Abstract: An apparatus for estimating biological information may include a sensor configured to detect a first light signal and a second light signal from an object of a user and a processor configured to determine whether a condition for estimating biological information is satisfied based on the detected first light signal and estimate biological information based on the second light signal, wherein the sensor includes a force sensor configured to measure a force applied to the object when the object is in contact with a cover surface of the sensor.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a case, a longitudinal member longitudinally disposed within the case, and a plurality of battery modules, which are arranged in the case in a transverse direction of the case so as to define a plurality of rows of battery modules, wherein the longitudinal member divides an area in which the plurality of battery modules included in the plurality of rows are disposed into a first area and a second area, and a number of the battery modules included in the first area of one row among the plurality of rows is different from a number of the battery modules included in the second area in the one row.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells stacked on each other in a first direction and forming a stacked structure; a pair of end plates in surface contact with a first and a second ends of the stacked structure in the first direction; a pair of bus bar assemblies disposed at the first and second ends of the stacked structure in a second direction and bonding electrodes of the battery cells; a first cover covering a surface of the stacked structure in a third direction; a first clamp including a first and a second ends respectively bonded to the pair of end plates across an outer surface of the first cover; and a second clamp including a first and a second ends respectively bonded to the pair of end plates across a surface, facing a surface on which the first cover is disposed, of the stacked structure.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells stacked on one another in a first direction, hot melt being coated and fixing between at least some battery cells of the plurality of battery cells, and a pair of end plates that surface-contact with opposite end battery cells of a stacked structure in which the plurality of battery cells is stacked and fix a distance therebetween.

Abstract: An apparatus for obtaining bio-information may include a pulse wave sensor including a light source and a detector. The light source is configured to emit multi-wavelength light to an object of interest and the detector is configured to detect light reflected from the object. In addition, the apparatus may include a processor configured to obtain a change in volume of a blood vessel based on one or more of quantity of detected multi-wavelength light and absorbance coefficients of respective wavelengths of the multi-wavelength light and obtain bio-information based on the measured change in volume of the blood vessel.

Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells mutually laminated in a first direction and forming a laminated structure; a pair of end plates being in surface contact with a first and a second ends of the laminated structure in the first direction; and a pair of busbar assemblies disposed at the first and the second ends of the laminated assembly in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, each bus bar assembly of the pair of bus bar assemblies including a busbar configured to mutually join electrodes of the plurality of battery cells located at the first and the second ends of the laminated structure in the second direction, a circuit board on which an electrical connection to the busbar is formed, and a connector installed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the busbar assembly through the circuit board.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring bio-information includes: a light source including a first light emitter that emits first light of a first wavelength, and a second light emitter that emits second light of a second wavelength; an image sensor including a first pixel region including first pixels that detect the first light reacted with an object, and a second pixel region including second pixels that detect the second light reacted with the object; a light source controller that controls the first light emitter to emit the first light of the first wavelength when a first light exposure operation is performed on the first pixels, and controls the second light emitter to emit the second light of the second wavelength when a second light exposure operation is performed on the second pixels; and a processor that obtains a bio-signal of the object from data detected by the image sensor.

Abstract: A battery module and a battery pack including the same are disclosed. The battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, which are stacked in a first direction, and a pair of end plates, which are in contact with two ends of the stacked structure, in which the plurality of battery cells are stacked, in the first direction, wherein at least one end plate is spaced apart from the stacked structure by a predetermined distance to define a fitting space into which a temperature sensor is fitted.

Abstract: A battery casing contains a high-voltage battery. Load paths are formed around a high-voltage connector in the occurrence of collision in order to prevent the high-voltage connector from being damaged. Portions including the surroundings of the high-voltage connector have strength against collision, thereby ensuring reliability against collision.

Abstract: A safety device for heating hoses is provided to prevent overheating of a heating wire. The safety device includes a first hose that connects between a reservoir and a connector and a second hose that is fluidly connected to the first hose and allows windshield washer fluid to flow from the connector to a spray nozzle. A housing encloses the connector and a heating wire is disposed in at least one of the first and second hoses. A terminal is disposed inside the housing and is connected to the heating wire to apply electric power from a power supply unit to the heating wire. A circuit breaker is connected to the terminal and the heating wire and cuts off electric power applied to the heating wire based on a temperature condition.

