Patents Assigned to National University
  • Publication number: 20240154500
    Abstract: A motor includes a stator in which a coil is wound and which forms a magnetic field by a current flowing through the coil; a rotor which is surrounded by the stator and is rotated by the magnetic field; and a heat pipe which is inserted into the rotor, wherein the heat pipe is formed to protrude at one end thereof out of the rotor, and cools the rotor by causing heat exchange between the rotor and the outside through one end thereof. In addition, a motor cooling system includes a motor in which a cooling fluid circulating therethrough is accommodated; a filter which filters the cooling fluid having passed through the motor; and a cooler which cools the cooling fluid having absorbed heat from the motor, wherein the cooling fluid cooled by the cooler is introduced into and cools the motor again.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPRATION
    Inventor: Il Seouk Park
  • Publication number: 20240155741
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber providing a space configured to process a substrate and a heating plate arranged within the chamber, the heating plate including a substrate plate configured to support the substrate and having a first region, a second region and a third region sequentially arranged in a radial direction from a center of the substrate plate, and a liquid metal pattern patterned on the substrate plate and extending on the first region, the second region and the third region, the substrate plate being stretchable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Chulmin CHO, Seunghwan KO, Wooseop SHIN, Minwoo KIM, Kyoungwhan OH
  • Publication number: 20240155743
    Abstract: An induction heating device according to the present invention includes: an induction heating coil 10 with a conductor 100 wound around a predetermined axis line AL; a member 11 including at least one soft magnetic material 110, the at least one soft magnetic material 110 being disposed at or on an outer side of each of axial end portions 102 of the induction heating coil 10 in an extending direction of the axis line AL; and a heating object 2 disposed on an inner side of the induction heating coil 10 and the member 11, the heating object 2 being configured to be heatable by induction heating using a magnetic flux from the induction heating coil 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: NGK INSULATORS, LTD., NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kazuhiro UMETANI, Shota KAWAHARA, Daiki MIYAKE, Masataka ISHIHARA, Eiji HIRAKI, Shuichi ICHIKAWA, Yukio MIYAIRI, Masaaki MASUDA, Takuya ISHIHARA
  • Publication number: 20240154661
    Abstract: An unscented Kalman filter-based beam tracking system and a method thereof are proposed. The system includes a base station for performing beamforming to an unmanned aerial vehicle, and the base station includes a pre-processing unit for deriving an expected vector value for a movement trajectory of the UAV with a signal received from the UAV and selecting at least one sigma point from the derived expected vector value, a covariance derivation unit for deriving an autocovariance by inputting the selected sigma point to a nonlinear measurement function and deriving a cross-covariance with the derived expected vector value and the derived autocovariance, and a beam estimation unit for deriving a beamforming angle for a future movement trajectory of the UAV by deriving an unscented Kalman filter gain from the derived autocovariance and derived cross-covariance, thereby having effects of a low mean square error, high spectral efficiency, high accuracy of beam tracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: INDUSTRY FOUNDATION OF CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yuna SIM, Seungseok SIN, Intae HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240153658
    Abstract: A method for producing a lead-free X-ray shielding material using a bismuth halide compound is provided, the method including a first step of producing porous PDMS (Polydimethylsiloxane); a second step of producing a mixed solution of the bismuth halide compound and THF; and a third step of immersing the porous PDMS into the mixed solution such that the bismuth halide compound is loaded into the porous PDMS to produce a bismuth halide compound-PDMS composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Junghwan KIM, Seok Gyu KANG, Ha Yeong KANG, Dae Seong KWON
  • Publication number: 20240150646
    Abstract: The present invention is a semiconductor nanoparticle composed of a semiconductor crystal of a compound containing Ag, Au and S as essential constitutional elements. A AgAuS-based compound constituting the semiconductor nanoparticle has a total content of Ag, Au and S of 95 mass % or more. In addition, the compound is preferably a AgAuS ternary compound represented by the general formula Ag(nx)Au(ny)S(nz). In the formula, n is any positive integer. x, y and z represent proportions of the number of atoms of the respective atoms of Ag, Au and S in the compound and are real numbers satisfying 0<x, y, z?1, and x/y is 1/7 or more and 7 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKAI NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SYSTEM, TANAKA KIKINZOKU KOGYO K.K.
