Patents Assigned to Kia Motors Corporation
  • Publication number: 20200182119
    Abstract: A system for purifying exhaust gas includes a controller to predict a possibility of ammonia (NH3) slip occurring at the rear end of a selective catalytic reduction on a diesel particulate filter (SDPF) by comparing a convective heat transfer value (h) with a first predetermined value. The controller determines whether an engine is rapidly accelerated, and performs a control to prevent introduction of ammonia downstream of the SDPF when the ammonia slip is predicted to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyo-Sang CHO, Kyoung-Min LEE, Jun-Yong LEE, Kyoung-Chan HAN
  • Publication number: 20200182350
    Abstract: A transmission control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a speed prediction device that predicts speeds for each gear stage from a current position of the vehicle to a position of a speed camera based on a driving state of the vehicle when it is identified that the speed camera exists on a road ahead while an operation of an accelerator pedal is in an OFF state; and a controller that determines a transmission gear stage based on the predicted speeds for each gear stage and performs a transmission control operation of the vehicle based on the determined transmission gear stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kwang Hee PARK, Byeong Wook JEON, Jae Chang KOOK, Sang Jun PARK
  • Publication number: 20200180532
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a plurality of electric loads that consume the dark current during parking of the vehicle and modulate the dark current; a battery sensor that senses the dark current output from a battery, demodulates the dark current modulated by the plurality of electric loads, identifies the dark current consumed by each of the plurality of electric loads based on the demodulated dark current, and identifies an electric load, which consumes excess dark current, based on the dark current consumed by each of the plurality of electric loads; and an integrated control device to alert a driver of consumption of the excess dark current of the identified electric load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: EunSang LEE
  • Publication number: 20200180590
    Abstract: A system for controlling turning of vehicle may include a steering angle detection sensor; a front inner wheel speed detection sensor detecting a front inner wheel speed; a front outer wheel speed detection sensor detecting a front outer wheel speed; a rear outer wheel speed detection sensor detecting a rear outer wheel speed based on a turning direction; and a braking controller receiving detection signal of the steering angle detection sensor to determine that the vehicle turns, estimating the rear inner wheel speed in the turning direction based on detection signals of the front inner wheel speed detection sensor and the front outer wheel speed detection sensor and detection signal of the rear outer wheel speed detection sensor, and executing a mode for decreasing the estimated speed as compared to the rear outer wheel speed, as a control mode for reducing a minimum rotation radius at the time of turning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Dae Suk JUNG
  • Publication number: 20200182202
    Abstract: An engine system may include an engine including a plurality of intake lines through which outside air supplied to combustion chamber flows, a first electric supercharger and a second electric supercharger disposed respectively in the plurality of intake lines, a first exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) device including a first EGR line branched from an exhaust manifold and joining an intake manifold and a first EGR valve disposed in the first EGR line, and a controller determining an engine target torque according to a driving condition of the engine, setting an engine torque within an operation region of the first EGR device when the engine target torque is in a torque dead band between the operation region of the first EGR device and a non-operation region thereof, and compensating a difference value between the engine target torque and the engine torque by a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seungwoo HONG, Jong Il PARK, Heechang OH, Kwanhee LEE, Jaegu KANG, Dong Hee HAN, Yeongseop PARK
  • Publication number: 20200180701
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure may include: two first rear side members respectively provided on opposite sides of a rear floor; a rear sub-frame including a front cross member and a rear cross member spaced apart from each other, where opposite ends of the front cross member and opposite ends of the rear cross member are coupled to two of the first rear side members, respectively; a vehicle body cross member which is spaced rearward from the rear sub-frame, connected to the first rear side members, and fixed to the rear floor; two second rear side members provided between two of the first rear side members, and arranged side by side with each of two of the first rear side members; and two truss members each extending from first connecting portions to second connecting portions, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seongsu SHIN, Mincheol KIM
  • Publication number: 20200180005
