Patents by Inventor Seong-Woo Kim

Seong-Woo 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: 20240074965
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ultraviolet light-blocking composition containing a centipede grass extract and a cosmetic composition and, more specifically, to an ultraviolet light-blocking composition comprising a centipede grass (Eremochloa ophiuroides) leaf extract as an active ingredient; and a cosmetic composition containing the ultraviolet light-blocking composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY REREARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Byung-Yeoup CHUNG, Hyoung-Woo BAI, Seong-Hee KANG, Sung-Beom LEE, Seung-Sik LEE, Tae-Hoon KIM, Mi-Yeon KIM
  • Publication number: 20240066576
    Abstract: An aluminum plate manufacturing method capable of achieving an enhancement in productivity through a reduction in the number of processes and a reduction in processing time is disclosed. In the aluminum plate manufacturing method, a plate is rolled after being extruded to a desired thickness. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the number of processes and a processing time and, as such, achieving an enhancement in productivity, as compared to a conventional manufacturing process using only rolling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Do Bong PARK, Jin Woo PARK, Seong Heon KIM
  • Publication number: 20240066578
    Abstract: An aluminum plate coiling device capable of coiling an extruded and rolled aluminum plate without generating distortion or deformation of the aluminum plate is disclosed. The aluminum plate coiling device has a simple structure, thereby being capable of achieving a reduction in installation space and a reduction in installation cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Do Bong PARK, Jin Woo PARK, Seong Heon KIM
  • Patent number: 11904572
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aluminum-based plated steel that is provided for vehicles by hot forming, an aluminum-based alloy plated steel manufactured using the same, and method of manufacturing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Il-Ryoung Sohn, Seong-Woo Kim, Jeom-Soo Shin
  • Publication number: 20240051265
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet for a hot press formed member having excellent resistance to hydrogen delayed fracture, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel sheet for a hot press formed member comprises: a base steel sheet; an aluminum alloy plating layer on a surface of the base steel sheet; and an oxide layer which is formed on a surface of the plating layer and has a thickness of 0.05 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, Yeol-Rae CHO
  • Patent number: 11897014
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hot-press formed part comprising a plated steel sheet and an aluminum alloy plated layer formed on the plated steel sheet, wherein the aluminum alloy plated layer comprises: an alloying layer (I) formed on the plated steel sheet and containing, by weight %, 5-30% of Al; an alloying layer (II) formed on the alloying layer (I) and containing, by weight %, 30 to 60% of Al; an alloying layer (III) formed on the alloying layer (II) and containing, by weight %, 20-50% of Al and 5-20% of Si; and an alloying layer (IV) formed continuously or discontinuously on at least a part of the surface of the alloying layer (III), and containing 30-60% of Al, wherein the rate of the alloying layer (III) exposed on the outermost surface of the aluminum alloy plated layer is 10% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Sang-Heon Kim, Hyo-Sik Chun
  • Publication number: 20240026479
    Abstract: Provided is a hot press-formed member having excellent crack propagation resistance and ductility. The hot press-formed member includes: a base steel sheet and a zinc or zinc alloy plating layer on at least one surface of the base steel sheet. The base steel sheet contains, by wt %, carbon (C): 0.08-0.30%, silicon (Si): 0.01-2.0%, manganese (Mn): 3.1-8.0%, aluminum (Al): 0.001-0.5%, phosphorus (P): 0.001-0.05%, sulfur (S): 0.0001-0.02%, nitrogen (N): 0.02% or less, and a balance of iron (Fe) and other impurities. The hot press-formed member comprises 1-30 area % of retained austenite as a microstructure, and a Mn(wt %)/Zn(wt %) content ratio in an oxide layer of 0.5-1.2 ?m in a thickness direction from a surface layer of the plating layer is 0.1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Seong-Woo KIM, Yeol-Rae CHO, Won-Mo BAK
  • Publication number: 20240009963
