Patents by Inventor Seong-Cheol An
Seong-Cheol An 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: 20230406157Abstract: A startability improving system of a fuel cell vehicle is disclosed. The startability improving system includes a high-voltage battery and a fuel cell connected to a main bus stage of the vehicle, to provide driving energy, and a controller configured to determine whether there is a possibility that operating voltages of the high-voltage battery and the fuel cell overlap each other when the high-voltage battery and the fuel cell are connected to the main bus stage, in response to determination that there is a possibility that the operating voltages of the high-voltage battery and the fuel cell overlap each other, the controller configured to vary the operating voltage of the high-voltage battery or the fuel cell, and then to connect the high-voltage battery and the fuel cell to the main bus stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jae Kwon JUNG, Seong Cheol JEONG
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Publication number: 20230405708Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a groove on a line formed on one surface of an electrical steel sheet in a direction crossing a rolling direction; and a thermal shock portion on a line formed on one surface of the electrical steel sheet in the direction crossing the rolling direction, wherein a distance between the groove and the thermal shock portion is 1 mm or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: POSCO CO., LTDInventors: Se-Min PARK, Jae Soo KIM, Ki-Young MIN, Seong-Cheol HONG, Won-Gul LEE
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Publication number: 20230411652Abstract: A system and a method for estimating a hydrogen concentration of a fuel cell include the fuel cell, a discharge line connected to an outlet side of a fuel cell hydrogen electrode while connecting the fuel cell to an exterior of the fuel cell, for communication between the fuel cell and the exterior of the fuel cell, a discharge valve provided at the discharge line and configured to adjust the communication between the fuel cell and the exterior of the fuel cell, and a controller configured to cut off the discharge valve during operation of the fuel cell, to check occurrence of degradation of the fuel cell, and to correct a crossover coefficient value of the fuel cell in accordance with a level of the degradation in the fuel cell when the degradation of the fuel cell has occurred, estimating a hydrogen concentration in an interior of the fuel cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jun Young PARK, Hee Mang LEE, Jae Won JUNG, Seong Cheol JEONG
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Publication number: 20230399489Abstract: Proposed is a heat stabilizer for polymer processing, the heat stabilizer being represented by Aw(PO4)x(HPO4)yXz·nH2O, having excellent thermal stability capable of preventing discoloration of a polymer when processing a polymer such as PVC, and being applicable to various polymers aside from PVC. In addition, the present disclosure provides an effective method of preparing a heat stabilizer preventing discoloration when processing a polymer by the following method: lowering the crystallinity of a metal phosphate by replacing with various metal cations, changing the type and content of anion, and using various dispersants serving as ligands; or reducing the particle size by adjusting the pH using a strong base and by performing a rapid synthesis process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: December 14, 2023Inventors: Seong Cheol KIM, Periyasamy THIRUKUMARAN
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Patent number: 11806704Abstract: The present specification discloses a membrane reactor comprising a reaction region; a permeate region; and a composite membrane disposed at a boundary of the reaction region and the permeate region, wherein the reaction region comprises a bed filled with a catalyst for dehydrogenation reaction, wherein the composite membrane comprises a support layer including a metal with a body-centered-cubic (BCC) crystal structure, and a catalyst layer including a palladium (Pd) or a palladium alloy formed onto the support layer, wherein ammonia (NH3) is supplied to the reaction region, the ammonia is converted into hydrogen (H2) by the dehydrogenation reaction in the presence of the catalyst for dehydrogenation reaction, and the hydrogen permeates the composite membrane and is emitted from the membrane reactor through the permeate region.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Young Suk Jo, Chang Won Yoon, Hyuntae Sohn, Hyangsoo Jeong, Seong Cheol Jang, Yeong Cheon Kim, Jonghee Han, Suk Woo Nam
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Patent number: 11794570Abstract: A vehicle canister device includes a main canister including an inlet port through which evaporative gas is introduced from a fuel tank, an outlet port through which the evaporative gas introduced during operation of an engine is discharged to an intake side of the engine, and an internal space for filling activated carbon. The vehicle canister device also includes an auxiliary canister mounted in fluid-communication with the main canister and configured to allow external air to flow into the main canister through an atmosphere port provided on the main canister or the evaporative gas to flow therethrough upon stop of the engine. The auxiliary canister includes a plurality of activated carbon layers each filled with an activated carbon and a plurality of air layers disposed between the activated carbon layers.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Korea Fuel-Tech CorporationInventors: Seong Cheol Cho, Sung Won Lee, Tae Kyu Hwang, Hyung Jun Bae
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Patent number: 11772189Abstract: A grain-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a groove on a line formed on one surface of an electrical steel sheet in a direction crossing a rolling direction; and a thermal shock portion on a line formed on one surface of the electrical steel sheet in the direction crossing the rolling direction, wherein a distance between the groove and the thermal shock portion is 1 mm or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: POSCO CO., LTDInventors: Se-Min Park, Jae Soo Kim, Ki-Young Min, Seong-Cheol Hong, Won-Gul Lee
