Patents by Inventor Seok Kim

Seok 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).

  • Patent number: 11999624
    Abstract: A particle with a yolk-shell structure including a shell including carbon; and a care including silicon (Si) provided inside the shell, wherein at least a part of the shell is spaced apart from the core, and the particle with the yolk-shell structure has a micropore volume of 0.15 cm3/g or less, and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
    Inventors: Jonghyun Chae, Won Cheol Yoo, Min Seo Kim, Jangbae Kim, Min Seok Kang
  • Patent number: 11999785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a binding molecule capable of specifically binding to Lrig-1 protein, which is located on the surface of a regulatory T cell. The binding molecule provided in the present invention can activate the function of regulatory T cells to effectively prevent, ameliorate, or treat diseases caused by excessive activation or expression of various immune cells and inflammatory cells, for example, immune-related diseases such as autoimmune disease, graft-versus-host disease, organ transplant rejection, asthma, atopy, acute or chronic inflammatory disease, etc. In addition, the binding molecule, preferably the antibody, specific for the Lrig-1 protein according to the present invention has advantages of more effectively targeting the Lrig-1 protein as compared with antibodies against Lrig-1 which are previously commercially available, and also possessing very good binding capacity thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: GOOD T CELLS, INC.
    Inventors: Jung Ho Kim, Beom Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11999291
    Abstract: An indoor lighting device of a vehicle includes: a substrate, a plurality of light sources assembled with the substrate to be arranged in a row, and a light guide panel including: a plurality of incidence parts such that light emitted by the light sources is incident thereupon, a diffusion area part provided behind the incidence parts to diffuse and reflect the light incident upon the incidence parts, a visual field area part provided behind the diffusion area part to emit the light diffused and reflected by the diffusion area part outside, and light diffusion holes provided behind the respective incidence parts. In particular, each of the light diffusion holes is surrounded by a transmission plane, a pair of reflection planes and a diffusion plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, ITW EF&CKorea LLC., HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., YOONJIN ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jae Hyun An, Jun Geun Oh, Kyu Rok Kim, Byoung Wook Kim, Young Jun Kim, Goo Dong Jung, Ho Sung Kwon, Bong Seok Ko
  • Patent number: 11999255
    Abstract: A personal mobility includes first and second test voltage sources, first and second switches, a ground, a first sensor, a second sensor obtaining weight information of a user, and a controller to: based on startup of the personal mobility, measure a first voltage applied to the first switch provided between the first test voltage source and the ground through the first sensor and a second voltage applied to the second switch provided between the second test voltage source and the ground, assign the user to one of predetermined groups based on the weight information, and based on a case in which at least one of the first or second voltage is greater than or equal to a reference value by comparing the first and second voltages with the reference value previously allocated to a group to which the user is assigned among the plurality of predetermined groups, control alarm device to provide a warning alarm to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Duck Young Kim, Donghee Seok, Ilsun Song, Hee Jin Ro, Yocheol Jang
  • Patent number: 11999432
    Abstract: An embodiment personal mobility includes a main body including a footrest on an upper surface of the main body, a steering device provided in front of the main body, a front wheel installed at a lower end of the steering device, a rear wheel installed at a rear end of the main body, and a cargo loading unit configured to be unfolded in a lateral direction from opposite sides of the main body to expand a loading region for loading a cargo in an unfolded state and configured to be folded toward the main body in a folded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ilsun Song, Donghee Seok, Juyoung Oh, Duck Young Kim, Hee Jin Ro, Yocheol Jang
  • Patent number: 12002350
    Abstract: A system for detecting a pedestrian at a crosswalk and preventing an accident on the basis of artificial intelligence, the system comprising: a camera device installed on a mast arm installed at the top of a traffic light pole installed at a crosswalk to capture pedestrians and the vicinity of the crosswalk; a pedestrian detection module for detecting a pedestrian in an image captured by the camera device through a pre-installed image analysis solution; a color detection module for detecting a current blinking color of a traffic light consisting of a pedestrian traffic light and a driving traffic light; and a warning signal output module for outputting an unauthorized crossing warning message to the pedestrian waiting at the crosswalk according to a detection result of the color detection module and a detection result of the pedestrian detection module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MJVISIONTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Seok Park, Jae Il Lee, Young Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 12004384