    Inventors: Tsukasa TORIMOTO, Tatsuya KAMEYAMA, Shuhei TSUNEIZUMI, Yumezo WATANABE, Mariko HASEGAWA, Hiroki SATO, Yuusuke OHSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20240151728
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based biosensor for sensing chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) activity and use thereof, and in particular, to a FRET-based biosensor, which simultaneously detects binding of an antigen-binding receptor domain to a cancer antigen and consequent activation of T cells, and a method of screening for CAR activity in a live cell by using the FRET-based biosensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Korea Institute of Science and Technology, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jihye SEONG, Mihue Jang, Haenim Lee, Hyejin Yoo, Chang-Han Lee, Jiyun Jeong, Hang-Rae Kim, Soojin Lee
  • Publication number: 20240154387
    Abstract: A microcavity may include a top layer having a tuned photon energy, a bottom layer, and a quantum well layer in between the top layer and the bottom layer and having a tuned exciton energy independent of the tuned photon energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: NTT RESEARCH, INC., RIKEN, The Australian National University
    Inventors: Michael D. Fraser, H. Hoe Tan
  • Publication number: 20240147915
    Abstract: A light source for plant cultivation includes at least two light emitting devices supplying light to a plant. Each of the light emitting devices includes a first semiconductor layer doped with a first conductivity type dopant, a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer and doped with a second conductivity type dopant different from the first conductivity type dopant, and an active layer interposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer. The light emitting devices emit light towards the plant under a different condition in terms of at least one of wavelength, radiation intensity, and emission timing to control the type and content of phytochemicals in the plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION OF CHUNGBUK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myung Min OH, Yoon Seon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240152762
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a multi-target analysis apparatus and method. The multi-target analysis apparatus includes: an input/output interface configured to receive data and output the results of computation of the data; storage configured to store a program for performing a multi-target analysis method; and a controller provided with at least one process, and configured to analyze multiple targets received through the input/output interface by executing the program. The controller is further configured to: collect instruction-target pairs in each of which an instruction and state information for a target are matched with each other so that the target is specified through the instruction, and generate an instruction-target set having a plurality of instruction-target pairs; and train a reinforcement learning-based learning model configured to receive the instruction for the target and the state information for the target and output action information by referring to the instruction-target set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Byoung-Tak ZHANG, Kibeom KIM, Hyundo LEE, Min Whoo LEE, Dong-Sig HAN, Minsu LEE
  • Publication number: 20240148745
    Abstract: The present invention provides compounds able to induce neuroprotection of damaged neurons and boost the remyelination potential of oligodendrocytes. The compounds have been identified through methods of pharmacological screening of a small molecule library consisting of known pharmacologically active compounds and approved drugs. The screening method is also included in the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: FONDAZIONE CENTRO SAN RAFFAELE, INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE, ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HOPITAUX DE PARIS, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTÉ ET DE LA RECHERCHE MÉDICALE, SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, WESTFÄLISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNSTER, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF, UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN DER JOHANNES GUTENBERG-UNIVERSITÄT MAINZ, THE ROYAL INSTITUTION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING / MCGILL UNIVERSITY, ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ, CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE, IRBM S.P.A.
    Inventors: Gianvito MARTINO, Paola PANINA, Brahim NAIT-OUMESMAR, Anne BARON-VAN EVERCOOREN, Tanja KUHLMANN, Sergio BARANZINI, Norbert GOEBELS, Frauke ZIPP, Nicholas HANUSCHECK, Jack ANTEL, Cristina AGRESTI, Maria Pia ABBRACCHIO, Ivano EBERINI, Chiara PARRAVICINI, Stefania OLLA, Alberto BRESCIANI
  • Publication number: 20240150421
    Abstract: A novel interleukin-18 (IL-18) variant and a pharmaceutical composition using the same, which relates to a human IL-18 variant including (i) mutations of cysteine at positions 38, 68, 76, and 127 into serine and (ii) mutations of glutamic acid at position 6 and lysine at position 53 into alanine relative to an amino acid sequence of wild-type human IL-18, where the variant further includes (iii) at least one additional mutation, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the human IL-18 variant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
    Inventors: Yoshimasa TANAKA, Shun SAKURABA
  • Publication number: 20240150853
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for quantitatively detecting virus-derived RNA and/or DNA in an environmental sample or a fecal sample with high sensitivity, and a kit for quantitatively detecting virus-derived RNA and/or DNA in an environmental sample or a fecal sample with high sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki KITAJIMA, Ryo IWAMOTO, Yusaku MASAGO, Shin HAYASE, Yuka KATAYAMA ADACHI
  • Publication number: 20240151693