    Abstract: A panel hemming device includes: a fixing die on which a panel is placed and that has a supporting surface stepped upward to be parallel with an end of the panel; a hemming shaft having a first side coupled to a tool and having a second side to which a hemming roller, which comes in contact with a top of the supporting surface when fixed to the fixing die, is coupled; a rotary shaft having a first side coupled to the first side of the hemming shaft to receive torque and having a second side coming in contact with a bottom of the fixing die when fixed to the fixing die; and a case supporting an outer surface of the hemming shaft disposed through the case and coupled to a first end of the rotary shaft such that the rotary shaft can rotate upward or downward with respect to the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Woo Jin Chung, Myeon Gi Hur
  • Publication number: 20200180397
    Abstract: An air conditioner cut control system may include a driving condition detection unit detecting operation conditions of a vehicle, an air conditioner controller configured of determining an intake manifold negative pressure stored in a brake booster at a value obtained by subtracting intake manifold pressure from an atmospheric pressure detected by the driving condition detection unit when the air conditioner is operated and an engine control unit (ECU) for integrating the intake manifold negative pressure according to a brake negative pressure prediction logic and determining a virtual brake booster sensor value by modeling change of booster negative pressure according to driving information, and the ECU, and if the virtual brake booster sensor value is below a reference negative pressure of an A/C CUT standard logic, the ECU determines that brake negative pressure is insufficient and activates A/C CUT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Tae Hun Jung
  • Publication number: 20200180698
    Abstract: A tunnel structure for a vehicle is provided, and the tunnel structure includes a tunnel extending along a centerline of a center floor, and a plurality of crossmembers individually coupled to both side surfaces of the tunnel. Each crossmember has a closed cross-sectional shape. The tunnel structure further includes a plurality of bosses provided on the side surfaces of the tunnel, and an end portion of each crossmember received in and coupled to each boss. In addition, the tunnel includes a front tunnel disposed on a front of the center floor, a rear tunnel disposed on a rear of the center floor, and a center tunnel disposed between the front tunnel and the rear tunnel along the centerline of the center floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byeong Cheon LEE, Hee Seouk CHUNG, Hyun Sik KIM, Deok Hwa HONG
  • Publication number: 20200185765
    Abstract: A sulfide-based solid electrolyte which is appropriately usable for a negative electrode of an all-solid-state battery and a method of manufacturing the same, may include a lithium element (Li), a sulfur element (S), a phosphorus element (P), and a halogen element (X), wherein the halogen element (X) is selected from the group consisting of a chlorine element (Cl), a bromine element (Br), an iodine element (I), and combinations thereof, and the molar ratio (S/P) of the sulfur element (S) to the phosphorus element (P) is 5 to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: YONG JUN JANG, IN WOO SONG, YUN SUNG KIM, JU YEONG SEONG
  • Publication number: 20200182146
    Abstract: A variable compression ratio engine includes an extra chamber formed at a cylinder head, an extra valve being able to open/close the extra chamber, and an actuator being able to open/close the extra chamber by driving the extra valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyoung Chan Han
  • Publication number: 20200180431
    Abstract: A drive torque received from a power source is split and output to first and second output shafts through a torque vectoring apparatus including a torque vectoring device that controls a torque ratio of split torques, where the torque vectoring device includes a control motor, a first compound planetary gear set including first and second planetary gear sets having a shared first rotation element fixed to a housing, a second rotation element, and a third rotation element connected to the first output shaft, and a second compound planetary gear set including third and fourth planetary gear sets having a shared fourth rotation element connected to the control motor, a fifth rotation element connected to a second output shaft, and a sixth rotation element connected to the second rotation element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Chulmin AHN, SungGon Byun, Seok Joon KIM, Su Hyeon MAENG, Hongkyu LEE, Baekyu KIM, Junyoung HA
  • Publication number: 20200183388
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatically parking a vehicle in a personal garage, a system including the same, and a method for the same, may include a processor to determine whether generation of a parking path is possible in a space around a personal garage, when receiving a request for parking in the personal garage, to determine vehicle parking information when the generation of the parking path is possible, to provide the determined vehicle parking information to a vehicle, and to control opening or closing of a personal garage door, and a storage to store image data of a surrounding environment of the personal garage and the vehicle parking information determined by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dae Joong YOON, Sun Wo Jung
  • Publication number: 20200184946
