Patents by Inventor Seong-Soo Kim

Seong-Soo 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: 20210367480
    Abstract: A motor unit for a sunroof is proposed. The motor unit may include a lower housing, an upper housing, a bush, a worm wheel, a drive shaft, a pinion gear, the washer, and a bottom cover. Particularly, contact between the drive shaft and the bottom cover may be prevented, and the worm wheel may be configured to be in contact with the washer and he bush. Accordingly, different kinds of noise may be prevented from being generated according to opening and closing directions of the sunroof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Seong Soo KIM, Seung Tae YUN, Jin Seok LEE
  • Patent number: 11183310
    Abstract: Embodiments of a bottom nozzle of a nuclear fuel assembly provided with flow holes by utilizing a layered aircraft airfoil structure are provided. The bottom nozzle not only increases efficiency of filtering foreign substances by minimizing a size of the flow holes by constituting a shape of flow holes into cross stripes but also prevents coolant water flow velocity drop through prevention of coolant water pressure drop by constituting a lateral sectional shape of the grid frames constituting the cross stripes into an aircraft airfoil type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo Hong Chun, Seong Soo Kim, Su Pil Ryu, Do Gwan Lee, Nam Gyu Park, Jong Sung Yoo
  • Patent number: 11035393
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a decompression apparatus for superheated steam comprising: a temperature raising unit having an inlet connected to an exit side of a boiler for introducing steam discharged from the exit of the boiler, and an outlet for raising the temperature of steam introduced through the inlet and discharging it; a steam utilizing unit connected to the outlet and using the steam discharged from the outlet; and a decompression unit installed at one or all of a section between the exit side of the boiler and the inlet and a section between the outlet and the steam utilizing unit, the decompression unit controlling temperature of steam while decompressing pressure of steam. According to the decompression apparatus for superheated steam, it is possible to control the pressure and temperature of steam more precisely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Energy Research
    Inventors: Seong Ryong Park, Chong Pyo Cho, Jeong Geun Kim, Seong Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20210152048
    Abstract: An electric actuator assembly is proposed. The electric actuator assembly includes: a brush card assembly provided with a brush card part in which a plurality of terminals is molded through insert injection molding; a motor assembly coupled to the brush card assembly and electrically connected thereto; a housing provided with a coupling part into which the brush card assembly is inserted, having a circuit board provided with a connector, and having a gear assembly for receiving power from the motor assembly and transmitting the power to outside, the circuit board and the gear assembly being installed in the housing, wherein terminal holes through which the plurality of terminals passes and a coupling hole into which a part of the brush card part is inserted are separately provided in the coupling part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Seong soo KIM, Seung tae YUN, Jin seok LEE
  • Patent number: 10900440
    Abstract: A cooling circuit for a vehicle may include a plurality of cylinder heads into which cooling water is continuously introduced from a plurality of cylinder blocks oppositely disposed parallel with each other, wherein a flow control valve may include a head port, through which the cooling water discharged from the plurality of cylinder heads is joined and the joined cooling water is introduced into the flow control valve, and wherein the flow control valve also may include a set of ports including a radiator port, a heat exchanger port, and a heater core port, through which the cooling water introduced into the flow control valve is discharged towards a radiator, an oil heat exchanger, and a heater core, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Phil Gi Lee, Jae Suk Park, Seong Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 10888533
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transdermal composition for dementia treatment containing donepezil as an active ingredient. The transdermal composition according to the present invention contains highly concentrated donepezil in a hydrophobic matrix, can continuously release the drug for a long time by having excellent long-term adhesion to the skin, and further exhibits consistently effective therapeutic effects over a long period of time by having a significantly improved skin penetration rate in comparison with conventional donepezil patches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: ICURE PHARMACEUTICAL INC.