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel having a general area including first subpixels, and a sensor area including second subpixels and light-transmitting area. Each of the first subpixels and the second subpixels includes a first active layer disposed on a substrate and formed of a first material, a first gate layer disposed on the first active layer, a second gate layer disposed on the first gate layer, a second active layer disposed on the second gate layer and formed of a second material different from the first material, a third gate layer disposed on the second active layer, and a light-blocking layer disposed between the substrate and the first active layer and overlapping the second active layer in a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Hyun Park, Hyeong Seok Kim, Young Wan Seo, Yu Jin Lee, Cheol Gon Lee
  • Patent number: 12002950
    Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium metal oxide particle and a thio-based compound formed on at least portion of a surface of the lithium metal oxide particle. The thio-based compound has a double bond that contains a sulfur atom. Chemical stability of the lithium metal oxide particle may be improved and surface residues may be reduced by the thio-based compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jik Soo Kim, Sang Bok Kim, Hyo Shin Kwak, Myoung Lae Kim, Se Rah Moon, Jin Seok Seo, Mi Jung Noh, Duck Chul Hwang
  • Publication number: 20240172790
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of controlling an aerosol generating device that generates an aerosol based on ultrasonic vibration of a vibrator of the aerosol generating device is provided. The method includes: operating, based on power of the aerosol generating device being turned on, the aerosol generating device in a preheat mode for preheating the vibrator; operating, based on the preheat mode being completed, the aerosol generating device in a power repetition control mode wherein supplying of power to the vibrator and cutting off supply of the power to the vibrator are alternately repeated; and operating, based on a puff of a user being sensed while operating in the power repetition control mode, the aerosol generating device in a puffing mode wherein power is supplied to the vibrator to generate the aerosol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wonkyeong LEE, Min Kyu KIM, Jung Ho KIM, Hyung Seok LEE, Heon Jun JEONG, Byung Sung CHO
  • Publication number: 20240173348
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes cationic carrier units comprising (i) a water soluble polymer, (ii) a positively charged carrier, and (iii) an adjuvant moiety, wherein when the cationic carrier unit is mixed with an anionic payload (e.g., an antisense oligonucleotide) that electrostatically interacts with the cationic carrier unit, the resulting composition self-organizes into a micelle encapsulating the anionic payload in its core. The cationic carrier units can also comprise a tissue specific targeting moiety, which would be displayed on the surface of the micelle. The disclosure also includes micelles comprising the cationic carrier units of the disclosure, methods of manufacture of cationic carrier units and micelles, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the micelles, and also methods of treating diseases or conditions comprising administering the micelles to a subject in need thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: BIORCHESTRA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Hyeob RYU, Yu Na LIM, Hyun Su MIN, Han Seok KOH, Dae Hoon KIM, Hyun-Jeong CHO
  • Publication number: 20240174044
    Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle capable of preventing a situation in which an occupant's head gets hot by improving a vertical temperature difference between a defrost vent and a floor vent, includes an air conditioning case in which an air flow path is formed, and a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger provided sequentially on the air flow path of the air conditioning case in an airflow direction, wherein a defrost vent, a face vent, and a floor vent are formed on the air conditioning case, wherein a hot air duct configured to allow hot air at a downstream side of the heating heat exchanger to flow to an outlet of the floor vent is provided on the air conditioning case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Eung Young KIM, Myung Hoe KIM, Yoon Hyung LEE, Seung Ho LEE, Sang Ki LEE, Dae Bok KEON, Dae Keun PARK, Hyeon Seok KIM
  • Publication number: 20240174687
    Abstract: Disclosed are a heterocyclic compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and an organic light emitting device and a composition for an organic material layer, including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: LT MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eui-Jeong CHOI, Young-Seok NO, Dong-Jun KIM
  • Publication number: 20240174087
    Abstract: An embodiment server includes a processor configured to collect driving data based on a driver driving propensity or a driving situation from a plurality of vehicles and to change information for determining an output torque suitable for each of the vehicles by analyzing the driving data and a communication device configured to transmit the changed information for determining the output torque to the vehicles by communicating with the vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Byeong Wook Jeon, Jung Hwan Bang, Hyung Seuk Ohn, Hee Yeon Nah, Won Seok Jeon, Ki Sang Kim, Dong Hoon Won, Dong Hoon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20240178455
