Patents by Inventor Byung-Kook Kim

Byung-Kook 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: 20250096393
    Abstract: A battery pack and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. A battery pack includes a housing, a cell stack inside the housing and including a plurality of battery cells arranged along a first direction, and an end plate between the housing and the cell stack, and the end plate includes a first plate configured to contact the housing, a second plate arranged to face the first plate and configured to contact or separate from the cell stack while being moved in a direction parallel to the first direction, a chamber between the first plate and the second plate, and a spacer located inside the chamber such that the second plate contacts the cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Sang Myeong KIM, Dae Yon MOON, Byung Kook AHN, Kil Seok LEE, Woong Jip KANG
  • Patent number: 12255272
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, and a display element part on the substrate, and including a light emitting element configured to emit light in a display direction, and a bank pattern that protrudes in the display direction, wherein the bank pattern and the light emitting element include a same material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Choi, Min Woo Kim, Sung Kook Park, Dae Ho Song, Byung Choon Yang, Hyung Il Jeon
  • Publication number: 20250072173
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate; a transparent electrode on one surface of the substrate; a reflective electrode on the transparent electrode; a transistor on the reflective electrode; and a light emitting element between the transparent electrode and the reflective electrode. The transistor overlaps the light emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Hyung Il JEON, Min Woo KIM, Sung Kook PARK, Dae Ho SONG, Byung Choon YANG, Jin Woo CHOI
  • Publication number: 20250051662
    Abstract: A method for refining waste plastic pyrolysis oil is provided, including: applying a voltage to a first mixed solution obtained by mixing waste plastic pyrolysis oil, washing water, and a demulsifier to dehydrate the first mixed solution to form a dehydrated first mixed solution; and hydrotreating a second mixed solution obtained by mixing the dehydrated first mixed solution dehydrated and a sulfur source to produce refined oil from which impurities have been removed, and a device related thereto. The method and device may prevent or minimize formation of an ammonium salt (NH4Cl) and/or prevent adhesion of impurity particles in a refining process of waste plastic pyrolysis oil containing impurities such as chlorine and nitrogen, and provides waste plastic pyrolysis oil having low content of impurities and olefins and excellent quality, and thus, may be used as a feedstock for blending with existing petroleum products or oil refining and petrochemical processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Yong Woon Kim, Kyong Sik Park, Min Woo Shin, Jin Seong Jang, Dong Keun Kim, Joo Won Park, Un Cheol Baek, Byung Kook Ahn
  • Patent number: 12219810
    Abstract: The display device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; and a pixel in each of the plurality of pixel areas. The pixel may include a pixel circuit layer on the substrate and including at least one transistor; a first electrode on the pixel circuit layer and electrically connected to the transistor; a plurality of light emitting elements on the first electrode and electrically connected to the first electrode; a second electrode on the plurality of light emitting elements; and a light blocking pattern on the second electrode and including a plurality of openings corresponding to each of the plurality of light emitting elements. Here, each of the plurality of pixel areas may include an emission area corresponding to each of the plurality of openings and a non-emission area excluding the emission area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Woo Choi, Min Woo Kim, Sung Kook Park, Dae Ho Song, Byung Choon Yang, Hyung Il Jeon
  • Publication number: 20240396052
    Abstract: The present invention includes: a porous structure containing an oxygen ion conductive material; and a coating layer disposed on the porous structure and containing an electronically conductive material, in which a content of the oxygen ion conductive material is greater than that of the electronically conductive material, and the coating layer is uniformly formed to a thickness of 20 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Kyung Joong YOON, Mi Young PARK, Sun-Young PARK, Sungeun YANG, Deok-Hwang KWON, Ho ll JI, Hyoungchul KIM, Ji-Won SON, Jong Ho LEE, Byung Kook KIM
  • Publication number: 20240285349
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments aim to provide an apparatus and method for three-dimensional navigation of a medical tool that enables identifying the three-dimensional shape and position of the medical tool within a human body. To achieve the above object, the disclosed embodiment includes a three-dimensional high-resolution image acquisition unit configured to acquire a three-dimensional high-resolution image of a human organ that is targeted for a medical procedure; a three-dimensional shape data acquisition unit configured to acquire three-dimensional shape data of a medical tool of a flexible material in real time; a registration unit configured to register the three-dimensional high-resolution image and the three-dimensional shape data with a reference point; and a display unit configured to display an image registered by the registration unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jinseok KIM, Minsu JANG, Deukhee LEE, Hyehyun HAN, Byung Kook KIM, Byung Chul LEE