    Inventors: Young Kweon Choi, Dong Hyun Hong, Seong Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20200373026
    Abstract: A separating and coupling system of a nuclear fuel assembly top nozzle. The system includes a top nozzle; a flow channel plate provided at a lower portion of the top nozzle and allowing coolant to pass therethrough; a guide hole provided in the flow channel plate; a lock insert in a hollow shape including an insertion part configured to be inserted into the guide hole; and a separation member configured to separate the lock insert from the guide hole. The circumference of the insertion part is variable in size, thereby being capable of being inserted into and separated from the guide hole. Accordingly, disassembly and reassembly of the top nozzle of the nuclear fuel assembly and the lock insert are simplified, thereby simplifying the process and reducing the number of processes. The system is effective for maintenance and repair of the nuclear fuel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Pil Ryu, Seong Soo Kim, Ba Leum Kim, Joo Hong Chun, Nam Gyu Park, Jong Sung Yoo
  • Publication number: 20200373030
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a top nozzle and a nuclear reactor in which an in-core instrument, which is supposed to be inserted through a top head of a nuclear reactor, is inserted through a guide pin for an upper core plate. In a nuclear reactor including guide pins for aligning a top nozzle for a nuclear fuel assembly with an upper core plate of a nuclear reactor, a guide hole (210) is axially formed through the guide pins (200) and in-core instruments (10) are inserted through the guide holes (210).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Soo KIM, Jae Ik KIM, Sang Youn JEON, Kyong Bo EOM, Dong Geun HA, Jin Sun KIM, Joo Young RYU, O Cheol KWON, Su Pil RYU, Hak In LEE, Joo Hong CHUN, Ba Leum KIM
  • Publication number: 20200373032
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for separating and coupling a top nozzle of a nuclear fuel assembly. There is provided a lock insert configured to support the top nozzle of the nuclear fuel assembly by being coupled to a guide hole provided in a flow channel plate of the top nozzle, the lock insert including: a body in a hollow shape; and an insertion part provided on a top portion of the body and inserted into the guide hole, wherein a circumference of the insertion part is variable in size, thereby being capable of being inserted into the guide hole. Accordingly, disassembly and reassembly of the top nozzle of the nuclear fuel assembly and the lock insert are simplified, thereby simplifying and reducing the number of processes involved therein. Accordingly, the system is effective for maintenance and repair of the nuclear fuel assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo Hong Chun, Seong Soo Kim, Ba Leum Kim, Su Pil Ryu, Nam Gyu Park, Jong Sung Yoo
  • Publication number: 20200309169
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a decompression apparatus for superheated steam comprising: a temperature raising unit having an inlet connected to an exit side of a boiler for introducing steam discharged from the exit of the boiler, and an outlet for raising the temperature of steam introduced through the inlet and discharging it; a steam utilizing unit connected to the outlet and using the steam discharged from the outlet; and a decompression unit installed at one or all of a section between the exit side of the boiler and the inlet and a section between the outlet and the steam utilizing unit, the decompression unit controlling temperature of steam while decompressing pressure of steam. According to the decompression apparatus for superheated steam, it is possible to control the pressure and temperature of steam more precisely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Seong Ryong Park, Chong Pyo Cho, Jeong Geun Kim, Seong Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20200227180
    Abstract: Embodiments of a bottom nozzle of a nuclear fuel assembly provided with flow holes by utilizing a layered aircraft airfoil structure are provided. The bottom nozzle not only increases efficiency of filtering foreign substances by minimizing a size of the flow holes by constituting a shape of flow holes into cross stripes but also prevents coolant water flow velocity drop through prevention of coolant water pressure drop by constituting a lateral sectional shape of the grid frames constituting the cross stripes into an aircraft airfoil type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo Hong Chun, Seong Soo Kim, Su Pil Ryu, Do Gwan Lee, Nam Gyu Park, Jong Sung Yoo
  • Patent number: 10692613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a top nozzle and a nuclear reactor in which an in-core instrument, which is supposed to be inserted through a top head of a nuclear reactor, is inserted through a guide pin for an upper core plate. In a nuclear reactor including guide pins for aligning a top nozzle for a nuclear fuel assembly with an upper core plate of a nuclear reactor, a guide hole (210) is axially formed through the guide pins (200) and in-core instruments (10) are inserted through the guide holes (210).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Soo Kim, Jae Ik Kim, Sang Youn Jeon, Kyong Bo Eom, Dong Geun Ha, Jin Sun Kim, Joo Young Ryu, O Cheol Kwon, Su Pil Ryu, Hak In Lee, Joo Hong Chun, Ba Leum Kim
  • Patent number: 10490427
