Abstract: A wire guide for an airbag includes a first connection portion connected to a wire harness, a second connection portion connected to a branch wire branching off from the wire harness, and an elastic portion connecting the first and second connection portions and provided to be elastically deformable, in which a cross-section of the wire guide is formed in a ‘?’ shape, and the wire guide limits an installation route for the branch wire that transmits power and a control signal to a lighting emblem module provided on an airbag cover that accommodates an airbag module therein.

Abstract: A button-type secondary battery includes: a lower can configured to operate as a first electrode terminal; an upper can coupled to the lower can to surround the lower can and configured to operate as a second electrode terminal; and a gasket between the lower can and the upper can. A recessed lower insertion groove and a recessed upper insertion groove are defined in a surface of the lower can and a surface of the upper can, which are in close contact with the gasket, respectively. The lower insertion groove and the upper insertion groove are spaced apart from each other so as not to face each other.

Abstract: A parking brake apparatus including a bolt screw rotated by a driving force transmitted from an actuator, one or more pistons disposed at one side or both sides of the bolt screw, one or more screw nuts accommodated in the piston, screwed to an end of the bolt screw, and moved along with the rotation of the bolt screw, one or more elastic members disposed around the screw nut within the piston, and elastically deformed, in response to a displacement of the screw nut while the screw nut is moved by a set distance, to press the piston toward a shoe, and a load transfer unit disposed in the piston, and configured to transmit, to the piston, a displacement of the screw nut when the screw nut moves more than the set distance, thereby pressing the piston toward the shoe.

Abstract: Disclosed is a polarized light generating device based on an optical waveguide, which includes first to fourth input optical waveguides, respectively, for receiving input light from an outside, first to fifth optical splitters configured to receive at least one light and output the received at least one light as at least one light, and an optical converter configured to receive at least one light from the fifth optical splitter and convert the received light to generate polarized light. The polarized light generating device receives the input light through one of the first to fourth input optical waveguides, and generates a first polarized light, a second polarized light, a third polarized light, and a fourth polarized light. The first to fourth polarized lights belong to elements of two arbitrary two-dimensional mutually unbiased basis sets.

Abstract: An inlet duct for a vehicle battery system includes an inlet part having an inlet hole open toward a vehicle interior, outlet parts divided from the inlet part and having outlet holes so as to supply air introduced to the inlet hole to the battery system via two separated paths, and a grill provided in the inlet part by having multiple ribs forming a grid to cover the inlet hole.

Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a secondary battery includes a lithium composite transition metal oxide including nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), and manganese (Mn), wherein the lithium composite transition metal oxide has a layered crystal structure of space group R3m, includes the nickel (Ni) in an amount of 60 mol % or less based on a total amount of transition metals, includes the cobalt (Co) in an amount greater than an amount of the manganese (Mn), and is composed of single particles.

Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a semiconductor chip are provided. The methods may include providing a semiconductor substrate including integrated circuit regions and a cut region. The cut region may be between the integrated circuit regions. The methods may also include forming a modified layer by emitting a laser beam into the semiconductor substrate along the cut region, polishing an inactive surface of the semiconductor substrate to propagate a crack from the modified layer, and separating the integrated circuit regions along the crack. The cut region may include a plurality of multilayer metal patterns on an active surface of the semiconductor substrate, which is opposite to the inactive surface of the semiconductor substrate. The plurality of multilayer metal patterns may form a pyramid structure when viewed in cross section.

Abstract: A three-dimensional semiconductor integrated circuit device including an inter-die interface is provided. The device includes a top die including a plurality of micro cells provided on a top surface of the top die, a plurality of micro bumps provided on a bottom surface of the top die, and wiring patterns connecting the plurality of micro cells to the plurality of micro bumps; and a bottom die including a plurality of macro cells provided on a top surface thereof, wherein the plurality of macro cells are electrically connected to the plurality of micro bumps, respectively, wherein a size of a region in which the plurality of micro cells are provided is smaller than a size of a region in which the plurality of micro bumps are provided.

Abstract: A lens assembly includes a first D-cut lens and a lens barrel surrounding a portion of a side surface of the first D-cut lens. The side surface of the first D-cut lens includes a linear portion, and the lens barrel is configured to expose at least a portion of the linear portion of the first D-cut lens in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis.

Abstract: A wafer manufacturing method, an epitaxial wafer manufacturing method, and a wafer and epitaxial wafer manufactured thereby, are provided. The wafer manufacturing method enables the manufacture of a wafer with a low density of micropipe defects and minimum numbers of particles and scratches. The epitaxial wafer manufacturing method enables the manufacture of an epitaxial wafer that has low densities of defects such as downfall, triangular, and carrot defects, exhibits excellent device characteristics, and improves the yield of devices.

