Abstract: An end-connector of a select cable for a manual transmission is configured to allow a driver to perform a sufficiently smooth selecting operation even with small force by ball joint type combination between a rear protrusion of a fastener and a ball portion of a connector pin. The end-connector includes a connector housing integrally connected with both ends of a select cable and having a housing hole formed through the left and right sides, a fastener inserted in the housing hole of the connector housing, with one end protruding through the housing hole, an elastic clip member fixed to the connector housing and restraining the end of fastener which protrudes from the housing hole to prevent the fastener from separating from the housing hole, and a connector pin assembled with the fastener to freely rotate with the other end of the fastener in the housing hole.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 5, 2010
Date of Patent:
December 11, 2012
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.
Abstract: A brake pedal device of reducing a collision injury in a vehicle, may include a brake pedal including a hitching slot at an end portion thereof, a brake switch bracket, a first portion of which is pivotally coupled to the brake pedal by a hinge shaft, a pedal mounting bracket mounted to a vehicle body, wherein a second portion of the brake switch bracket is pivotally coupled to the pedal mounting bracket by a stopper shaft, wherein the stopper shaft of the pedal mounting bracket and the hitching slot of the brake pedal are selectively coupled to hinder rotation of the brake pedal toward a driver with respect to the hinge shaft when a collision force equal to or greater than a predetermined load is applied to the vehicle, and coupling members coupling the pedal mounting bracket and the brake switch bracket and being decoupled when the collision force is applied to the vehicle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 5, 2009
Date of Patent:
June 12, 2012
Assignees:
Hyundai Motor Company, Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.
Abstract: A shifting range sensing device may include an electronic communication unit that includes a housing fixed to an outside of an external bracket of a shift lever, a magnet being disposed in the housing and rotatable in a forward-backward direction therein wherein the magnet pivots with rotation of the shift lever in the forward-backward direction, and a hole sensor sensing the forward-backward direction movement of the magnet, and a microswitch electrically connected with the electronic communication unit and engaged to a side of the shift lever, wherein the microswitch may be turned on/off in accordance with a left-right rotation of the shift lever, wherein the microswitch transmits on/off signal to the electronic communication unit and the electronic communication unit transmits information sensed by the hole sensor and the on/off signal sensed by the microswitch to a transmission controller.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 11, 2011
Publication date:
June 7, 2012
Applicants:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KYUNG CHANG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
Abstract: An end-connector of a select cable for a manual transmission is configured to allow a driver to perform a sufficiently smooth selecting operation even with small force by ball joint type combination between a rear protrusion of a fastener and a ball portion of a connector pin. The end-connector includes a connector housing integrally connected with both ends of a select cable and having a housing hole formed through the left and right sides, a fastener inserted in the housing hole of the connector housing, with one end protruding through the housing hole, an elastic clip member fixed to the connector housing and restraining the end of fastener which protrudes from the housing hole to prevent the fastener from separating from the housing hole, and a connector pin assembled with the fastener to freely rotate with the other end of the fastener in the housing hole.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 5, 2010
Publication date:
January 5, 2012
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
Abstract: A shifting range sensing system, may include a shift lever pivotally connected to a vehicle body, a shift range sensing apparatus to sense a pivotal movement of the shift lever, an inhibitor switch mounted in a transmission, and a controller taking an emergency measure when a signal of the inhibitor switch and a signal of the shifting range sensing apparatus do not indicate the same shifting range.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 13, 2010
Publication date:
June 9, 2011
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.
Abstract: A brake pedal device of reducing a collision injury in a vehicle, may include a brake pedal including a hitching slot at an end portion thereof, a brake switch bracket, a first portion of which is pivotally coupled to the brake pedal by a hinge shaft, a pedal mounting bracket mounted to a vehicle body, wherein a second portion of the brake switch bracket is pivotally coupled to the pedal mounting bracket by a stopper shaft, wherein the stopper shaft of the pedal mounting bracket and the hitching slot of the brake pedal are selectively coupled to hinder rotation of the brake pedal toward a driver with respect to the hinge shaft when a collision force equal to or greater than a predetermined load is applied to the vehicle, and coupling members coupling the pedal mounting bracket and the brake switch bracket and being decoupled when the collision force is applied to the vehicle.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 5, 2009
Publication date:
June 10, 2010
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Kyung Chang Industrial Co., Ltd.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a cap for a wiper connector of a motor vehicle. A cap for wiper is comprised of a pair of side walls facing each other to form space where at least a portion of the wiper connector is accommodated, a connecting part for connecting the pair of side walls, a mounting part which is releasably mounted to the wiper connector and a flab protruding outwardly from at least one of the the side walls.
Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for measuring the amount of fuel in a vehicle using transmission lines. An apparatus for measuring the amount of fuel in a vehicle according to an embodiment of the invention comprises a pair of transmission lines provided within a fuel tank, a measuring unit for measuring reflective wave or capacitance voltage which varies in accordance with the depth of the fuel by generating high-frequency wave in the transmission line.