Patents Assigned to Posco
  • Patent number: 9677159
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a martensitic stainless steel sheet by allowing ingot steel to pass through two casting rolls rotating in opposing directions through a twin roll strip caster is provided. The method includes rolling a steel sheet cast between the casting rolls at a temperature of 1000 to 1200° C. and a draft percentage of 25 to 50% with a first roller, and rolling the steel sheet at a temperature of 800 to 1000° C. and a draft percentage of 5 to 15% with a second roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Man-Jin Ha, Sung-Jin Park, Byoung-Jun Song
  • Publication number: 20170157686
    Abstract: A cutting apparatus includes: a supply part for supplying an object to be cut; a first cutting part for cutting the object to be cut, provided from the supply part; a carrying part arranged to be consecutive to the first cutting part to carry an intermediate cut object, cut by the first cutting part; and a second cutting part arranged to be consecutive to the carrying part to receive and cut the intermediate cut object from the carrying part, wherein the first and second cutting parts comprise saw blade parts movably and rotatably configured to cut the object to be cut or the intermediate cut object, and the saw blade part has a rotary shaft formed on the upper side of the object to be cut or the intermediate cut object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicants: POSCO, SINJIN SM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-Ho MOON, Hyun-Woong NAM, Kang-Hyouk CHOI, Bung-Jin KIM, Mee-Hyun LEE, Hong-Ki KIM, Sung-Jin LEE, Myung-Sik CHUN
  • Patent number: 9663839
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet, the method comprising: heating a grain-oriented electrical steel sheet slab; hot-rolling the heated slab; optionally annealing the hot-rolled steel sheet; subjecting the resulting steel sheet to one cold rolling or two or more cold rollings with intermediate annealing therebetween; subjecting the cold-rolled steel sheet to primary recrystallization annealing; and subjecting the annealed steel sheet to secondary recrystallization annealing, wherein the primary recrystallization annealing sequentially comprises an ultra-rapid heating process of heating the steel sheet at an average heating rate of 300° C./sec or higher, a rapid heating process of heating the steel sheet at a lower average heating rate than the average heating rate of the ultra-rapid heating process, but not lower than 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Hyung-Don Joo, Chang-Soo Kim, Jong-Tae Park, Jong-Ho Park, Byeong-Goo Kim, Jin-Wook Seo
  • Publication number: 20170136756
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a bonded-type laminated core member manufacturing apparatus comprising an adhesive application unit to apply an adhesive to a material being continuously transferred, and a laminating unit to integrate laminar members laminated within a laminating hole by blanking the material, a laminated core member being manufactured by interlayer adhesion between the laminar members, wherein the laminating unit includes a high-frequency heater to harden the adhesive located between the laminar members, the high-frequency heater including a coil wound on the circumference of a hardening hole which accommodates the laminar members and forming a passage of high-frequency current. In accordance with the present invention, the adhesive is rapidly hardened by high-frequency induction heating and thus the integration time of the laminated core member is shortened, and accuracy of the laminating unit, which integrates the laminar members, i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: POSCO TMC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Gwen CHUNG, Suk Jo KANG, Chang Don PARK, Ki Hwan YOU
  • Patent number: 9650703
    Abstract: There are provided a wear resistant austenitic steel having superior machinability and toughness in weld heat affected zones and a method for producing the austenitic steel. The austenitic steel includes, by weight %, manganese (Mn): 15% to 25%, carbon (C): 0.8% to 1.8%, copper (Cu) satisfying 0.7C-0.56(%)?Cu?5%, and the balance of iron (Fe) and inevitable impurities, wherein the weld heat affected zones have a Charpy impact value of 100 J or greater at ?40° C. The toughness of the austenitic steel is not decreased in weld heat affected zones because the formation of carbides during welding is suppressed, and the machinability of the austenitic steel is improved so that a cutting process may be easily performed on the austenitic steel. The corrosion resistance of the austenitic steel is improved so that the austenitic steel may be used for an extended period of time in corrosive environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Soon-Gi Lee, Jong-Kyo Choi, Hee-Goon Noh, Hong-Ju Lee, In-Shik Suh, In-Gyu Park
  • Patent number: 9649684
    Abstract: There is provided a twin roll strip casting method. The twin roll strip casting method includes: continuously producing a strip by forming a molten steel pool using rotating rolls and edge dams contacting ends of the rotating rolls, and supplying molten steel to the molten steel pool; and lifting the edge dams by taking an amount of wear of the edge dams, occurring during casting, into consideration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Oh Seong Kweon, Cheol Min Park, Suk Kyun Hwang
