Patents Assigned to Korea Railroad Research Institute
  • Patent number: 11047154
    Abstract: The present disclosure suggests a locking device for containers. A locking device for containers according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a housing including a base part, a protrusion protruded upwards from an upper surface of the base part, and a through hole formed by penetrating the base part and the protrusion in a vertical direction; a connection part rotatably inserted into the through hole of the housing; an upper cone positioned on the connection part and inserted into a lower corner fitting of a first container positioned on an upper end; and a lower cone positioned under the connection part and inserted into an upper corner fitting of a second container positioned on a lower end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hag Seoung Kim, Yong Jang Kwon, Young Joo Kim, Sung Wook Kang, Young Ho Rhee
  • Publication number: 20200398873
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bogie structure for a mountain railway car. The bogie structure is configured as follows: a traction motor for driving an axle of mountain railway car is installed on a car body to simplify the bogie structure and to minimized interference between the traction motor and other components constituting the bogie, and a first and a second bearing are respectively inserted and installed between a first and a second axle and a first and a second wheel, so that a first and a second wheel located in one side close to a turning center are rotated less than a first and a second wheel located in the other side opposite thereof and a traveling distance of the wheels located in the turning-centered side is generated corresponding to a length of a turning-centered side railway, whereby the mountain railway car is improved in traveling stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: SUNG-IL SEO, Hyung-Suk MUN
  • Patent number: 10841972
    Abstract: A method of Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) service performed by a mobile terminal includes: generating, at the mobile terminal, a group call announcement for off-network Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) service, the group call announcement for off-network MCPTT service including information of a period of the group call announcement for off-network MCPTT service; controlling a transceiver to periodically transmit, to one or more mobile terminals, the group call announcement for off-network MCPTT service based on the period; in response to the transmitted group call announcement for off-network MCPTT service, receiving a response from the one or more mobile terminals; and establishing, based on the response from the one or more mobile terminals, a group call with the one or more mobile terminals by setting a direct wireless communication with the one or more mobile terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sang Won Choi, Ju Yeop Kim, Yong Soo Song, Yong Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: 10787311
    Abstract: A foldable container according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a lower panel; an upper panel provided in parallel with the lower panel; first and second lateral panels of which upper and lower ends are respectively connected to the upper panel and the lower panel to be rotatable along a longitudinal direction of the upper panel and the lower panel and which are configured to be folded toward the inside of the foldable container; and front and rear panels connected to the lower panel to be rotatable along a transverse direction of the lower panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hag Seoung Kim, Yong Jang Kwon, Suk Lee, Keun Yul Yang, Jong Un Won, Youn Keun Bhang, Young Joo Kim
  • Publication number: 20200241137
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hypertube system for detecting a position of a hypertube vehicle, including a hypertube vehicle, a tube configured to surround a travel path of the hypertube vehicle, At least one LiDAR sensor each mounted on an inner wall of the tube and including a laser transmitter configured to irradiate a laser beam toward the hypertube vehicle and a laser receiver configured to detect a laser, and a reflector configured to reflect the laser irradiated from the LiDAR sensor, wherein the reflector may be disposed in the hypertube vehicle, and wherein the laser beam reflected from the reflector reaches the laser receiver of the LiDAR sensor to be used in detecting the position of the hypertube vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Korea Railroad Research Institute
    Inventors: SuYong CHOI, Jae Heon CHOI, Jung Youl LIM, Chang Young LEE, Kwan Sup LEE, Yong Jun JANG, Jeong Min JO, Jin Ho LEE, Min Hwan OK, Jae Hoon KIM, Lee Hyeon KIM
  • Patent number: 10662588
    Abstract: A friction apparatus is provided. The friction apparatus includes: a first member having a first surface; and a second member having a second surface that contacts the first surface, and moving while in contact with the first member, wherein at least one of the first surface and the second surface is hardened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Yong Hyeon Cho, Jin Yu Choi, Yun Suk Kang, Joo Uk Kim
  • Patent number: 10518303