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Patent number: 11771159Abstract: Disclosed are modularized garment manufacturing method and system for small quantity batch production of garments. Basic components constituting an ordered garment are generated by analyzing shape graphic data of the ordered garment. For each basic component, basic patterns are generated for each dimension of the ordered garment. The basic patterns are compared with reference garment patterns stored in a garment pattern database to determine a pattern category of each basic pattern. Based on the pattern category of the basic patterns and information on garment production lines currently in operation, subdivided work modules are determined for each basic pattern.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignees: Hojeon Limited, Seoul National University R&DB FoundationInventors: Young Chul Park, Sung Hoon Ahn, Eun Suk Suh, Sung Min Kim, Seong Cheol Kim, Woo Kyun Jung
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Patent number: 11757113Abstract: Provided are a method and system for correcting an offset of a hydrogen pressure sensor. The method includes constantly supplying the hydrogen to the fuel cell stack, determining whether an offset of the hydrogen pressure sensor needs to be corrected based on a stop time before the fuel cell stack starts and a magnitude of an output voltage of the fuel cell stack, calculating an offset correction value when the offset of the hydrogen pressure sensor needs to be corrected, and correcting the offset of the hydrogen pressure sensor and performing the starting of the fuel cell stack.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Seong Cheol Jeong, Jong Gyun Kim, Jun Young Park
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Publication number: 20230268534Abstract: A system and method for calibrating an offset of a pressure sensor for a fuel cell including one or more fuel cell modules in which power generation is individually controlled by independently supplying hydrogen or air to a fuel cell stack includes a pressure sensor to sense a pressure of the hydrogen supplied to the fuel cell stack, a monitoring unit which monitors whether offset calibration of the pressure sensor of the one or more fuel cell modules is required, a power generation control unit which individually controls the one or more fuel cell modules to continue or stop power generation, and a calibration control unit which calibrates the offset of the pressure sensor of the fuel cell module in a state where power generation is stopped based on a preset offset calibration period or the monitoring of the monitor unit as to whether calibration is required.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2022Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventors: Seung Hwan Lee, Seon Hak Kim, Seong Cheol Jeong
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Patent number: 11707979Abstract: A fuel pump module which may be easily assembled and mounted in a flat bombe having a small height in an LPG vehicle, may have a structure in which a reservoir cup may be rotated and restored with respect to a plate by support bars and springs, so that the fuel pump module may be easily assembled and mounted even in a flat bombe having a small height. Furthermore, members for blocking noise and absorbing vibration are combined with a fuel pump, so noise and vibration may be reduced when the pump is operated.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Seong Cheol Cho, Ju Tae Song, Sung Won Lee, Se Jin Kim, Joon Seup Kim, Hyeong Cheol Yuk
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Publication number: 20230224284Abstract: A control method of a vehicle by a first controller and a second controller, the control method includes: generating, by the first controller, an Ea(B) in which a second symmetric key is encrypted based on a first symmetric key, and assigning a first random number to the Ea(B); receiving, by the second controller, the Ea(B) and the first random number, generating a fourth symmetric key in which the Ea(B) is decrypted based on a third symmetric key, and generating an Eb(N(MASTER)) in which the first random number is encrypted based on the fourth symmetric key; receiving, by the first controller, the Eb(N(MASTER)), and decrypting the Eb(N(MASTER)) to generate a second random number; and updating the second symmetric key based on a comparison between the first random number and the second random number.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Soon Myung KWON, Aram CHO, Seong Cheol PARK, Taehwan PARK
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Publication number: 20230211457Abstract: Disclosed are an automatic abrasion compensation system of a lower plate and a wafer lapping apparatus having the same. The automatic abrasion compensation system reduces wafer misloading and errors in wafer loading inspection occurring when the distance between the lower plate and a transfer robot is gradually increased due to abrasion of the lower plate during a lapping process. The automatic abrasion compensation system includes an ultrasonic sensor provided on the transfer robot, a jig located directly under the ultrasonic sensor and mounted on the lower plate, a controller configured to acquire measurement distance information by measuring a distance from the jig through the ultrasonic sensor, to compare the measurement distance information with set reference distance information and to generate an adjustment control signal, and a driver configured to automatically adjust a Z-axis position of the transfer robot depending on the adjustment control signal transmitted by the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Jae Pyo LEE, Seong Cheol JEONG, In Joon JUNG