Abstract: A wafer manufacturing method, an epitaxial wafer manufacturing method, and a wafer and epitaxial wafer manufactured thereby, are provided. The wafer manufacturing method enables the manufacture of a wafer with a low density of micropipe defects and minimum numbers of particles and scratches. The epitaxial wafer manufacturing method enables the manufacture of an epitaxial wafer that has low densities of defects such as downfall, triangular, and carrot defects, exhibits excellent device characteristics, and improves the yield of devices.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor chip and a semiconductor device. The method of manufacturing the semiconductor chip includes a process of dicing a substrate. The substrate includes an active layer and an organic layer on the semiconductor base. Dicing grooves that are extended to face each other along first dicing lines from points, at which the first dicing lines and second dicing lines along which the substrate is to be diced intersect, are formed by recessing some parts of the active layer. Modified patterns are formed within the semiconductor base. The substrate is diced into semiconductor chips by propagating cracks into the substrate from the modified patterns.

Abstract: An apparatus for protecting a passenger in a vehicle and a control method thereof. The apparatus includes a collision detection unit that detects a predicted collision state and a collision state of a vehicle; a seat belt driving unit that adjusts tension of a seat belt according to an operation mode; an airbag driving unit that deploys each of a plurality of airbags according to a driving signal; a capturing unit that captures images of an interior of the vehicle; an image processing unit that extracts passenger information by processing images inputted from the capturing unit; and a control unit that recognizes a passenger type and a seating position based on the passenger information, operates the seat belt driving unit by setting the operation mode, adjusts deployment time points of the plurality of airbags, and outputs the driving signal to the airbag driving unit.

Abstract: An embodiment battery module for a vehicle includes first and second battery cells each having a planar shape, each battery cell being extended in one direction and including a positive electrode and a negative electrode separated from each other in a widthwise direction of the battery cells, and a main cartridge including an insertion space in which the battery cells are slidably inserted with the electrodes arranged alternately in a stacking direction and protruding outwards, wherein a stepped portion is provided in an inward end portion of the insertion space, inner surfaces of the stepped portion that are in contact with each end portion of the battery cells are spaced apart from each other in a sliding direction of the battery cells, and the end portions of the electrodes are in contact and overlap with each other when the electrodes are bent in the stacking direction to be connected to each other.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method to detect a crash type of a vehicle provides a front acceleration sensor configured to sense a left front acceleration and a right front acceleration in the front of a vehicle; a center acceleration sensor configured to sense a center left acceleration and a center right acceleration in the center of the vehicle; a collision direction detection unit configured to detect a collision direction of the vehicle using the accelerations; a high frequency component detection unit configured to detect high frequency components by filtering the accelerations; and a crash type detection unit configured to detect a crash type of the vehicle using the accelerations of the high frequency components in accordance with the collision direction.

Abstract: A battery case of a battery storage device is disposed on a vehicle floor, thereby securing an interior space. A battery module of the battery storage device can be cooled by using an interior air, thereby simplifying a cooling structure and saving a manufacturing cost. In addition, the battery storage device for an electric vehicle blocks noise generated by a cooling device and an electrical component from flowing into the interior, thereby preventing the occurrence of a passenger's discomfort feeling caused by the noise.

Abstract: An inlet duct for a vehicle battery system includes an inlet part having an inlet hole open toward a vehicle interior, outlet parts divided from the inlet part and having outlet holes so as to supply air introduced to the inlet hole to the battery system via two separated paths, and a grill provided in the inlet part by having multiple ribs forming a grid to cover the inlet hole.

Abstract: An apparatus for protecting a passenger in a vehicle and a control method thereof. The apparatus includes a collision detection unit that detects a predicted collision state and a collision state of a vehicle; a seat belt driving unit that adjusts tension of a seat belt according to an operation mode; an airbag driving unit that deploys each of a plurality of airbags according to a driving signal; a capturing unit that captures images of an interior of the vehicle; an image processing unit that extracts passenger information by processing images inputted from the capturing unit; and a control unit that recognizes a passenger type and a seating position based on the passenger information, operates the seat belt driving unit by setting the operation mode, adjusts deployment time points of the plurality of airbags, and outputs the driving signal to the airbag driving unit.

Abstract: A dynamic power monitor for monitoring a power of a block in an integrated circuit is provided. The dynamic power monitor includes an input buffer configured to store first state values corresponding to internal signals of the block according to a first cycle of a clock signal; a power calculator configured to identify first power classification values corresponding to the block according to the first cycle, based on the first state values; and a filter configured to identify a first filtered value of the first power classification values.

Abstract: An inlet duct for a vehicle battery system includes an inlet part having an inlet hole open toward a vehicle interior, outlet parts divided from the inlet part and having outlet holes so as to supply air introduced to the inlet hole to the battery system via two separated paths, and a grill provided in the inlet part by having multiple ribs forming a grid to cover the inlet hole.