Patents by Inventor Park Tae Wook

Park Tae Wook 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDLE CHARGE OF HYBRID VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20120081070
    Abstract: A method for idle charging of a hybrid vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include: detecting an SOC of a battery and entering times to an idle charge control state; changing an entering point and a releasing point of the idle charge control according to a number of entering times to the idle charge control state for a predetermined period; performing idle charging by forcibly starting an engine when the SOC of the battery reaches the entering point of the idle charge control; and stopping the engine when the SOC of the battery reaches the releasing point of the idle charge control state as the idle charge is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Park Tae Wook, Jeongeun Kim