Patents Assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
  • Patent number: 9243752
    Abstract: Disclosed is a container for storing, transporting, and dissociating hydrate pellets, the container comprising: a first container (100) made up of a plurality of frames; a second container (200) which is rotatably installed inside the first container (100), stores hydrate pellets therein, and has an internal surface to which a heat insulating member is attached; and a refrigerating machine (300) which is installed inside the first container (100) and refrigerates the second container (200), wherein the second container (200) is equipped with a heating wire (210), which is heated to dissociate the hydrate pellets by being supplied with power, or with a hot water tube (220), through which hot water flows to dissociate the hydrate pellets, on the internal surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hee Jin Kang, Dong Kon Lee, Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 9223014
    Abstract: There is provided a three-dimensional radar system by using the combination of commercialized usual radars for vessels at relatively low price so as to enable to strengthen the surveillance capability about aircrafts flying at low altitude and strengthen the surveillance capability on the sea and in the air to protect important facilities of a port with more developed than the conventional surveillance system of monitoring only ships or vessels in a port while overcoming the operational limitation of VTS (Vessel Traffic Service).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
    Inventors: Deuk Jae Cho, Sang Hyun Suh
  • Publication number: 20150300167
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for bi-directionally mining a manganese nodule. The apparatus includes a traveling device to travel in a predetermined traveling direction, collecting devices installed at both ends of the traveling device, respectively, to collect the manganese nodule, and a control device to sense the traveling direction of the traveling device and to drive one of the collecting devices installed at both ends of the traveling device, which is placed in the sensed traveling direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tae-Kyeong YEU, Sup HONG, Hyung-Woo KIM, Jong-Su CHOI
  • Publication number: 20150234769
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the prevention of bus conflicts in the backplane by providing a bus structure which is configured to control the activation of an attached slave board in the backplane to/from which a plurality of slave boards are attached and detached. The backplane according to the present invention can prevent data bus conflicts and improve the stability of a corresponding system by configuring general purpose I/O (GPIO) pins in a 2 bit request/grant scheme between a master board and the plurality of slave boards. Accordingly, the present invention can improve system reliability, maintainability, and competitiveness in various fields such as the fields of communication devices and server devices, remote monitors and control systems, vessel communications, aircraft communications, and wired and wireless communications in which various protocols are combined and implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jong-Won Park, Yong-Kon Lim, So Young Sung
  • Patent number: 9011047
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is supporting structure for an offshore wind power generator. The supporting structure includes lower support part and main body part. The lower support part includes lower concrete part which is provided on a base installed on the sea floor and is reduced in width from the bottom thereto to the top, at least one lower hollow space which is formed in the lower concrete part, and a lower inner-pipe which is attached to the inner surface of the lower hollow space. The main body part is coupled to an upper end of the lower support part. The main body part includes a main-body concrete part, at least one main-body hollow space which is formed in the main-body concrete part and communicates with the lower hollow space, and a main-body inner-pipe which is attached to a circumferential inner surface of the main-body hollow space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
    Inventors: Taek Hee Han, Woo Sun Park, Deok Hee Won
  • Patent number: 8993291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Thermococcus onnurineus NA1 mutant having an increased ability to produce hydrogen from formate and a method of producing hydrogen the same. The Thermococcus onnurineus NA1 mutant according to the invention has an increased ability to produce hydrogen in a formate-containing medium compared to wild-type Thermococcus onnurineus NA1 and shows an increase in growth rate compared to the wild-type. The use of the mutant strain according to the invention can produce hydrogen with high efficiency from formate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
    Inventors: Sung Gyun Kang, Jung Hyun Lee, Kae Kyoung Kwon, Hyun Sook Lee, Tae Wan Kim, Yun Jae Kim, Min Sik Kim, Jeong Ho Jeon
  • Publication number: 20150047233
    Abstract: Disclosed is a robot for mining a manganese nodule on a deep sea floor. The apparatus includes a plurality of moving apparatuses detachably disposed in parallel with each other; a mining apparatus installed to a front end of the moving apparatuses to mine a manganese nodule; a transferring apparatus installed to an upper portion of the moving apparatuses to crush the manganese nodule in a constant size or less such that the manganese nodule is transferred to an external; a power control measuring unit installed to an upper portion of the moving apparatuses for providing power to the moving apparatuses and controlling operations of the mining apparatus and the transferring apparatus; a structure frame for connecting the moving apparatuses to each other and for supporting the mining apparatus, the transferring apparatus and the power control measuring unit; and a buoyancy unit installed to a top end of the structure frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sup Hong, Hyung-Woo Kim, Jong-Su Choi, Tae-Kyeong Yeu
