Patents by Inventor Cheon-Woo Kim
Cheon-Woo 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).
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Patent number: 12065073Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) lamp for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the same use MID and magnetic induction technologies. The LED lamp includes a LED module, a housing accommodating the LED module, and a molded interconnect device (MID) electrode formed on a surface of the housing. The LED module may be mounted on the MID electrode by soldering using magnetic induction heating, the housing may be an injection molded product, and the MID electrode may be formed on the housing using a MID process.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, BS TECHNICS CO., LTD., NIFCO KOREA INC., HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., ALPS ELECTRIC KOREA CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Sik Kim, Jung Sik Choi, Young Do Kim, Tae Kyoung Jung, Seung-Sik Han, Hong-Sik Chang, Kwang-Pyo Cho, Young-Ju Lee, Jong-Hyun Park, Jin-Won Lee, Jun-Geun Oh, Cheon-Ho Kim, Young-Jai Im, Sun-Mi Oh, Kang-Sun Lee, Sae-Ah Kim, Jong-Eun Park, Kwan-Woo Lee, Jong-Chae Lee, Jun-Hyun Park, Won-Il Lee, Dae-Woo Park
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Patent number: 12060501Abstract: An adhesive film and an optical display, the adhesive film being prepared from an adhesive composition that includes a (meth)acrylic copolymer, wherein the adhesive film has an elongation of about 750% to about 3,000%, and satisfies the following Equation 1: PB/PY=about 3.0 to about 20, wherein PB is a break point in gf of the adhesive film and PY is a yield point in gf of the adhesive film.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung Hyun Mun, Ki Yong Kim, Jee Hee Kim, Chan Woo Kim, Ik Hwan Cho, In Cheon Han
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Patent number: 12033765Abstract: A safety cover structure of a nuclear facility is disclosed. The safety cover structure includes: a cover portion rotatably installed on a body protection concrete slab to cover a cavity where a reactor pressure container is located; a driving portion configured to rotate the cover portion relative to the cavity; an opening and closing portion that is installed on the cover portion and is configured to allow materials resulting from cutting and dismantling of the reactor pressure container to move therethrough; a fire extinguishing portion configured to extinguish a fire generated inside the cover portion; a dose sensor installed in the cover portion and configured to measure a radiation dose emitted from the reactor pressure container; and an alarm portion configured to receive a sensing signal from the dose sensor and provide an alarm when the measured radiation dose exceeds a predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Hwan Hwang, Seok-Ju Hwang, Mi-Hyun Lee, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 12022600Abstract: A plasma torch has a torch body provided with a plurality of stacked torch body segments disposed between a rear electrode unit and a front electrode unit. The torch body forms a circular channel through which gas flows in an axial direction. Each torch body segment has a circular disc shape in which a central circular through-hole is formed to form the channel. Each segment includes gas supply ports defining a spiral-shaped flow path along the through hole on a first side of the segment so as to introduce a reactive gas, a cooling flow path, a cooling water supply flow path, a cooling water discharge flow path, a gas supply flow path, a gas branch flow path, a cooling water supply branch flow path, and a cooling water discharge branch flow path.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyun-Je Cho, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 12002594Abstract: A method for decommissioning a nuclear facility includes: floating the nuclear reactor pressure vessel above the cavity; rotating the reactor pressure vessel so that the upper portion of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel is closer to the bio-protective concrete than the lower portion; mounting the upper portion of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel on the neighboring upper surface of the bio-protective concrete; and cutting and decommissioning the nuclear reactor pressure vessel mounted on the neighboring upper surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Hwan Hwang, Seok-Ju Hwang, Mi-Hyun Lee, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11984233Abstract: A method for decommissioning a heavy water reactor facility includes: removing the plurality of guide tubes from a plurality of through-holes; installing a plurality of shielding stoppers in the plurality of through-holes; removing the shielding stopper installed in one through-hole of the plurality of through-holes, and inserting a cutting device into a lower portion of the reactivity mechanism deck through the one through-hole to cut a connection portion between the reactivity mechanism deck and the calandria vault by using the cutting device; and separating the reactivity mechanism deck from the calandria vault.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok-Ju Hwang, Young Hwan Hwang, Hang-Rae Cho, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11848114Abstract: An underwater decommissioning method of a nuclear facility including a nuclear reactor pressure vessel and bio-protective concrete comprising a cavity in which the nuclear reactor pressure vessel is positioned is disclosed. The method includes: (a) lifting the nuclear reactor pressure vessel above the cavity; (b) forming an insertion part in the bio-protective concrete adjacent to the cavity, filling the insertion part with water, and installing a support part on a bottom surface of the insertion part; (c) inserting the nuclear reactor pressure vessel in the insertion part and mounting a lower portion of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel on the support part; and (d) repeatedly cutting portions of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel mounted on the support part by using a cutting device in an underwater position. The method allows performing cutting operations in the water, and thus, it is possible to prevent radiation exposure due to occurrence of dust.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Ju-Young Yoon, Young Hwan Hwang, Mi-Hyun Lee, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11848115Abstract: A radioactive structure dismantling method of a heavy water reactor facility that includes a calandria including a main shell and a sub shell, a calandria vault that receives the calandria therein, and a cover assembly that covers the calandria according to an embodiment, includes: preparing dismantling of the calandria; dismantling a reactor pipe installed in the calandria; dismantling the cover assembly that covers the calandria; dismantling the calandria; and dismantling the calandria vault.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok-Ju Hwang, Young Hwan Hwang, Ju-Young Yoon, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11830632Abstract: A device for separating a shielding slab for a heavy water reactor according to an embodiment includes: a body; a circular rail installed on at least one side of the body; and a decommissioner for decommissioning a shielding slab installed on the circular rail and installed on an inner wall of a heavy water reactor, wherein the decommissioner includes a decommission head moving on the circular rail, a separator installed in the decommission head and separating and desalinizing the shielding slab, and a gripper installed in the decommission head and gripping the separated shielding slab.