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hot press formed member. A hot press formed member according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a steel sheet; and a plating layer on the steel sheet, wherein a number of voids per 1000 ?m2 of an area from an interface between the plating layer and the steel sheet to 15 ?m is zero and wherein a concentration gradient at a section having an Fe content of 45% to 80% in the plating layer in a thickness direction from a surface of the plating layer according to a result of GDS analysis is 7 wt %/?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, A-Ra CHO, Hyeon-Jeong SHIN
  • Publication number: 20230416863
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a cold-rolled steel plate for hot forming, which is excellent in corrosion-resistance and spot-weldability, contains, by weight %, C: 0.1-0.4%, Si: 0.5-2.0%, Mn: 0.01-4.0%, Al: 0.001-0.4%, P: 0.001-0.05%, S: 0.0001-0.02%, Cr: 0.5% to less than 3.0%, N: 0.001-0.02%, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, satisfying formula (1) below, and includes an Si amorphous oxidation layer continuously or discontinuously formed at a thickness of 1 nm-100 nm on the surface thereof. Formula (1): 1.4?0.4*Cr+Si?3.2 (wherein element symbols denote measurements of respective element contents by weight %).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Yeol-Rae CHO, A-Ra CHO, Jin-Ho CHA, Si-Myoung HEO, Jeong-Won SEO, Seong-Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20230381498
    Abstract: A three-dimensional retinal stimulation device includes a substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of edges connecting the top surface and the bottom surface to each other; and a plurality of electrodes disposed between the top surface and the bottom surface, wherein the plurality of edges include inclined surfaces with respect to the top surface and the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Seong Woo KIM, So Hee KIM, Hee Won SEO
  • Publication number: 20230383373
    Abstract: Provided are plated steel sheets for hot press forming, hot press formed parts, and manufacturing methods thereof, the plated steel sheets comprising: a base steel sheet comprising, in weight %, C: 0.07 to 0.5%, Si: 0.05 to 1%, Mn: 0.5 to 5%, P: 0.001 to 0.015%, S: 0.0001 to 0.02%, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, Cr: 0.01 to 1%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, Ti: 0.1% or less, B: 0.01% or less, Sn: 0.01 to 0.1%, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities; an aluminum or aluminum alloy plating layer disposed on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and an Sn-enriched layer provided between the base steel sheet and the plating layer, wherein the Sn-enriched layer satisfies a specific relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Seong-Woo Kim, Sang-Heon Kim, Hyo-Sik Chun
  • Patent number: 11827947
    Abstract: Provided is a hot press-formed member having excellent crack propagation resistance and ductility. The hot press-formed member includes: a base steel sheet and a zinc or zinc alloy plating layer on at least one surface of the base steel sheet. The base steel sheet contains, by wt %, carbon (C): 0.08-0.30%, silicon (Si): 0.01-2.0%, manganese (Mn): 3.1-8.0%, aluminum (Al): 0.001-0.5%, phosphorus (P): 0.001-0.05%, sulfur (S): 0.0001-0.02%, nitrogen (N): 0.02% or less, and a balance of iron (Fe) and other impurities. The hot press-formed member comprises 1-30 area % of retained austenite as a microstructure, and a Mn(wt %)/Zn(wt %) content ratio in an oxide layer of 0.5-1.2 ?m in a thickness direction from a surface layer of the plating layer is 0.1 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Seong-Woo Kim, Yeol-Rae Cho, Won-Mo Bak
  • Patent number: 11820103
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel sheet for a hot press formed member having excellent coating adhesion, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel sheet for hot press forming according to one aspect of the present invention is an aluminum alloy plated steel sheet, wherein an average Fe content in a plating layer may be 40 wt % or more, and a concentration gradient of a section having a Fe content of 45 wt % to 80 wt % in the plating layer may 7 wt %/?m or less of a concentration gradient at a section having an Fe content of 45% to 80% in the plating layer in a thickness direction from a surface of the plating layer according to a result of GDS analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, A-Ra Cho, Hyeon-Jeong Shin