  • Patent number: 9650073
    Abstract: A forward portion of a vehicle body includes a forward side member provided in a forward portion of a motor vehicle, and a shotgun inserted into the forward side member to be directly connected thereto. The shotgun contains an end coupling portion bent in a direction toward the forward side member so as to be coupled to the forward side member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun Kim, Yeon-Sik Kang, Hyoun-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 9623554
    Abstract: There is provided a wearable robot able to maintain a balanced state during operations thereof. The wearable robot includes: a wearable robot body; a travel unit for moving the wearable robot body; and a hip joint unit provided in the wearable robot body and coupled to the travel unit, for maintaining a posture of the wearable robot body in response to a movement of the travel unit. With this construction, the wearable robot is provided with a hip joint unit having a resilient force such that a posture of a wearable robot body can be maintained during an operation of the hip joint unit, so that the robot can be operated more stably. Further, because a posture of the wearable robot can be stably maintained so that the safety of the user can be guaranteed and operation efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Ho Yu, Kyung-Lyong Han, Il-Seop Choi
  • Patent number: 9620795
    Abstract: Provided are a heat recovery apparatus based on a fuel cell and an operating method thereof. In the fuel cell-based heat recovery apparatus and the operating method thereof, hot water and steam may be generated by using heat generated while a molten carbonate fuel cell (MCFC) operates to supply the generated hot water or steam to buildings, thereby reducing a rate of operation in cooling/heating equipment using electricity so as to reduce air-conditioning costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Posco Energy Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Lae Lee, Jung Tae Hwang, Ja Hoon Jeong, Sung Lay Ryu
  • Patent number: 9598753
    Abstract: A high strength thin steel sheet that is mainly used for structural members and inner and outer panels for a vehicle, a galvanized steel sheet, and methods of manufacturing the same. The high strength thin steel sheet for superior press formability includes, by weight percent, 0.06 to 0.4% C, 1.0 to 5.0% Mn, 0.05 to 2.5% Si, 0.01 to 2.0% Ni, 0.02 to 2% Cu, 0.01 to 0.04% Ti, 0.05 to 2.5% Al, 0.005 to 0.1% Sb, 0.0005 to 0.004% B, 0.007% or less N, and balance Fe and inevitable impurities, and meeting relation of Ni+0.5×Mn+0.3×Cu>0.9, which is defined as Ni*, and Al/Ni*<1.3 at a same time, and relation of Ti?0.028×Al. This thin steel sheet is galvanized or galvannealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Jai Hyun Kwak, Kwang Geun Chin
  • Patent number: 9598291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing lithium hydroxide and a method of manufacturing lithium carbonate using the same. The method of manufacturing lithium hydroxide includes: preparation of a lithium phosphate aqueous solution including lithium phosphate particles; addition of a phosphate anion precipitation agent to the lithium phosphate aqueous solution; and precipitating a sparingly soluble phosphate compound through a reaction of cations of the phosphate anion precipitation agent with anions of the lithium phosphate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignees: POSCO, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, MPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Uong Chon, Im Chang Lee, Ki Young Kim, Gi-Chun Han, Chang Ho Song, So Ra Jung
  • Patent number: 9593389
    Abstract: A heat treatment method of manufacturing high carbon bearing steel having excellent abrasion resistance and fatigue resistance, a steel wire rod for high carbon bearing steel subjected to the heat treatment, a manufacturing method of the steel wire rod, high carbon bearing steel manufactured by the heat treatment and a soaking method of a steel bloom used for manufacturing the steel wire rod. The heat treatment method of bearings includes the steps of: quenching a bearing-shaped steel part containing, by weight, 0.5% to 1.20% carbon and 1.0% to 2.0% silicon; and partitioning the quenched steel part at a temperature ranging from Ms?100° C. to Ms for at least 10 minutes, where Ms represents a temperature at which formation of martensite will start.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventor: Kwan-Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 9580786
    Abstract: A high-manganese hot-dip coated steel sheet is disclosed which provides high corrosion resistance, high ductility and high strength, mainly used for inner and outer panels of automobiles, and a method of manufacturing the same. The high-manganese hot-dip coated steel sheet includes a substrate steel sheet having a composition of (in weight %) 0.1 to 1.5% of C, 5 to 35% of Mn, and the remainder includes Fe and other unavoidable impurities, and a hot-dip zinc coating layer formed on the substrate steel sheet, the hot-dip zinc coating layer having a composition of (in weight %) 0.1 to 10% of Mn, 5 to 15% of Fe, and the remainder including Zn and other unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Il-Ryoung Sohn, Kwang-Geun Chin, Seong-Ju Kim, Myung-Soo Kim, Sung-Kyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20170044689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to carbon nanotube fiber and a producing method thereof. The carbon nanotube fiber has a tensile strength which exceeds 5 GPa, and the producing method includes: producing a carbon nanotube fiber precursor consisting of carbon nanotubes; evenly dispersing a cross-linking agent on the carbon nanotube fiber precursor; and acquiring carbon nanotube fiber by thermally treating the carbon nanotube fiber precursor wherein the cross-linking agent is evenly dispersed, wherein the acquired carbon nanotube fiber has cross-linking between wall surfaces of the carbon nanotubes each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicants: POSCO, POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Kun-Hong LEE, Jaegeun LEE, A Lum JUNG
