Abstract: The present invention relates to a coolant heater comprising: a heating element for heating coolant; a first housing for accommodating the heating element; a cover plate for sealing the first housing in which the heating element is accommodated; a temperature fuse provided in an external space formed by coupling the first housing and the cover plate, and disposed to be adjacent to the cover plate; and a second housing for pressing the temperature fuse so as to pressurize the same toward the cover plate, wherein overheat sensing responsiveness of the heating element is improved such that the overheat of the heating element can be prevented, and failure factors in a part in which the temperature fuse is coupled are reduced such that a durability is improved.

Abstract: Vehicular heat management system includes a refrigerant circulation line including a compressor, a high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, a heat pump mode expansion valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, an air conditioning mode expansion valve, low pressure side indoor heat exchanger and a refrigerant-cooling water heat exchanger; an air conditioning mode branch line branched from the refrigerant circulation line and configured to, in an air conditioning mode, form a cooling loop by circulating a refrigerant through the compressor, the high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, the outdoor heat exchanger, the air conditioning mode expansion valve and low pressure side indoor heat exchanger. Heat pump mode branch line branched from the refrigerant circulation line is configured, in heat pump mode to form a heating loop by circulating the refrigerant through the compressor, the high pressure side indoor heat exchanger, the heat pump mode expansion valve and the refrigerant-cooling water heat exchanger.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for controlling a water-heating type PTC heater of a thermal management system for a vehicle and, more specifically, to a method for controlling a water-heating type PTC heater, in which a heat source for heating is secured by operating the water-heating type PTC heater and thereby additionally heating a coolant, while charging a battery, in a thermal management system for a vehicle, during a heating mode, in which: refrigerant circulates through a second heat exchanger, a waste heat recovery chiller, a compressor and an indoor heat exchanger; and the coolant passes through a water-cooling type battery module, the water-heating type PTC heater, a battery chiller, electric parts and the waste heat recovery chiller.

Abstract: Disclosed are a system and method for monitoring photovoltaic power generation, which may enhance compatibility with the existing legacy system by enabling data integration between monitoring systems that use different kinds of protocols on the basis of a meta-model and may automatically generate code for processing data and automatically generate a program for processing a protocol through the generated code, thus allowing even a user who does not know the protocol well to easily connect devices.

Abstract: The heater module includes a fluid pump including a pump inlet configured to introduce cooling water thereinto, a pump outlet configured to pressurize and discharge the introduced cooling water, cooling water heating heater including a heater inlet configured to introduce thereinto the cooling water discharged from the pump outlet of the fluid pump, a heating unit configured to heat the introduced cooling water, a heater outlet configured to discharge the heated cooling water, a flow channel switch valve for switching a circulation flow channel of the cooling water, wherein the fluid pump is integrally formed with one side of the cooling water heating heater to embody both a heating mode and a battery temperature-rising mode by one heater module for heating cooling water. Thus, a connection hose for connection components is removed or a length thereof is minimized, a fluid pump and a valve housing are reduced, thereby reducing costs.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for sharing user activity information comprises: receiving a user action history generated in one service among a first service and a second service through an application executed in an electronic device; mapping and storing account information at the first service, account information at the second service, and the user action history with respect to a user of the electronic device; and transmitting, to the application, information on the user action history or an event corresponding to the user action history, such that the event corresponding to the user action history is provided to the user through another service among the first service and the second service.

Abstract: An ESD protection SCR device includes an epitaxial layer provided on a P-type semiconductor substrate, the epitaxial layer having the P-type conductivity, element isolation layers provided on the epitaxial layer, the element isolation layers dividing the epitaxial layer into an anode region and a cathode region, a first well of an N-type conductivity, provided in a portion of the epitaxial layer corresponding to the anode region, a first impurity region provided on a surface of the first well, the first impurity region being connected to an anode terminal and having a high concentration P-type conductivity, a second well of the P-type conductivity, provided in a portion of the epitaxial layer corresponding to the cathode region, a second impurity region provided on a surface of the second well, the second impurity region being connected to a cathode terminal and having a high concentration N-type conductivity, and a floating well of the N-type conductivity, buried in the epitaxial layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a container for storing a wafer, particularly to a container for storing a wafer in which a plurality of purging areas is vertically partitioned in the interior of a storage chamber, and a purge gas is sprayed into the plurality of purging areas, thereby allowing not only uniform purging of the wafer to be assured but also efficient purging of the wafer without waste of the purge gas to be achieved.