  • Patent number: 11801664
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet for a hot press formed member having excellent resistance to hydrogen delayed fracture, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel sheet for a hot press formed member comprises: a base steel sheet; an aluminum alloy plating layer on a surface of the base steel sheet; and an oxide layer which is formed on a surface of the plating layer and has a thickness of 0.05 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Yeol-Rae Cho
  • Patent number: 11788166
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a cold-rolled steel plate for hot forming, which is excellent in corrosion-resistance and spot-weldability, contains, by weight %, C: 0.1-0.4%, Si: 0.5-2.0%, Mn: 0.01-4.0%, Al: 0.001-0.4%, P: 0.001-0.05%, S: 0.0001-0.02%, Cr: 0.5% to less than 3.0%, N: 0.001-0.02%, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, satisfying formula (1) below, and includes an Si amorphous oxidation layer continuously or discontinuously formed at a thickness of 1 nm-100 nm on the surface thereof. Formula (1): 1.4?0.4*Cr+Si?3.2 (wherein element symbols denote measurements of respective element contents by weight %).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Yeol-Rae Cho, A-Ra Cho, Jin-Ho Cha, Si-Myoung Heo, Jeong-Won Seo, Seong-Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20230287535
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a plated steel sheet for hot press forming, having an excellent impact property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, Yeol-Rae CHO
  • Publication number: 20230286030
    Abstract: Provided are a plated steel sheet for hot press forming including: a base steel sheet containing, by wt%, 0.14 to 0.5% of C, 0.001 to 1% of Si, 0.3 to 4% of Mn, 0.001 to 0.015% of P, 0.0001 to 0.02% of S, 0.001 to 0.1% of Al, 0.001 to 1% of Cr, 0.001 to 0.02% of N, 0.1% or less of Ti, 0.01% or less of B, 0.005 to 0.1% of Sb, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities; an aluminum or aluminum alloy plating layer provided on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and a Sb-rich layer provided between the base steel sheet and the plating layer, wherein the plated steel sheet for hot press forming satisfies the following Relational Expressions 1-1 and 1-2, a hot press formed member manufactured using the same, and methods for manufacturing the plated steel sheet for hot press forming and the hot press formed member. S b max S b c o a t ? 1.2 ­­­[Relational Expression 1-1] S b max ? S b c o a t 2 × ? t ? 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sang-Heon Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Seong-Woo Kim, Sang-Bin Han
  • Patent number: 11732323
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a plated steel sheet for hot press forming, having an excellent impact property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Yeol-Rae Cho
  • Publication number: 20230236098
    Abstract: A 360 degree folding jig performs actions similar to those of a product to which a sample is applied when conducting a durability test for the sample. The 360 degree folding jig includes a fixed plate module on which one side of a sample is supported, a folding plate module that is spaced apart from the fixed plate module and on which the other side of the sample is supported so as to be reciprocally movable, and a pair of rotation support modules respectively provided at each end of the mutually adjacent fixed plate module and the folding plate module, and configured to couple the folding plate module to the fixed plate module so that the folding plate module is in-folded or out-folded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Yong LEE, Seong Woo KIM, Ho Moon YOU
  • Publication number: 20230235423
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a cold-rolled steel plate for hot forming, which is excellent in corrosion-resistance and spot-weldability, contains, by weight %, C: 0.1-0.4%, Si: 0.5-2.0%, Mn: 0.01-4.0%, Al: 0.001-0.4%, P: 0.001-0.05%, S: 0.0001-0.02%, Cr: 0.5% to less than 3.0%, N: 0.001-0.02%, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, satisfying formula (1) below, and includes an Si amorphous oxidation layer continuously or discontinuously formed at a thickness of 1 nm-100 nm on the surface thereof. Formula (1): 1.4?0.4*Cr+Si?3.2 (wherein element symbols denote measurements of respective element contents by weight %).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Yeol-Rae CHO, A-Ra CHO, Jin-Ho CHA, Si-Myoung HEO, Jeong-Won SEO, Seong-Woo KIM