Patents by Inventor Kyu Won Kim
Kyu Won Kim 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).
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Publication number: 20240185896Abstract: A pseudo dual port memory device in which an operating speed is improved and stability is increased is provided. The pseudo dual port memory device may include a memory cell, a pair of bit lines connected to the memory cell, a write driver, a sense amp, and a column multiplexer which is connected to the bit lines, receives a write multiplexer control signal and a read multiplexer control signal, connects the bit lines to the write driver in response to the write multiplexer control signal, and connects the bit lines to the sense amp in response to the read multiplexer control signal. A precharge control signal generation circuit which is connected to the column multiplexer may generate a precharge control signal on the basis of the read and write multiplexer control signals, and a bit line precharge circuit may precharge the bit lines based on the precharge control signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2024Publication date: June 6, 2024Inventors: Chan Ho Lee, Tae Min Choi, Jeong Kyun Kim, Hyeong Cheol Kim, Suk Youn, Ju Chang Lee, Kyu Won Choi
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Publication number: 20240178436Abstract: To improve pressure measurement reliability and safety of a battery cell and finely control pressure, the disclosure of the present application provides a battery cell pressing device comprising: a battery cell; a plurality of upper plates disposed above the battery cell; a plurality of lower plates disposed below the battery cell; a first pressing member interposed between the plurality of upper plates; and a second pressing member interposed between the plurality of lower plates, wherein a magnetic force is generated at the first pressing member and the second pressing member by an applied current.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Kyu Beom KIM, Chae Rin RYOU, Hyeon Su BAE, Ye Jin YUN, Jeong Hyeon YUN, Hyea Won YUN, Ji Hyeon LEE, Jong Chan IM
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Publication number: 20240145772Abstract: An embodiment composition for solid electrolyte membranes of all-solid-state batteries includes a sulfide-based solid electrolyte and a cross-linking agent including two or more acrylate functionalities. An embodiment method of manufacturing a solid electrolyte membrane for an all-solid-state battery includes forming a composition including a sulfide-based solid electrolyte and a cross-linking agent including two or more acrylate functionalities and cross-linking the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: So Yeon Kim, Yun Sung Kim, Ga Hyeon Im, Yoon Kwang Lee, Hong Seok Min, Kyu Joon Lee, Dong Won Kim, Young Jun Lee, Hui Tae Sim, Seung Bo Hong
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Publication number: 20240128930Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an offset elimination operation of an internal operational amplifier of a data driving circuit and relates to a technique that applies different offset elimination methods for each position of an operational amplifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Sung AHN, Ji Won KIM, Hyo Joong KIM, Kyung Min SHIN, Kyu Tae LEE, Ha Rim CHOI
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Publication number: 20240128517Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: 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
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Patent number: 11959857Abstract: Provided is a Raman scattering measurement apparatus including a light source which emits light to smoke particles, a filter configured to block light which is incident to the smoke particles and passes through the particle and to allow Raman scattered light to pass therethrough, and a photodetector which detects the Raman scattered light passing through the filter in order to distinguish fire smoke generated due to a true fire from non-fire smoke generated due to daily life or industrial activity. The present invention also provides a fire determination apparatus including a unit which reads a Raman shift from Raman scattered light detected by the photodetector of the Raman scattering measurement apparatus, estimates a smoke component from the read Raman shift, and determines fire/non-fire from the estimated smoke component and a method thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Hoe Sung Yang, Soo Cheol Kim, Hyun Seok Kim, Sang Hyun Mo, So Young Park, Kang Bok Lee, Kyu Won Han
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Publication number: 20240109419Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a DC-DC converter, a vehicle, and a control method including the same, and more particularly, to a DC-DC converter, a vehicle, and a control method including the same capable of effectively detecting and responding to an interlock failure of a connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jae Hun JEONG, Mun Soo CHUNG, Kyu Won JEONG, Tae Woo KIM, Jong Dae KIM, Beom Sik KIM, Sang Don LEE
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Publication number: 20240114679Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including an element separation film and an active region defined by the element separation film, a bit line structure on the substrate, a trench in the element separation film and the active region, the trench on at least one side of the bit line structure and including a first portion in the element separation film and a second portion in the active region, a bottom face of the first portion placed above a bottom face of the second portion, a single crystal storage contact filling the trench, and an information storage element electrically connected to the single crystal storage contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Won MA, Ja Min KOO, Dae Young MOON, Kyu Wan KIM, Bong Hyun KIM, Young Seok KIM
