Patents by Inventor Yeon Bok KIM

Yeon Bok 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).

  • Patent number: 9840248
    Abstract: A method for preventing engine clutch hazard of a hybrid vehicle includes: transmitting, by a safety module of a controller, a signal which instructs an engine clutch to be engaged or released to a safety module of an actuator that drives the engine clutch that connects an engine with a motor or disconnects the engine from the motor; and controlling, by the safety module of the actuator, the engine clutch to perform a normal operation based on the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Yeon Bok Kim, Young Joon Chang, Jeong Soo Eo, Daero Park
  • Patent number: 9834204
    Abstract: A method for learning an upwards friction coefficient of an engine clutch of a hybrid vehicle includes: after the engine clutch is engaged, disengaging, by a controller, the engine clutch which connects an engine with a motor or disconnects the engine from the motor; when the engine clutch is disengaged, comparing, by the controller, a temperature of the engine clutch with a threshold value; and when the temperature of the engine clutch is less than the threshold value, increasing, by the controller, a friction coefficient of the engine clutch up to a certain value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Yeon Bok Kim, Jeong Soo Eo, Young Joon Chang
  • Publication number: 20170166201
    Abstract: A method for learning an upwards friction coefficient of an engine clutch of a hybrid vehicle includes: after the engine clutch is engaged, disengaging, by a controller, the engine clutch which connects an engine with a motor or disconnects the engine from the motor; when the engine clutch is disengaged, comparing, by the controller, a temperature of the engine clutch with a threshold value; and when the temperature of the engine clutch is less than the threshold value, increasing, by the controller, a friction coefficient of the engine clutch up to a certain value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Yeon Bok Kim, Jeong Soo Eo, Young Joon Chang
  • Publication number: 20170166182
    Abstract: A method for preventing engine clutch hazard of a hybrid vehicle includes: transmitting, by a safety module of a controller, a signal which instructs an engine clutch to be engaged or released to a safety module of an actuator that drives the engine clutch that connects an engine with a motor or disconnects the engine from the motor; and controlling, by the safety module of the actuator, the engine clutch to perform a normal operation based on the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Yeon Bok Kim, Young Joon Chang, Jeong Soo Eo, Daero Park
  • Publication number: 20170166196
    Abstract: A method for learning an engine clutch kiss point of a hybrid vehicle includes: controlling, by a controller, an engine clutch which connects an engine with a motor or disconnects the engine from the motor so that the engine clutch is engaged after the controller checks stop of the engine and of the motor and stabilization operation for a hydraulic pressure line of the engine clutch is performed; controlling the motor to have a certain speed after the stabilization operation; controlling the engine clutch to be engaged after speed of the motor is stabilized; determining whether torque variation of the motor when the engine clutch is engaged is equal to or greater than a threshold value; and determining a hydraulic pressure at which the torque variation is the threshold value as the kiss point of the engine clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Song Il PARK, Seongwook MOON, Jonghan OH, Yeon Bok KIM
  • Publication number: 20170120897
    Abstract: A method for learning a touch point of an engine clutch of a hybrid electric vehicle including a motor connected to a transmission and an engine selectively connected to the motor through the engine clutch includes determining whether a learning condition of the touch point of the engine clutch is satisfied, releasing a transmission clutch and controlling a motor speed when the learning condition is satisfied, increasing a coupling pressure of the engine clutch when a change amount of the motor speed is less than a first predetermined value, comparing a change amount of a motor torque according to the increased coupling pressure of the engine clutch with a second predetermined value, and learning the touch point of the engine clutch when the change amount of the motor torque is greater than or equal to the second predetermined value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Song Il PARK, Do Hee KIM, Yeon Bok KIM, Sungdeok KIM
  • Publication number: 20170082046
    Abstract: A non-uniform displacement engine control system with different control modes based on a state of charge (SOC) of a battery, the system includes a non-uniform displacement engine including a plurality of cylinders, the cylinders comprising at least two sizes of cylinders having different displacements, a motor connected to a driving shaft of the engine, a battery for supplying electrical energy to the motor, and a motor control device for controlling the motor, wherein the motor control device controls the motor to compensate for a difference in torque due to different displacements of the cylinders such that a sum of engine torque and motor torque in explosion stroke of each cylinder is uniform, and the motor control device has a charge intention mode or a discharge intention mode based on the SOC of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jeong Soo EO, Yeon Bok KIM, Youn Kwang JUNG, Sung Jae KIM, Young Joon CHANG
  • Publication number: 20170080917
    Abstract: A non-uniform displacement engine control system having a transient state control mode includes a non-uniform displacement engine including a plurality of cylinders, the cylinders including at least two sizes of cylinders having different displacements, a motor connected to a driving shaft of the engine, a battery for supplying electrical energy to the motor, and a motor control unit for controlling the motor, wherein the motor control unit controls the motor such that a sum of engine torque and motor torque in explosion strokes of each cylinder is uniform by compensating for a difference in torque caused by the cylinders having different displacements, and the motor control unit has a transient state control mode for additionally applying offset torque to predetermined motor torque at a time of rapid acceleration or rapid deceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Jeong Soo EO, Yeon Bok KIM, Youn Kwang JUNG, Sung Jae KIM, Young Joon CHANG