Patents Assigned to Kia Motors Corp.
  • DUAL CLUTCH TRANSMISSION
    Publication number: 20180163821
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Sun Sung KWON, Soon Ki EO, Yeo Hyeon GWON
  • Method and system for releasing catching of locking pin
    Patent number: 9995186
    Abstract: A method for releasing a catching of a locking pin may include a control application step of releasing the locking pin from a locking pin hole by an electronic control unit (ECU) so that a catching phenomenon of the locking pin due to friction force into a rotation direction of a cam is prevented, and a cam shaking prevention control logic alternately performing, by the ECU, a holding control stopping a rotation of the cam and a rotation control of the cam into a target direction so that it is prevented that the cam is rotated in a direction which is opposite to a rotation target direction of the cam when the releasing of the locking pin is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Sung Joo Kim, Do Geun Jung
  • Method for protecting clutch for dual clutch transmission
    Patent number: 9982776
    Abstract: A method for protecting a clutch for a Dual Clutch Transmission may include an input step of receiving an input of a temperature of a clutch, and a gear shift pattern changing step of changing a preset gear shift pattern and operating to perform gear shift in a vehicle speed region that secedes from a vehicle speed of the preset gear shift pattern when the temperature of the clutch is equal to or higher than a first reference temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Young Min Yoon, Jin Sung Kim, Hyung Hee Lee, Sung Hyun Cho, Ho Sung Kim
  • Diagnostic method for shifting actuator of transmission
    Patent number: 9982778
    Abstract: A diagnostic method for shifting an actuator of a transmission may include accumulating, by a controller, a damage index for an applied current when a current is applied to the actuator of the transmission, and determining, by the controller, whether the accumulated damage index exceeds a predetermined reference index and when it is determined that the accumulated damage index exceeds the predetermined reference index, determining the actuator as a failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Young Min Yoon, Seung Sam Baek
  • Method and apparatus for controlling CVVT engine of intermediate phase
    Patent number: 9976449
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a CVVT engine of an intermediate phase may include amending a fixed PWM frequency that is applied to a plunger when a temperature of oil passing through oil fluid passages is a set value or less by a controller so that a stroke value of the plunger can be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Hyun Kim
  • CRASH BOX FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180093626
    Abstract: A crash box for a vehicle, which mediates a back beam and a side member disposed in a width direction of the vehicle and absorbs crash energy when a crash occurs, may include a connecting body including a front coupling portion coupled to the back beam, a pair of side connecting portions bent from the front coupling portion to face each other, and a rear coupling portion extending from an end portion of each of the side connecting portions by being bent to be coupled to the side member; and a pair of connecting plates coupled to open upper and lower end portions of the connecting body, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., Hanwha Advanced Materials Corporation, Automobile Industrial Ace
    Inventors: Sang Wook NAM, Hyun Gyung KIM, Seok Jae PARK, Jeong Du NOH, Ki Jo JEONG
  • APPARATUS FOR HOOD LATCH OF VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180073283
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp., PYEONG HWA AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Il KIM, Ki Ryun AHN
  • LUBRICATING APPARATUS FOR DIFFERENTIAL UNIT OF VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20180066746
    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: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Kyoung Wook KIM, Ki Hyup KIM, Tae Seok SEO, Seok Hyun LEE, Soon Ho MOON
  • Intermediate phase adjustment apparatus of CVVT
    Patent number: 9909464
    Abstract: An intermediate phase adjustment apparatus of intermediate phase continuous variable valve timing includes chambers and a diverter valve balancing oil pressure between the chambers. The chamber includes an advancing chamber and a retarding chamber formed between a rotor and a stator and supplied with oil through an oil channel. The diverter valve balances oil pressure between the chambers by sliding along an oil line through which the oil moves only in one direction between the chambers so that the oil selectively moves from a chamber having higher pressure to a chamber having lower pressure due to a pressure difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Chung Han Oh, Yun Seok Kim, Jong Kuk Park
  • COVER FOR SMART-CRUISE-CONTROL RADAR
    Publication number: 20180056910
    Abstract: A cover for a smart-cruise-control radar, which is mounted to a radiator grill of a vehicle may include a transparent first layer, a rear surface of which is divided into a curved portion formed at a position corresponding to a metallic portion of the radiator grill, a flat portion formed at a position corresponding to a void in the radiator grill, and a stepped portion formed between the curved portion and the flat portion, thus having a bent shape, an opaque second layer, a front surface of which has a shape corresponding to the rear surface of the first layer; a metallic-textured layer formed between the first layer and the second layer, and a painted layer formed on the flat portion between the first layer and the metallic-textured layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Seung Chan HONG, Byung Kyu CHO, So Jung SHIM
  • CVVT apparatus for engine
    Patent number: 9890667
    Abstract: A Continuous Variable Valve Timing (CVVT) apparatus for an engine may include a housing, a rotor disposed to be rotatable relative to the housing, a locking pin passing through a facing relatively rotating surface between the housing and the rotor by elastic force so as to restrict rotation of the rotor relative to the housing by linear movement, and an oil control valve disposed such that oil is supplied to an advance chamber and a delay chamber provided between the rotor and the housing, in which, when a control duty value applied to the oil control valve is “0”, the oil control valve is fixed in a state in which the oil is supplied to the advance chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motor Corp.
