Patents by Inventor Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Motors Corporation 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: 20130074642
    Abstract: A damping system for a shift cable is disclosed, in which vibrations and noises that are generated by a transmission and transmitted into the interior of a vehicle through a shift cable are considerably reduced across a damper, that is positioned in a bottleneck section of a socket housing and contacts with bottleneck section, such that it is possible to effectively exclude vibrations and noises transmitted into the interior of a vehicle. Further, the present invention is advantageous in terms of the cost and weight, because a rubber damper is used instead of a mass damper, and it is possible to reduce vibrations and noises without increasing force for operating a shift lever and maximally prevent the function of reducing vibrations and noises from being deteriorated by frictional wear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
  • Publication number: 20130067888
    Abstract: A purification system for variable post injection in LP EGR, the system includes a turbo charger disposed downstream of a diesel engine, a DPF (catalyzed particulate filter) disposed downstream of the turbo charger, a NOx reduction apparatus disposed upstream or downstream of the DPF, a bypass line diverged from the DPF for mixing exhaust gas and air inflowing the turbo charger, a exhaust gas control portion disposed downstream of the DPF for controlling flowing of the exhaust gas and a lean/rich controlling portion for controlling lean/rich of the exhaust gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130038048
    Abstract: An anchor pretensioner structure for cars, may include an inflator mounted on a car-body plate to pull a seat belt upon a collision, a pretensioner wire made of a flexible material and connected to the inflator, a protector mounted to the pretensioner wire coupled to the seat belt, and an angle-adjuster to selectively rotate the pretensioner wire, depending upon whether or not a passenger may be sitting on a seat, so that the pretensioner wire may be allowed to rotate by a predetermined angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130035204
    Abstract: A motor-generator system for a vehicle, in which power transmission between a crankshaft of an engine and a motor-generator is performed by a V-belt wound around pulleys thereof, includes a speed controller controlling the rotational speed of the V-belt within a predetermined range and provided on a crankshaft pulley mounted on the crankshaft. The motor-generator system, among others, can maintain the power transmission force of the V-belt at a high level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, HYUNDAI MOTOR JAPAN R&D CENTER, INC., KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Japan R&D Center, Inc.