Patents by Inventor Sang Bae Kim

Sang Bae 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).

  • Publication number: 20160185608
    Abstract: A method of removing hydrous silica from bentonite includes irradiating an ultrasonic wave after preparing slurry by putting the bentonite and a sodium compound into distilled water or deionized water, adding the distilled water or the deionized water to the slurry, into which the ultrasonic wave is irradiated, to dilute and centrifugate the slurry, and drying a supernatant obtained through the centrifugation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Wan-Tae KIM, Sang-Bae KIM, Il-Mo KANG
  • Publication number: 20150060778
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible organic electroluminescent device and a method for fabricating the same. In the flexible electroluminescent device, line hole patterns are formed on surfaces of a plurality of inorganic layers positioned in a pad region in which a flexible printed circuit board is connected to prevent a path of cracks caused by repeated bending and spreading of the organic electroluminescent device from spreading to the interior of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Ho KIM, Sang Bae KIM, Jun Tae JEON, Yong Sam LEE
  • Publication number: 20130312564
    Abstract: An arm unit having an improved configuration to simply change stiffness according to varying situations and a robot having the same are provided. The robot includes an arm unit, and a drive unit to drive the arm unit. The arm unit includes a plurality of links to come into rolling contact with one another via at least two regions thereof, and a plurality of wires penetrating the plurality of links to connect the links to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Yong Jae KIM, Sang bae Kim, Shan bao Cheng, Karl Iagnemma
  • Patent number: 8302423
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ice-making device for a refrigerator and a refrigerator having the same. The ice-making device of the present invention comprises a water tank detachably mounted to a rear surface of a refrigerator door; an ice-making housing detachably mounted to the rear surface of the door below the water tank and provided with a predetermined installation space therein; an ice tray mounted into the installation space and formed with a plurality of ice-making grooves in which water supplied from the water tank is frozen into ice; a valve assembly operating to selectively supply water stored in the water tank to the ice tray when the water tank is installed or withdrawn; and an ice bank for storing ice made in the ice tray, wherein the ice bank is installed in the installation space to be received in or withdrawn out of the installation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Moon-Seok Lee, O-Bong Choi, Sang-Bae Kim
  • Patent number: 8268034
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of ferromolybdenum from molybdenite concentrate, and more particularly, a manufacturing method of ferromolybdenum with copper content of 0.5% or less from molybdenite with high copper content without carrying out a separate copper removing process by putting molybdenite, aluminum metal and iron metal, in a heating furnace and reacting them at high temperature to manufacture the ferro molybdenum at the lower portion thereof, forming a slag using aluminum sulfide and iron sulfide as the main components at the upper portion thereof, and putting most of the copper (80 to 95%) existing in the molybdenite in a slag layer. The exemplary embodiment can shorten a process as compared to a metallothermic reduction (Thermit) method of the related art and reduce the consumption of a reducing agent, i.e., aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Young Yoon Choi, Sang Bae Kim, Chang Youl Suh, Chul Woo Nam
  • Publication number: 20120174709
    Abstract: Provided is a manufacturing method of ferromolybdenum from molybdenite concentrate, and more particularly, a manufacturing method of ferromolybdenum with copper content of 0.5% or less from molybdenite with high copper content without carrying out a separate copper removing process by putting molybdenite, aluminum metal and iron metal, in a heating furnace and reacting them at high temperature to manufacture the ferro molybdenum at the lower portion thereof, forming a slag using aluminum sulfide and iron sulfide as the main components at the upper portion thereof, and putting most of the copper (80 to 95%) existing in the molybdenite in a slag layer. The exemplary embodiment can shorten a process as compared to a metallothermic reduction (Thermit) method of the related art and reduce the consumption of a reducing agent, i.e., aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Young Yoon Choi, Sang Bae Kim, Chang Youl Suh, Chul Woo Nam
  • Publication number: 20120156084
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a sintered ferromolybdenum alloy, in which a mixed powder of a mill scale (a mixture of Fe, FeO and Fe2O3) as a ferrous raw material discharged from a hot rolling and forging process of the steel-making process and a molybdenum oxide powder as a molybdenum raw material is primarily reduced with a hydrogen gas at low temperature, and then is secondarily reduced with the hydrogen gas at high temperature and simultaneously is cooled in a hydrogen atmosphere to thereby obtain a ferromolybdenum alloy in the form of a powder, and subsequently the obtained ferromolybdenum alloy powder is mixed with wax (Kenolube P11) and the wax-containing mixture is compacted or pressure-molded, after which the molded product is heat-treated in a hydrogen gas atmosphere and then is cooled, thereby manufacturing a sintered ferromolybdenum alloy, and a sintered product manufactured by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCE (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Byung-Su Kim, Sang-Bae Kim, Taegong Ryu, Young-Yoon Choi, Hooin Lee
