Patents by Inventor Tae-Su Kim

Tae-Su 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: 20230358688
    Abstract: A debris detection apparatus and a debris detection method, capable of easily detecting a metal debris existing on the surface of an inspection target by emitting electromagnetic waves having a wavelength in a far-infrared band toward the inspection target during a battery manufacturing process and then analyzing the characteristics of reflected waves from the surface of the inspection target through a thermal image recorder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeong Ho Park, Eun Ho Oh, Tae Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20230318007
    Abstract: A lamination apparatus for a secondary battery comprises a lamination device and a cutting device. The supply unit supplies electrodes disposed on a separation sheet and a bonding unit which bonds the separation sheet and electrodes to manufacture a radical unit sheet. The cutting device cuts the separation sheet of the radical unit sheet to manufacture a radical unit constituted of a separator and the electrodes. The cutting device comprises a transfer conveyor, which transfers the radical unit sheet, a laser cutting unit, which irradiates a laser onto and thereby cuts the separation sheet of the radical unit sheet to manufacture the radical unit, a discharge conveyor, which transfers the radical unit cut by the laser cutting unit, and an adjusting unit which adjusts a speed for cutting the separation sheet passing through the laser cutting unit depending on a spaced distance between the transfer conveyor and the discharge conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution. Ltd.
    Inventors: Seo Jun Lee, Tae Su Kim, Hyuk Soo Lee, Jung Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11754149
    Abstract: Provided are an electric vehicle transmission including an improved one-way clutch. An electric vehicle transmission includes a sun gear unit connected to a transmission motor, a plurality of planetary gear units connected to the sun gear unit, and a ring gear unit connected to the planetary gear units, and further includes a cage unit arranged to surround the plurality of planetary gear units at an inner side thereof, a housing unit arranged at an outer side of the cage unit and having a hollow therein, at least one guide unit arranged between the cage unit and the housing unit, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a position of the cage unit with respect to the housing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: NEOOTO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Hoon Oh, Won Hyeong Jeong, Jae Oh Han, Tae Su Kim, Jong Seok Lee, Han Su Jeon, Duk Soon Choi, Sun Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230261336
    Abstract: A welding method includes pressing multiple objects together by a jig and irradiating the objects with laser to form multiple welded spots. The welded spots may include multiple first welded spots formed in a first direction and multiple second welded spots formed in the first direction and misaligned with the first welded spots in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction. A gap between the center of each of the first welded spots and the center of each of the second welded spots in the second direction. Another gap between the first welded spots in the first direction. And a gap between the second welded spots in the first direction may be greater than or equal to the radius of the second welded spot and less than or equal to a value of about 1 mm plus a diameter of the second welded spot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Hyun Park, Tae Su Kim, Dong Hyeuk Park, Seo Jun Lee, Gil Woo Kim, Hyuk Soo Lee, Ki Beom Na
  • Patent number: 11718738
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive composition including an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer; and a tackifier, wherein the ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer has narrow molecular weight distribution together with a low density and an ultra low molecular weight, minimized number of unsaturated functional groups, and particularly a small amount of vinylidene among the unsaturated functional groups, thereby showing excellent physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jung Ho Jun, Eun Jung Lee, Jin Sam Gong, Rae Keun Gwak, Tae Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20230077011
    Abstract: Provided are an electric vehicle transmission including an improved one-way clutch. An electric vehicle transmission includes a sun gear unit connected to a transmission motor, a plurality of planetary gear units connected to the sun gear unit, and a ring gear unit connected to the planetary gear units, and further includes a cage unit arranged to surround the plurality of planetary gear units at an inner side thereof, a housing unit arranged at an outer side of the cage unit and having a hollow therein, at least one guide unit arranged between the cage unit and the housing unit, and an adjustment unit configured to adjust a position of the cage unit with respect to the housing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: NEOOTO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Hoon OH, Won Hyeong JEONG, Jae Oh HAN, Tae Su KIM, Jong Seok LEE, Han Su JEON, Duk Soon CHOI, Sun Hyun KIM
  • Patent number: 11548424
