Patents Assigned to Kia Motors Corporation
  • Regenerative braking control method of vehicle
    Patent number: 11845434
    Abstract: A regenerative braking control method of a vehicle, may include a first operation of determining a driving risk of a road surface on the basis of a status of the road surface while driving; a second operation of determining whether an accelerator pedal is released while driving; a third operation of determining whether a brake pedal is operated while driving; and a fourth operation of performing no regenerative braking when the accelerator pedal is determined as being released, the driving risk of the road surface is determined as being high, and when the brake pedal is determined as not being operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jong Kyu Jeong
  • Apparatus for detecting slurry spread volume using terahertz wave, spread system and detecting method using the same
    Patent number: 11846584
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus for measuring a coating amount of a slurry according to the present disclosure includes a light emitter configured to irradiate terahertz wave onto a release paper coated with the slurry, a light receiver configured to receive the terahertz wave, which is irradiated from the light emitter and passes through the release paper coated with the slurry, to obtain a power of the terahertz wave, and a calculating part configured to calculate a thickness of an electrode, formed from the slurry applied to the release paper, based on the power of the terahertz wave received by the light receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ha Seung Seong, Ho Jin Lee, Il Min Lee, Ki Won Moon, Eui Su Lee, Dong Woo Park, Jeong Woo Park, Kyung Hyun Park, Hyun Soo Kim
  • Hood mounting structure
    Patent number: 11845495
    Abstract: A hood mounting structure includes: a fender apron upper member provided along a length direction of a vehicle body; a hood disposed on a front portion of the vehicle body; and a hood hinge including a hinge upper arm connected to a lower part of the hood and a hinge lower arm mounted on a side of the fender apron upper member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eonpyo Kim
  • Vehicle body structure
    Patent number: 11845492
    Abstract: A vehicle body structure for safely protecting a high-voltage, the vehicle body structure including: a battery mounted on bottom portions of a center floor and a rear floor; and a protective structure having a bottom portion on which a peripheral portion of the battery is mounted and including panels fitted to each other into a shape covering a peripheral portion of the center floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Woo Han, Chang Sup Hwang, Yu Jeong Kim, Kyung Hoon Son, Dae Myoung Park
  • Method and apparatus for managing a moving object for fleet system
    Patent number: 11847588
    Abstract: A method of managing a moving object in a fleet system includes: transmitting, by a user device, a moving object request message including a departure point and use time information to a server; receiving, by the user device, a list of available moving objects based on the moving object request message from the server: selecting, by the user device, a moving object from the list of available moving objects; transmitting, by the user device, reservation information based on the moving object selection information and the use time information to the server; and allocating the moving object to the user device based on the reservation information. The server may update allocation and placement information of a plurality of moving objects based on reservation information of a plurality of user devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Jun Ha, Young Jun Moon
  • Apparatus for reducing exhaust hydrogen concentration in a fuel cell system and a method thereof
    Patent number: 11843145
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing an exhaust hydrogen concentration in a fuel cell system includes a first air cut-off valve (ACV) blocking ambient air supplied to a cathode, a second ACV blocking exhaust hydrogen discharged from the cathode, and an air suction valve (ASV) operating in a first mode connecting the cathode and an intake port of an air compressor and in a second mode blocking connection between the cathode and the intake port of the air compressor. The apparatus also includes a controller for operating the ASV in the first mode to store air of the cathode while the first ACV is opened and the second ACV is closed when hydrogen is supplied to an anode, and for operating the ASV in the second mode to discharge ambient air through an exhaust line while the first ACV is opened and the second ACV is opened when ambient air is supplied to the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Uk Lee, Nam Woo Lee
  • Movable object with attitude control
    Patent number: 11840119
    Abstract: A movable object such as a mobile robot is designed to be driven indoors or outdoors with improved stability. Stability is enhanced by an attitude control mechanism to improve attitude stability of the movable object in a direction perpendicular to a driving direction thereof. The movable object includes an attitude control motor including a connecting shaft having a first end connected to a body part and a second end connected to a wheel, wherein the second end of the connecting shaft is located higher or lower than the first end of the connecting shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hun Keon Ko, Geun Sang Yu, Joo Young Chun, Eun Ho Seo
