Patents by Inventor Bok Kim

Bok Kim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250140840
    Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery has a structure of a lithium-nickel-based oxide. A crystallite size in a (104) plane is in a range from 50 nm to 100 nm, and a slab ratio is in a range from 0.4 to 0.45. An active capacity of the cathode active material can be improved, and an elution amount of doping elements during washing process can be reduced, thereby improving capacity properties of a lithium secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Sung Beom KIM, Hyo Shik KIL, Sang Bok KIM, Sang Min PARK, Jeong Bae YOON
  • Publication number: 20250136084
    Abstract: A method of controlling a hybrid electric vehicle includes checking a vehicle driving state and determining whether to satisfy a predetermined engine clutch engagement prohibition condition, by a controller, generating and outputting a control command for prohibiting engine clutch engagement and maintaining an engine clutch in an open state, by the controller, when it is determined that the predetermined engine clutch engagement prohibition condition is satisfied from the vehicle driving state, and controlling to maintain the engine clutch in the open state that is a power cut-off state, by the control command output from the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Jung Yong Choi, Jae Hyoung Jeong, Hyung Min Kim, Hyeok Jun Kwon, Sang Won Lee, Yeon Bok Kim, Jung Suk Han
  • Publication number: 20250138303
    Abstract: The present invention comprises freeform variable focusing optical component, optical module, focus controller, display unit, display controller and processing unit. With the freeform variable focusing optical component, the augmented reality head up display system of the present invention can overcome limitation on the number of virtual images for various focal length of the system and support visual information to vehicle driver comfortably decreasing the fatigue of eye as reducing the eyes distributed focus change between objects and display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: JIN YOUNG SOHN, JONG CHOON KIM, HONG JU KIM, MIN BEOM LEE, KI BOK KIM, CHEONG SOO SEO
  • Publication number: 20250124715
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a 3D around view monitoring (3D AVM) technology for a vehicle. In particular, the invention relates to a technology enabling a distortion-free 3D AVM image plane to be formed by estimating a terrain characteristic from camera videos by using a deep-learning neural network model in an edge-cloud environment and making and utilizing a 3D map. The invention has an advantage of enhancing the convenience of driving a vehicle by forming a 3D AVM image plane from which a terrain distortion is eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Seong Chan KIM, Jin Bok KIM, In Sub LEE
  • Patent number: 12257937
    Abstract: A door armrest structure of a vehicle includes: an armrest pivot including a first end portion rotatably coupled to the door internal panel, and a second end portion extending into the vehicle body through the door trim; an armrest including a first end portion connected to the second end portion of the armrest pivot and operating to be rotated according to rotation of the armrest pivot; a drive motor connected to the armrest pivot and operating to rotate the armrest pivot according to an opening signal or a closing signal of the door; and a supporting pin that supports the second end portion of the armrest to be fixed when the armrest rotates and forms an angle which is parallel to a bottom surface of the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Duckyang Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeseung Lee, Dowon Kim, Yonghyun Nam, Kyuhoon Cho, Dae Hee Lee, Soo Bok Kim, Chungsik Yim, Kwang Seub Kim
  • Publication number: 20250092732
    Abstract: An embodiment opening and closing apparatus of a sliding door of a vehicle includes a carrier slidably installed along a lengthwise direction of the vehicle, a pair of links rotatably installed on the carrier and spaced apart from each other, wherein a first end portion of the pair of links is hinge-connected to the sliding door of the vehicle, and a popping-out device configured to pop the sliding door out of a vehicle body of the vehicle by rotating the pair of links during an initial stage of an opening operation of the sliding door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Kyoung-Taek Kwak, Jae-Seung Lee, Soo-Bok Kim, Gook-Hyun Jeon, Jae-Kyung Shim, Woon-Ryong Kim, Min-Seok Jo
  • Publication number: 20250065960
    Abstract: A mid-gate assembly for a vehicle includes: a module frame installed between a passenger compartment and a cargo compartment of a vehicle and spaced apart from a floor of the vehicle; a mid-gate rotatably installed on the floor and configured to selectively close a lower side of the module frame by being rotated by a mid-gate regulator and open the lower side of the module frame by being folded toward the floor; and a back glass installed on the module frame and the mid-gate and configured to be selectively movable upward and downward by a back glass regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Doo-Young Jung, Soo-Bok Kim, Hyung-Sik Choi, Sung-Won Hong, Hoon-Joo Jo
  • Patent number: 12228485
    Abstract: The apparatus for diluting exhaust gas according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a stagnant air forming unit configured to form stagnant air by decelerating a flow velocity of introduced exhaust gas, an ejector unit connected to a front end of the stagnant air forming unit and configured to discharge the exhaust gas to a front, and a dilution unit coupled to a front end of the ejector unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Bangwoo Han, Gunhee Lee, Inyong Park, Sang Bok Kim, Keejung Hong, Hak Joon Kim, Yeawan Lee, Yong-Jin Kim
  • Publication number: 20250054954
    Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a coating element and lithium-nickel metal oxide particles. A coating area defined as (AC/ANi)*100 1 is 25% or more. AC is an area of a region where a content of the coating element is 1.6 wt % or more based on a total weight of the lithium-nickel metal oxide particles in a quantitative map (Q-map) image obtained through a scanning electron microscope-energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDS), and ANi is an area of a region where nickel is present in the Q-map image obtained through the SEM-EDS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Sung Soon PARK, Jong Hwa KIM, Yeong Bin YOO, Sang Bok KIM
  • Publication number: 20250022963
    Abstract: A thin film transistor is provided. The thin film transistor comprises a gate electrode, an In—Zn—Sn oxide (IZTO) channel layer that overlaps the top or bottom of the gate electrode and has a spinel single-phase crystalline, a gate insulating layer disposed between the gate electrode and the IZTO channel layer, and source and drain electrodes respectively connected to both ends of the IZTO channel layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Jae Kyeong JEONG, Gwang Bok KIM