    Abstract: A power leg rest for a vehicle includes a pair of fixed plates; a main pipe connected to between internal surfaces of the fixed plates; a tilt motor tiltably mounted to the main pipe; a pair of main links fastened to external surfaces of the fixed plates by respective first hinge pins; a support pipe connected to between front end portions of the main links; a lead nut bracket coupled to a lead screw and movable forwards and backwards and hingedly fastened to the support pipe; a pair of leg rest links mounted on both sides of a leg rest frame; and a pair of driving links, each being hingedly fastened to corresponding ones of the leg rest links, the main links, and the fixed plates, operating in linkage with the main link, and folding or unfolding the pair of leg rest links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, DAS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tae Su Kim, Soo Hyun Moon, Hyun Kyu Moon, Sang Hwi Yoon, Du Go Jung, Hyun Ko, Won Jin Choi, Young Joon Kim
  • Patent number: 11505725
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adhesive composition including an ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer; and a tackifier, wherein the ethylene/alpha-olefin copolymer has narrow molecular weight distribution together with a low density and an ultra low molecular weight, minimized number of unsaturated functional groups, uniform crystallinity, thereby showing excellent physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventors: Rae Keun Gwak, Eun Jung Lee, Jin Sam Gong, Jung Ho Jun, Tae Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20220325018
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an olefin-based polymer satisfying conditions as follow: (1) a melt index (MI, 190° C., 2.16 kg load conditions) is from 0.1 g/10 min to 10.0 g/10 min, (2) a density (d) is from 0.860 g/cc to 0.880 g/cc, and (3) T(90)?T(50)?50 and T(95)?T(90)?10 are satisfied when measured by a differential scanning calorimetry precise measurement method (SSA). The olefin-based polymer according to the present invention is a low-density olefin-based polymer introducing a highly crystalline region and showing high mechanical rigidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Eun Park, Eun Jung Lee, In Sung Park, Tae Su Kim, Choong Hoon Lee, Jin Sam Gong, Jung Ho Jun, Rae Keun Gwak
  • Publication number: 20220315747
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypropylene-based composite, including (A) polypropylene, and (B) an olefin-based polymer satisfying the following conditions: (1) a melt index (MI, 190° C., 2.16 kg load conditions) is from 0.1 g/10 min to 10.0 g/10 min, (2) a melting temperature when measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is from 20° C. to 70° C., and (3) a high temperature melting peak is confirmed at 75° C. to 150° C. when measured by a differential scanning calorimetry precise measurement method (SSA), and a total enthalpy of fusion ?H(75) of a corresponding region is 1.0 J/g or more. The polypropylene-based composite of the present invention may show excellent impact strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: In Sung Park, Eun Jung Lee, Sang Eun Park, Tae Su Kim, Choong Hoon Lee, Jin Sam Gong, Jung Ho Jun, Rae Keun Gwak
  • Publication number: 20220306780
    Abstract: An olefin-based polymer satisfying conditions as follow: (1) a melt index (MI, 190° C., 2.16 kg load conditions) is from 0.1 g/10 min to 10.0 g/10 min, (2) a melting temperature when measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is 20° C. to 70° C., and (3) a high temperature melting peak is confirmed at 75° C. to 150° C. when measured by a differential scanning calorimetry precise measurement method (SSA), and a total enthalpy of fusion ?H(75) of a corresponding region is 1.0 J/g or more. The olefin-based polymer according to the present invention is a low-density olefin-based polymer introducing a highly crystalline region and showing high mechanical rigidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Su Kim, In Sung Park, Sang Eun Park, Eun Jung Lee, Choong Hoon Lee, Jin Sam Gong, Jung Ho Jun, Rae Keun Gwak
  • Publication number: 20220227981
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypropylene-based composite, including (A) polypropylene, and (B) an olefin-based polymer satisfying the following conditions: (1) a melt index (MI, 190° C., 2.16 kg load conditions) is from 0.1 g/10 min to 10.0 g/10 min, (2) a density (d) is from 0.860 g/cc to 0.880 g/cc, and (3) T(90)-T(50)?50 and T(95)-T(90)?10 are satisfied, wherein T(50), T(90) and T(95) are temperatures at which 50%, 90%, and 95% are melted, respectively, when fractionating a temperature-heat capacity curve from measurement results by the differential scanning calorimetry precise measurement method (SSA). The polypropylene-based composite of the present invention may show excellent impact strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Eun Park, Eun Jung Lee, In Sung Park, Tae Su Kim, Choong Hoon Lee, Jin Sam Gong, Jung Ho Jun, Rae Keun Gwak
  • Patent number: 11394243
    Abstract: A detachable seat wireless power transfer and communication system includes: a seat assembly including a seat receiver configured to receive power wirelessly and a seat controller to control the seat receiver; a vehicle assembly spaced apart from the seat assembly at a lower end of the seat assembly; a front hook spaced apart from the seat assembly at a lower end of a front portion of the seat assembly in a length direction to fix a first end of the seat assembly to a vehicle body; a rear latch spaced apart from the seat assembly at a lower end of a rear portion of the seat assembly in the length direction to fix a second end of the seat assembly to the vehicle body; and a front hook switch spaced apart from the vehicle assembly. The vehicle assembly includes a vehicle transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit the power to the seat assembly, and a vehicle controller configured to control the vehicle transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Dae Won San Up Co., Ltd., Amosense Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Su Kim, Bo Hyeon Han, Dong Hwi Kim, Won San Na, Jae Myung Hur, Jong Ho Lim
