Patents by Inventor Cheol Hwan Kim

Cheol Hwan 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).

  • Patent number: 11964594
    Abstract: A device for preventing rotation of a vehicle seat rail is described. The device prevents an upper rail on the center side of a vehicle from rotating when a forward load is applied to a vehicle seat, thereby preventing a lock plate from being fractured due to rotation of the upper rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Hwa Young Mun, Kyeong Ju Kim, Cheol Hwan Yoon, Jung Bin Lee, Jun Sik Hwang
  • Publication number: 20240127627
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for detecting an emotional change through facial expression analysis. The apparatus for detecting an emotional change through facial expression analysis includes a memory having at least one program recorded thereon, and a processor configured to execute the program, wherein the program includes a camera image acquisition unit configured to acquire a moving image including at least one person, a preprocessing unit configured to extract a face image of a user from the moving image and preprocess the extracted face image, a facial expression analysis unit configured to extract a facial expression vector from the face image of the user and cumulatively store the facial expression vector, and an emotional change analysis unit configured to detect a temporal location of a sudden emotional change by analyzing an emotion signal extracted based on cumulatively stored facial expression vector values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Byung-Ok HAN, Ho-Won KIM, Jang-Hee YOO, Cheol-Hwan YOO, Jae-Yoon JANG
  • Publication number: 20240118196
    Abstract: In the case of a gas in which several gases are mixed, a type and concentration of the gas may be incorrectly measured when measured using only an optical band-pass filter. The invention of the present application is directed to providing a technology in which a plurality of broadband band-pass filters having overlapping regions are provided to calculate a magnitude of absorption for each wavelength band for light passing through each broadband band-pass filter, thereby identifying the presence of a gas of interest and the presence of a gas other than the gas of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Cheol Woo NAM, Byung Yul MOON, Eung Yul KIM, Jae Hwan KIM, Chun Ho SHIN, Kwang Hun PARK, Myun Gu CHOI, Chang Hwang CHOI, Yong Geol KIM, Jae Min JEON
  • Patent number: 11913603
    Abstract: A pressure vessel includes: a barrel part disposed in a predefined square area and having a diameter corresponding to a length of one side of the square area; a first nozzle member disposed at one end of the barrel part; a second nozzle member disposed at an opposite end of the barrel part; and clamp rings disposed in the square area, positioned outside the barrel part, and configured to lock the first and second nozzle members to the barrel part, thereby improving spatial utilization and a degree of design freedom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Cheol Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20230304633
    Abstract: A pressure vessel assembly includes a pressure vessel including a cylinder, a first side dome provided at one end of the cylinder, and a second side dome provided at the other end of the cylinder, a first protector that surrounds an outer surface of the first side dome, a second protector that surrounds an outer surface of the second side dome, and a connector that connects the first protector and the second protector such that the pressure vessel is interposed between the first protector and the second protector. The pressure vessel assembly can help to prevent damage and breakage of the pressure vessel caused by external impact and improve safety and reliability of the pressure vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Seon Woo Yoo, Cheol Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11681198
    Abstract: In the electrochromic device according to an embodiment of the present application, when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic device in a state that the electrochromic element has the first state, the electrochromic device becomes the second state, and when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic element in a state that the electrochromic element has the fourth state, the electrochromic element becomes the third state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: LeapHigh Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Park, Byoung Dong Kim, Hyun Jong Kim, Cheol Hwan Kim, Sang Woo Yoo, Yun Chul Choi, Sung Joong Kim, Kwang Jin Jeon, Hyeon Jun Kong, Jin Ah Sohn
  • Patent number: 11561191
    Abstract: A pressure vessel inspection device includes: a monitoring sensor including a filament provided on an outer surface of a pressure vessel, a coating layer applied onto an outer surface of the filament so as to have an electrical physical quantity, and electrodes connected to ends of the filament and exposed to outside; and a control unit configured to measure structural health of the pressure vessel based on the electrical physical quantity of the coating layer in accordance with deformation of the pressure vessel, in order to monitor structural health of the pressure vessel and simplify a structure and a manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Cheol Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20220412509
