Patents by Inventor Hyun Kong

Hyun Kong has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240162113
    Abstract: In one example, an electronic device comprises a substrate comprising a conductive structure and an inner side and an outer side, a first electronic component over the inner side of the substrate and coupled with the conductive structure, a lid over the substrate and the first electronic component and comprising a first hole in the lid, and a thermal interface material between the first electronic component and the lid. The thermal interface material is in the first hole. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicants: Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd., Amkor Technology Singapore Holding Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hyeon Park, Yun Ah Kim, Seok Ho Na, Won Ho Choi, Dong Su Ryu, Jo Hyun Bae, Min Jae Kong, Jin Young Khim, Jae Yeong Bae, Dong Hee Kang
  • Publication number: 20240136674
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Sik PARK, Jae-Won LIM, Yu-Sung CHOE, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Jae-Eun LEE, Pil-Kyu PARK, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Hae-Jin LIM, Min-Ki JO, Su-Ji CHOI, Bo-Hyun KANG, Jae-Woong KIM, Ji-Min JUNG, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240128517
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Jin LIM, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI, Do-Gyun KIM, Su-Ji CHOI, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Geon-Woo MIN, Min-Ki JO, Jae-Won LIM, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Ji-Min JUNG, Jae-Woong KIM, Jong-Sik PARK, Yu-Sung CHOE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Jae-Eun LEE, Bo-Hyun KANG, Pil-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20240120576
    Abstract: A battery module includes a sub-module stack formed by stacking a plurality of sub-modules including a cooling member having a coolant flow path and a plurality of battery cells disposed on both surfaces of the cooling member; and a pair of bus bar frame assemblies coupled to one side and the other side of the sub-module stack to electrically connect the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun YU, Young-Bum CHO, Won-Hoe KU, Han-Ki YOON, Yu-Dam KONG, Jin-Kyu SHIN
  • Publication number: 20240076788
    Abstract: Disclosed are an oxidizing electrode, a water electrolysis device including the same and a method for manufacturing the same. According to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided an oxidizing electrode with improved performance at low loadings of noble metals, especially, ruthenium (Ru) and iridium oxide, in which a ruthenium (Ru) layer and an iridium oxide layer formed on a substrate by electrodeposition in a sequential order are supported by electrochemical reaction rather than physical bonding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Hyun S. PARK, Jong Hyun JANG, Hee-Young PARK, Su Ji LEE, Sung Jong YOO, Jin Young KIM, Jimin KONG, Jin-ho OH, So Young LEE
  • Publication number: 20240072401
    Abstract: A battery module ac includes a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are vertically stacked; a module housing including a base plate supporting the cell stack, and a pair of side plates covering both side portions of the cell stack and each including a spark direction changing portion formed by bending an end portion of the side plate in a longitudinal direction of the side plate toward the cell stack; and a bus bar frame assembly covering an opening portion formed on a side of the module housing in a longitudinal direction of the module housing, the bus bar frame assembly including a bus bar frame coupled to a side of the cells tack in a longitudinal direction of the cell stack and a bus bar located on the bus bar frame and coupled to an electrode lead of the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun JO, Yu-Dam KONG, Seung-Hyun KIM, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Sung-Goen HONG
  • Publication number: 20240072370
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a sub-pack including a plurality of battery modules that are located adjacent to one another; a duct coupled to a side of the sub-pack in a width direction of the sub-pack; and a duct cover covering a duct opening portion formed on a side of the duct in a longitudinal direction of the duct, the duct cover including a filter having a mesh structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun JO, Yu-Dam KONG, Seung-Hyun KIM, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Sung-Goen HONG
  • Publication number: 20240072374
    Abstract: A battery module includes a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are vertically stacked; a module housing including a base plate supporting the cell stack and a pair of side plates covering both side portions of the cell stack; a bus bar frame assembly covering an opening portion formed on a side of the module housing in a longitudinal direction of the module housing; and a plurality of spark delay portions protruding from an inner surface of each of the pair of side plates and spaced apart from one another in a height direction of the side plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun KIM, Yu-Dam KONG, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Sang-Hyun JO, Sung-Goen HONG
  • Publication number: 20240071858
    Abstract: A vehicle power module includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate spaced from each other in a vertical direction, a semiconductor chip connected to one of the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and a spacer formed of a metal material containing copper and connecting the semiconductor chip to the other of the upper substrate and the lower substrate or to connect the upper substrate to the lower substrate, the spacer including a plurality of penetration portions formed to penetrate an inside thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hwa KIM, Suk Hyun LIM, Nam Sik KONG
  • Publication number: 20230411605
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode including the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a positive electrode active material that has increased efficiency in the diffusion of lithium ions and/or charges and increased structural stability by locally forming regions with different concentrations of an arbitrary transition metal in a primary particle, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Su JO, Moon Ho CHOI, Jun Won SUH, Bo Hyun KONG
  • Publication number: 20230311617
    Abstract: Proposed is a slim-type heat management system for an electric vehicle, wherein implementation of various heat management modes may be easily accomplished by using a minimum number of parts including two three-way expansion valves and the like, wherein the various heat management modes include a heat pump dehumidification mode, a dehumidification max mode, and the like, which are for defogging, in addition to an indoor cooling mode, a battery cooling mode, and a heat pump mode for heating. Accordingly, the system is capable of being usefully applied to an electric vehicle being small and an electric vehicle having priority of profitability over performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Wan Je Cho, Ji Wan Son, Sueng Ho Lee, Eon Soo Yun, Seong Bin Jeong, Myung Hwan Kim, Tae Hee Kim, Jae Eun Jeong, Seong Jae Lee, Hyun Jae Lee, Jun Young Kang, Dong Hyun Kong, Kyu Ho Chae