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Patent number: 11945915Abstract: A method for synthesizing a pre-hydrolyzed polysilicate, wherein a polysilicate is applied as a reactant when synthesizing the pre-hydrolyzed polysilicate, and the total amount of water added in the reaction system is specified. The method is capable of omitting a condensation reaction by applying a polysilicate as a reactant, thereby significantly shortening synthesis time and reducing production costs when compared with a typical synthesis method in which alkoxysilane-based monomer compound is used as a reactant. In addition, the gelation reaction time and the weight average molecular weight can be easily controlled, and a pre-hydrolyzed polysilicate excellent in storage stability and processability can be synthesized.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Kyu Reon Lee, Kyoung Shil Oh, Jong Hun Kim, Se Won Baek
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Patent number: 11945744Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for reusing wastewater. The method for reusing wastewater disclosed herein includes: generating a mixed wastewater by mixing multiple types of wastewater (S20); performing a first purification by passing the mixed wastewater through a flocculation-sedimentation unit (S40); performing a second purification by passing an effluent of the flocculation-sedimentation unit through a membrane bioreactor (MBR) (S60); performing a third purification by passing an effluent of the MBR through a reverse-osmosis membrane unit (S80); and reusing an effluent of the reverse-osmosis membrane unit as cooling water or industrial water (S100).Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: SAMSUNG ENGINEERING CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTDInventors: Seok Hwan Hong, Dae Soo Park, Seung Joon Chung, Yong Xun Jin, Jae Hyung Park, Jae Hoon Choi, Jae Dong Hwang, Jong Keun Yi, Su Hyoung Cho, Kyu Won Hwang, June Yurl Hur, Je Hun Kim, Ji Won Chun
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Publication number: 20240097168Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes a DC converter having a first end connected to a fuel cell, a second end connected to a high-voltage battery, and at least one switching element connected between the first end and the second end, a fuel cell control unit which controls an activation state of a running command for start of the fuel cell based on an on-off state of vehicle start, and a converter controller which controls a running state of the DC converter according to an initial start sequence, a shutdown sequence, or a restart sequence for the fuel cell based on the activation state of the running command.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Beom Sik KIM, Kyu Won JEONG, Tae Woo KIM, Jae Hun JEONG, Mun Soo CHUNG, Sang Don LEE
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Publication number: 20240092187Abstract: A direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter, a vehicle including the converter, and a controlling method thereof are proposed. The DC-DC converter is capable of efficiently detecting and responding to miscoupling of a connector. The DC-DC converter includes a first inlet corresponding to a first DC terminal, a transformation circuit connected to the first DC terminal and a second DC terminal while being located therebetween, and a converter controller, wherein when receiving a voltage command corresponding to the first DC terminal from an external controller, the converter controller is configured to determine whether or not a connector coupled to the first inlet is miscoupled thereto based on whether or not a voltage of the first DC terminal follows the voltage command.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Kyu Won Jeong, Mun Soo Chung, Jae Hun Jeong, Beom Sik Kim, Tae Woo Kim
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Publication number: 20240092224Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle includes determining the number of driving legs according to an output current target value of a DC-DC converter; selecting one or more legs to be switched as many as the number of the driving legs from among a plurality of legs included in the DC-DC converter based on accumulated operation time for each of the plurality of legs; and controlling an output current value of the DC-DC converter to follow the output current target value by switching the selected one or more legs.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jae Hun JEONG, Kyu Won JEONG, Beom Sik KIM, Mun Soo CHUNG
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Publication number: 20240097566Abstract: A DC-DC converter, a vehicle including the converter, and a controlling method thereof are provided. The DC-DC converter includes a first capacitor connected to a first DC terminal, a second capacitor connected to a second DC terminal, a plurality of converting circuits each including at least an inductor and a plurality of switching elements, and connected to each other in parallel between the first capacitor and the second capacitor, and a controller configured to control an ON/OFF state of the plurality of switching elements provided of each of the converting circuits. When external power connection with respect to each of the first DC terminal and the second DC terminal is disconnected, the controller is configured to control states of the plurality of switching elements to sequentially provide a plurality of different discharge paths between opposite terminals of the second capacitor via the plurality of converting circuits.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Beom Sik KIM, Kyu Won JEONG, Tae Woo KIM, Jae Hun JEONG, Mun Soo CHUNG, Sang Don LEE
