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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2022
Applicants:
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Tae Woong Lim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyun Kyun Jung, Seoul, KR;
Ji Wan Son, Yongin-si, KR;
Han Sol Mun, Yongin-si, KR;
Assignees:
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul, KR;
KIA CORPORATION, Seoul, KR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00 (2006.01); F01P 3/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60H 1/00835 (2013.01); F01P 3/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A control method for a vehicle includes determining whether an internal combustion engine is overheated based on driving information of the vehicle and cooling information of a passenger compartment while the vehicle is driving and an HVAC system is operating in a cooling mode, and controlling an alternator or an actuator of a switching door to reduce a cooling capacity provided by the HVAC system when it is determined that the internal combustion engine is overheated.