Abstract: A body of a vehicle equipped with a high-voltage battery is disclosed. The vehicle body includes a rear cross member mounted below the rear side of the front seat so as to be oriented in the lateral direction of the vehicle body, a front cross member mounted in front of the rear cross member so as to be oriented in the lateral direction of the vehicle body, a high-voltage battery mounted between the front cross member and the rear cross member, and a plurality of longitudinal support members mounted to support the bottom of the high-voltage battery and to connect the front cross member and the rear cross member to each other in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A battery case of a battery storage device is disposed on a vehicle floor, thereby securing an interior space. A battery module of the battery storage device can be cooled by using an interior air, thereby simplifying a cooling structure and saving a manufacturing cost. In addition, the battery storage device for an electric vehicle blocks noise generated by a cooling device and an electrical component from flowing into the interior, thereby preventing the occurrence of a passenger's discomfort feeling caused by the noise.

Abstract: An inlet duct for a vehicle battery system includes an inlet part having an inlet hole open toward a vehicle interior, outlet parts divided from the inlet part and having outlet holes so as to supply air introduced to the inlet hole to the battery system via two separated paths, and a grill provided in the inlet part by having multiple ribs forming a grid to cover the inlet hole.

Abstract: A battery system of a vehicle is provided and includes a battery module assembly (BMA) formed by overlapping a plurality of battery modules along a first direction, a cooling fan installed to be aligned along the first direction on one side of the BMA and configured to discharge air cooling the BMA while passing therethrough, a low voltage battery installed to be aligned along the first direction on the other side of the BMA, a power relay assembly (PRA) aligned along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and installed adjacent to the low voltage battery, and a battery management system (BMS) aligned along a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction and installed adjacent to the low voltage battery and the PRA.

Abstract: A dynamic power monitor for monitoring a power of a block in an integrated circuit is provided. The dynamic power monitor includes an input buffer configured to store first state values corresponding to internal signals of the block according to a first cycle of a clock signal; a power calculator configured to identify first power classification values corresponding to the block according to the first cycle, based on the first state values; and a filter configured to identify a first filtered value of the first power classification values.

Abstract: A parking brake apparatus including a bolt screw rotated by a driving force transmitted from an actuator, one or more pistons disposed at one side or both sides of the bolt screw, one or more screw nuts accommodated in the piston, screwed to an end of the bolt screw, and moved along with the rotation of the bolt screw, one or more elastic members disposed around the screw nut within the piston, and elastically deformed, in response to a displacement of the screw nut while the screw nut is moved by a set distance, to press the piston toward a shoe, and a load transfer unit disposed in the piston, and configured to transmit, to the piston, a displacement of the screw nut when the screw nut moves more than the set distance, thereby pressing the piston toward the shoe.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method to detect a crash type of a vehicle provides a front acceleration sensor configured to sense a left front acceleration and a right front acceleration in the front of a vehicle; a center acceleration sensor configured to sense a center left acceleration and a center right acceleration in the center of the vehicle; a collision direction detection unit configured to detect a collision direction of the vehicle using the accelerations; a high frequency component detection unit configured to detect high frequency components by filtering the accelerations; and a crash type detection unit configured to detect a crash type of the vehicle using the accelerations of the high frequency components in accordance with the collision direction.

Abstract: A cell-tab-cooling type battery may include a plurality of battery cells respectively including tabs for electrical connection from each other, the respective tabs of the plurality of battery cells being aligned in one direction thereof; a plurality of bus bars connected in common to the tabs of the battery cells adjacent to each other among the plurality of battery cells to form an electrical connection between the battery cells; and a plurality of cooling capsules respectively including a coolant and being respectively bonded on the plurality of bus bars.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including an inner case configured to form a storage compartment, wherein the inner case forms the storage compartment by combining side panels formed in a plate shape between a front frame and a rear panel so that a side surface of the storage compartment is not necessarily formed as an inclined surface, thereby further increasing a capacity of the storage compartment.

Abstract: A battery management system (BMS) may include a battery, a relay configured to electrically connect and disconnect the battery for supplying a voltage (an electric power) to an electric load to and from the electric load, the electric load configured to receive the voltage (the electric power) from the battery, to compare the received voltage (the electric power) with a reference value and to output a wakeup signal according to the compared result, when the relay is electrically connected, and a controller configured to wake up by the wakeup signal, to monitor a state of the battery and to control a state of the relay. It is possible to prevent overdischarge and overcharge of the battery by monitoring the battery through the electric load in a state in which a vehicle is turned off and switching the BSM to a wakeup state only if necessary.

Abstract: A cooling structure for a battery is provided. The cooling structure includes a plurality of stacked battery cells and tabs are formed on one side or both sides of electrode of each of the battery cells. Additionally, a cooling passage is configured to accommodate the tabs in an inner space thereof and the tabs operate as cooling fins in the cooling passage.