  • Patent number: 11855286
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cathode for an all-solid-state battery including a cathode thin film for an all-solid-state battery or a cathode composite membrane for an all-solid-state battery, and an all-solid-state battery including the same. The cathode for an all-solid-state battery contains a grain that has a plane having a low surface energy and has a grain boundary arranged parallel to the electron movement direction, thus effectively lowering the interfacial resistance of the thin film while suppressing the dissolution and diffusion of the transition metal, thereby improving the cycle stability of the all-solid-state battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Sang Baek Park, Byung Kook Kim, Jong Ho Lee, Ji Won Son, Kyung Joong Yoon, Hyoung Chul Kim, Ho Il Ji, Sung Eun Yang, Seung Hwan Lee, Joo Sun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230288446
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to an IMU sensor and an inertial measurement system comprising same, wherein the IMU sensor comprises: a core body including at least three surfaces each having a surface direction parallel to any one of three axes; a plurality of cantilevers configured to be deformable, one side of each cantilever being coupled to the core body; and a plurality of strain sensors each disposed on the surface of each cantilever, the strain sensors extending along the direction of the other side from one fixed side of the cantilever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jinseok KIM, Minsu JANG, Byung Kook KIM, Kyumin KANG
  • Publication number: 20230204360
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to an Inertia Measurement Unit (IMU) sensor that generates strain information including a change in strain based on first output light of a first type of optical fiber sensing unit, calculates acceleration information of an object on which an IMU sensor (10) is mounted based on the strain information, generates angular velocity information based on output light of a second type of optical fiber sensing unit, and calculates angle information of the object based on the rotational speed information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jinseok KIM, Byung Kook KIM, Minsu JANG, Hyowon MOON
  • Patent number: 11631878
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell including a multi-layered electrolyte layer using a calendering process. The method for manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell is a continuous process, thus providing high productivity and maximizing facility investment and processing costs. In addition, the solid oxide fuel cell manufactured by the method includes an anode that is free of interfacial defects and has a uniform packing structure, thereby advantageously greatly improving the production yield and power density. In addition, the solid oxide fuel cell has excellent interfacial bonding strength between respective layers included therein, and includes a multi-layered electrolyte layer in which the secondary phase at the interface is suppressed and which has increased density, thereby advantageously providing excellent output characteristics and long-term stability even at an intermediate operating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ho Il Ji, Jong Ho Lee, Byung Kook Kim, Ji Won Son, Kyung Joong Yoon, Hyoung Chul Kim, Sang Baek Park, Sung Eun Yang, Jun Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11562108
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for analyzing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte using computer simulation including connecting, by a user, to a client accessible to a server, inputting information of a sulfide-based solid electrolyte to be analyzed to the client, transmitting, by the client, the information to the server, implementing, by the server, generation of a three-dimensional structure in which anion clusters and lithium ions are disposed, based on the transmitted information, feeding back, by the server, an implementation result to the client, and displaying, by the client, the feedback result. In addition, properties of sulfide-based solid electrolytes, which cannot be observed by experimentation, can be analyzed based on lithium, ion conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyoung chul Kim, Byung Kook Kim, Hae Weon Lee, Jong Ho Lee, Ji Won Son, Hun Gi Jung, Ji Su Kim, Sung Jun Choi, Eu Deum Jung
  • Publication number: 20220393180
    Abstract: Disclosed is an anode-free all-solid-state battery having improved charge/discharge cycle stability. Specifically, the anode-free all-solid-state battery includes a cathode layer containing a cathode active material, an anode current collector layer, and a solid electrolyte layer interposed between the cathode layer and the anode current collector layer, wherein the anode current collector layer has a surface roughness (Rq) of 100 nm to 1,000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sang Baek PARK, Byung Kook KIM, Jong Ho LEE, Ji Won SON, Kyung Joong YOON, Hyoung Chul KIM, HO IL JI, Sung Eun YANG, Deok Hwang KWON, Hyung Mook KANG, Dong Hee GU
  • Patent number: 11515544