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Publication number: 20230202292Abstract: A vehicle canister device includes a main canister including an inlet port through which evaporative gas is introduced from a fuel tank, an outlet port through which the evaporative gas introduced during operation of an engine is discharged to an intake side of the engine, and an internal space for filling activated carbon. The vehicle canister device also includes an auxiliary canister mounted in fluid-communication with the main canister and configured to allow external air to flow into the main canister through an atmosphere port provided on the main canister or the evaporative gas to flow therethrough upon stop of the engine. The auxiliary canister includes a plurality of activated carbon layers each filled with an activated carbon and a plurality of air layers disposed between the activated carbon layers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Korea Fuel-Tech CorporationInventors: Seong Cheol CHO, Sung Won LEE, Tae Kyu HWANG, Hyung Jun BAE
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Patent number: 11674068Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a hydrogen extraction reactor, comprising a chamber including an inner space; a reaction unit which is provided to pass through the inside of the chamber and where an endothermic reaction for hydrogen extraction occurs; a heating unit which is provided to be spaced apart from the reaction unit inside the chamber and transfers heat to the inside of the chamber; and a heat transfer material which is provided between the reaction unit and the heating unit in the chamber, wherein the heat transfer material undergoes a phase transition between a gas phase and a liquid phase according to the entry and exit of heat from the heating unit or the reaction unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Young Suk Jo, Yong Min Kim, Chang Won Yoon, Hyangsoo Jeong, Hyuntae Sohn, Seong Cheol Jang, Suk Woo Nam, Jonghee Han, Seongeun Moon, Yeonsu Kwak
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Publication number: 20230170506Abstract: A system and method for controlling power for a fuel cell are disclosed. The system includes: a fuel cell; a load device electrically connected to the fuel cell; a stack controller configured to set a stack limit current on the basis of a current output current of the fuel cell, the stack limit current configured to limit an output current of the fuel cell on the basis of an output voltage of the fuel cell; and a load controller configured to set a consumption limit current on the basis of the set stack limit current, the consumption limit current configured to limit a consumption current of the load device, the load controller being configured to control the consumption current of the load device to a value equal to or lower than the set consumption limit current.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Seong Cheol JEONG, Hyo Jin PARK, Dae Jong KIM, Sang Chul YEOM
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Publication number: 20230147324Abstract: Disclosed are a device and a method for controlling a fuel cell system, in which during operation of the fuel cell system, the device and method determine a minimum motoring current limit value applied to a motor for driving a fuel cell vehicle by varying an output current limit threshold value of the fuel cell stack by determining an available output current of the stack and by varying an available voltage lower limit threshold value of the stack by determining an available operating voltage of the stack, thereby preventing the fuel cell vehicle from rattling due to excessive limitation of output current of the stack. They also control the pressures of an anode and a cathode of the stack by monitoring whether the performance of the stack is degraded as limitation of output current of the stack is suppressed, thereby suppressing degradation of the performance of the stack.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Inventors: Jun Young Park, Seong Cheol Jeong, Dae Jong Kim, Jae Won Jung
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Publication number: 20230134905Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing silver-copper mixed powder having a core-shell structure. The method includes: dissolving silver (Ag) and copper (Cu) in an aqueous nitric acid solution; adding a reducing agent to the solution; and preparing silver-copper mixed powder having a core-shell structure by performing plasma post-treatment, after performing the adding the reducing agent to the solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2020Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: POWERPACK CO., LTDInventors: Seong Cheol PARK, Seong Ho LEE, Mun Hwan LEE, Sang Uk CHO, Yong Hyuk LEE
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Patent number: 11636717Abstract: An allophone inspection device and inspection method thereof are provided. An allophone inspection device includes an array microphone unit in which a plurality of array microphones are disposed at predetermined intervals, and a controller configured to build reference data by quantifying analyzed allophone by collecting sound signals generated from surrounding based on a position where the array microphone unit is installed in advance and measure a surrounding sound signal through the array microphone unit to estimate whether or not noise is generated and a position of the sound source where the noise is generated based on the reference data.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2020Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATIONInventors: Sung Wook Lee, Seong-Cheol Kim, Joo Hyun Park, Byeong-Ho Lee, Wanjei Cho
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Publication number: 20230102896Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device, including a flexible display, a frame part configured to support the flexible display and comprise a first frame and a second frame disposed so as to be slidable with respect to the first frame, a driving part configured to change a shape of the flexible display based on a relative position between the first frame and the second frame, and a controller, wherein the controller performs a designated operation in response to reception of an input signal. Other example embodiments are possible.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2020Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Ah Rah KOH, Hak Ho CHOI, Seong Cheol LEE, Sung Do KIM