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Publication number: 20240088784Abstract: A DC-DC converter may include a first capacitor connected to a first DC end, a second capacitor connected to a second DC end, a power conversion circuit connected between the first capacitor and the second capacitor and including at least one switching element, and a controller determining, when the second capacitor is charged as the battery is connected to the second DC end, whether the at least one switching element has failed based on a first voltage that is a voltage between opposite ends of the first capacitor and a second voltage that is a voltage between opposite ends of the second capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Jae Hun Jeong, Kyu Won Jeong, Beom Sik Kim, Mun Soo Chung
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Publication number: 20240083351Abstract: A lighting device includes a light guide plate configured to guide and diffuse a light from a light source, and a garnish body including a lighting area to which the diffused light is radiated, wherein the light guide plate is disposed at a predetermined angle with respect to the garnish body.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Jun Geun Oh, Min Ha Lee, Kyu Rok Kim, Byoung Wook Kim, Hoe Won Jung, Ho Sung Shin, Seong Cheon Cho
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Patent number: 11923035Abstract: A pseudo dual port memory device in which an operating speed is improved and stability is increased is provided. The pseudo dual port memory device may include a memory cell, a pair of bit lines connected to the memory cell, a write driver, a sense amp, and a column multiplexer which is connected to the bit lines, receives a write multiplexer control signal and a read multiplexer control signal, connects the bit lines to the write driver in response to the write multiplexer control signal, and connects the bit lines to the sense amp in response to the read multiplexer control signal. A precharge control signal generation circuit which is connected to the column multiplexer may generate a precharge control signal on the basis of the read and write multiplexer control signals, and a bit line precharge circuit may precharge the bit lines based on the precharge control signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chan Ho Lee, Tae Min Choi, Jeong Kyun Kim, Hyeong Cheol Kim, Suk Youn, Ju Chang Lee, Kyu Won Choi
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Patent number: 11608107Abstract: A motor driven power steering system includes: a power source for generating a steering assistance force assisting the steering of a vehicle; a transfer gear positioned between a power source and a column for transferring the steering assistance force generated by the power source to the column; a parameter estimation unit for estimating a friction parameter of a dynamic friction model based on the actual friction torque actually generated in the transfer gear; and a state estimation unit for calculating a state variable of the dynamic friction model based on a contact surface moving speed of the transfer gear and for estimating expected friction torque according to the dynamic friction model by using the calculated state variable and the friction parameter of the dynamic friction model estimated by the parameter estimation unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)Inventors: Kyu Won Kim, Chung Choo Chung, Yong Woo Jeong, Seung Hi Lee
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Publication number: 20220324550Abstract: A control system for operating an air vehicle for urban air mobility (UAM) is arranged such that when a steering operation for a steering wheel and a stroke operation for an accelerator pedal and a brake pedal are performed for operating the air vehicle for UAM, haptic feedback providing notification of any operational limitations is provided to a driver, so that operation stability and convenience of the driver are secured and stable steering, acceleration, and deceleration of the air vehicle are performed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Jin Hyuck Heo, Kyu Won Kim, Min Woo Han, Jong Ho Lee
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Patent number: 11447176Abstract: A system and method for detecting a hands-off state of a steering wheel may include acquiring, by a controller, a steering torque, a steering angle and a steering angular speed while driving of a vehicle, determining, by the controller, a variance value of the steering angular speed through cumulation for a designated time, determining, by the controller, a difference value between a steering angular speed estimated through a steering system model determined on an assumption that the steering wheel is in the hands-off state and a measured steering angular speed through cumulation for a designated time, when the variance value of the steering angular speed is less than a first threshold value, and divisionally determining, by the controller, whether or not the steering wheel is in the hands-off state or in the hands-on state according to the difference value between the measured and estimated steering angular speeds.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Hyun Hwang, Jin Hyuck Heo, Kyu Won Kim