    Abstract: A substrate treating apparatus is provided which includes a treating container of which a top end is opened, a substrate support unit placed in a treating container to support a substrate, a treatment solution supply unit supplying a treatment solution to a substrate put on the support unit, and a heating unit placed in the substrate support unit to heat the substrate. The heating unit includes a heating element and a reflection element reflecting a heat from the heating element upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Bong Choi, Seong Soo Kim, Chan-Young Heo, Oh Jin Kwon
  • Patent number: 10408725
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided that greatly expand the utility of conventional hollow waveguide-based sensors via either straight, substrate-integrated channels or via meandering (e.g., circuitous, curved or folded optical paths) waveguide sensor designs. Full- or hybrid-integration of the meandering hollow waveguide with light source, detector, and light-guiding optics facilitates compact yet high-performance gas/vapor and/or liquid sensors of the substrate-integrated hollow waveguide sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Jerry Chance Carter, Michael P. Chrisp, Anastacia M. Manuel, Boris Mizaikoff, Andreas Wilk, Seong-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 10403406
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lower end fitting for reducing flow resistance due to an in-core instrument in a nuclear fuel assembly, that is, a lower end fitting (100) having a plurality of flow holes for a nuclear fuel assembly, in which the flow holes (121) are formed under an assembly groove in which an instrumentation tube (131) for a nuclear fuel assembly is inserted, and at least two or more flow holes (121) are formed at a predetermined distance from the central axis (C) of the instrumentation tube (131).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Sun Kim, Jae Ik Kim, Sang Youn Jeon, Kyong Bo Eom, Dong Geun Ha, Seong Soo Kim, Joo Young Ryu, O Cheol Kwon, Su Pil Ryu, Hak In Lee, Joo Hong Chun, Ba Leum Kim
  • Publication number: 20190186408
    Abstract: A cooling circuit for a vehicle may include a plurality of cylinder heads into which cooling water is continuously introduced from a plurality of cylinder blocks oppositely disposed parallel with each other, wherein a flow control valve may include a head port, through which the cooling water discharged from the plurality of cylinder heads is joined and the joined cooling water is introduced into the flow control valve, and wherein the flow control valve also may include a set of ports including a radiator port, a heat exchanger port, and a heater core port, through which the cooling water introduced into the flow control valve is discharged towards a radiator, an oil heat exchanger, and a heater core, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corp.
    Inventors: Phil Gi LEE, Jae Suk PARK, Seong Soo KIM
  • Patent number: 10186419
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for treating a substrate. The method includes supplying cleaning particles to the substrate to clean the substrate. The cleaning particles are solid particles. The solid particles provide a shock wave to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Semes Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kihoon Choi, In-Il Jung, Seong-Soo Kim, Yoon-Jong Ju
  • Patent number: 9922850
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate treating apparatus which includes a treating container having a treating space therein and including a plurality of collecting vessels surrounding the treating space and provided such that inlets for inputting a fluid in the treating space are vertically stacked on each other, a support unit supporting a substrate in the treating space, a solution supply unit supplying a treating solution to the substrate supported by the support unit, and elevation units respectively joined with the collecting vessels and lifting up and down the collecting vessels. Each of the elevation units includes a base having a ring shape and joined with a corresponding collecting vessel, an elevation load joined with the base, and a driver lifting up and down the elevation load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Oh Jin Kwon, Seong-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20170290780
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transdermal composition for dementia treatment containing donepezil as an active ingredient. The transdermal composition according to the present invention contains highly concentrated donepezil in a hydrophobic matrix, can continuously release the drug for a long time by having excellent long-term adhesion to the skin, and further exhibits consistently effective therapeutic effects over a long period of time by having a significantly improved skin penetration rate in comparison with conventional donepezil patches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Young Kweon Choi, Dong Hyun Hong, Seong Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20170243663
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a lower end fitting for reducing flow resistance due to an in-core instrument in a nuclear fuel assembly, that is, a lower end fitting (100) having a plurality of flow holes for a nuclear fuel assembly, in which the flow holes (121) are formed under an assembly groove in which an instrumentation tube (131) for a nuclear fuel assembly is inserted, and at least two or more flow holes (121) are formed at a predetermined distance from the central axis (C) of the instrumentation tube (131).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: KEPCO NUCLEAR FUEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Sun KIM, Jae Ik KIM, Sang Youn JEON, Kyong Bo EOM, Dong Geun HA, Seong Soo KIM, Joo Young RYU, O Cheol KWON, Su Pil RYU, Hak In LEE, Joo Hong CHUN, Ba Leum KIM