Patents by Inventor Min Jae CHAI

Min Jae CHAI 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: 20220178439
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling shifting of a vehicle and a method therefor are provided, where the apparatus includes a storage storing a power map in which a demand power corresponding to a vehicle speed and an accelerator position sensor (APS) value is recorded and storing an energy consumption map of a power source for each gear stage. The apparatus includes a controller that detects a current demand power based on the power map, generates a power graph representing the detected demand power as the number of revolution and a torque of the power source for each gear stage, and matches the generated power graph with the energy consumption map of the power source to control a shift to a gear stage which consumes minimum energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Hoon Jeong, Byeong Wook Jeon, Yong Uk Shin, Min Jae Chai
  • Publication number: 20220153269
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for controlling a powertrain of an autonomous vehicle. The apparatus includes an autonomous driving controller that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle and a transmission controller that determines whether the vehicle satisfies a pulse and glide (P&G) driving condition during the autonomous driving. The transmission controller alternately performs pulse driving and coasting in conjunction with the autonomous driving controller when the vehicle satisfies the P&G driving condition. The transmission controller causes a transmission to remain in a neutral state during the coasting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byeong Wook Jeon, Min Jae Chai, Yong Uk Shin, Dong Hoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11292473
    Abstract: A shift control method of a transmission including an electric oil pump (EOP) directly connected to a friction clutch for a vehicle may include: when a shift is initiated, setting, by a controller, a predetermined first target RPM for controlling the EOP; determining, by the controller, a target current based on the first target RPM; maintaining, by the controller, the first target RPM until an EOP driving current reaches the target current; when the EOP driving current is greater than or equal to the target current, linearly reducing, by the controller, an RPM of the EOP from a predetermined second target RPM to a third target RPM; and increasing, by the controller, an EOP driving power to increase a friction force of the friction clutch such that a slip of the friction clutch is smaller than a predetermined reference slip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Se Hwan Jo, Bong Uk Bae, Min Jae Chai
  • Publication number: 20220080973
    Abstract: A shift control method of a transmission including an electric oil pump (EOP) directly connected to a friction clutch for a vehicle may include: when a shift is initiated, setting, by a controller, a predetermined first target RPM for controlling the EOP; determining, by the controller, a target current based on the first target RPM; maintaining, by the controller, the first target RPM until an EOP driving current reaches the target current; when the EOP driving current is greater than or equal to the target current, linearly reducing, by the controller, an RPM of the EOP from a predetermined second target RPM to a third target RPM; and increasing, by the controller, an EOP driving power to increase a friction force of the friction clutch such that a slip of the friction clutch is smaller than a predetermined reference slip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Se Hwan JO, Bong Uk BAE, Min Jae CHAI
  • Publication number: 20220080980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device configured for predicting a speed of a vehicle, and a method thereof. To predict the speed of the vehicle with high accuracy in a form of time-series data, the present invention may include an input device entering time-series data for a driving profile before a prediction time point into an encoder, a learning device learning a vehicle speed model by use of a low-dimensional representation which is an output of the encoder, a vehicle speed at the prediction time point, and a driving profile at the prediction time point, and a controller predicting a speed of the vehicle based on the vehicle speed model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Hoon JEONG, Byeong Wook JEON, Min Jae CHAI, Yong Uk SHIN
  • Patent number: 11168785
    Abstract: A hydraulic pressure control method for a transmission includes determining whether a current shift range is among a plurality of shift ranges, setting a dither frequency of a pressure control solenoid valve of a hydraulic circuit for the transmission to a predetermined first frequency when the current shift range is a predetermined first range, and setting the dither frequency of the pressure control solenoid valve to a predetermined second frequency when the current shift range is a shift range other than the first range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bong Uk Bae, Sung Sik Choi, Kyung Moo Lee, Ki Bum Kim, Seong Min Son, Seul Chan Park, Se Hwan Jo, Min Jae Chai
  • Patent number: 10161520
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system of an automatic transmission for a vehicle provided with an idle stop and go (ISG) system includes a mechanical hydraulic pump driven by a torque of an engine, the mechanical hydraulic pump pumping a fluid stored in an oil pan, a regulator valve, a manual valve, a linear solenoid valve for controlling the hydraulic pressure supplied from the manual valve through the second hydraulic line and for supplying the controlled hydraulic pressure to a third hydraulic line, a switch valve, and an electric hydraulic pump driven by electric energy for pumping the fluid stored in the oil pan through a fifth hydraulic line and for feeding the pumped fluid to a sixth hydraulic line connected to the fourth hydraulic line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Young Hwang, Min Jae Chai, Se Hwan Jo
  • Patent number: 10024422
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a lock-up clutch of an automatic transmission. The method includes: a detecting step of detecting, by a controller, a current signal applied to a solenoid valve of an engaging element when a gear change operation begins; and a first increasing control step of controlling, by the controller, an amount of current that is applied to a solenoid valve of a lock-up clutch during an initial fill time period when it is determined that the current signal is applied to the solenoid valve of the engaging element. In particular, the solenoid valve of the engaging element is used to form a gear stage, and the controller increases the amount of current to a predetermined level for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Min Jae Chai, Se Hwan Jo, Kyung Moo Lee, Chang Wook Lee, Won Ho Kim, Bong Uk Bae, Jin Young Hwang
  • Publication number: 20180163866
    Abstract: A hydraulic control system of an automatic transmission for a vehicle provided with an idle stop and go (ISG) system includes a mechanical hydraulic pump driven by a torque of an engine, the mechanical hydraulic pump pumping a fluid stored in an oil pan, a regulator valve, a manual valve, a linear solenoid valve for controlling the hydraulic pressure supplied from the manual valve through the second hydraulic line and for supplying the controlled hydraulic pressure to a third hydraulic line, a switch valve, and an electric hydraulic pump driven by electric energy for pumping the fluid stored in the oil pan through a fifth hydraulic line and for feeding the pumped fluid to a sixth hydraulic line connected to the fourth hydraulic line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Jin Young HWANG, Min Jae CHAI, Se Hwan JO
  • Publication number: 20170307070
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a lock-up clutch of an automatic transmission. The method includes: a detecting step of detecting, by a controller, a current signal applied to a solenoid valve of an engaging element when a gear change operation begins; and a first increasing control step of controlling, by the controller, an amount of current that is applied to a solenoid valve of a lock-up clutch during an initial fill time period when it is determined that the current signal is applied to the solenoid valve of the engaging element. In particular, the solenoid valve of the engaging element is used to form a gear stage, and the controller increases the amount of current to a predetermined level for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Min Jae CHAI, Se Hwan JO, Kyung Moo LEE, Chang Wook LEE, Won Ho KIM, Bong Uk BAE, Jin Young HWANG