    Inventors: Chung Han Oh, Min Su Park, Yun Seok Kim
  • Method for dehydrating evaporator of air conditioner of vehicle
    Patent number: 9868337
    Abstract: A method for dehydrating an evaporator of an air conditioner of a vehicle is provided to drive a blower motor depending on the humidity of the evaporator while monitoring a dry state of the evaporator, thus allowing the evaporator to be appropriately dried and preventing a problem from being caused by the discharge of a battery, therefore minimizing an odor generated by the air conditioner of the vehicle owing to effective drying of the evaporator of the air conditioner, and consequently considerably improving the marketability of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Tae Han Kim, Jun Kyu Park, Moo Yong Kim
  • Air intake control system for engine and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 9869236
    Abstract: An air intake control system for an engine, which is disposed in an intake line between a compressor of a turbocharger and an intake manifold and adjusts and controls air intake may include a motor for providing torque, a bypass line with a first end connected to the intake line and a second end connected to an external air line for delivering external air into the compressor, and a flow control valve assembly disposed at a divergent point from the intake line to the bypass line and selectively distributing air intake from the compressor to the intake manifold and the bypass line by adjusting a degree of opening of valve members in accordance with an amount of revolution of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Jae Pil Lim
  • Locking unit and G-sensor assembly for vehicle tray using the same
    Patent number: 9863168
    Abstract: A locking unit may include a case unit fixed to a first object; and a magnetic assembly for selectively engaging with a second object which is disposed outside the case unit, the magnetic assembly movably disposed in the case unit and including a plurality of magnets having a same polarity, wherein when a shock is generated, at least a portion of the magnetic assembly moves from inside the case unit to outside the case unit by a repulsive force generated between the plurality of magnets, thereby engaging with the second object and restricting rotation of the second object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Jung Hoon Woo
  • CVVT apparatus for engine
    Patent number: 9863289
    Abstract: A continuous variable valve timing apparatus for an engine includes: a housing, a rotor installed to be rotatable relative to the housing and connected to a camshaft, a locking pin configured to restrict rotation of the rotor relative to the housing when pushed by an elastic force to move linearly and pass through a relatively rotating surface between the housing and the rotor, an elastic member installed to provide the elastic force, a valve bolt coupled to the camshaft through the housing and the rotor, wherein the valve bolt includes a release passage through which a release pressure provided through the camshaft is transferred to the locking pin via the rotor, and a valve means for selectively blocking or unblocking the release passage, and an actuator installed to actuate the valve means of the valve bolt according to an actuation displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Chung Han Oh, Min Su Park, Yun Seok Kim
  • Method for controlling passenger airbag and passenger airbag system using the same
    Patent number: 9862343
    Abstract: A method for controlling a passenger airbag may include determining whether an occupant is present on a passenger seat; determining whether the occupant seated on the passenger seat has fastened a safety belt; determining whether deployment of a passenger airbag is required; and deploying, when the deployment of the passenger airbag is required, a main chamber of the passenger airbag, and further deploying a sub-chamber connected to the main chamber of the passenger airbag to be interlocked with the deployment of the main chamber when the occupant is present on the passenger seat and has fastened the safety belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Jun Yeol Choi, Hyo Shub Shin, Kyung Taek Lim
  • Active hood hinge device for vehicles
    Patent number: 9855916
    Abstract: Disclosed is an active hood hinge device for vehicles. The active hood hinge device includes an actuator bracket rotatably coupled to a mounting bracket of a vehicle body at one side, a locking lever rotatably coupled to the actuator bracket and driven by an operating force of an actuator, a long link rotatably coupled to the actuator bracket, and unfolded and rotated from the actuator bracket by a rotating force of the locking lever, and a hood bracket rotatably coupled with the long link and fixedly coupled to a hood panel at opposite sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: In Hwang
  • Air extractor grill for vehicle
    Patent number: 9849754
    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: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA MOTORS CORP.
    Inventors: Eung Young Kim, Byeong Moo Jang, Jun Mo Ku
  • CURTAIN AIRBAG FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20170355343
    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: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventor: Chang Jin OH
  • Front airbag for vehicle
    Patent number: 9840223
    Abstract: A front airbag apparatus for a vehicle may include an airbag chamber including front panels, and internal tethers connecting the front panels of the airbag chamber to an airbag housing and dividing the airbag chamber into a plurality of sections, in which lengths of the internal tethers may be smaller than a length of the airbag chamber in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, and when the airbag chamber is fully inflated, joints of the internal tethers on the front panels may be recessed, whereby the front panels may form a prominence-depression shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Jae Ho Choi, Kyung Taek Lim