Patents by Inventor Young-Ki Kim

Young-Ki 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: 20200287215
    Abstract: A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a first compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a second compound having a smaller particle diameter than the first compound and represented by Chemical Formula 2, wherein the first compound and the second compound have a Ni content of about 50 at % to about 60 at % based on a total amount of metal elements excluding Li. A rechargeable lithium battery including the first compound and the second compound satisfies Relation 1: Vs<V1?3.6.??[Relation 1] In Relation 1, V1 is a voltage value at a point where a tangent line to a value corresponding to 50% of the first peak value intersects the line dQ/dV=0, and Vs is a charge start voltage, as determined from a differential capacity (dQ/dV)-voltage charge/discharge plot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Young-Ki KIM, Jungjoon PARK, Soonrewl LEE, Youngjoo CHAE, Ickkyu CHOI, Mingzi HONG, Soonkie HONG
  • Publication number: 20200271471
    Abstract: A vehicle terminal may include: a communicator configured to perform communication with a personal mobility device; a processor configured to estimate a state of charge of a battery of the personal mobility device when a vehicle arrives at a set location based on whether the battery is being charged and to determine a travelable area of the personal mobility device based on the state of charge of the battery; and a display device operatively coupled to the processor, the display device configured to display the travelable area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Sung Un Kim, Cheon Maeng, Young Ki Kim, Jae Yong Lee, Sung Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 10729220
    Abstract: An electric nail filing device includes a cylindrical body having a battery holder attached inside in the body, a cover attached to an open end of the cylindrical body, an on/off switch attached on the cover or the cylindrical body, an electric motor having a metallic rotary filing wheel, and a safety guard cap attached and covering the wheel, shaped like a rectangular prism, a pentagonal prism, a hexagonal prism, or a multiplane prism having multiple planes and a tubular cylindrical housing inner space which has enough space to cover the wheel, in which the safety guard cap has multiple slots on the planes, and an adjustable guard tab attached at closed end of the safety guard cap. Optionally the safety guard cap is covered by a nail debris collector which is shaped like a half-dome covering all other planes of the safety guard cap except one plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Inventors: Jun Su Im, Young Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 10700855
    Abstract: A client and server system that performs a reinforcement learning-based encryption and decryption method according to an aspect of the present invention may include: a key management module configured to manage an encryption key required in performing an encryption and a decryption of data; a secret sharing module configured to perform a secret sharing of a threshold value for a lifetime and availability of the data; and a threshold estimation module configured to perform an estimation of the threshold value; and can improve the availability and security of data to satisfy user demands in a self-destructing environment for privacy protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung-Hee University
    Inventors: Choong Seon Hong, Young Ki Kim
  • Publication number: 20200144610
    Abstract: A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a nickel-based lithium transition metal oxide including a secondary particle in which a plurality of primary particles are agglomerated, wherein the secondary particle includes a core and a surface layer surrounding the core, and the surface layer includes a plurality of primary particles and a nano-sized cobalt-based lithium transition metal oxide absorbed in the surface layer, between the primary particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Soonkie HONG, Young-Ki KIM, Jungjoon PARK, Soonrewl LEE, Youngjoo CHAE, Ickkyu CHOI, Mingzi HONG
  • Publication number: 20200144602
    Abstract: A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a first compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a second compound represented by Chemical Formula 2 and having a smaller particle diameter than the first compound, wherein at least one of the first compound and the second compound includes a core and a surface layer surrounding the core: Lia1Nix1Coy1M11-x1-y1O2,??Chemical Formula 1 Lia2Nix2Coy2M21-x2-y2O2,??Chemical Formula 2 wherein M1 and M2 are each independently at least one selected from Mn, Al, Cr, Fe, V, Mg, Ti, Zr, Nb, Mo, W, Cu, Zn, Ga, In, Sn, La, and Ce. The atomic concentration (at %) of nickel (Ni) with respect to the total amount of non-lithium metals is higher in the surface layer than in the core, and an amount of cation mixing is less than or equal to about 3%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Mingzi HONG, Young-Ki KIM, Jungjoon PARK, Soonrewl LEE, Youngjoo CHAE, Ickkyu CHOI, Soonkie HONG
