Patents Assigned to Korea Aerospace Research Institute
  • Patent number: 11289978
    Abstract: A power apparatus for integrated cooling includes a housing, a driving section disposed in the housing, a generator disposed in front or in rear of the driving section in the housing to generate electricity by receiving power from the driving section, and a cooling section disposed in front of the generator in the housing to inhale a fluid by receiving the power from the driving section and cool the generator and the driving section, wherein the cooling section is configured to divide the inhaled fluid toward the driving section and the generator to cool the driving section and the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Keun Bae Kim, Bo Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 11285470
    Abstract: Provided is a method of designing a low-pressure chamber that provides a preset air pressure corresponding to a predetermined altitude. The method may include the steps of: calculating a predetermined error range of the preset air pressure, and calculating an amount and types of materials of a getter to be inserted into the low-pressure chamber based on the error range and a total volume of the low-pressure chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyok Jin Cho, Hee Jun Seo, Sung Wook Park, Guee Won Moon
  • Publication number: 20220055776
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for simulating a satellite mission operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Ok Chul JUNG, Jae Dong SEONG, Dea Won CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20220026564
    Abstract: A method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: dividing SAR raw data into one or more sub-aperture data by a predetermined number in an azimuth direction; performing a spectral length extension FFT on the sub-aperture data in the azimuth direction; multiplying the sub-aperture data by a chirp scaling function; performing a range FFT on the sub-aperture data; performing range compression, SRC, and a bulk RCMC on the sub-aperture data; performing an inverse chirp-z transform on the sub-aperture data in a range direction; multiplying the divided sub-aperture data by a predetermined first function; performing an IFFT on the sub-aperture data in the azimuth direction; recombining the sub-aperture data; multiplying the recombined data by a second function and deramping same; performing an azimuth FFT on the recombined data; performing an azimuth IFFT on the recombined data; multiplying the recombined data by a third function and deramping same; performing the azimuth FFT on the recombined data;
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Dong Hyun KIM
  • Patent number: 11220334
    Abstract: Provided is a high efficiency long range drone, and more particularly, a high efficiency long range drone capable of increasing flight time and efficiently using power during long range cruising flight by selectively using the power among an engine generator and a battery and applying an auxiliary wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Keun Bae Kim, Bo Hwa Lee
  • Patent number: 11203412
    Abstract: A fan-in-wing aerial vehicle according to an embodiment may comprise: a fuselage; main wings expending from both sides of the fuselage in the span direction; rotors rotatably mounted inside the main wings, respectively; and opening/closing portions installed on the main wings such that the same can be opened/closed and thereby expose the rotors to the outside or conceal the rotors from the outside, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Jung Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11194012
    Abstract: Provided is a radio source position estimation system including a plurality of radio transmission devices spaced a predetermined distance apart from one another and configured to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals received from an arbitrary radio source and a central radio reception device configured to estimate a position of the radio source using the RF signals received from at least three radio transmission devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
    Inventors: Sung Hyuck Im, Moon Beom Heo, Se Bum Chun, Deok Won Lim, Eun Seong Son, Koon Tack Kim
  • Patent number: 11155369
    Abstract: Provided are an artificial satellite and a method of controlling the same. The artificial satellite includes a main body flying along an orbit of a planet, an optical payload arranged on the main body to photograph a ground surface of the planet, and a pair of solar cell panels rotatably arranged on both sides of the main body in a first direction, wherein the first direction and a flight direction of the main body form an acute angle with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Moon-Jin Jeon, Seok-Weon Choi, Seong-Bin Lim
  • Patent number: 11125650
    Abstract: Provided is a cooler and an engine testing apparatus having the same. The cooler includes a guide unit configured to make a gas flow, a liquid supply unit arranged in the guide unit to supply a liquid into the guide unit, a liquid column guide unit connected to the guide unit and having a column of the liquid, and a liquid storage unit connected to the liquid column guide unit and storing the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Chun Taek Kim
  • Patent number: 11118621
    Abstract: A vibration reduction shaft includes a cylindrical outer shaft having an inner hollow portion, in which the outer shaft includes: a first member (110) and a second member (120) which are disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the shaft; and a vibration reduction region (150) which is disposed between the first member and the second member, and multiple connecting members (151), which connect the first member and the second member in an axial direction, are disposed to be spaced apart from one another within the vibration reduction region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
    Inventor: Dae Kwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20210260281
