Abstract: An apparatus for predicting performance of a wheel in a vehicle: includes a learning device that generates a latent space for a plurality of two-dimensional (2D) wheel images based on a convolutional autoencoder (CAE), extracts a predetermined number of the plurality of 2D wheel images from the latent space, and learns a dataset having the plurality of 2D wheel images and performance values corresponding to the plurality of 2D wheel images; and a controller that predicts performance for the plurality of 2D wheel images based on a performance prediction model obtained by the learning device.

Abstract: A display apparatus including a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate; a first LED sub-unit, a second LED sub-unit, and a third LED sub-unit; first, second, third, and fourth electrode pads disposed between the TFT substrate and the first LED sub-unit; and connectors connecting the first, second, and third LED sub-units to a respective one of the electrode pads, in which the first, second, and third sub-units are configured to be independently driven; light generated from the first LED sub-unit is emitted to the outside of the display apparatus by passing through the second and third LED sub-units; light generated from the second LED sub-unit is emitted to the outside of the display apparatus by passing through the third LED sub-unit; and at least one of the connectors includes a first portion electrically connecting a first surface of the first LED sub-unit to the second electrode pad.

Abstract: A soft-decision decoding method used in a digital communication system may comprise: using a hard-decision Bose-Chadhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) decoder as a stopping rule of ordered statistic decoding (OSD) before performing the OSD on an input signal; and performing the OSD when a highest order of an error position equation generated in the BCH decoder is not equal to a number of solutions found in the BCH decoder.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery having the electrode structure and a method of manufacturing therefor, the electrode structure according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise an electrode assembly including a cathode layer, an anode layer facing the cathode layer, and a separation film disposed between the cathode layer and the anode layer; an exterior body including a upper exterior layer having an outer sealing part of which at least a portion of or whole edges are adhered so as to accommodate the electrode assembly and an electrolyte therein, and a lower exterior layer; a battery penetration part forming openings from the upper exterior layer to the lower exterior layer; and an inner sealing part in which facing portions of the upper exterior layer and the lower exterior layer of external periphery of the battery penetration part are adhered each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly, a battery including the electrode assembly, and a method of manufacturing the same. A method of manufacturing an electrode assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a step for providing a separator; a step for forming a first conductive network layer comprising at least more than one first metal fibers on a first peripheral surface of the separator; and a step for providing a first particle composition comprising the electrically active material of the first polarity in the pores of the first conductive network layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery technology, and more particularly, to a current collector that may be widely used in secondary batteries and an electrode employing the same. The current collector according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a conductive substrate; and a conductive fiber layer, which is dispersed on the conductive substrate and comprises pores. The conductive fiber layer comprises a plurality of metal filaments and liner binders mixed with the plurality of metal filaments, and the conductive fiber layer is combined with the conductive substrate via the mixed linear binders.

Abstract: A battery technology, and more particularly, a current collector may be widely used in secondary batteries, and an electrode may employ such technology. The current collector includes a conductive fiber layer including a plurality of conductive fibers. Each of the conductive fibers includes a conductive core including a plurality of metal filaments, and a conductive binder matrix surrounding the outer circumferential surfaces of the conductive core.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a melt-blown fiber web having improved elasticity and cohesion, and a manufacturing method therefor. The objective of the present invention is accomplished by a melt-blown fiber web comprising a thermoplastic resin which comprises 10 to 60 wt % of thermoplastic resin microfibers and 40 to 90 wt % of non-circular cross-sectional hollow conjugated staple fibers with respect to the total weight of the fiber web.

Abstract: The metal non-woven fabric electrode having a surface-polymerized dopamine-based monomer and the surface modification method for the same according to the present invention have the effects that coating an aqueous slurry as well as a dopamine-based polymer layer even on a surface of the metal fiber inside the electrode.