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell using a calendering process. The method includes preparing a stack including an anode support layer (ASL) and an anode functional layer (AFL), calendering the stack to obtain an anode, stacking an electrolyte layer on the anode to obtain an assembly, calendering the assembly to obtain an electrolyte substrate, sintering the electrolyte substrate, and forming a cathode on the electrolyte layer of the electrolyte substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hae-Weon Lee, Ho Il Ji, Byung Kook Kim, Jong Ho Lee, Ji-Won Son, Kyung Joong Yoon, Hyoungchul Kim, Sungeun Yang, Sangbaek Park, Junseok Kim, Jisu Shin
  • Publication number: 20220166056
    Abstract: Provided are a lithium-argyrodite ionic superconductor containing a halogen element and a method for preparing the same, wherein an argyrodite-type crystal structure can be maintained and lithium ion conductivity can be greatly improved by combining specific elements at a specific molar ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyoung Chul KIM, Byung Kook KIM, Jong Ho LEE, Ji Won SON, Kyung Joong YOON, HO IL JI, Sung Eun YANG, Sang Baek PARK, Hun Gi JUNG, Sung Soo SHIN, Ji Su KIM, Eu Deum JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220158209
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell including a multi-layered electrolyte layer using a calendering process. The method for manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell is a continuous process, thus providing high productivity and maximizing facility investment and processing costs. In addition, the solid oxide fuel cell manufactured by the method includes an anode that is free of interfacial defects and has a uniform packing structure, thereby advantageously greatly improving the production yield and power density. In addition, the solid oxide fuel cell has excellent interfacial bonding strength between respective layers included therein, and includes a multi-layered electrolyte layer in which the secondary phase at the interface is suppressed and which has increased density, thereby advantageously providing excellent output characteristics and long-term stability even at an intermediate operating temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: HO IL JI, Jong Ho LEE, Byung Kook KIM, Ji Won SON, Kyung Joong YOON, Hyoung Chul KIM, Sang Baek PARK, Sung Eun YANG, Jun Seok KIM
  • Patent number: 11329314
    Abstract: Disclosed are a sulfide-based solid electrolyte imparted with improved lithium ion conductivity and a method of preparing the same. More particularly, disclosed is a sulfide-based solid electrolyte containing a lithium element (Li), a phosphorus element (P), a sulfur element (S) and a halogen element (X), and including a crystal phase of an argyrodite crystal structure, wherein a molar ratio (X/P) of the halogen element (X) to the phosphorus element (P) is higher than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyoung chul Kim, Byung Kook Kim, Hun Gi Jung, Kyung Yoon Chung, Jong Ho Lee, Hae Weon Lee, Ji Won Son, Eu Deum Jung, Ji Su Kim, Sung Jun Choi
  • Publication number: 20220131142
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cathode for an all-solid-state battery including a cathode thin film for an all-solid-state battery or a cathode composite membrane for an all-solid-state battery, and an all-solid-state battery including the same. The cathode for an all-solid-state battery contains a grain that has a plane having a low surface energy and has a grain boundary arranged parallel to the electron movement direction, thus effectively lowering the interfacial resistance of the thin film while suppressing the dissolution and diffusion of the transition metal, thereby improving the cycle stability of the all-solid-state battery including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sang Baek PARK, Byung Kook KIM, Jong Ho LEE, Ji Won SON, Kyung Joong YOON, Hyoung Chul KIM, HO IL JI, Sung Eun YANG, Seung Hwan LEE, Joo Sun KIM
  • Publication number: 20210151773
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a solid oxide fuel cell using a calendering process. The method includes preparing a stack including an anode support layer (ASL) and an anode functional layer (AFL), calendering the stack to obtain an anode, stacking an electrolyte layer on the anode to obtain an assembly, calendering the assembly to obtain an electrolyte substrate, sintering the electrolyte substrate, and forming a cathode on the electrolyte layer of the electrolyte substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Hae-Weon LEE, Ho Il JI, Byung Kook KIM, Jong Ho LEE, Ji-Won SON, Kyung Joong YOON, Hyoungchul KIM, Sungeun YANG, Sangbaek PARK, Junseok KIM, JISU SHIN
  • Publication number: 20210119247
    Abstract: Provided are a sulfide-based lithium-argyrodite ion superconductor containing multiple chalcogen elements and a method for preparing the same. More specifically, provided are a sulfide-based lithium-argyrodite ion superconductor containing multiple chalcogen elements and a method for preparing the same that are capable of significantly improving lithium ion conductivity by substituting a sulfur (S) element in a PS43- tetrahedron with a chalcogen element such as a selenium (Se) element, other than the sulfur (S) element, while maintaining an argyrodite-type crystal structure of a sulfide-based solid electrolyte represented by Li6PS5Cl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Hyoungchul KIM, Byung Kook KIM, Hae-Weon LEE, Jong Ho LEE, Ji-Won SON, Kyung Joong YOON, Ho Il JI, Sangbaek PARK, Sungeun YANG, Ji-Su KIM, Sung Soo SHIN, Eu Deum JUNG