US 12,246,582 B2
Apparatus for controlling fan motor of vehicle cooling fan and method thereof
Taewan Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Kiran Kumar M., Telangana (IN); and S. S. Harish, Chennai (IN)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/356,821.
Claims priority of application No. 202311018852 (IN), filed on Mar. 20, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0317025 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. B60H 1/32 (2006.01)
CPC B60H 1/3225 (2013.01) [B60H 1/3227 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3251 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3266 (2013.01); B60H 2001/3277 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
an air conditioner device comprising a condenser, an expansion valve, an evaporator, and a compressor;
a cooling fan configured to cool the condenser, wherein the cooling fan comprises a fan motor and a blade;
a sensing unit; and
a controller configured to determine whether an operating condition of the cooling fan and a flooding condition of a vehicle are satisfied based on driving information of the vehicle detected by the sensing unit and to control an operation of the fan motor of the cooling fan according to whether the vehicle is flooded.