  • Patent number: 8163258
    Abstract: A method of removing lead sulfide contained in refined molybdenite powder concentrates (major component; MoS2) is provided. More specifically, in order to solve the problems associated with a leaching method using a leaching agent that is employed for conventional hydrometallurgical process, oxygen-free inert gas is circulated in a furnace for pyrometallurgical treatment to evaporate lead sulfide at high temperature, followed by condensing process to recover lead sulfide at low temperature. The method is characterized in that, it can reduce environmental contamination and can easily recover sulfides of valuable metals such as lead, indium, zinc and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Young-Yoon Choi, Sang-Bae Kim, Byung-Su Kim, Hoo-In Lee
  • Patent number: 8083305
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided, by which cold air can be effectively prevented from leaking from a storage room. The refrigerator includes a refrigerator body having an opening and a storage room provided therein, a door closing/opening, a sealing part provided to at least one of the door and the refrigerator body to prevent a cold air from leaking from the storage room, and a flow cutoff part provided inside the sealing part to prevent the cold air flowing toward the sealing part from the storage room. Accordingly, by cutting of the cold air leakage together with the sealing part, energy efficiency of the refrigerator can be raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jeong Youl Lee, Sang Bae Kim, Suk Hyoun Cho
  • Publication number: 20110116996
    Abstract: A method of physicochemical leaching valuable metals is able to increase the leaching rate of nickel and magnesium contained in laterites, nickel ores, with a low concentration acid solution by using mechano-chemical effect. That is a method to add external energy to laterites containing nickel and magnesium to physically disintegrate their crystals and exposure nickels captured inside of the crystals to leach nickel and magnesium with a low concentration acid solution. It is a useful method to solve conventional problems such as the high energy cost of pyrometallurgical treatment and excessive use of strong acids of hydrometallurgical method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventors: Sang-Bae Kim, Wan-Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20110081283
    Abstract: A method of removing lead sulfide contained in refined molybdenite powder concentrates (major component; MoS2) is provided. More specifically, in order to solve the problems associated with a leaching method using a leaching agent that is employed for conventional hydrometallurgical process, oxygen-free inert gas is circulated in a furnace for pyrometallurgical treatment to evaporate lead sulfide at high temperature, followed by condensing process to recover lead sulfide at low temperature. The method is characterized in that, it can reduce environmental contamination and can easily recover sulfides of valuable metals such as lead, indium, zinc and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: Young-Yoon Choi, Sang-Bae Kim, Byung-Su Kim, Hoo-In Lee
  • Patent number: 7856844
    Abstract: A cooling air supply apparatus of a refrigerator that is capable of uniformly supplying cooling air to all food received in a receiving box is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment for storing food at low temperature, a barrier for partitioning the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment from each other, and a receiving box mounted in the refrigerating compartment for receiving food. The cooling air supply apparatus includes a communication port formed through the barrier for guiding cooling air from the freezing compartment into the refrigerating compartment, and a hollow box-shaped cover mounted at the top part of the receiving box. The cover is provided at one side thereof with an introduction port, which communicates with the communication port. The cover is provided at the lower part thereof with at least one cooling air supplying hole, which communicates with the interior of the receiving box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Tae Ho Park, Jeong Youl Lee, Deok Eun Kang
  • Publication number: 20090038330
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ice-making device for a refrigerator and a refrigerator having the same. The ice-making device of the present invention comprises a water tank detachably mounted to a rear surface of a refrigerator door; an ice-making housing detachably mounted to the rear surface of the door below the water tank and provided with a predetermined installation space therein; an ice tray mounted into the installation space and formed with a plurality of ice-making grooves in which water supplied from the water tank is frozen into ice; a valve assembly operating to selectively supply water stored in the water tank to the ice tray when the water tank is installed or withdrawn; and an ice bank for storing ice made in the ice tray, wherein the ice bank is installed in the installation space to be received in or withdrawn out of the installation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Moon-Seok Lee, O-Bong Choi, Sang-Bae Kim
  • Publication number: 20090012706