  • Lubricant composition having improved high-temperature durability
    Patent number: 11840677
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a lubricant composition including a base oil, a thickener and a thickener supplement, and a method of manufacturing the same. The lubricant composition of the present disclosure is effective at improving performance at high-temperature by maintaining the evaporation amount and friction characteristics even at high temperatures, thus inhibiting oil contamination of powertrain parts and the like and maintaining sticking phenomenon even in a high-temperature environment, thereby increasing the durability of parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jae Hyeon Kim
  • Method for alerting danger situations of moving object and apparatus for the same
    Patent number: 11840221
    Abstract: A method of detecting a collision in a moving object includes: detecting, by the moving object, an object and an event; determining a situation as at least one of an emergency situation, a manageable situation, or a general situation in response to the detected object and the detected event; determining whether or not it is possible to transmit a warning message for the detected event to the detected object upon determining that situation is the manageable situation; and transmitting collision possibility information to the detected object based on a warning alarm system upon determining that it is impossible to transmit the warning message for the detected event to the detected object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, AJOU UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jae Jun Ha, Ilsoo Yun, Sangmin Park, Sungho Park, Harim Jeong, Cheolwoo Kwon, Jiwon Kim, Kiyeon Park
  • Vehicle including electric motor and method of controlling brake lamp for the same
    Patent number: 11833960
    Abstract: A brake lamp control method of a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether a deceleration of the vehicle based on regenerative brake through the electric motor is present in a hysteresis period between an off threshold as a reference for turning off a brake lamp and an on threshold as a reference for turning on the brake lamp. When the deceleration of the vehicle is present in the hysteresis period, the method includes determining a state of the brake lamp before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period. In response to determining that the brake lamp is turned on or off for a reason except for the regenerative brake before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period, a request for turning on the brake lamp is set or reset based on the regenerative brake in response to the determined state of the brake lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • System for mounting a door hinge of a vehicle
    Patent number: 11834117
    Abstract: A system for mounting a door hinge to upper and lower mounting portions of front and rear pillars of a vehicle body being transferred along a vehicle transfer line. The system includes: a jig frame installed to reciprocate in a vehicle width direction through a driving unit on a base frame outside the vehicle transfer line; a rotation index installed on the jig frame and rotatable by a predetermined angle through a servomotor; a vertical rotation shaft formed as a polyhedron having a cavity and coaxially connected to a rotation center axis of the rotation index along an up and down vertical direction; and a pair of clamping units installed through a mounting plate to a base plate fixed to each side of the vertical rotation shaft, the pair of clamping units being disposed at upper and lower portions of the mounting plate and configured to clamp the door hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keonyong Kim, Byeong Ho Choi
  • Sterilization system for vehicle
    Patent number: 11833260
    Abstract: A sterilization system for a vehicle includes an outer housing configured to rotate about a first shaft and having an opening formed to face an interior space, an inner housing installed inside the outer housing, exposed to the interior space through the opening, configured to rotate about a second shaft, and having a light transmitting portion through which sterilizing light is transmitted, a light source embedded in the inner housing and configured to irradiate the sterilizing light toward the light transmitting portion, and a driver configured to rotate the outer housing and the inner housing to irradiate the sterilizing light to the interior space and to change an irradiation angle of the sterilizing light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, KAIS Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Seung Lee, Young Hoon Ji
  • Motor-driven door latch for vehicle
    Patent number: 11834870
    Abstract: A motor-driven door latch for a vehicle includes a catch part which is caught on a striker mounted on the vehicle to lock a door for a vehicle to a vehicle body or is released from the striker so that the door can be opened from the vehicle body; a door locking and releasing part which includes a main motor and applies torque to the catch part through the main motor to allow the catch part to be locked to or released from the striker; and a pop-up part including an auxiliary motor and applying torque to the catch part so that the door for the vehicle is popped up from a vehicle body, so that the door for the vehicle is popped up from a vehicle body after the door for the vehicle is released from vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jinwoo Nam, Kyoung Taek Kwak, Jungho Han