  • Publication number: 20170040618
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid oxide fuel cell which can improve the overall performance of the cell and obtain durability and reliability, and the invention provides a solid oxide fuel cell comprising a reaction preventing layer and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein an anode, an electrolyte, and a cathode are comprised, and a material which is formed between the electrolyte and the cathode comprises 35-90 mol % of gadolinia-doped ceria (GDC) and 10-65 mol % of metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Byeong-Geun SEONG, Hong-Youl BAE
  • Publication number: 20170029955
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plated steel sheet for hot press forming, a hot-press forming member manufactured using the same, and a manufacturing method thereof. The plated steel sheet comprises: a base steel sheet and a composite plated layer that is formed on at least one surface of the base steel sheet, and has a Mn-based plated layer and an Al-based plated layer alternately formed therein, an Al-based plated layer being formed on the uppermost layer thereof, wherein the composite plated layer has a total thickness of 5 to 30 ?m, and in this case, the Mn-based plated layer accounts for 5 to 60% of the total thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicants: POSCO, POSCO
    Inventors: Myung-Soo KIM, Hyeon-Seok HWANG, Young-Jin KWAK
  • Patent number: 9533347
    Abstract: There are provided a casting roll of a twin-roll strip caster and a method for manufacturing a high-nitrogen duplex stainless steel strip having no dimple. The casting roll has an average roughness Ra of 10 ?m to 30 ?m, and diagonal fine grooves having a width of 50 ?m to 500 ?m, an interval of 100 ?m to 1000 ?m, and a depth of 50 ?m to 200 ?m are formed in the casting roll. The diagonal fine grooves are symmetrically intersecting each other at an angle of 30° to 70° with respect to circumferential direction of the casting roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Byoung-Jun Song, Sung-Jin Park, Yoon-Ha Kim, Dae-Sung Lee, Seong-In Jeong
  • Patent number: 9534143
    Abstract: Provided is a resin composition for an under coat of an UV coating layer and a coated steel sheet using the resin composition. The coated steel sheet comprises a material steel sheet; an under coat layer including a cured product of a resin composition for the under coat layer which contains a main resin and a metal powder, the under coat layer being formed on one side or both sides of the material steel sheet; and a top coat layer formed on the under coat layer and containing a radical compound, thereby providing a superior appearance, scratch resistance, corrosion resistance and superior weldability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Hye Jin Yoo, Jin Ho Jung, Jung Su Kim, Bong Woo Ha, Chang Se Byeon, Jung Hwan Lee, Jong-Sang Kim, Jin Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20160380272
    Abstract: Disclosed are a solid oxide fuel cell, a method of fabricating the same, and a tape casting apparatus for fabricating an anode. The method of fabricating the solid oxide fuel cell includes fabricating an electrolyte film sheet, a functional layer sheet, a support layer sheet, and a catalyst active layer sheet; forming a stack by sequentially stacking the electrolyte film sheet, the functional layer sheet, the support layer sheet, and the catalyst active layer sheet; fabricating an anode including the electrolyte film, the functional layer, the support layer, and the catalyst active layer by sintering the stack; and forming a cathode on the electrolyte film sheet. A catalyst content within the catalyst active layer sheet is gradually changed in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Hongyoul Bae, Jung Hoon Song, Jin Soo Ahn, Young Min Park
  • Publication number: 20160375658
    Abstract: A non-oriented electrical steel sheet composition, a manufacturing method of the non-oriented electrical steel sheet product, and a non-oriented electrical steel sheet product are provided, and the non-oriented electrical steel sheet composition includes a first composition including a soluble epoxy resin and an inorganic nanoparticle of SiO2, TiO2, ZnO, or combinations thereof, and an inorganic additive of phosphoric acid (H3PO4), sodium hydroxide (NaOH), or a combination thereof, wherein the inorganic nanoparticle is substituted in a terminal substituent group of the soluble epoxy resin, and the epoxy resin is a multifunctional epoxy resin in which there are three or more epoxy groups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Jung Woo KIM, Heon-Jo CHOI, Byung-Chul KIM