Patents by Inventor Gwi-Chul Kim

Gwi-Chul Kim 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).

  • Publication number: 20240140380
    Abstract: A braking system, may include: a hydraulic braking apparatus including a first hydraulic braking apparatus provided on anyone of front and rear wheels of a vehicle and a second hydraulic braking apparatus provided on the other of the front and rear wheels of the vehicle; a nonhydraulic braking apparatus capable of generating braking force in a wheel provided with the second hydraulic braking apparatus among the front and rear wheels; a main braking force regulator configured for regulating braking force by controlling hydraulic braking pressure supplied to the first hydraulic braking apparatus and the second hydraulic braking apparatus; and an auxiliary braking force regulator configured for regulating braking force by controlling at least one braking apparatus of the first hydraulic braking apparatus and the non-hydraulic braking apparatus, based on whether an anti-lock braking system (ABS) is operating; when a failure has occurred in the main braking force regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Gwi Chul KIM, Sung In JU
  • Publication number: 20230406409
    Abstract: An apparatus of determining a target steering angle, may include: a feedforward steering angle calculator configured for determining a feed forward steering angle reflecting a yaw moment generated by torque vectoring during turning driving of an electric vehicle in autonomous driving; and an adder configured for obtaining a target steering angle by adding the determined feedforward steering angle to a feedback steering angle, the feedback steering angle being a steering angle measured through a steering angle sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Gwi Chul KIM
  • Patent number: 11820374
    Abstract: A control device may be configured for responding to failure for ensuring the stability of a vehicle by switching from a two-wheel-drive mode to a four-wheel-drive mode when detecting failure of the brake system in a two-wheel-drive mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Gwi Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20230150372
    Abstract: A an apparatus of controlling a braking of a vehicle traveling in track mode includes a driving information detector configured to detect a braking request from a driver while the vehicle is driving; and a vehicle controller configured to, when the braking request is detected, control the braking of the vehicle according to a total required torque in response to the detected braking request, wherein the total required torque is a sum of a regenerative braking torque by a motor of the vehicle and a friction braking torque by a brake of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle controller is configured to decrease braking force by friction braking by relatively decreasing friction braking torque by increasing the regenerative braking torque of the total required torque, and wherein the regenerative braking torque is greater than a regenerative braking torque in non-track mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Hwa LEE, Kyung Ho YOON, Ho Wook LEE, Gwi Chul KIM
  • Patent number: 11584344
    Abstract: A method of controlling braking of a vehicle is provided. When a disconnector is disconnected and an auxiliary drive wheel is separated from a driving system, vehicle braking is performed with regenerative braking by a primary drive wheel motor during braking. Subsequently, the disconnector is connected based on a vehicle stability state, and then, braking is performed simultaneously on the auxiliary drive wheel and a primary drive wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Gwi Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20220410852
    Abstract: A method for controlling corrected target hydraulic brake force to be generated by estimating friction coefficient variation depending on a bushing degree of a brake friction material and a season change, may include: determining a hydraulic brake torque required for hydraulic braking according to a driver's request brake torque; converting the hydraulic brake torque into a brake hydraulic pressure by use of a torque factor which is a friction capability of a brake friction material in the hydraulic brake torque; and determining a correction amount of the torque factor according to a season and a bushing degree of the brake friction material, which influences a friction coefficient which is an element of the torque factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Byeong-Cheol Yang, Gwi-Chul Kim, Sung-In Ju, Sung-Keun Lim, Se-Won Chun
  • Patent number: 11505172
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing rust on a brake disk includes: an environment information acquisition unit configured to acquire environment information, a controller configured to perform a function of calculating an amount of generated rust using the environment information, and controlling the rust removal depending on whether or not the amount of generated rust exceeds the preset reference value, and a driver configured to drive a brake system under the control of rust removal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kwon-Hyoung Choi, Jong-Chan Jun, Deok-Hwan Seo, Jin-Hyung Lee, Gwi-Chul Kim, So-Ra Jang, Ho-Sung Hwang, Ki-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 11292471
    Abstract: A method and a system for controlling driving of a vehicle according to a driving intent of a driver in a sports mode, may include determining a situation in which whether sporty driving is required for the vehicle due to an output value reflecting a driving state of the vehicle which is driving in a sports mode, and, when the situation is determined as requiring the sporty driving, controlling, by the controller, the clutch mechanism to release a coupling between the front wheel and the front wheel drive motor for the vehicle to drive in a rear wheel drive manner, and the system to which the method is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Gwi Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20220017092
    Abstract: A control device may be configured for responding to failure for ensuring the stability of a vehicle by switching from a two-wheel-drive mode to a four-wheel-drive mode when detecting failure of the brake system in a two-wheel-drive mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Gwi Chul KIM
  • Publication number: 20210229646
    Abstract: A method of controlling braking of a vehicle is provided. When a disconnector is disconnected and an auxiliary drive wheel is separated from a driving system, vehicle braking is performed with regenerative braking by a primary drive wheel motor during braking. Subsequently, the disconnector is connected based on a vehicle stability state, and then, braking is performed simultaneously on the auxiliary drive wheel and a primary drive wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventor: Gwi Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20210139035
    Abstract: An eco-friendly vehicle includes a motor, and a motor torque of the eco-friendly vehicle is controlled by determining road surface characteristics based on wheel behavior characteristics when controlling starting of the eco-friendly vehicle and by controlling the torque of the motor before a significant wheel spin occurs when the vehicle is started based on road characteristic determination results. A method of controlling the motor torque of the eco-friendly vehicle includes determining a wheel behavior characteristic of the vehicle, determining a road surface characteristic of a road on which the vehicle is located based on the wheel behavior characteristic of the vehicle, and controlling the motor torque of the vehicle based on the road surface characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sora Jang, Gwi Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20210107456
    Abstract: A traction control device and method for a four-wheel drive electric vehicle are disclosed. When the drive wheels of an electric vehicle spin, a drive force of the electric vehicle is controlled so as to restrain the spinning of the drive wheels and to secure the starting performance and acceleration performance of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gwi Chul KIM
  • Publication number: 20200361465
    Abstract: A method and a system for controlling driving of a vehicle according to a driving intent of a driver in a sports mode, may include determining a situation in which whether sporty driving is required for the vehicle due to an output value reflecting a driving state of the vehicle which is driving in a sports mode, and, when the situation is determined as requiring the sporty driving, controlling, by the controller, the clutch mechanism to release a coupling between the front wheel and the front wheel drive motor for the vehicle to drive in a rear wheel drive manner, and the system to which the method is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Gwi Chul KIM
  • Publication number: 20200156614
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing rust on a brake disk includes: an environment information acquisition unit configured to acquire environment information, a controller configured to perform a function of calculating an amount of generated rust using the environment information, and controlling the rust removal depending on whether or not the amount of generated rust exceeds the preset reference value, and a driver configured to drive a brake system under the control of rust removal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kwon-Hyoung Choi, Jong-Chan Jun, Deok-Hwan Seo, Jin-Hyung Lee, Gwi-Chul Kim, So-Ra Jang, Ho-Sung Hwang, Ki-Young Kim