Patents by Inventor Chan-Ki MIN

Chan-Ki MIN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11692497
    Abstract: An engine ignition timing control method includes: acquiring, by an engine control unit (ECU), intake air humidity of an engine using a humidity sensor; calculating, by the ECU, an amount of first ignition timing correction based on the intake air humidity and an EGR rate; calculating, by the ECU, an amount of second ignition timing correction based on an engine operation region; and correcting, by the ECU, ignition timing of the engine using the amount of first ignition timing correction and the amount of second ignition timing correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chan Ki Min, Sung Wook Lee
  • Publication number: 20230023863
    Abstract: An engine ignition timing control method includes: acquiring, by an engine control unit (ECU), intake air humidity of an engine using a humidity sensor; calculating, by the ECU, an amount of first ignition timing correction based on the intake air humidity and an EGR rate; calculating, by the ECU, an amount of second ignition timing correction based on an engine operation region; and correcting, by the ECU, ignition timing of the engine using the amount of first ignition timing correction and the amount of second ignition timing correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chan Ki Min, Sung Wook Lee
  • Publication number: 20220388496
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an emergency operating system and an emergency operating method for a hybrid vehicle with a damaged bearing of an engine, which are capable of preventing a bearing from being further damaged due to a drive motor and a hybrid starter and generator (HSG) when damage to the bearing installed in an engine is detected and capable of driving the hybrid vehicle and which include a bearing damage detection operation, an engine driving maintaining operation, a first state of charge (SOC) comparison operation, and a first emergency operating operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jun-Ho PARK, Sung-Woo NAM, Pan-Sang KIM, Byng-Mo JEON, Sang-Hyuk MUN, Seong-Wook MOON, Je-Ha SON, Young-Joon PARK, Chan-Ki MIN, Hye-Kil HWANG, Sung-Nam BAEK, Chul-Ho YU, Hyung-Mook YOON