Abstract: A waved meltblown fiber web of the present invention relates to a fiber web prepared by a meltblown method and is characterized by a preparation method in which a meltblown microfiber comes in contact with collection portions having different surface velocities so as to be collected. The waved meltblown fiber web of the present invention is characterized in that: a part of meltblown microfibers reaches a low velocity collection portion so as to be horizontally layered, thereby forming a horizontal fiber layer (10); another part of the meltblown microfibers reaches a high velocity collection portion of which the surface velocity is greater that of the low velocity collection portion so as to form a serpentine vertical fiber layer (20); and the upper end of the vertical fiber layer (20) becomes entangled so as to form a wave shaped wave layer (30) forming the uppermost portion of the fiber web.

Abstract: Provided are a flexible secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes forming an electrode including a metal fiber-like current collector and an active material combined with the metal fiber-like current collector; and providing a liquid pre-electrolyte that may be either thermally polymerized or crosslinked to the electrode and applying heat thereto, such that the liquid pre-electrolyte is integrated with the electrode and forms a gelated or solidified polymer electrode.

Abstract: Provided are a non-woven fabric current collector and a method and system of fabricating a battery using the same. An electrode according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a non-woven fabric current collector including a conductive non-woven fabric sheet including a network of conductive fibers and pores for communication between a main surface and the interior thereof; and conductive patterns partially blocking the pores on the main surface of the conductive non-woven fabric sheet.

Abstract: Provided are micro-needles and a micro-needle patch for transdermal delivery of a pharmaceutical, medical, or cosmetic substance. The micro-needle may include a biocompatible matrix having a micro-needle-like shape; and porous particles provided at at least a portion of a surface or the interior of the biocompatible matrix.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery package attached to an external substrate, which includes an electronic circuit and a power terminal electrically connected to the electronic circuit, to supply power to the electronic circuit, or to accumulate energy by collecting power. A battery package, according to an exemplary embodiment, comprises: a battery unit that has one or more secondary battery cells and leads that are connected to the secondary battery cells and exposed; a flexible encapsulation body that accommodates the battery unit therein; exposed electrodes that are exposed on the surface of the flexible encapsulation body and are electrically connected to the leads to electrically connect to the electronic circuit; and a first Velcro part mounted on the surface of the flexible encapsulation body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery technique, and more particularly, a binder-free electrode for a secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same, the electrode includes a nonwoven fabric type current collector including a plurality of metal fibers that form continuous pores from a surface of the nonwoven fabric type current collector to the interior of the nonwoven fabric type current collector, are randomly arranged, and physically contact one another; a silicon-containing active material layer formed on the metal fiber; and an attachment layer between the metal fiber and the silicon-containing active material layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly, a battery including the electrode assembly, and a method of manufacturing the same, the method of manufacturing an electrode assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a step for providing a separator; a step for forming a first conductive network layer comprising at least more than one first metal fibers on a first peripheral surface of the separator; and a step for providing a first particle composition comprising the electrically active material of the first polarity in the pores of the first conductive network layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a melt-blown fiber web having improved elasticity and cohesion, and a manufacturing method therefor. The objective of the present invention is accomplished by a melt-blown fiber web comprising a thermoplastic resin which comprises 10 to 60 wt % of thermoplastic resin microfibers and 40 to 90 wt % of non-circular cross-sectional hollow conjugated staple fibers with respect to the total weight of the fiber web.

Abstract: A battery technology, and more particularly, a current collector may be widely used in secondary batteries, and an electrode may employ such technology. The current collector includes a conductive fiber layer including a plurality of conductive fibers. Each of the conductive fibers includes a conductive core including a plurality of metal filaments, and a conductive binder matrix surrounding the outer circumferential surfaces of the conductive core.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery technology, and more particularly, to a current collector that may be widely used in secondary batteries and an electrode employing the same. The current collector includes a conductive fiber layer including a plurality of conductive fibers. Each of the conductive fibers includes a conductive core consisting of a plurality of metal filaments; and a conductive binder matrix surrounding the outer circumferential surfaces of the conductive core.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery technology, and more particularly, to a current collector that may be widely used in secondary batteries and an electrode employing the same. The current collector includes a conductive fiber layer including a plurality of conductive fibers. Each of the conductive fibers includes a conductive core consisting of a plurality of metal filaments; and a conductive binder matrix surrounding the outer circumferential surfaces of the conductive core.