  • Publication number: 20150038733
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of the synthesis of ramalin. It comprises reacting a glutamic acid derivative, which is prepared using alkylchloroformate, with a hydrazine salt compound, which is prepared from hydroxy aniline, whether protected or not. The synthesis method allows ramalin, excellent in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity, to be simply synthesized at stable yield even without use of a highly toxic solvent such as DMF. In addition, the method is cost competitive, and provides ramalin at high efficiency, thus enabling the mass production of ramalin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Joung Han Yim, Il Chan Kim, Dockyu Kim, Se Jong Han, Hyoung Seok Lee, Hari Datta Bhattarai, Tai Kyoung Kim, Keun Sik Kim
  • Publication number: 20150031771
    Abstract: There is provided a novel use of ramalin for preventing or treating liver diseases, and more specifically, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating hepatic fibrosis or cirrhosis containing ramalin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a functional food containing the same. It was confirmed that at the time of applying ramalin, which is a compound derived from Ramalina terebrata according to the present invention, to animal models, ramalin may remarkably suppress hepatic fibrosis and lower liver cirrhosis levels as compared to silymarin known as a liver cell protecting ingredient without cytotoxicity to normal liver cells, such that ramalin may be effectively used for preventing or treating hepatic fibrosis and liver cirrhosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Joung Han Yim, Il Chan Kim, Se Jong Han, Hyoung Seok Lee, Hari Datta Bhattarai, Su-Geun Yang, Lee Don Hang
  • Publication number: 20140339826
    Abstract: Disclosed is a diffuser controller for tidal stream power generation, for use in a tidal stream power generator installed under water to generate electricity using a tidal stream. The diffuser controller includes: a turbine configured to be rotated by the tidal stream; a diffuser which is formed with an inlet through which a fluid flows into the diffuser and an outlet through which the fluid flows out from the diffuser, the turbine being fixed inside the diffuser and a rear foil being rotatably installed in the outlet; and a control unit configured to adjust an rotating angle of the rear foil depending on a direction or velocity of the tidal stream. The diffuser is configured to be rotatable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (KIOST)
    Inventors: Jin Hwan Ko, Kwang Soo Lee, Quang Tuyen Le, In Suk Han
  • Publication number: 20140295519
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Thermococcus onnurineus NA1 mutant having an increased ability to produce hydrogen from formate and a method of producing hydrogen the same. The Thermococcus onnurineus NA1 mutant according to the invention has an increased ability to produce hydrogen in a formate-containing medium compared to wild-type Thermococcus onnurineus NA1 and shows an increase in growth rate compared to the wild-type. The use of the mutant strain according to the invention can produce hydrogen with high efficiency from formate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sung Gyun KANG, Jung Hyun LEE, Kae Kyoung KWON, Hyun Sook LEE, Tae Wan KIM, Yun Jae KIM, Min Sik KIM, Jeong Ho JEON
  • Publication number: 20140240171
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of determining an anomalous satellite in a multi-reference station environment and a determination apparatus using the method, which detect an anomaly in a satellite and determine the cause of the anomaly in a multi-reference station environment, and continuously provide services in an environment in which the cause of the anomaly is removed, thus improving availability and continuity, and enhancing an integrity monitoring function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
    Inventors: Deuk Jae Cho, Mi Young Shin
  • Publication number: 20140118183
    Abstract: There is provided a three-dimensional radar system by using the combination of commercialized usual radars for vessels at relatively low price so as to enable to strengthen the surveillance capability about aircrafts flying at low altitude and strengthen the surveillance capability on the sea and in the air to protect important facilities of a port with more developed than the conventional surveillance system of monitoring only ships or vessels in a port while overcoming the operational limitation of VTS (Vessel Traffic Service).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Deuk Jae Cho, Sang Hyun Suh
  • Publication number: 20140079490
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is supporting structure for an offshore wind power generator. The supporting structure includes lower support part and main body part. The lower support part includes lower concrete part which is provided on a base installed on the sea floor and is reduced in width from the bottom thereto to the top, at least one lower hollow space which is formed in the lower concrete part, and a lower inner-pipe which is attached to the inner surface of the lower hollow space. The main body part is coupled to an upper end of the lower support part. The main body part includes a main-body concrete part, at least one main-body hollow space which is formed in the main-body concrete part and communicates with the lower hollow space, and a main-body inner-pipe which is attached to a circumferential inner surface of the main-body hollow space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Taek Hee Han, Woo Sun Park, Deok Hee Won