    Abstract: Disclosed are a thermal desorption system for oil-contaminated soil and gravel, using a microwave indirect irradiation method and including a microwave emission prevention device and a preheating device using waste heat, and a thermal desorption method for oil-contaminated soil and gravel, using the same. In addition, it is disclosed that an outer tube encompassing an inner tube extends to both sides and a plurality of ring-shaped microwave attenuation units are arranged on the inner circumferential surface of the outer tube, such that microwaves are prevented from leaking between the inner tube and the outer tube, thereby enabling eco-friendliness, and even the waste heat generated during a pollutant desorption process is utilized in the system itself, thereby enabling economic feasibility to increase further.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Koh, Dong Geun Lee, Han Ju Yoo
  • Patent number: 10457306
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system, server, and method for automatically calculating a platform dwell time of a train. The system includes a passenger detection device configured to determine the number of passengers who board or deboard a train entering a station; an operation control server configured to calculate an appropriate dwell time of the train by using the number of passengers, which is received from the passenger detection device; and an ATO device configured to control a dwell time of the train by using the appropriate dwell time, which is received from the operation control server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Bong Kwan Cho, Kee Jun Park
  • Patent number: 10429180
    Abstract: Provided is versine trolley-type equipment for inspecting a track irregularity, having sensors respectively provided to a trolley so as to measure a height difference, direction misalignment, gauge irregularity, rail longitudinal slope, cant and the like of railroad rails, and simultaneously measuring the height difference and direction misalignment of a left rail and a right rail so as to reduce a measurement time by half and, also, allowing left and right measurement frames to freely move in a vertical direction within a predetermined range, thereby bringing front and rear trolley wheels of the left and right measurement frames into close contact with the rails all the time even if the rails are warped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Il Yoon Choi, Jun Suk Lee, Sam Young Kwon, In Ki Min
  • Patent number: 10161090
    Abstract: A method for launching/constructing a bridge using assembly of a precast bottom plate and a concrete-filled steel tube truss girder, wherein a CFT truss girder and a precast bottom plate are provisionally assembled, thereby forming a segment, and then a plurality of segments are successively launched, thereby constructing a bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Railroad Research Institute
    Inventors: Kyoung Chan Lee, In Ho Yeo, Sung Il Kim, Seung Yup Jang, Hyun-Min Kim, Ki Hyun Kim, Hyang Wook Ma, Young Hak Kwak, Yoon Bong Shin, In Gyu Kim, Young Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20180354535
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system, server, and method for automatically calculating a platform dwell time of a train. The system includes a passenger detection device configured to determine the number of passengers who board or deboard a train entering a station; an operation control server configured to calculate an appropriate dwell time of the train by using the number of passengers, which is received from the passenger detection device; and an ATO device configured to control a dwell time of the train by using the appropriate dwell time, which is received from the operation control server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: BONG KWAN CHO, KEE JUN PARK
  • Patent number: 10138604
    Abstract: By supporting a space generated by a settlement of the track bed gravel or asphalt roadbed underneath a concrete rail tie with cylindrical rods, and installing the present invention, one each separately, on the left and right sides of the concrete rail tie, recovery from settlements is automatic, and the response to differential settlements of the left and right rails of the track due to the train load can be easily facilitated, and by installing pressure reducing valves on the upper part of the concrete rail ties, pressure can be reduced while maintaining the track system as is without having to dismantle the concrete rail ties, and accordingly the usability of the concrete rail ties can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seong-Hyeok Lee, Jin-Wook Lee
  • Patent number: 10125833
    Abstract: Provided is a high heat resistant brake disk for a railroad vehicle, which is manufactured using a nano material having high heat conductivity, such as a carbon nanotube (CNT) or graphene, to improve heat resistance of an overheated portion of the brake disk, and which can extend a life of the brake disk by suppressing performance deterioration due to a thermal shock. The high heat resistant brake disk includes a hub inserted into an axle of the railroad vehicle and an outer circumference coupled to a vehicle wheel to coaxially rotate with the vehicle wheel, wherein at least one pattern unit made from a high heat resistant nano material is formed on one surface of the brake disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Dong Hoon Kang
  • Patent number: 10084565