  • Method of sterilizing vehicle interior using drone
    Patent number: 11834172
    Abstract: A method of sterilizing a vehicle interior using a drone includes: receiving information on whether a passenger is boarding or the passenger has initiated a sterilization request; and when the passenger does not ride in a vehicle or the sterilization request is received from the passenger, performing, with a drone, a set of instructions to implement a sterilization logic. In particular, the sterilization logic includes determining an infected area using a sensor part, and allowing the drone to fly and performing intensive sterilization in the infected area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jae Seung Lee
  • Vehicle body member having charging and discharging function
    Patent number: 11837737
    Abstract: A vehicle body member includes a first cell portion including a first negative pole portion and a first positive pole portion, with one or more first via holes penetrating the first negative pole portion and the first positive pole portion, a second cell portion including a second negative pole portion and a second positive pole portion, an insulating layer disposed between a surface of the first cell portion and a surface of the second cell portion, the insulating layer having one or more insulating via holes, a series connector connecting the first negative pole portion and the second positive pole portion in series via the first via holes and the insulating via holes, a positive pole current collector connected to the first positive pole portion, and a negative pole current collector connected to the second negative pole portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Won Ki Song
  • Integrated memory system for driving position and method of controlling same
    Patent number: 11834094
    Abstract: An integrated memory system for a driving position is provided. The integrated memory system includes a steering column having an inner column, and an outer column that is movable in an axis direction relative to the inner column. A position detecting unit including a plurality of detection positions detects a relative position of the outer column with respect to the inner column in response to a movement of the outer column and a controller is connected to the position detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Yura Corporation Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Se Hoon Park, In Sik Hwang
  • Structure to prevent door opening in vehicle collision
    Patent number: 11828091
    Abstract: A structure of preventing door opening in vehicle collision may include a handle housing including a housing stopper, a door handle rotatably mounted around a door handle rotation axis on the handle housing, and of which a rotation contact end portion formed at one end portion thereof, and a blocking lever assembly including a blocking lever rotatably coupled to the handle housing and having an inertia portion formed on a portion of the blocking lever, and an assist lever selectively protruded from the blocking lever, wherein, when the blocking lever assembly is rotated by an external impact applied to the blocking lever assembly, the assist lever protrudes out of the blocking lever to be caught by the housing stopper and positioned in a movement path of the rotation contact end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jungho Han, Jinwoo Nam, Kyoung Taek Kwak, Dong Jun Kim, Do Won Sung
  • Vehicle and antenna system of vehicle
    Patent number: 11831066
    Abstract: An antenna system of a vehicle includes a glass antenna installed on a surface of a glass of the vehicle, configured to receive a first broadcast signal and a second broadcast signal; and a broadcasting receiver configured to receive the first broadcast signal and the second broadcast signal, and to cancel and remove a harmonic components of the first broadcast signal from the second broadcast signal. The antenna system can ensure a free space of a loop antenna by implementing an integrated glass antenna, and realize installing an additional antenna module in the free space of the loop antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jungnam Bae
  • System for controlling unmanned aerial vehicle and method thereof
    Patent number: 11831390
    Abstract: A system for controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle may control to receive a departure point and a destination from a vehicle, and transmit information related to a shadow area between the departure point and the destination to the unmanned aerial vehicle to control the unmanned aerial vehicle to measure a communication sensitivity for each altitude in the shadow area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Hyun Soo Kim
  • Autonomous controller, vehicle system including the same, and method thereof
    Patent number: 11827248
    Abstract: The autonomous controller includes: a processor configured to control autonomous driving and determines whether to enable an autonomous driving mode or to convert the autonomous driving mode into a manual driving mode based on a current position of the driver's seat; and a storage configured to store data and an algorithm run by the processor. The processor controls at least one of whether to enable an autonomous driving mode, whether to restrict position adjustment of the driver's seat, or whether to hand over control authority based on a movement position in a forward or backward direction of the driver's seat or an angle of the backrest of the driver's seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Young Kim, Jin Su Jeong