    Abstract: A pressure vessel includes: a barrel part disposed in a predefined square area and having a diameter corresponding to a length of one side of the square area; a first nozzle member disposed at one end of the barrel part; a second nozzle member disposed at an opposite end of the barrel part; and clamp rings disposed in the square area, positioned outside the barrel part, and configured to lock the first and second nozzle members to the barrel part, thereby improving spatial utilization and a degree of design freedom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Cheol Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11441565
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a drive motor, a rotary shaft coupled to the drive motor, a main frame disposed below the drive motor, a fixed scroll disposed below the main frame, an orbiting scroll disposed between the main frame and the fixed scroll and eccentrically coupled to the rotary shaft, and an Oldham's ring coupled to the main frame and the orbiting scroll and configured to restrict rotation of the orbiting scroll relative to the fixed scroll. The Oldham's ring includes: a ring body, a first key that receives a first fixing boss of the ring body and that is configured to couple to the main frame, and a second key that receives a second fixing boss of the ring body and that is configured to couple to the orbiting scroll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Baek Park, Jungsun Choi, Cheol Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11434908
    Abstract: A compressor is provided which is configured to allow lubrication of a thrust surface through an oil groove formed in a thrust surface of a fixed scroll. Also, a scroll compressor is provided which smoothly supplies oil to a thrust surface of a fixed scroll by including a fixed scroll having an oil groove formed in the thrust surface of a fixed scroll sidewall, and allows an injection pressure acting on an orbiting scroll in an upward direction to be added by supplying the oil guided to the oil groove to the thrust surface of the fixed scroll such that an overturn moment generated in the orbiting scroll may be offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sang Baek Park, Jungsun Choi, Cheol Hwan Kim, Byeongchul Lee
  • Publication number: 20220228289
    Abstract: A raw material feed hopper according to the present embodiment may include a hollow tube having a raw material accommodating space formed therein, a supporter supporting the hollow tube, a cone accommodated in the raw material accommodating space so as to be able to lift up and down, a rod connected to the cone, a connector connected to an upper portion of the rod, a lifting rod connected to the connector, and an elevator installed on the supporter for lifting up and down the lifting rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Sang Heon LEE, Chang Youn LEE, Cheol Hwan KIM
  • Patent number: 11248608
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided capable of supplying oil stored in an oil storage chamber upward through a rotary shaft to supply the oil to a compression device and to lubricate a bearing portion. The scroll compressor may include a casing, a drive motor, a rotary shaft, a main frame, a fixed scroll, and an orbiting scroll. A medium pressure chamber may be formed in or at a middle of the main frame, the fixed scroll, and the orbiting scroll. A pocket groove configured to guide oil discharged through the oil hole to the medium pressure chamber may be formed in an upper surface of the orbiting scroll, and a differential pressure path configured to guide the oil guided to the medium pressure chamber to the compression chamber may be provided in the fixed scroll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kangwook Lee, Taekyoung Kim, Cheol Hwan Kim, Byeongchul Lee
  • Publication number: 20220043318
    Abstract: In the electrochromic device according to an embodiment of the present application, when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic device in a state that the electrochromic element has the first state, the electrochromic device becomes the second state, and when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic element in a state that the electrochromic element has the fourth state, the electrochromic element becomes the third state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Park, Byoung Dong Kim, Hyun Jong Kim, Cheol Hwan Kim, Sang Woo Yoo, Yun Chul Choi, Sung Joong Kim, Kwang Jin Jeon, Hyeon Jun Kong, Jin Ah Sohn
  • Publication number: 20220035217
    Abstract: This application relates to an electrochromic lens. In one aspect, the lens includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first electrode layer disposed on the first surface of the substrate, and a second electrode layer disposed on the first electrode layer. The lens may also include an electrochromic layer disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and adjusting transmittance of light incident on the second surface of the substrate. The lens may further include a first conductor electrically connected to the first electrode layer, and having higher conductivity than at least one of the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer. The lens may further include a second conductor electrically connected to the second electrode layer, and having higher conductivity than at least one of the first electrode layer or the second electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Byoung Dong Kim, Youn Chul Choi, Hyun Jong Kim, Cheol Hwan Kim, Soo Hyun Kim, Hyeon Jun Kong, Suk Hyun Hong, Yu Jin Song, Beom Sik Seo, Seok Kim, Sang Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11175560