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Hwan Hwang, Seok-Ju Hwang, Ju-Young Yoon, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11830633Abstract: A method for decommissioning a heavy water reactor facility includes: opening an upper part of the calandria vault; inserting a support device into an inner part of the calandria vault through the upper part of the calandria vault to support the main shell of the calandria; cutting between the main shell and the sub-shell of the calandria by inserting a cutting device into the inner part of the calandria vault through the upper part of the calandria vault; and drawing out the main shell of the calandria to the outside of the calandria vault by moving the support device from the inner part of the calandria vault to the outside through the upper part.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok-Ju Hwang, Young Hwan Hwang, Mi-Hyun Lee, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11830634Abstract: A method for complex-decommissioning a nuclear facility is disclosed. The method for complex-decommissioning the nuclear facility includes: cutting and expanding an inner wall of the cavity; installing a cutting device that cuts and decommissions the nuclear reactor pressure vessel inside the cavity; fixing the nuclear reactor pressure vessel inside the cavity by using a fixture; and cutting and decommissioning the nuclear reactor pressure vessel fixed inside the cavity by using a cutting device.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Hwan Hwang, Seok-Ju Hwang, Ju-Young Yoon, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11823806Abstract: A nuclear reactor dismantlement system according to an embodiment includes bio-protective concrete including a first space into which a reactor is inserted and a second space that is connected to the first space and is expanded in the first space, a moving device that is positioned in the second space and moves the reactor, and a cutting device that is positioned in the second space and cuts the reactor.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Hwan Hwang, Mi-Hyun Lee, Sung-Hoon Hong, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11717902Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for dismantling for heavy water reactor facilities, including: a cutting device configured to divide a calandria of the heavy water reactor facilities into a main shell and a sub-shell; and a transfer device configured to draw the main shell cut by the cutting device to the outside, wherein the transfer device includes a fixing unit configured to fix the calandria; and a transfer unit configured to transfer the fixing unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok-Ju Hwang, Young Hwan Hwang, Sung-Hoon Hong, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11715573Abstract: A decommissioning method of biological shielding concrete of a nuclear power plant according to an exemplary embodiment includes: decommissioning a neutron detector positioning device installed to biological shielding concrete surrounding a nuclear reactor to form a plurality of penetrated parts in the biological shielding concrete; inserting a part of a cutting device into the plurality of penetrated parts; and decomposing the biological shielding concrete into a plurality of sub-concrete parts by using the cutting device.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok-Ju Hwang, Sung-Hoon Hong, Mi-Hyun Lee, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11682496Abstract: An apparatus for treating waste of a nuclear reactor pressure vessel includes: a suction unit inserted into the nuclear reactor pressure vessel through a plurality of through-pipes passing through a lower portion of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel to suck waste inside the nuclear reactor pressure vessel; a waste treatment part connected to the suction unit to treat the waste; and a lower collection part connected to the waste treatment part to be positioned under the nuclear reactor pressure vessel with the suction unit therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Young Hwan Hwang, Mi-Hyun Lee, Seok-Ju Hwang, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Publication number: 20230125411Abstract: An exposure dose measurement simulation device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a virtual work area generating portion that generates a virtual work area corresponding to a work area of a radiation facility; and an exposure dose prediction portion that predicts an exposure dose of a worker positioned in the virtual work area, wherein the exposure dose prediction portion includes a database portion that includes first data on a spatial dose rate of the radiation facility and second data on a position of a radiation source in the radiation facility, and a first exposure dose calculation portion that calculates the exposure dose of the worker positioned in the virtual work area using the first data and second data.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Changyeon YOON, Gilim KIM, Minchul KIM, Cheon-Woo KIM
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Patent number: 11610695Abstract: A method for decommissioning a nuclear facility includes: separating a nuclear reactor pressure vessel from biodegradable concrete; decommissioning a concrete structure; covering the biodegradable concrete; and decommissioning the biodegradable concrete.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok-Ju Hwang, Hyun-Je Cho, Ji-Hoon Lee, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11581101Abstract: A method of decommissioning a nuclear facility including a plurality of sandboxes that cover a plurality of upper penetration holes, includes: exposing the plurality of pipes through the plurality of upper penetration holes by removing the plurality of sandboxes; and cutting the plurality of pipes through the plurality of upper penetration holes.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok-Ju Hwang, Young Hwan Hwang, Ju-Young Yoon, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11495364Abstract: A method of decommissioning a nuclear facility, including: exposing the plurality of upper penetration holes by removing the plurality of sandboxes; enlarging an upper space of the cavity by cutting an upper portion of the biological shield concrete that is disposed between the plurality of upper penetration holes and between the plurality of upper penetration holes and the cavity; and separating the nuclear reactor pressure vessel from the biological shield concrete.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: KOREA HYDRO & NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok-Ju Hwang, Ju-Young Yoon, Young Hwan Hwang, Cheon-Woo Kim
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Publication number: 20220322514Abstract: A plasma torch has a torch body provided with a plurality of stacked torch body segments disposed between a rear electrode unit and a front electrode unit. The torch body forms a circular channel through which gas flows in an axial direction. Each torch body segment has a circular disc shape in which a central circular through-hole is formed to form the channel. Each segment includes gas supply ports defining a spiral-shaped flow path along the through hole on a first side of the segment so as to introduce a reactive gas, a cooling flow path, a cooling water supply flow path, a cooling water discharge flow path, a gas supply flow path, a gas branch flow path, a cooling water supply branch flow path, and a cooling water discharge branch flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2019Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Hyun-Je Cho, Cheon-Woo Kim