Abstract: An oil supply system of a vehicle includes: a first pump generating a first quantity of oil to cool a driving motor of a hybrid vehicle; a second pump generating a second quantity of oil to lubricate a friction lubrication element of the hybrid vehicle; a flow channel switching valve selectively switching a flow channel of the first quantity of oil and a flow channel of the second quantity of oil to connect the flow channel of the first quantity of oil to the friction lubrication element or connect the flow channel of the second quantity of oil to the driving motor; and a controller controlling an operation of the flow channel switching valve to supply a portion of the first quantity of oil to the friction lubrication element or a portion of the second quantity of oil to the driving motor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for transforming data for low volume transmission of a meta model based protocol which monitors power amount data of new renewable energy, including: generating energy sensing data; receiving, by a client, the energy sensing data and transforming the received energy sensing data into meta model data including a meta model and meta data; generating packet meta model data by dividing and compressing the meta model data; transmitting the packet meta model data to a server through an Internet of Things (IOT) communication network; and parsing, by the server, the packet meta model data to output the meta model data.

Abstract: A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), which has an engine and a motor and travels using a power of the engine and an electric power of the motor, includes: a battery configured to supply a drive energy of the motor; a battery sensor configured to measure a state of charge (SOC) of the battery; and a controller configured to estimate an average mileage per cycle established using traveling information of the vehicle, estimate an average SOC per cycle using the measured SOC, and control a reference power needed for driving the engine according to the estimated average mileage and the estimated average SOC.

Abstract: A vehicle can include: a sensing device configured to acquire driving information of the vehicle; and a controller configured to determine whether a current driving mode of the vehicle is changeable based on the driving information, to identify a driving mode among a plurality of driving modes which corresponds to the driving information upon determining that the current driving mode is changeable, and to control an operation of the vehicle so as to change the current driving mode to the identified driving mode.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for limiting vehicle speed and a method thereof. To prevent a vehicle from exceeding a speed limit to secure safety and improve fuel economy, the apparatus includes: a mode setting device allowing a driver to set any one of a safety mode, a fuel economy mode, and a hybrid mode; a safety speed input device allowing the driver to input a safety speed; one or more processors determining an economical speed on the basis of a driving environment of a vehicle; and a controller limiting a speed of the vehicle on the basis of the safety speed or the economical speed according to a mode set by the driver.

Abstract: Provided herein is a distributed file system including a meta data server configured to store and manage meta data of a file; and a data server configured to store and manage data and attribute information of the file, wherein, in response to a writing request from a client, the meta data server stores data requested to be changed in a delta chunk of a read-only snapshot file, and connects the original file and the read-only snapshot file in an inode structure.

Abstract: Disclosed are a hybrid electric vehicle, which is capable of controlling engine starting in consideration of entry into a specific area, and method of controlling the same. A method of controlling engine starting of a hybrid vehicle includes determining whether catalyst heating is necessary, determining whether a current location corresponds to a specific area associated with exhaust emissions, determining whether a first mode driving is possible, when it is determined that the current position corresponds to the specific area and the catalyst heating is necessary, and performing the first mode driving when the first mode driving is determined to be possible, or a second mode driving when the first mode driving is determined to be impossible. Here, the first mode driving is performed by using an electric motor, and the second mode driving is performed by using at least an engine.

Abstract: A power device having fast switching characteristic, while keeping EMI noise to a minimum and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The power device includes a first field stop layer having a first conductivity type, a first drift region formed on the first field stop layer and having a first conductivity type in an impurity concentration that is lower than the first field stop layer, a buried region formed on the first drift region and having the first conductivity type in an impurity concentration that is higher than the first drift region, a second drift region formed on the buried region, a power device cell formed at an upper portion of the second drift region, and a collector region formed below the first field stop layer.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling engine clutch slip for a hybrid vehicle, in which it is determined whether an engine clutch has entered a slip mode and lubrication of the engine clutch is easily achieved through an additional lubrication hydraulic pressure circuit whenever the engine clutch enters the slip mode, thereby achieving the engine clutch slip control in all shift ranges including low-speed and medium-speed ranges and maintaining the heat energy that is generated from the engine clutch at a predetermined level or lower.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a storage configured to store navigation information, a communication module configured to receive current location information, a power apparatus configured to generate a driving force and to adjust the generated driving force, and a controller configured to acquire, if a cruise control mode is input, information about a location at which an event occurs based on the navigation information, and to control operation of the power apparatus based on the current location information and the information about the location at which the event occurs.

Abstract: A power device having fast switching characteristic, while keeping EMI noise to a minimum and a method of fabricating the same are provided. The power device includes a first field stop layer having a first conductivity type, a first drift region formed on the first field stop layer and having a first conductivity type in an impurity concentration that is lower than the first field stop layer, a buried region formed on the first drift region and having the first conductivity type in an impurity concentration that is higher than the first drift region, a second drift region formed on the buried region, a power device cell formed at an upper portion of the second drift region, and a collector region formed below the first field stop layer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image forming apparatus which includes a display panel, a backlight disposed at a rear side of the display panel, optical sheets disposed at a rear surface of the display panel, a quantum dot sheet disposed at a front side of the backlight, a bottom chassis configured to accommodate the backlight, and a middle holder configured to support outer sides of the quantum dot sheet while installed in the bottom chassis, and thus the quantum dot sheet is installable in conjunction with the middle holder in a state of being spaced apart from the optical sheets.