Patents by Inventor Heon KANG
Heon KANG 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).
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Publication number: 20260135507Abstract: A motor control system and method are introduced, comprising an estimation unit configured to estimate an angular velocity of a motor in real time, a filter unit having at least one of a torque command and the angular velocity of the motor as an input signal and configured to extract a pulsation component corresponding to a reference frequency from the input signal and adjust the reference frequency based on the angular velocity estimated in real time, and a control unit configured to perform damping control to reduce the pulsation component.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2025Publication date: May 14, 2026Inventors: Hyun Woo Lee, Dae Kwan Koo, Jin Woo Choi, Seung Hun Choi, Heon Kang
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Patent number: 12515532Abstract: A method of controlling an electric vehicle including twin clutches includes twin clutches for the electric vehicle driven by power of a drive motor and includes determining, by a clutch controller, whether a releasing condition for releasing engagement of the twin clutches is satisfied, controlling, by the clutch controller, the twin clutches to 0 torque when the releasing condition is satisfied, controlling the drive motor to 0 rpm by a vehicle controller when a torque applied to the twin clutches is less than a predetermined torque, and controlling the drive motor to 0 torque when a speed of the drive motor is less than a predetermined speed.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: January 6, 2026Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Wia CorporationInventors: Taewoo Lee, Jeong Won Song, Sung Keun Lim, JunSeok Park, Jong Chan Lee, Heon Kang
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Publication number: 20240198814Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an electric vehicle includes a drive motor configured to generate power required for driving of the vehicle, a twin clutch including a first clutch and a second clutch and configured to adjust power supplied from the drive motor to a first drive wheel and a second drive wheel of the vehicle through the first clutch and the second clutch, and a controller configured to, in response that a vehicle stop condition is satisfied, determine a slope of the vehicle by use of an acceleration of the vehicle and to adjust a clutch torque applied to the twin clutch depending on the slope of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI WIA CORPORATIONInventors: Taewoo LEE, Jeong Won SONG, Sung Keun LIM, JunSeok PARK, Jong Chan LEE, Heon KANG
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Publication number: 20240059157Abstract: A control apparatus of an electric vehicle includes a twin clutch including a first clutch and a second clutch and configured to adjust power transmission from a drive motor to a first rear wheel and a second rear wheel of the vehicle through the first clutch corresponding to the first rear wheel and the second clutch corresponding to the second rear wheel, a vehicle controller electrically connected to the drive motor and configured to, when an entering condition for entering an oversteer mode is satisfied, determine an initial regenerative braking torque for entering the oversteer mode, determine a target slip ratio of the first and second rear wheels, and control the regenerative braking torque of the drive motor to follow the target slip ratio, and a clutch controller electrically connected to the twin clutch and configured to adjust clutch torques of the first clutch and the second clutch of the twin clutch so that slip ratios of the first and second rear wheels are synchronized.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI WIA CORPORATIONInventors: Taewoo LEE, Jeong Won SONG, Woocheol CHO, Joonhee LEE, Kyunghan MIN, Sung Keun LIM, JunSeok PARK, Jong Chan LEE, Heon KANG
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Publication number: 20240034158Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an electric vehicle includes: a twin clutch including first and second clutches and for controlling power supplied from a driving motor to first and second rear wheels through the first clutch and the second clutch; a vehicle controller for calculating a target slip rate of the rear wheels and controlling a regenerative braking torque by the driving motor to follow the target slip rate when an entry condition for entering a drifted driving mode of the vehicle is satisfied; and a clutch controller for controlling the slip rates of the left and right rear wheels to be synchronized by adjusting clutch torques of the first and second clutches of the twin clutch.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI WIA CORPORATIONInventors: Taewoo Lee, Jeong Won Song, Woocheol Cho, Joonhee Lee, Kyunghan Min, Sung Keun Lim, Junseok Park, Jong Chan Lee, Heon Kang