Abstract: An apparatus for obtaining bio-information may include a pulse wave sensor including a light source and a detector. The light source is configured to emit multi-wavelength light to an object of interest and the detector is configured to detect light reflected from the object. In addition, the apparatus may include a processor configured to obtain a change in volume of a blood vessel based on one or more of quantity of detected multi-wavelength light and absorbance coefficients of respective wavelengths of the multi-wavelength light and obtain bio-information based on the measured change in volume of the blood vessel.

Abstract: A device for distributing washer fluid, which includes a case including one or more discharge holes, a rail part located in the case, a pipe assembly moved along the rail part and configured to discharge a washer fluid to the one or more discharge holes, a motor assembly configured to apply a driving force to allow the pipe assembly to be moved along the rail part, a hose engaged with the pipe assembly and integrally moved with the pipe assembly along the rail part, and a controller configured to control the driving force of the motor assembly in response to a cleaning request such that the pipe assembly discharges the washer fluid to a selected discharge hole.

Abstract: A device for distributing washer fluid includes a cover portion into which a washer fluid is introduced, a moving shaft assembly located inside the cover portion, a motor assembly located at one end of the moving shaft assembly and configured to rotate the moving shaft assembly, one or more flow holes located in the moving shaft assembly, a plurality of distribution units located to correspond to the one or more flow holes, and a controller configured to control a rotation amount of the motor assembly which is configured to selectively discharge an washer fluid introduced into the one or more flow holes to the plurality of distribution units.

Abstract: A wearable device may include a main body, a sensor formed on a stem disposed on a side of the main body, and configured to acquire a partial fingerprint image of a finger of a user based on the finger being in contact with the sensor, and a processor configured to control a display to guide the user based on the acquired partial fingerprint image and a full fingerprint image of the finger to permit a measurement site of the finger to contact the sensor.

Abstract: Disclosed is a scheme whereby a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin composite material applicable to production of a reinforcing material of various thermoplastic injection products and manufacture of a fiber reinforced thermoplastic plastic part using 3D printing can be produced by a simple method to have an excellent mechanical property. The present invention provides a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic composite material in which a plurality of yarns or tape intermediate materials are combined together to form a rod shape, and a method for producing the same.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating bio-information, includes a sensor including a cover having a transmitting area provided at a center of the cover, and non-transmitting areas provided at both edges of the cover, a light source configured to emit light onto an object that is in contact with the cover, and a detector configured to detect a first optical signal of the emitted light that is scattered or reflected from the object after passing through the transmitting area, and a second optical signal of the emitted light that is reflected from the non-transmitting areas. The apparatus further includes a processor configured to estimate bio-information, based on the detected first optical signal and the detected second optical signal.

Abstract: An assembly for measuring bio-information includes a finger contact interface configured to move based on a contact force applied by a finger of a user to the finger contact interface; a bio-sensor configured to measure the bio-information of the user based on the finger being in contact with the finger contact interface; a force sensor configured to measure the contact force of the finger applied to the finger contact interface; and a support configured to guide movement of the finger contact interface and support the force sensor against the finger contact interface.

Abstract: An electronic device may a main body; a sensor part disposed on a side of the main body; and a processor configured to control a display to display a first graphical object related to a contact state of a finger based on information related to the contact state of the finger received from the sensor part before measurement of a bio-signal; and control the display to display a second graphical object related to a contact force of the finger based on information related to the contact force of the finger received from the sensor part during measurement of the bio-signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for axial locking of a bucket includes a depressed portion formed on an end portion of a male dovetail extending from a bucket and on an outer side of a seating groove of a female dovetail disposed on an outer circumferential surface of a rotor disk, and a locking member disposed in the depressed portion and configured to contact the male dovetail and the seating groove of the female dovetail to prevent the bucket mounted on the rotor disk from being separated in the axial direction.

Abstract: An apparatus for measuring bio-information may include a pulse wave sensor that may measure a pulse wave signal from an object in contact with a measurement surface. The apparatus may include a force sensor that may measure a contact force between the pulse wave sensor and the object. The apparatus may include a fastener configured to fasten the pulse wave sensor to an electronic device such that the pulse wave sensor is rotatable around a center axis in a length direction of the pulse wave sensor. The apparatus may include a processor that may determine a direction in which a measurement region of the pulse wave signal or the measurement surface of the pulse wave sensor is oriented, select a measurement mode from among a plurality of measurement modes, and estimate bio-information of the object.