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an infusion flow regulator, including: a main body (10) having an inlet through which fluid is introduced and an outlet through which the fluid is discharged; and a rotary dial (30) rotatably coupled to the main body, with a sealing member (20) interposed therebetween, so as to regulate the flow rate of the fluid, in which the rotary dial includes a regulating flow path (31) having a shape of a recessed groove in cross section with a first width and a first height, and the regulating flow path (31) includes a first region in which the width is constant and the height is decreased, and a second region in which both the width and height are decreased. By the configuration described above, the device for regulating infusion solution according to the present disclosure has an effect of accurately regulating the flow rate even in a region where the flow rate of the infusion solution is a very small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Poo Min PARK, Hyung Mo KIM, Tae Choon PARK, Young Seok KANG, Jae Sung HUH, Doo Yong LEE
  • Patent number: 11088721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for operating a navigation satellite on the basis of a code division transmission array antenna and a method for operating a navigation satellite. The device for operating a navigation satellite on the basis of a code division transmission array antenna, according to the present invention, comprises: a code generation unit for allocating a spread spectrum code to each of a plurality of antennas; a determination unit for determining, as transmission-end antennas, at least some of the plurality of antennas, to which different spread spectrum codes are allocated; and a processing unit, which arranges each of the transmission-end antennas at predetermined coordinates such that a plurality of signals transmitted from the transmission-end antennas are transmitted to reception-end antennas through multiple paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sung Hyuck Im, Se Bum Chun, Moon Beom Heo
  • Patent number: 11060482
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid rocket engine using a booster pump driven by an electric motor, and more particularly, to a liquid rocket engine using a booster pump driven by an electric motor in which a booster pump is installed between a propellant tank and a propellant pump so that a requirement for an inlet pressure of the propellant pump may be met even in a state in which an internal pressure of the propellant tank is reduced, resulting in reduced amount of a propellant and reduced weight of the propellant tank, and the electric motor configured to drive the booster pump may be efficiently cooled through an oxidant, a cooling line, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyun Duck Kwak, Jin Han Kim, Dae Jin Kim, Chang Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11029411
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for correcting a satellite image acquisition time. The method may include receiving, from a ground-based orbit propagator, an initially predicted imaging time, a correction command execution time, and a desired satellite position for imaging, and calculating a waiting time for imaging, a predicted satellite position, a correction time, and a corrected imaging time to correct a satellite image acquisition time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seon Ho Lee, Jae Cheol Yoon, Dae Kwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11024186
    Abstract: Provided is an unmanned aerial vehicle that broadcasts a route and future location information of the unmanned aerial vehicle within preset coverage based on sensing data and current location information of the unmanned aerial vehicle. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a calculator configured to calculate a predicted route and second location information of the unmanned aerial vehicle corresponding to a preset period of time based on first location information and sensing data; and a transmitter configured to periodically broadcast a first notification signal that includes the first location information, the predicted route, and the second location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sang Man Moon, In Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11002378
    Abstract: The present invention provides a valve including: an inlet unit IL; an outlet unit OL perpendicular to the inlet unit; and an opening/closing unit. The opening/closing unit includes: a rod to open or close the discharge port while extending or retracting in the discharge port in a flow direction of the fluid, having a poppet to open or close the discharge port, and having a piston to be pressed by a pilot gas; a body having a guide to accommodate the rod and guide the extension and retraction of the rod, and pressing spaces into which the pilot gas is introduced; and a solenoid valve to supply the pilot gas into the pressing spaces, in which the opening/closing unit has no spring, and in which a diameter of a seat, which comes into contact with the poppet in the outlet unit, is greater than a diameter of the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
    Inventor: Joong Youp Lee
  • Patent number: 10988225
    Abstract: A flying object with a landing gear module serving as a floating weight that can be used simultaneously with an airship and an aerial mooring type aerostat, and more particularly, a flying object capable of simultaneously allowing a landing gear to serve as a floating weight, thereby stably simplifying a mooring process of the flying object and manufacturing the flying object at low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Dong Min Kim
  • Patent number: 10989836
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a passive microwave sounder for a satellite, having a fixed reflection plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sang Burm Ryu, Sang Gyu Lee, Sang-soon Yong, Eun-Su Kang, Seung Hoon Lee, Hyeon-Cheol Lee, Sungwook Hong
  • Publication number: 20210025786
    Abstract: The present invention provides blade structure testing equipment comprising: a mounting jig to which one end of a blade specimen is mounted; a grip member to which the other end of the blade specimen is coupled; and a wire (W) having one end attached to the grip member to apply a tensile force to the blade specimen in a direction at a certain angle with respect to the ground.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Tae Joo KIM
  • Patent number: 10895073
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device configured to effectively absorb repeated shock energy such as a vibration shock by using a composite tube, and the present invention has advantageous effects in that the shock energy caused by a tensile or compressive shock load may be effectively absorbed by the composite tube, and the shock energy absorption device may be applied to a building and used as a vibration control device capable of preparing for repeated earthquakes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
    Inventors: Ill Kyung Park, Sung Joon Kim, Tae Uk Kim