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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2023
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 23/08 (2006.01); B60K 28/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60K 23/08 (2013.01); B60K 28/16 (2013.01); B60K 2023/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method includes switching a vehicle to a 4WD state by connecting a disconnector, maintaining the disconnector in the connected state for a predetermined maintenance time, determining whether a condition to be switched to a 2WD state is satisfied when the predetermined maintenance time period elapses, and disconnecting the disconnector when the condition to be switched to the 2WD state is satisfied.