  • Publication number: 20250014363
    Abstract: A vehicle identity recognition device includes: a data input interface configured to receive a first image of a first vehicle and a second image of a second vehicle; and at least one processor configured to control: a region of interest extractor to extract a first region of interest from the first image and extract a second region of interest from the second image corresponding to the first region of interest, the first region of interest and the second region of interest being partial regions of a vehicle including a vehicle license plate; a machine learner to perform machine learning by inputting the first region of interest as training data; and an image matcher to determine whether the first region of interest on which the machine learning is performed matches the second region of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: HANWHA VISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Man AN, Jin Hyuk Choi, Tae Kyung Han, Young Bok Kim
  • Patent number: 12161465
    Abstract: Disclosed is a biosensor. The biosensor comprises: an electrode; and a polymer structure disposed on the electrode and formed of poly-5,2?:5?,2?-terthiophene-3?-carboxylic acid (pTTCA), wherein an enzyme is present in a state of covalently binding with pTTCA inside the polymer structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH & INDUSTRY COOPERATION, PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kwang-bok Kim, Yoon-Bo Shim, Han-gyol Park, Youn-joo Song, Seong-je Cho, Chul-ho Cho, Dong-Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20240387815
    Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium-nickel metal oxide particle having a form of a secondary particle in which a plurality of primary particles are aggregated therein. The lithium-nickel metal oxide particle includes a penetration region formed in an area extending from a surface to a point 70% or less of a radius of the particle in a direction to a center of the particle. The penetration region includes a tungsten compound at an interface between the primary particles. A relative standard deviation (RSD) value calculated from results of measuring a tungsten content from the surface of the secondary particle to a depth of 10 10 nm 10 times at different points using an X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) is in a range from 10% to 40%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Min PARK, Oh Hun KWON, Sang Bok KIM, Dong Il JANG, Ji Hye JANG, Jae Young CHOI
  • Patent number: 12146356
    Abstract: In a door hinge device for the vehicle, in a vehicle without a B pillar, a hinge slider connected to a hinge portion of a door slides and moves in an external diagonal direction of a vehicle body along upper and lower rails by a driving torque of a motor inside a case, securing a rotation trajectory of the door, and then a striker fixed to the hinge slider is restrained by a latch portion fixed to the case to fix the slide movement position of the hinge slider, ensuring stability of the opening/closing operation of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, PYEONG HWA AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chungsik Yim, Soo Bok Kim, Hyungin Yun, Ki-Ryun Ahn
  • Publication number: 20240379965
    Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium-nickel-based metal oxide particle, and a coating formed on a surface of the lithium-nickel-based metal oxide particle. The coating includes a water-soluble polymer and an oxygen scavenger compound. Oxygen generated from the cathode active material can be directly removed by the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Bok KIM, Sung Beom KIM, Sang Min PARK, Ji Hye JANG
  • Patent number: 12131704
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a precharge circuit capable of compensating for a resistance deviation between channels so that sense lines of a display panel can be uniformly charged and a source driver including the same. The precharge circuit may include a voltage terminal configured to provide a reference voltage, a common line connected to the voltage terminal, and channel lines connected to the common line and configured to transfer, to respective sense lines of a display panel, the reference voltage transferred through the common line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Bok Kim, Won Kim, Taiming Piao
  • Patent number: 12132198
    Abstract: The cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to embodiments of the present invention includes a lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle including a plurality of primary particles, and the lithium-transition metal composite oxide particle includes a lithium-sulfur-containing portion formed between the primary particles. Thereby, it is possible to improve life-span properties and capacity properties by preventing the layer structure deformation of the primary particles and removing residual lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Bok Kim, Sang Hye Shin, Sang Min Park, Tae Kyoung Lee, Myoung Lae Kim, Jeong Bae Yoon, Jik Soo Kim, Ji Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20240356011
    Abstract: A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium-aluminum-titanium oxide formed on a surface of a lithium metal oxide particle having a specific formula. The cathode active material may have an improved structural stability even in a high temperature condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Mi Jung NOH, Jik Soo KIM, Sang Bok KIM, Ji Hoon CHOI, Kook Hyun HAN
  • Patent number: 12125423
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a display driving device insensitive to external noise. The display driving device may include first and second data wires configured to connect a transmitter of a timing controller and a receiver of a source driver, first and second terminating resistors configured to connect the first and second data wires, and a noise reduction circuit configured to detect a lock fail, generate a common voltage when detecting the lock fail, and provide the common voltage to a node between the first and second terminating resistors. The display driving device can prevent an image failure by minimizing the influence of external noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Bok Kim, Wong Jong Kim
  • Publication number: 20240349547
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed that includes a base substrate, an organic light emitting element disposed on the base substrate, an insulating layer disposed on the base substrate and containing silicon oxide, and a thin film transistor disposed on the base substrate and electrically connected to the organic light emitting element, wherein the thin film transistor includes a semiconductor pattern disposed on the base substrate and including a channel area in contact with the insulating layer, and a gate electrode overlapping the channel area on a plane, wherein the semiconductor pattern contains indium gallium zinc tin oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: EUN HYUN KIM, Gwang Bok KIM, JUN HYUNG LIM, Jae Kyeong JEONG