Abstract: Provided are a method for crushing hard tungsten carbide (WC) scraps which is a pre-step of alkaline leaching and acid leaching processes for recycling of tungsten and cobalt, the method including mixing hard tungsten carbide (WC) scraps such as chips, wires, bolts, drills, etc., that are metalworking tools to be discarded after being used, with aluminum, followed by heating to a high temperature, to form an intermetallic compound, metal oxides, or mixtures thereof in a sponge form, and crushing the intermetallic compound, the metal oxides, or the mixtures thereof in a sponge form. Further, provided is a method for recovering tungsten and cobalt from hard tungsten carbide (WC) scrap powder through alkaline leaching and acid leaching methods.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including an inner case configured to form a storage compartment, wherein the inner case forms the storage compartment by combining side panels formed in a plate shape between a front frame and a rear panel so that a side surface of the storage compartment is not necessarily formed as an inclined surface, thereby further increasing a capacity of the storage compartment.

Abstract: A battery management system (BMS) may include a battery, a relay configured to electrically connect and disconnect the battery for supplying a voltage (an electric power) to an electric load to and from the electric load, the electric load configured to receive the voltage (the electric power) from the battery, to compare the received voltage (the electric power) with a reference value and to output a wakeup signal according to the compared result, when the relay is electrically connected, and a controller configured to wake up by the wakeup signal, to monitor a state of the battery and to control a state of the relay. It is possible to prevent overdischarge and overcharge of the battery by monitoring the battery through the electric load in a state in which a vehicle is turned off and switching the BSM to a wakeup state only if necessary.

Abstract: A refrigerator having a flow channel device provided at opposite sides of a machinery compartment to introduce and discharge external air into the machinery compartment. The refrigerator includes a main body including an inner liner having a storage compartment defined therein, an outer liner coupled to an outside of the inner liner to form an external appearance thereof, and an insulation member filled between the inner liner and the outer liner, a machinery compartment, provided at a lower part of the main body, in which a compressor is disposed, and a flow channel device provided at opposite sides of the machinery compartment such that external air is introduced into the machinery compartment, flows along the machinery compartment, and is discharged from the machinery compartment, wherein the flow channel device extends through the insulation member filled between the outer liner and an inner wall of the machinery compartment.

Abstract: A refrigerator in which an ice making chamber case including a horizontal wall, a vertical wall, a front opening and a front edge is coupled to an inside of an inner case, to form an ice making chamber. A case insulator is disposed in a wall space of the ice making chamber case. The case insulator is foamed separately from a body insulator which is foamed between inner and outer cases of a refrigerator body. Since the case insulator is foamed separately from the body insulator, it is possible to easily achieve foaming of the case insulator. It is also possible to prepare the ice making chamber case separately from molding of the inner case.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a refrigerator comprises preparing an inner case including an ice making chamber and an opening; preparing an outer case to be coupled to an outside of the inner case; preparing a refrigerant pipe assembly including a refrigerant pipe having at least a portion to be disposed in the ice making chamber to supply cooling energy, and a refrigerant pipe insulator to insulate the refrigerant pipe; inserting the refrigerant pipe assembly into the opening of the inner case in an inward direction from the outside of the inner case such that a portion of the refrigerant pipe insulator is disposed in the ice making chamber, and a remaining portion of the refrigerant pipe insulator is disposed between the inner case and the outer case; and foaming a body insulator between the inner case and the outer case, thereby supporting the refrigerant pipe insulator by the body insulator.

Abstract: Provided are a method for crushing hard tungsten carbide (WC) scraps which is a pre-step of alkaline leaching and acid leaching processes for recycling of tungsten and cobalt, the method including mixing hard tungsten carbide (WC) scraps such as chips, wires, bolts, drills, etc., that are metalworking tools to be discarded after being used, with aluminum, followed by heating to a high temperature, to form an intermetallic compound, metal oxides, or mixtures thereof in a sponge form, and crushing the intermetallic compound, the metal oxides, or the mixtures thereof in a sponge form.

Abstract: A refrigerator in which a refrigerant pipe assembly including a refrigerant pipe and a refrigerant pipe insulator coupled to the refrigerant pipe is inserted into an inner case in an inward direction from an outside of the inner case through an opening of the inner case. A portion of the refrigerant pipe insulator is disposed in the ice making chamber, and a remaining portion of the refrigerant pipe insulator is disposed between the inner case and the outer case. The refrigerant pipe insulator portion disposed between the inner case and the outer case is supported by a body insulator foamed between the inner case and the outer case. In accordance with this structure, it is possible not only to insulate the refrigerant pipe, but also to easily insert the refrigerant pipe into the ice making chamber and to keep the refrigerant pipe in a firmly-supported state.

Abstract: A recliner for a vehicle having a wedge comprises: an upper gear having an internal tooth formed on an inner peripheral edge thereof and connected to a seat back to control an inclination angle of the seat back by rotation; lock gear parts provided with an external tooth engaged with the internal tooth and locking or unlocking a rotation of the upper gear by a reciprocating motion; a holder having the upper gear and the lock gear parts received therein and guiding the reciprocating motion of the lock gear parts; and a cam received in the holder and controlling the reciprocating motion of the lock gear parts by rotation. The lock gear part is configured of a first lock gear and a wedge gear part.