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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2024
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Keun Soo Kim, Anyang-Si, KR;
Seung Yub Lee, Gwangmyeong-Si, KR;
Cheol Lee, Suwon-Si, KR;
Jung Hoon Park, Suwon-Si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
In an apparatus and method for controlling a fuel system of a vehicle, the apparatus includes driving information detectors provided to detect vehicle driving information required to determine whether the vehicle is driving while fording water, a controller operably connected to the driving information detectors and provided to determine whether a current driving state of the vehicle satisfies predetermined water-fording driving conditions based on the vehicle driving information, a canister close valve provided on an atmospheric line, and a purge control solenoid valve provided on a purge line, the controller is configured to determine that the vehicle is in a water-fording driving state and outputs a control signal to seal the fuel system, upon determining that the current driving state satisfies the predetermined water-fording driving conditions, and the canister close valve and the purge control solenoid valve are controlled to be in a closed state depending on the control signal to seal the fuel system.