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for protecting a communication device of a railroad car is provided. The apparatus includes an antenna portion configured to include main antennas and an auxiliary antenna, a main receiver configured to check a magnitude of a received signal transferred through the main antennas of the antenna portion, an auxiliary receiver configured to check a magnitude of a received signal transferred through the auxiliary antenna of the antenna portion, and a controller configured to compare the magnitude of the signal received by the main receiver and the magnitude of the signal received by the auxiliary receiver, determine whether there is a jamming signal according to a comparison result, and take a preset countermeasure when it is determined that there is a jamming signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung Tai Kim, Chi Hyung Ahn, Jae Hee Kim, Seh Chan Oh, Kyeong Jun Ko, Sung Soo Park, Jae Ho Lee, Sang Hoon Chang
  • Patent number: 10046779
    Abstract: A wireless sensor device includes: an energy harvester configured to convert vibration generated from a broadband vibration source into electricity, an elastic member arranged to receive the vibration and a communication unit fixed by the elastic member, supplied with the converted electricity from the energy harvester, and configured to transmit sensing information obtained by sensing a measurement target. The elastic member operates as a mechanical filter configured to limit a frequency range and an acceleration magnitude of the vibration to be transferred to the communication unit for stabilizing the performance of the communication unit, and the communication unit is arranged to receive vibration passing through the elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Jaehoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20180143017
    Abstract: Provided is versine trolley-type equipment for inspecting a track irregularity, having sensors respectively provided to a trolley so as to measure a height difference, direction misalignment, gauge irregularity, rail longitudinal slope, cant and the like of railroad rails, and simultaneously measuring the height difference and direction misalignment of a left rail and a right rail so as to reduce a measurement time by half and, also, allowing left and right measurement frames to freely move in a vertical direction within a predetermined range, thereby bringing front and rear trolley wheels of the left and right measurement frames into close contact with the rails all the time even if the rails are warped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Applicant: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: IL YOON CHOI, JUN SUK LEE, SAM YOUNG KWON, IN KI MIN
  • Patent number: 9876611
    Abstract: A method for transmitting packets by a transmitter in a wireless communication network and retransmitting the packets not received correctly by receivers is discussed. The method includes transmitting the packets to at least two receivers, receiving reception acknowledgement response signals including ACK or NACK signals for the packets transmitted to the receivers, analyzing patterns of the received reception acknowledgement response signals in accordance with a number of the ACK or NACK signals, differently index coding the packets which are not received correctly by each receiver, and retransmitting the index-coded packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA RAILROAD RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sang Won Choi, Ju Yeop Kim, Yong Soo Song, Yong Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 9855852
    Abstract: A charging apparatus for unmanned aerial vehicles and a charging method thereof. The charging apparatus includes: a transmit coil provided to a charging station and generating a magnetic field; a reception coil generating induced electromotive force according to variation of magnetic flux of the transmit coil; a reception coil adjuster adjusting at least one of an inclination and an orientation of the reception coil; and a controller controlling at least one of the inclination and the orientation of the reception coil by controlling the reception coil adjuster according to magnitude of the induced electromotive force generated in the reception coil by the magnetic field generated in the transmit coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Railroad Research Institute
    Inventors: In Ho Cho, Shin Myung Jung, Yong Jang Kwon, Byung Song Lee
  • Patent number: 9789859
    Abstract: Disclosed are a railway vehicle braking system and method. The railway vehicle braking system includes a braking command generating unit generating a braking command to stop a railway vehicle, a comparison unit determining whether the braking command has been changed, a delay unit delaying and outputting the braking command depending upon a determination result from the comparison unit, and a digital-to-analog converter converting the braking command, which has been delayed by the delay unit, into an analog signal and inputting the analog signal to an actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Railroad Research Institute
    Inventors: Jung Tai Kim, Jai Sung Hong, Kyeong Jun Ko, Moo Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 9731736
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting a position of a train, the apparatus includes a reader. The reader electrically irradiates beams along a plurality of directions toward a tag, combines signals received from the tag and obtains a beam direction information toward the tag, and then detects the position of the train using the beam direction information and a tag information of the tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Railroad Research Institute
    Inventors: Jungtai Kim, Jae Ho Lee, Sungsoo Park, Jong Hyen Baek