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Patent number: 11840235Abstract: An electric vehicle includes a drive motor configured for generating power required for driving of the vehicle, a twin clutch which may include a first clutch and a second clutch and configured to adjust distribution of the power supplied from the drive motor to a first drive wheel and a second drive wheel of the vehicle through the first clutch corresponding to the first drive wheel and the second clutch corresponding to the second drive wheel, and a controller electrically connected to the twin clutch and configured to, when a control condition for a deceleration turning of the vehicle is satisfied, determine a control torque of the twin clutch as a larger value of an initial torque to prevent slip of the twin clutch and a base torque determined based on output torque of the drive motor, and distribute the control torque to the first clutch and the second clutch depending on a drive mode of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai WIA CorporationInventors: Taewoo Lee, Jeong Won Song, Sung Keun Lim, Junseok Park, Jong Chan Lee, Heon Kang
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Publication number: 20230147926Abstract: A method of controlling an electric vehicle including twin clutches includes twin clutches for the electric vehicle driven by power of a drive motor and includes determining, by a clutch controller, whether a releasing condition for releasing engagement of the twin clutches is satisfied, controlling, by the clutch controller, the twin clutches to 0 torque when the releasing condition is satisfied, controlling the drive motor to 0 rpm by a vehicle controller when a torque applied to the twin clutches is less than a predetermined torque, and controlling the drive motor to 0 torque when a speed of the drive motor is less than a predetermined speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Taewoo LEE, Jeong Won SONG, Sung Keun LIM, JunSeok PARK, Jong Chan LEE, Heon KANG
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Patent number: 11614132Abstract: An apparatus of controlling a twin clutch includes: a twin clutch that selectively blocks power supplied from a drive motor to a pair of drive wheels of a vehicle; and a clutch controller that is configured to control the twin clutch by determining target torques applied to respective clutches included in the twin clutch, based on the straight-line driving state detected by the driving information detection unit, determining a correction error based on a difference between actual torques applied to the respective clutches included in the twin clutch when a preliminary activation signal, which is determined based on the target torques, is turned on and a main activation signal, which is determined based on the actual torques applied to the respective clutches, is turned on, determining a balancing control compensation amount based on the correction error, and determining a final control amounts applied to the respective clutches based on the balancing control compensation amount.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2022Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI WIA CORPORATIONInventors: Taewoo Lee, Jeong Won Song, Sung Keun Lim, JunSeok Park, Pu Reun Lee, Jong Chan Lee, Heon Kang
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Patent number: 9604624Abstract: A method of controlling traveling of a vehicle may include a measuring step that measures a longitudinal acceleration sensing value by a longitudinal acceleration sensor on a vehicle, a longitudinal acceleration calculating step that calculates a longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle from a speed of the vehicle, a slope degree calculating step that calculates a slope degree of a ground on which the vehicle is, from the longitudinal acceleration sensing value and the calculated longitudinal acceleration, a determining step that determines a slope direction and a slope level of the ground from the calculated slope degree, and a controlling step that provides in advance a torque amount, which is distributed from main driving wheels to sub-driving wheels for traveling, to a power distribution device, at different levels in accordance with the slope direction and the slope level of the ground.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Wia CorporationInventors: Sung Keun Lim, Ji Soo Lee, Heon Kang
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Publication number: 20150149064Abstract: A method of controlling traveling of a vehicle may include a measuring step that measures a longitudinal acceleration sensing value by a longitudinal acceleration sensor on a vehicle, a longitudinal acceleration calculating step that calculates a longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle from a speed of the vehicle, a slope degree calculating step that calculates a slope degree of a ground on which the vehicle is, from the longitudinal acceleration sensing value and the calculated longitudinal acceleration, a determining step that determines a slope direction and a slope level of the ground from the calculated slope degree, and a controlling step that provides in advance a torque amount, which is distributed from main driving wheels to sub-driving wheels for traveling, to a power distribution device, at different levels in accordance with the slope direction and the slope level of the ground.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Wia CorporationInventors: Sung Keun LIM, Ji Soo LEE, Heon KANG