    Abstract: An EV driving sound control system may include a sound output device of generating a driving sound of an EV vehicle; a torque measurement sensor of measuring a torque of a motor in the EV vehicle; an indoor noise measurement sensor of detecting a noise of the EV vehicle; and a signal processing controller for controlling the sound output device to reach a target tone by receiving signals from the torque measurement sensor and the indoor noise measurement sensor, wherein the signal processing controller extracts and outputs only the acceleration feeling sound component from an engine sound upon acceleration, and masks high-frequency noise upon deceleration by the sound output device, by use of the traveling information related to the EV vehicle inputted from the CAN communication in real time and the signals inputted from the indoor noise measurement sensor and the torque measurement sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: In-Soo Jung, Dong-Chul Lee
  • Publication number: 20200180580
    Abstract: An electronic brake system allows the effective braking pressure to be formed in response to occurrence of a minute leak in a hydraulic circuit, whereby the stability and reliability for braking is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tae Heon Kim
  • Publication number: 20200180554
    Abstract: An advanced four-point seat belt may include: a three-point seat belt to diagonally hold a passenger with a webbing; and a motorized seat belt to allow a tongue of the webbing to maintain a state of being fixed to a side surface of a seat cushion to an initial position. In particular, when a vehicle collision situation is recognized, the motorized seat belt forms an “X” shape webbing confinement state by withdrawing the webbing and another webbing to locate the tongue at a central position of a body of the passenger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yong-Woon SONG
  • Publication number: 20200180391
    Abstract: A heat pump system may include first and second cooling devices, a battery module, and a chiller to enable simplification of a system by heating or cooling the battery module by one chiller in which a coolant and a refrigerant exchange heat and a main heat exchanger provided in an air conditioning device is connected to each of first and second coolant lines so that the coolant circulated in each of the first and second cooling devices passes through the main heat exchanger, the refrigerant passing through the main heat exchanger exchanges heat with the coolant supplied through the first coolant line and exchanges heat with the coolant supplied through the second coolant line, and a flash tank separating refrigerants which have exchanged heat into a gaseous refrigerant and a liquid refrigerant and selectively discharging the gaseous refrigerant and the liquid refrigerant may be provided in the main heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jae Yeon KIM
  • Publication number: 20200180637
    Abstract: A vehicle running control method includes: when a junction section lane is present adjacent to a traveling lane of a host vehicle, collecting, by a processor, vehicle information of at least one vehicle traveling in the junction section lane; determining, by the processor, the possibility of cut-in of junction section lane vehicles based on the collected vehicle information and whether the traveling lane is congested; and controlling, by the processor, at least one of the traveling path or the traveling velocity of the host vehicle based on the result of determination in order to display an intention to yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Chul OH, Dong Hoon KANG, Hoon Kyung CHO, Seok Youl YANG, Jae Hwan JANG
  • Publication number: 20200185943
    Abstract: A supplementary charging system for an auxiliary battery of an eco-friendly vehicle includes: a main battery; an auxiliary battery having a voltage lower than that of the main battery; a low voltage DC-DC converter (LDC) stepping down the voltage of the main battery and providing the same to the auxiliary battery; and a controller that selects, when a periodic charge time of the auxiliary battery arrives, either a constant voltage charging method or a constant current charging method based on an aging state of the auxiliary battery, and that controls the LDC to charge the auxiliary battery with a constant voltage or a constant current based on the selected charging method for a predetermined reference time. The controller terminates the charging when a cumulative charge current amount is greater than or equal to a predetermined reference cumulative charge current amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kil Young YOUN, Seung Hyeon BIN, Sang Kyu LEE, Jae Hwa JEON
  • Publication number: 20200180635
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling driving of a vehicle, a system having the same, and a method thereof. The apparatus for controlling the driving of a vehicle includes a processor determining whether a lane change is necessary based on a rear situation of a reference vehicle when the lane change is necessary, determining whether the lane change is possible based on left-side and right-side rear situations of the reference vehicle, and performing lane change control depending on the determination result and a storage storing a result of the monitoring of the rear situation and the left-side and the right-side rear situations of the reference vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sung Ha Hong