    Abstract: Provided is a rechargeable lithium battery including an electrolyte solution including a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt, and an additive; a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material; and a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material, wherein the additive includes one or more of a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1A and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1B, the positive electrode active material includes a lithium nickel manganese-based oxide represented by Chemical Formula 2, and a charging upper limit voltage is about 4.4 V to about 4.7 V. Chemical Formula 1A and Chemical Formula 1B are as defined in the specification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Wonmo SEONG, Youngsun KONG, Seok Mun KANG, Jaesang YOON, Naoyuki HASE, Do-Wook JUN, Jongsoon KIM, Yongseok LEE
  • Publication number: 20240174974
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel microorganism with plastic (polystyrene)-degrading activity and its use, and newly discovered strains of Pseudomonas lini JNU 01 and Acinetobacter johnsonii JNU 01 capable of degrading plastic, especially polystyrene, and has the effect of providing a method for degrading plastic using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Soo Jin YEOM, Chul Ho YUN, Won Seok CHI, Jin Hui JO, Ye Bin KIM
  • Publication number: 20240178080
    Abstract: A test circuit of a semiconductor apparatus includes a first resistor, a second resistor and a feed-back loop circuit. The first resistor is coupled between a pad and a test element. The second resistor is coupled to the first resistor in a parallel manner. The feed-back loop circuit is configured to feed a result back to the second resistor, the result being one of comparing a first voltage and a second voltage with each other, the first voltage and the second voltage being applied respectively to the first resistor and the second resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Jong Seok JUNG, Chan Keun KWON, Jong Seok KIM, Young Kwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20240172970
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus configured to estimate an antioxidant component, the apparatus including a storage configured to store first antioxidant concentrations estimated at a first body part and second antioxidant concentrations estimated at a second body part, and a processor configured to estimate the first antioxidant concentrations at the first body part, to extract, as training data, data pairs of the first antioxidant concentrations and the second antioxidant concentrations from the storage based on learning conditions, and generate a transformation model configured to transfer the second antioxidant concentrations into a reference index based on the training data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon Jae KIM, Jin Young PARK, Hyun Seok MOON, Kun Sun EOM, Myoung Hoon JUNG, Jeong Eun HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240178366
    Abstract: A cathode for a lithium secondary battery includes a cathode current collector, a first cathode active material layer on the cathode current collector and a second cathode active material layer on the first cathode active material layer. The first cathode active material layer includes first cathode active material particles and a first binder. The first cathode active material particles include large-scaled particles having an average diameter (D50) from 10 ?m to 20 ?m and small-scaled particles having an average (D50) diameter from 1 ?m to 9 ?m. The second cathode active material layer includes second cathode active material particles having an average diameter (D50) from 1 ?m to 20 ?m and a second binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Jae Ram Kim, Yong Seok Lee, Ki Joo Eom, Hyun Joong Jang
  • Publication number: 20240178425
    Abstract: An embodiment ionomer for a fuel cell includes a copolymer having no carbon-oxygen bond, wherein the copolymer includes hydrophilic moieties disposed at both ends, wherein each hydrophilic moiety includes a styrene unit and a proton conductive functional group, and a hydrophobic moiety interposed between the hydrophilic moieties, wherein the hydrophobic moiety includes an ethylene-based unit, a butylene-based unit, an isoprene-based unit, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Il Seok Chae, Jong Kil Oh, Jong Hak Kim, Du Yeol Ryu, So Youn Lee
  • Publication number: 20240178938
    Abstract: A polar code-based decoding method may comprise: converting a plurality of LLRs of calculation-target bits into a plurality of absolute (ABS) LLR values; sorting the plurality of ABS LLR values in order of size so that a minimum ABS LLR value is designated from among the plurality of ABS LLR values; multiplying the minimum ABS LLR value by a preset weight; and updating path metrics (PMs) of the calculation-target bits in an order in which the plurality of ABS LLR values are sorted, wherein the updating of the PMs of the calculation-target bits comprises, even when a specific ABS LLR value of a specific calculation-target bit is equal or similar to the minimum ABS LLR value, updating a PM of the specific calculation-target bit with the minimum ABS LLR value multiplied by the preset weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: POSTECH Research and Business Development Foundation
    Inventors: Youngjoo LEE, Young Seok KIM, Dain PARK