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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2022
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Sun Young Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sung Deok Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Joon Young Park, Seoul, KR;
Dae Ro Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed are a hybrid electric vehicle having a transmission without a reverse (R) stage and capable of coping with a situation in which a connection state between a motor and an engine is unknown, and a control method thereof. The method includes, if a preset condition is satisfied in a situation where a state of an engine clutch is unknown, driving any one of a first driving source disposed at one end of the engine clutch and a second driving source disposed at the other end of the engine clutch, determining whether the other one of the first driving source and the second driving source rotates, and determining whether the engine clutch is opened depending on the determination result.
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