woo Young Choi, Jeong Kyu Lim
  • Publication number: 20180266550
    Abstract: An apparatus for imparting an operating feeling of a gear shift mechanism to a driver, may include a housing having an accommodating space, a bullet portion disposed in the accommodating space to operate in a longitudinal direction of the accommodating space, wherein the bullet portion has a head part on an upper portion thereof, and an elastic member disposed between the head part and the accommodating space to operate to allow the bullet portion to be elastically moved in and out of the accommodating space. The head part has a sliding protrusion and the accommodating space has a sliding groove having a shape to correspond to that of the sliding protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Du Eon KIM, Yang Rae Cho, Min Gi Song, Joon Young Park, Sun Il Kim
  • Patent number: 10065593
    Abstract: A curtain airbag for a vehicle may include a curtain airbag cushion divided into an upper cushion and a lower cushion, a folding portion at the upper cushion, and a door panel tether having a first end fixed to the folding portion and a second end fixed to a car body, in which when the curtain airbag inflates, a door side of the upper cushion may be pressed by the tension of the door panel tether and the upper cushion turns inward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Jae Ho Choi, Tae In Kim
  • Patent number: 10059272
    Abstract: An automobile roof rack made of a continuous fiber thermoplastic composite may include a resin body having a roof rack shape, and an insert-reinforcing layer formed on an inner surface of the resin body to be integrated with the resin body into a single body and made of a continuous fiber thermoplastic composite (CFT).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., LG Hausys, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Gyung Kim, Seung Mok Lee, Jeong Ho Lee, Chun Ho Park, Sung Jun Hong
  • Patent number: 10060649
    Abstract: A hybrid heater includes a heater core portion connected to a cooling water inflow tube and a cooling water outflow tube at one side and having an inside through which cooling water circulates, and a PTC heater portion fastened to a front of the heater core portion, inside of which a plurality of plate-type PTC rods arranged in parallel in a horizontal direction are provided, and provided at one side with a connector that is connected electrically to the plurality of PTC rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Myung Hoe Kim, In Gyu Kim, Jong Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 10047851
    Abstract: A lubricating apparatus for a differential device of vehicle may include a ring gear mounted in the inside of a housing mounted at an oil pan, the ring gear being provided such that at least a portion of a lower portion of the ring gear is submerged into oil to churn the oil by being rotated; and a gear casing including a partition wall which is provided to surround an outer peripheral surface of the ring gear and allows the oil to flow into between the partition wall itself and the ring gear and a restriction part which is located in a front of the ring gear and formed with a top end portion facing an upper portion of the housing to limit an amount of the oil flowing into between the partition wall and the ring gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Kyoung Wook Kim, Ki Hyup Kim, Tae Seok Seo, Seok Hyun Lee, Soon Ho Moon
  • Publication number: 20180186294
    Abstract: A mobility device storage apparatus for a vehicle, may include a door having a storage space therein and a position releasing portion disposed in the storage space; and a tiltable storage device disposed in the storage space to be rotatable in a lateral direction, the tiltable storage device being tiltable in a vertical direction wherein a tilting motion of the tiltable storage device in the vertical direction is restricted by a tilting-up locking portion, wherein when the tiltable storage device is rotated in the lateral direction, the tilting-up locking portion is interlocked with the position releasing portion, wherein the tilting motion of the tiltable storage device in the vertical direction is unrestricted to allow the tiltable storage device to be tilted upward or downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Dong Han KOO, Seok Won Lee, Jae Young Choi, Jun Hwan Park
  • Publication number: 20180170302
    Abstract: A front airbag for vehicles including an airbag cushion may include a rear panel located at the side of a steering wheel and a front panel located at the side of a passenger and having a shape corresponding to the shape of the rear panel, the rear panel and the front panel provided with protruding supports formed at both sides of the lower end portions thereof, a first tether connecting the central part of the front panel, corresponding to a loading position of the passenger's head, to an airbag housing, and second tethers connecting the lower end portion of the front panel, corresponding to a loading position of the passenger's chest, to the airbag housing and having a shorter length than that of the first tether.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Autoliv Development AB
    Inventors: Beom Soo KIM, Seung Ho AN, Taeg Young AHN, Jun Yong MIN, Sung Woo LEE, Dong Young KIM
  • Publication number: 20180162442
    Abstract: A steering-feel control device in a steer-by-wire system may include a pressure member for rotating in a predetermined direction or an opposite direction within a rotation path depending on the rotation direction of a steering wheel, a push block rotatably provided in the rotation path of the given or opposite direction, a first elastic member for providing elastic restoration force in the rotation direction of the pressure member for elastic variation in the rotational displacement between the pressure member and the push block, and a second elastic member for providing elastic restoration force in the rotation direction of the push block for elastic variation in the rotational displacement when the push block is rotated away from the pressure member, the second elastic member having an elastic constant smaller than that of the first elastic member and being provided in a pre-compressed state to have elastic force greater than that of the first elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Sang Woo Hwang, Young Dae Park, Byung Rim Lee, Min Jun Kim, Se Hyun Chang, Hyeon Seok Cho