    Abstract: In the electrochromic device according to an embodiment of the present application, when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic device in a state that the electrochromic element has the first state, the electrochromic device becomes the second state, and when the first voltage is applied to the electrochromic element in a state that the electrochromic element has the fourth state, the electrochromic element becomes the third state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: LeapHigh Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Park, Byoung Dong Kim, Hyun Jong Kim, Cheol Hwan Kim, Sang Woo Yoo, Yun Chui Choi, Sung Joong Kim, Kwang Jin Jeon, Hyeon Jun Kong, Jin Ah Sohn
  • Publication number: 20210302348
    Abstract: A pressure vessel inspection device includes: a monitoring sensor including a filament provided on an outer surface of a pressure vessel, a coating layer applied onto an outer surface of the filament so as to have an electrical physical quantity, and electrodes connected to ends of the filament and exposed to outside; and a control unit configured to measure structural health of the pressure vessel based on the electrical physical quantity of the coating layer in accordance with deformation of the pressure vessel, in order to monitor structural health of the pressure vessel and simplify a structure and a manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventor: Cheol Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 11078908
    Abstract: A scroll compressor, and more particularly, to a scroll compressor including a communication groove which may decrease discharge resistance is provided. The scroll compressor may include a fixed scroll having a fixed end plate and a fixed wrap, and an orbiting scroll configured to perform an orbiting movement about the fixed scroll and having an orbiting end plate and an orbiting wrap. A communication groove in the form of a recessed groove may be formed in an inner surface of the orbiting end plate, and a refrigerant may flow through the communication groove according to a state in which the fixed wrap overlaps the communication groove such that there is an effect in that an opening efficiency of a discharge hole is improved at an initial stage of discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yong Kyu Choi, Cheol Hwan Kim, Kangwook Lee, Jungsun Choi
  • Patent number: 11002273
    Abstract: A scroll compressor includes a casing; a drive motor; a rotary shaft; a fixed scroll including a fixed wrap; and an orbiting scroll eccentrically coupled to rotary shaft and including an orbiting wrap configured to engage with the fixed wrap. At least one of the fixed wrap or the orbiting wrap defines an offset section that is defined between the fixed wrap and the orbiting wrap and that is greater than an orbital radius corresponding to a distance between the fixed wrap and the orbiting wrap in a state in which a center of the fixed scroll is aligned to a center of the orbiting scroll. The offset section is disposed at a contact portion between the fixed wrap and the orbiting wrap. The contact portion has a maximum length based on a rotation angle of the rotary shaft being within a pre-set range with respect to a reference point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jungsun Choi, Sang Baek Park, Cheol Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 10861685
    Abstract: The fluoro-based polymer composite target for sputtering according to the present invention is excellent in adhesion with a metal electrode to which a voltage is applied, can prevent bending, and is capable of stably forming plasma by imparting conductivity even with industrially widely used DC and MF power supply systems, thereby allowing a fluorinated polymer to be effectively deposited on an adherend by sputtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sang Jin Lee, Jae Heung Lee, Woo Jin Choi, Cheol Hwan Kim, Sung Hyun Kim, Seong Geun Cho, Dong Seok Ham, Kwang Je Kim, Dong Soon Park, Jae Seong Park
  • Patent number: 10851789
    Abstract: A scroll compressor is provided, that may include a connection groove to reduce discharge resistance. The scroll compressor may include a fixed scroll including a fixed end plate and a feed wrap and an orbiting scroll, rotating with respect to the fixed scroll and including an orbiting end plate and an orbiting wrap, and structure in which a connection groove having a concave groove shape provided at an inner surface of the fixed end plate to allow a refrigerant to flow through the connection groove depending on an overlapping state of the fixed wrap and the connection groove, thereby providing an effect of increasing opening efficiency of discharge holes at a beginning of discharge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yong Kyu Choi, Cheol Hwan Kim, Howon Lee