  • Publication number: 20200144567
    Abstract: The present invention provides a battery module which includes: a battery stack formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells on each other, each of which includes electrode tabs; a first case unit including a bottom section which surrounds one side of the battery stack and a pair of first sidewalls located on both sides of the battery stack in a direction in which battery cells are stacked; and a second case unit including a top section which surrounds the other side of the battery stack and a pair of second sidewalls located on both sides of the battery stack in the direction in which battery cells are stacked, wherein the first sidewall and the second sidewall are located on both sides of the battery stack in the direction in which battery cells are stacked, in a state in which at least portions thereof are overlapped with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Young Ki KIM, Ju Yong PARK
  • Publication number: 20200091568
    Abstract: Disclosed are a battery cell assembly for a secondary battery, the battery cell assembly for a secondary battery including at least one battery cell; a first frame disposed on one side of the at least one battery cell; and a second frame which is disposed on the other side of the at least one battery cell so as to face the first frame and which is coupled to the first frame so as to protect the edge of the at least one battery cell together with the first frame. The present invention uses a frame type cell support which retains and supports at least one battery cell without separation, thereby providing a battery cell assembly for a secondary battery, namely a sub-battery module receiving body, having improved structural stability and assembly convenience, and a secondary battery including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Tae Gu LEE, O Sung KWON, Gyu Jin CHUNG, Young Ki KIM
  • Publication number: 20200067090
    Abstract: A positive active material for use in a positive electrode and a rechargeable lithium battery includes a lithium cobalt oxide including a secondary particle having an average particle diameter of about 15 ?m to about 25 ?m, wherein the secondary particle includes a plurality of primary particles having an average particle diameter of about 2 ?m to about 10 ?m, and the positive active material has a pellet density of greater than or equal to about 3.80 g/cm3. A method of manufacturing the positive active material includes heat-treating a cobalt-containing compound at a temperature of greater than or equal to about 900° C. to form a cobalt oxide comprising Co3O4 and CoO, and reacting the cobalt oxide with a lithium compound to prepare the lithium cobalt oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Soonkie HONG, Young-Ki KIM, Soonrewl LEE, Young-Hun LEE, Jiyeon JANG, Ickkyu CHOI, Mingzi HONG
  • Patent number: 10547198
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless charging system of using multi-frequency including at least one transmitter and at least one receiver which is wirelessly charged by the at least one transmitter, wherein the at least one transmitter includes a signal generator configured to generate a power signal of each of a plurality of frequency bands; a plurality of matching units connected to the signal generator matching and outputting the power signal of each of the plurality of frequency bands; and at least one antenna connected to the plurality of matching units transmitting the power signal of each of the plurality of frequency bands to each of at least one receiver, and wherein the at least one receiver includes at least one antenna receiving a power signal of each of a plurality of frequency bands from each of at least one transmitter; a plurality of matching units connected to the at least one antenna matching and outputting the power signal of each of the plurality of frequency bands; and a plurality of rectifiers conne
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: CENTER FOR INTEGRATED SMART SENSORS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Kyung Hak Lee, Hyun Wook Lee, Young Ki Kim, Chong Min Kyung
  • Publication number: 20200020712
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a substrate including a cell region and a slimming region; a logic structure disposed over the substrate, the logic structure including logic circuit elements and bottom wiring lines electrically coupled to the logic circuit elements; a source plate disposed over the logic structure; a memory structure including a plurality of memory cells and a plurality of gate electrode layers, wherein the plurality of memory cells are disposed over the source plate of the cell region and a plurality of gate electrode layers are stacked over the source plate of the cell region and the slimming region to be separated from one another and are coupled to the plurality of memory cells; and a first slit cutting the source plate at a boundary between the cell region and the slimming region, wherein the source plate of the slimming region is floated regardless an operation of the memory cells and the logic circuit elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Jin-Ho KIM, Young-Ki KIM, Jeong-Hwan KIM, Sang-Hyun SUNG