  • Publication number: 20220185920
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polypropylene-based composite material having improved physical properties including impact strength at low temperature and at room temperature, flexural strength, flexural modulus, etc., and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Eun Park, In Sung Park, Eun Jung Lee, Hyun Jin Ju, Tae Su Kim, Choong Hoon Lee, Jin Sam Gong, Jung Ho Jun, Rae Keun Gwak
  • Publication number: 20220048422
    Abstract: A power leg rest for a vehicle includes a pair of fixed plates; a main pipe connected to between internal surfaces of the fixed plates; a tilt motor tiltably mounted to the main pipe; a pair of main links fastened to external surfaces of the fixed plates by respective first hinge pins; a support pipe connected to between front end portions of the main links; a lead nut bracket coupled to a lead screw and movable forwards and backwards and hingedly fastened to the support pipe; a pair of leg rest links mounted on both sides of a leg rest frame; and a pair of driving links, each being hingedly fastened to corresponding ones of the leg rest links, the main links, and the fixed plates, operating in linkage with the main link, and folding or unfolding the pair of leg rest links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, DAS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tae Su KIM, Soo Hyun MOON, Hyun Kyu MOON, Sang Hwi YOON, Du Go JUNG, Hyun KO, Won Jin CHOI, Young Joon KIM
  • Publication number: 20220049030
    Abstract: An olefin-based polymer and method of making the same is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the olefin-based polymer has multiple crystallinity and satisfies the following: (1) two or more peaks in a temperature range of ?20° C. to 120° C. when measured by cross-fractionation chromatography (CFC), and T(90)?T(50)<8.0° C., (2) a soluble fraction (SF) of 1 wt % or less at ?20° C. in CFC, (3) 15° C.<elution temperature (Te)<50° C., and Te has a linear correlation with a density (d) of the polymer, and satisfies the following Equation 1, Te=1,220×d?A, wherein 1,031?A?1,039. The olefin-based polymer according to the present invention is an olefin-based polymer having relatively increased the ratio of high crystal regions, and exhibits excellent mechanical properties such as improved tensile strength, tear strength, and flexural modulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Eun Park, Eun Jung Lee, Hyun Jin Ju, In Sung Park, Jin Sam Gong, Jung Ho Jun, Rae Keun Gwak, Choong Hoon Lee, Tae Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20220049033
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an olefin-based copolymer of which soluble fraction at a low temperature has a high weight average molecular weight, and which has high flowability and improved physical properties of hardness, flexural strength, tearing strength, etc., and a method for preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: In Sung Park, Sang Eun Park, Eun Jung Lee, Hyun Jin Ju, Tae Su Kim, Choong Hoon Lee, Jin Sam Gong, Jung Ho Jun, Rae Keun Gwak
  • Publication number: 20220023785
    Abstract: The present invention provides a complex that is capable of eluting minerals beneficial to the human body and adjusting the contents of the minerals according to their health functions, and a method for producing the same. Specifically, the present invention provides a composite filter including: a filter impregnated with halite; a filter impregnated with calcite; and a filter impregnated with organic germanium-containing ore powder, wherein the filter impregnated with halite, the filter impregnated with calcite, and the filter impregnated with organic germanium-containing ore powder are sequentially stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventor: Tae-Su KIM
  • Patent number: 11187319
    Abstract: A method for learning a reference position of a DCT gear motor is proposed. The method includes: a first voltage supply step of supplying voltage to the motor to allow the motor to rotate to a stored reference point; a second voltage supply step of repeating a process that increases the level of the voltage supplied to the motor to a higher level than the level of the voltage applied in the first voltage supply step and decreases the level, wherein the voltage is supplied to the motor to gradually increase the level thereof; a step of monitoring a position change of the motor; a step of stopping voltage supply to the motor when a temporary position change is generated in the motor to remove the temporary position change; and a step of setting the current position of the motor as a new reference point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Hyundai Kefico Corporation
    Inventors: Nam Hun Kim, Tae Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20210328305
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for cutting a separation membrane for a battery, in which the separation membrane is cut by laser radiation on the separation membrane, wherein the pulse repetition rate of the laser is 10 to 500 kHz; a separation membrane manufactured by the method; and a battery comprising the separation membrane. The present invention, in contrast with physical cutting, has the advantage of being capable of cutting a separation membrane for a battery so as to have a uniform cut surface, which was impossible by conventional physical cutting methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Su KIM, Ki-Eun SUNG, Jin-Soo LEE, Bu-Gon SHIN, Sang-Ik LEE, Dae-Won LEE