  • Publication number: 20230277406
    Abstract: A massage device for controlling a massage module includes a main frame for supporting body of a user, a massage module for providing a massage to at least a part of the body while moving along the main frame, and a control unit for controlling the massage module, wherein the control unit determines at least one of a standby position, at which the massage module is on standby in the main frame of the massage device, based on whether a massage mode of the massage device has ended, and a standby intensity, which is an intensity at which the massage module presses the body at the standby position, and the control unit controls operation of the massage module based on at least one of the standby position and the standby intensity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Woong Chul KANG, Deok Hyun KONG, Han Il KIM
  • Patent number: 11718887
    Abstract: Disclosed is a ferritic stainless hot-rolled annealed steel sheet with excellent impact properties of 6 mm or more in thickness and a manufacturing method thereof. A ferritic stainless steel with excellent impact toughness according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: more than 0 and 0.01% or less, Si: 0.8% or less, Mn: 0.5% or less, Cr: 10 to 14%, Ti: 0.01 to 0.45%, N: more than 0 and 0.015% or less, the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, and an average misorientation between grains of microstructure is 0.6 to 1.1°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jung Hyun Kong
  • Publication number: 20230210713
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a massage apparatus comprising a flexible rack gear. A main frame comprises: a rack gear belt comprising a rack gear which is for moving a massage module, has a plurality of holes formed therein, is formed from a flexible material, and extends along a buttocks frame and a back frame comprised in the main frame, wherein the rack gear comprises a buttocks rack gear and a back rack gear and is formed without a connecting portion for connecting the buttocks rack gear and back rack gear; and a rack gear support part which is positioned below the rack gear belt to support the rack gear belt, and is formed from a flexible material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Myeong Jin YOU, Deok Hyun KONG
  • Publication number: 20230201069
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a massage apparatus including an arm massage part, the massage apparatus comprising: a frame connection part which connects a buttock frame provided in a main frame and a back frame provided in the main frame, and which rotates about a frame rotation axis on the basis of the movement of the back frame; a driving shaft which passes through the frame connection part and moves along an arc-shaped driving shaft slot on the basis of the movement of the back frame; and an arm massage frame holder which moves along a sliding rail on the basis of the movement of a plurality of links that transmit the movement of the driving shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Deok Hyun KONG, Myeong Jin YOU, Yong Ju KWON
  • Publication number: 20230165745
    Abstract: Provided herein is a massage apparatus including: an arm massage unit for massaging a user's arm; and a control unit for controlling the arm massage unit. The arm massage unit comprises a space and an electrode arranged in the space, and the control unit determines whether an electrical value of the electrode is changed, and controls the operation of the arm massage unit based on a determination result and an operation state of the arm massage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Deok Hyun KONG, Jong Sick PARK, Sung Gu LIM
  • Publication number: 20230149251
    Abstract: A massager having a perineal region massage function and capable of simultaneously applying upward pressure and heat to the perineal region of a user includes: a backrest frame having an opening; a seat frame having an opening that communicates with the opening of the backrest frame; massage units for massaging the body regions of a user while moving along both sides of the backrest frame and the seat frame openings; an elastic band made from an elastic material, traversing the opening of the seat frame, and transmitting to the buttocks or thighs of the user, pressure applied from the massage units through the opening of the seat frame; a perineal region airbag provided on the elastic band and upwardly pressing the perineal region of the user while inflated by means of air supplied from the outside; and an air supply part for injecting/discharging the air into/from the perineal region airbag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Woong Chul KANG, Deok Hyun KONG, Do Hyun KIM, Chul Jin JEON, Soo Hyun CHO, Ho Joon JEON
  • Publication number: 20230121699
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery which can simultaneously improve electrochemical properties and stability, which are in a mutual trade-off relationship, by introducing a step structure to a surface part of a lithium composite oxide constituting the positive electrode active material, and a lithium secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: ECOPRO BM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo Hyun KONG, Moon Ho CHOI, Hyun Jong YU, Kyung Gu KIM, Su Jin KIM, Min Su JO, Yeon Hee KIM, Jong Seung SHIN, Jin Kyeong YUN, Hwan Wook KWAK
  • Patent number: 11552671
    Abstract: A method of a first communication device for removing a self-interference signal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving a signal having a size less than a first threshold value from a second communication device in a first interval within a first frame, transmitting a first signal to a third communication device in the first interval, and estimating a self-interference channel through which the self-interference signal is transmitted based on the signal received in the first interval and the first signal transmitted in the first interval. The self-interference signal is a signal transmitted by the first communication device and is received by the first communication device through the self-interference channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Kwonjong Lee, Sang-Hyo Kim, Hyojin Lee, Min Young Chung, Dong Hyun Kong, Seungil Park, Hyosang Ju
  • Patent number: 11528049
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication technique and a system for combining a 5G communication system with IoT technology to support a higher data rate after a 4G system. Based on 5G communication and IoT-related technologies, the disclosure may be applied to intelligent services such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart or connected cars, healthcare, digital education, retail, and security and safety related services. The disclosure provides a method and apparatus that enable a communication device supporting full duplex to cancel the self-interference signal in the digital domain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University Research & Business Foundation
    Inventors: Kwonjong Lee, Sang-Hyo Kim, Hyojin Lee, Yong-Sung Kil, Dong Hyun Kong