  • Patent number: 10535869
    Abstract: Provided are a positive active material, a lithium battery including the positive active material, and a method of manufacturing the positive active material. The positive active material includes a lithium molybdate composite having a core-shell structure. The lithium molybdate composite acts as a sacrificial positive electrode in a positive electrode of a battery. The positive active material is able to increase charge capacity of a lithium battery, and accordingly is able to improve lifetime properties of a lithium battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Ki Kim, Young-Hun Lee, Ick-Kyu Choi, Yong-Chul Park, Soon-Rewl Lee
  • Patent number: 10504748
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of packaging a power amplifier module. The method of packaging a power amplifier module includes providing a unified pattern including a ceramic layer and a pattern formed on the ceramic layer, bonding the unified pattern on a metal layer, and depositing a ceramic sidewall, on which at least one external signal connection lead line is formed, on the unified pattern bonded the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: CENTER FOR INTEGRATED SMART SENSORS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Kyung Hak Lee, Min Seok Han, Young Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 10448775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a juice extractor. The juice extractor includes: a main body; a housing; a cover; a mesh drum; and a feed screw, wherein a rotary cutting member is provided below the feed screw so that the rotary cutting member is rotated together with the rotation of the feed screw, whereby when the rotary cutting member is rotated, the lower end surface of the rotary cutting member grazes the upper end surface of the draff descending hole while intersecting the upper end surface of the draff descending hole so as to perform a cutting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Hurom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Won Kim, Young-Ki Kim
  • Patent number: 10454099
    Abstract: A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same are disclosed. The positive active material includes a core including a lithium intercalation compound and a crystalline coating compound on a surface of the core and including a crystalline aluminum hydroxide, a crystalline aluminum oxyhydroxide, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-hun Lee, Ji-Yeon Jang, Soon-Kie Hong, Young-Ki Kim, Soon-Rewl Lee, Ick-Kyu Choi, Ji-Hyun Kim, Soo-Youn Park, Hyun-Joo Je, Chang-Wook Kim, Kyu-Suk Han
  • Patent number: 10446172
    Abstract: A noise source visualization data accumulation and display device is provided where at two or more acoustic data are generated by beamforming acoustic signals acquired at different moments by using a plurality of microphone arrays and thereafter, one selected among two or more acoustic data or acoustic data processed therefrom is mapped to one optical image to be displayed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: SM INSTRUMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Ki Kim
  • Publication number: 20190208020
    Abstract: A method by which a server controls a home device is provided. The method includes receiving a trigger signal generated by a sensor in a home in response to a mobile device being present at a specific location in the home, determining a home device corresponding to the specific location by using the trigger signal, selecting context information related to an operation of the determined home device from among context information received from the mobile device, and providing the selected context information to the home device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-kwang UM, Young-ki KIM, Jeong-yi PARK, Hyun-cheol PARK, Dong-hun SHIN
  • Publication number: 20190190700
    Abstract: A client and server system that performs a reinforcement learning-based encryption and decryption method according to an aspect of the present invention may include: a key management module configured to manage an encryption key required in performing an encryption and a decryption of data; a secret sharing module configured to perform a secret sharing of a threshold value for a lifetime and availability of the data; and a threshold estimation module configured to perform an estimation of the threshold value; and can improve the availability and security of data to satisfy user demands in a self-destructing environment for privacy protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung-Hee University
    Inventors: Choong Seon Hong, Young Ki Kim
  • Patent number: D871170
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: HUROM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ki Kim, Sanghoon Park
  • Patent number: D888485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: CUCKOO HOMESYS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Ki Kim