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a travel guide system using a personal portable terminal, and more particularly, a travel guide system using a personal portable terminal including: an integrated circuit (IC) chip attached to each of a plurality of stores, the IC chip including an identification code peculiar to each store; and the personal portable terminal receiving a signal from a plurality of global positioning system (GPS) satellites and showing a present position thereof, the personal portable terminal providing detail information about each store mapped to the identification code obtained through a near field communication with the IC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: CYBERTEK HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Sang Bae Kim
  • Publication number: 20080263963
    Abstract: A refrigerator is disclosed, by which cold air can be effectively prevented from leaking from a storage room. The present invention includes a refrigerator body (10) having an opening and a storage room (12) provided therein, a door (30) closing/opening, a sealing part (40) provided to at least one of the door (30) and the refrigerator body (10) to prevent a cold air from leaking from the storage room (12), and a flow cutoff part (50) provided inside the sealing part (40) to prevent the cold air flowing toward the sealing part (40) form the storage room (12). Accordingly, by cutting of the cold air leakage together with the sealing part (40), energy efficiency of the refrigerator can be raised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jeong Youl Lee, Sang Bae Kim, Suk Hyoun Cho
  • Patent number: 7423086
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an ethylene-propylene-diene EPDM rubber composition with improved adhesion properties. The ethylene-propylene-diene rubber composition comprises an EPDM rubber, a crystalline polyolefin, and a polyolefin containing at least one carbonyl group (—C?O) within the structure as an adhesion improver. The ethylene-propylene-diene rubber composition improves adhesion to a polar polymeric material. Specifically, the EPDM rubber composition comprises 100 phr of an EPDM rubber, 5˜40 phr of a polyolefin containing at least one carbonyl group and 10˜30 phr of a crystalline polyolefin resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Kumho Polychem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Gyu Yeop Lee
  • Patent number: 7119157
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of preparing an EP(D)M elastomer, which includes pre-cooling a reactive solvent to ?80 to ?100° C.; and polymerizing ethylene, at least one higher ?-olefin having 3 to 18 carbons, and selectively, at least one conjugated or non-conjugated diene having 5 to 15 carbons, in the presence of the reactive solvent. According to the method of the current invention, the yield of the EP(D)M elastomer is drastically increased even though a conventional preparation device is used unchanged. Further, methods of controlling the yield of the EP(D)M elastomer and of recovering the EP(D)M elastomer are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Kumho Polychem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Hee Ryoung Koo
  • Patent number: 7051549
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided which includes a variable temperature storage formed in the chilling chamber; a heating room formed on a side of the variable temperature storage; a heating device installed in the heating room and configured to generate heat; a first local circulating path in which cool air in the freezing chamber flows into a rear path through the variable temperature storage; an adjusting device configured to adjust a quantity of cool air flowing into/out of the variable temperature storage through the first local circulating path; a second local circulating path in which heated air in the heating room passes the variable temperature storage and flows into the heating room again; and a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature in the variable temperature storage. Because various ranges of temperature can be maintained in the refrigerator, it is possible to perform optimum-temperature storing according to various kinds of foods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Bae Kim, Sang-Ho Park, Byeong-Gyu Kang, Youn-Chul Choi
  • Patent number: 6957549
    Abstract: A cool air supplying apparatus of a refrigerator comprises a guide passage formed at a rear wall of a refrigerating chamber and provided with a plurality of discharge ports towards the refrigerating chamber for guiding cool air to a rear side of the refrigerating chamber, and a direction control unit installed at the guide passage for selectively opening and closing the discharge ports in order to control a discharge direction of cool air discharged into the refrigerating chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Bae Kim, Sang-Ho Park, Byeong-Gyu Kang, Youn-Chul Choi
  • Patent number: 6921792
    Abstract: Disclosed are a chemically modified polyolefin elastomer composition that is highly compatible with thermoplastics and useful in improving the low temperature impact strength of thermoplastics, and a method for preparing the chemically modified polyolefin elastomer composition. The elastomer composition includes a polyolefin resin and a chemically modified ethylene-?-olefin elastomer mixed with the polyolefin resin. The chemically modified ethylene-?-olefin elastomer includes an ethylene-?-olefin elastomer backbone and grafted branches from the backbone. The branches includes polymers of one or more monomers comprising an unsaturated organic compound containing at least one carbonyl group. The method of producing the composition includes mixing an ethylene-?-olefin elastomer and a polyolefin resin to provide a mixture thereof, to which added is one or more monomers having an unsaturated organic compound containing at least one carbonyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Kumho Polychem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Sung Su Na, Yeon Won Jeyong