Patents by Inventor Myong-Chan Kim

Myong-Chan 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).

  • Vehicle and method for improving fuel-efficiency during temporary stop
    Patent number: 9889840
    Abstract: A method for improving fuel-efficiency during a temporary stop may include dividing, by an engine control apparatus, a neutral control condition into a neutral control entry and a neutral control release during a D-stage temporary stop, determining, a neutral control entry D-stage target RPM at a time of the neutral control entry, and a neutral control release D-stage target RPM at a time of the neutral control release, and RPM shifting the neutral control entry D-stage target RPM to a speed gradient conforming to a transmission clutch release time of a transmission control apparatus at a time of a neutral control after the neutral control entry and RPM shifting the neutral control release D-stage target RPM to a speed gradient conforming to a clutch coupling time of a transmission by the transmission control apparatus at a time of a neutral control after the neutral control release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong-Hoon Jeong, Hyun-Seung Suh, Myong-Chan Kim, Woo-Jin Chang, Moo-Suk Kim, Kyoo-Ho Lee, Hyun-Ku Lee, Sang-Bum Baek
  • VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING FUEL-EFFICIENCY DURING TEMPORARY STOP
    Publication number: 20160107650
    Abstract: A method for improving fuel-efficiency during a temporary stop may include dividing, by an engine control apparatus, a neutral control condition into a neutral control entry and a neutral control release during a D-stage temporary stop, determining, a neutral control entry D-stage target RPM at a time of the neutral control entry, and a neutral control release D-stage target RPM at a time of the neutral control release, and RPM shifting the neutral control entry D-stage target RPM to a speed gradient conforming to a transmission clutch release time of a transmission control apparatus at a time of a neutral control after the neutral control entry and RPM shifting the neutral control release D-stage target RPM to a speed gradient conforming to a clutch coupling time of a transmission by the transmission control apparatus at a time of a neutral control after the neutral control release
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong-Hoon JEONG, Hyun-Seung Suh, Myong-Chan Kim, Woo-Jin Chang, Moo-Suk Kim, Kyoo-Ho Lee, Hyun-Ku Lee, Sang-Bum Baek