    Abstract: The gas measurement device includes a filter unit including a plurality of terminals configured to be applied a voltage or a current and a filter configured to vibrate in response to the voltage or the current being applied to the plurality of terminals and a gas sensor configured to detect gas molecules passing through the filter and output a measurement value corresponding to the detected gas molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: SINTOKOGIO, LTD., National University Corporation TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Manase MIZUTANI, Yoshihisa SUZUKI, Kazuaki SAWADA, Toshihiko NODA
  • Patent number: 11975080
    Abstract: This invention provides a DNA comprising any of the following (a) to (c): (a) a DNA comprising any of the base sequences of positions 16 to 831 of SEQ ID NO: 1, positions 16 to 822 of SEQ ID NO: 3, positions 16 to 825 of SEQ ID NO: 5, positions 16 to 819 of SEQ ID NO: 7, positions 16 to 834 of SEQ ID NO: 9, and positions 16 to 828 of SEQ ID NO: 11; (b) a DNA encoding a polypeptide comprising any of the amino acid sequences of positions 1 to 272 of SEQ ID NO: 2, positions 1 to 269 of SEQ ID NO: 4, positions 1 to 270 of SEQ ID NO: 6, positions 1 to 268 of SEQ ID NO: 8, positions 1 to 273 of SEQ ID NO: 10, and positions 1 to 271 of SEQ ID NO: 12; and (c) a complementary strand of the DNA (a) or (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Eiji Matsuura, Kazuko Kobayashi, Fumiaki Takenaka
  • Patent number: 11975996
    Abstract: A resin composition for inorganic molded article production use, which is provided with inorganic particles each containing amorphous SiO2 and a photocurable resin composition, in which the photocurable resin composition contains a photocurable resin precursor and a photopolymerization initiator, the content of the inorganic particles is 60% by mass or more with respect to the total amount of the photocurable resin composition and the inorganic particles and is 60% by mass or more with respect to the entire amount of the resin composition for inorganic molded article production use, and the viscosity of the composition for inorganic molded article production use is 10000 mPa·s or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shigeru Fujino
  • Patent number: 11976015
    Abstract: Disclosed are a nanoenergetic material composite-based solid propellant, a method of preparing the same, and a projectile using the same. The propellant includes: potassium nitrate-sucrose (KNSU) composite powder; and nanoenergetic material (nEM) composite powder in a solid powder form mixed with the KNSU composite powder to prepare a KNSU/nEM propellant. The method includes: preparing KNSU composite powder; preparing nEM composite powder; and preparing a KNSU/nEM propellant by mixing the KNSU composite powder and the nEM composite powder in a solid powder form. The projectile includes: a clay block; a clay nozzle responsible for releasing the pressure generated by explosion of a propellant; and a propellant lamination area disposed between the clay block and the clay nozzle. Upon ignition of the KNSU/nEM propellant, the nEM composite powder increases the combustion rate and combustion temperature of a potassium nitrate-sucrose (KNSU) propellant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Soohyung Kim, Jihoon Kim, Kyungju Kim, Myunghoon Cho
  • Patent number: 11977080
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for acquiring information of a target polypeptide, comprising: acquiring a diffusion time of a fluorescently labeled target polypeptide and a diffusion time of each of a plurality of fluorescently labeled reference polypeptides by fluorescence correlation spectroscopy or fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy, and acquiring information on size of the fluorescently labeled target polypeptide from the diffusion time of the fluorescently labeled target polypeptide with reference to the diffusion times of the plurality of fluorescently labeled reference polypeptides, wherein information on size of each of the plurality of fluorescently labeled reference polypeptides is known, and the sizes of the plurality of reference polypeptides are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY, SYSMEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka Kinjo, Akshay Ganguly, Lausonia Ramaswamy
  • Patent number: 11978529
    Abstract: A memory circuit includes: a memory array unit including a plurality of memory cells-MG and a word line for connecting the plurality of memory cells-MG to each other and applying a drive voltage for driving the memory cells; a drive voltage control unit that generates a drive voltage in which a pre-pulse is set at a timing corresponding to the rising or falling of a voltage signal that changes by a predetermined voltage value in a stepwise manner, applies the drive voltage to a terminal of the word line, and performs control to variably set the time width or the peak value of the pre-pulse in the drive voltage based on address information designating the memory cell at an access destination received from the outside; and a sense amplifier unit that accesses the memory cell-MG designated by the address information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: National University Corporation Shizuoka University
    Inventor: Toru Tanzawa
  • Patent number: 11979710
    Abstract: A holographic-based directional sound device is provided, the device including: a sound wave generating means generating a sound wave; and a flat plate configured to have the sound wave generating means installed at the center so as to radiate the sound wave to the outside through a surface, and to be composed of a plurality of unit cells, in which at least one groove is formed on a surface of the unit cell, and a radiation angle of the sound wave is determined according to a depth of the groove with respect to the unit cell, wherein the depth of the groove is determined by an individual surface admittance calculated by a cosine function or a sine function of the sum of a first value and a second value on the basis of a preset radiation angle of the sound wave and a preset frequency of the sound wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION, CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Kyungjun Song, Hak Joo Lee, Jun Hyuk Kwak, Jong Jin Park