Patents by Inventor Eul-Yong Choi

Eul-Yong Choi 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: 20240132014
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a sensor provided in each of vehicle seats and outputting a fastening signal when a seat belt is fastened, and outputting a non-fastening signal when the seat belt is not fastened, and a controller that stores an available seat count based on the non-fastening signal and to update the available seat count when a seat belt signal is changed and output to the non-fastening signal from a vehicle seat where the fastening signal is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Min LEE, Jang Yeol KIM, Eul YONG KIM, Dae Han CHOI
  • Patent number: 11827950
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a high strength steel sheet having excellent workability, including: reheating a steel slab; hot-rolling the reheated steel slab at an Ar3 transformation point or higher; coiling in a temperature range of 400 to 700° C.; primary cooling at a cooling rate of 0.1° C./s or less to room temperature; producing a cold rolled steel sheet at a cold reduction ratio of 40 to 70%; continuously annealing the cold rolled steel sheet in a temperature range of Ac1+30° C. to Ac3?20° C.; secondary cooling at a cooling rate of 10° C./s or less to 630 to 670° C.; third cooling to 400 to 500° C. at a cooling rate of 5° C./s or more in a hydrogen; maintaining for 70 seconds or more; hot-dip galvanizing; and performing a final cooling to Ms or less at a cooling rate of 1° C./s or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yeon-Sang Ahn, Chang-Hyo Seo, Kang-Hyun Choi, Eul-Yong Choi
  • Publication number: 20230357881
    Abstract: Provided is an ultra-high strength steel sheet having excellent ductility including, 0.1 to 0.2% of carbon (C), 0.1 to 1.0% of silicon (Si), 2.0 to 3.0% of manganese (Mn), 1.0% or less of aluminum (Al), 1.0% or less of chromium (Cr), 0.5% or less of molybdenum (Mo), 0.1% or less of titanium (Ti), 0.1% or less of niobium (Nb), 0.1% or less of antimony (Sb), 0.05% or less of phosphorus (P), 0.02% or less of sulfur (S), 0.02% or less of nitrogen (N), and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The steel sheet satisfies the following: 1110[C]+41.5[Si]+575[Mn]?1092[Al]?3590[Nb]?5181[Ti]+258[Cr]+664 [Mo]?1380; 2853 [C]+95 [Si]+309 [Mn]?153 [Al]+4661 [Nb]?780[Ti]+210[Cr]+457[Mo]?1300; and ?29[C]+0.6[Si]?7.3[Mn]+7.8[Al]?145.2[Nb]+62.6[Ti]?3.3[Cr]?2.2[Mo]??24.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Joo-Hyun RYU, Yeon-Sang AHN, Kang-Hyun CHOI, Eul-Yong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230295759
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet suitably used for an automobile structural member and the like, and more particularly, to a steel sheet having high strength and excellent formability that may prevent processing defects such as cracks or wrinkles occurring during the press-forming, and a method for producing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Yeon-Sang AHN, Joo-Hyun RYU, Kang-Hyun CHOI, Eul-Yong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230272500
    Abstract: Provided is a high-strength steel sheet suitable for automobile structural members, etc., and a method for manufacturing same, wherein the high-strength steel sheet has a low yield ratio and high strength and has excellent formability through improvement of ductility that may prevent processing defects such as cracks, wrinkles, or the like, during press forming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Sung-Kyu KIM, Jun-Ho PARK, Chang-Hyo SEO, Eul-Yong CHOI, Sang-Ho HAN
  • Publication number: 20230080110
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a high strength steel sheet having excellent workability, including: reheating a steel slab; hot-rolling the reheated steel slab at an Ar3 transformation point or higher; coiling in a temperature range of 400 to 700° C.; primary cooling at a cooling rate of 0.1° C./s or less to room temperature; producing a cold rolled steel sheet at a cold reduction ratio of 40 to 70%; continuously annealing the cold rolled steel sheet in a temperature range of Ac1+30° C. to Ac3?20° C.; secondary cooling at a cooling rate of 10° C./s or less to 630 to 670° C.; third cooling to 400 to 500° C. at a cooling rate of 5° C./s or more in a hydrogen; maintaining for 70 seconds or more; hot-dip galvanizing; and performing a final cooling to Ms or less at a cooling rate of 1° C./s or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yeon-Sang AHN, Chang-Hyo SEO, Kang-Hyun CHOI, Eul-Yong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230031278
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet which can be used for automobile parts and the like, and relates to a steel sheet having an excellent balance of strength and ductility, an excellent balance of strength and hole expansibility and excellent bending workability, and a method for manufacturing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon LEE, Young-Roc IM, Eul-Yong CHOI
  • Patent number: 11519051
    Abstract: Provided is a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of 780 MPa or higher. The high-strength steel sheet has a low yield ratio and excellent ductility (El) and strain hardening exponent (n) and thus has enhanced processability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yeon-Sang Ahn, Chang-Hyo Seo, Kang-Hyun Choi, Eul-Yong Choi
  • Publication number: 20220259691
    Abstract: Provided are a high-strength steel sheet and a method for manufacturing same, the high-strength steel sheet including: an alloy system having C, Si, Mn, Cr, Al, Nb, Ti, B, P, S, N, and the remainder of Fe and other inevitable impurities. The contents of C, Si, and Al satisfy equation (1) below. The microstructure includes, by an area fraction, greater than 50% to 70% or less of tempered martensite, and the remainder of residual austenite, fresh martensite, ferrite, and bainite, in which a cementite phase as a second phase is precipitated and distributed in an area fraction of 1-3% between bainite laths, or at a lath on the tempered martensite or grain boundaries. [Equation (1)] [C]+([Si]+[Al])/5?0.35 wt. % (wherein [C], [Si], and [Al] denote wt % of C, Si, and Al, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Young-Roc IM, Man-Young PARK, Jong-Chan PARK, Eul-Yong CHOI, Min-Seo KOO, Jong-Kweon KIM, Jae-Hoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20200347476
    Abstract: Provided is a high-strength steel sheet having a tensile strength of 780 MPa or higher. The high-strength steel sheet has a low yield ratio and excellent ductility (El) and strain hardening exponent (n) and thus has enhanced processability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yeon-Sang AHN, Chang-Hyo SEO, Kang-Hyun CHOI, Eul-Yong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180023171
    Abstract: Provided is a warm-pressed member comprising, by weight %, C: 0.01% to 0.5%, Si: 3.0% or less (excluding 0%), Mn: 3% to 15%, P: 0.0001% to 0.1%, S: 0.0001% to 0.03%, Al: 3.0% or less (excluding 0%), N: 0.03% or less (excluding 0%), and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities. After a warm press forming process and a cooling process, the warm-pressed member has a microstructure comprising: 5 volume % to 50 volume % of retained austenite; and at least one of ferrite, martensite, tempered martensite, and bainite as a remainder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Kyoo-Young LEE, Yeol-Rae CHO, Eul-Yong CHOI, Ki-Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20140308156
    Abstract: Provided are a steel sheet for warm press forming that can have high strength, good elongation, and thus improved crashworthiness after being warm pressed, and a warm-pressed member formed of the steel sheet, and manufacturing methods thereof. The steel sheet for warm press forming includes, by weight %, C: 0.01% to 0.5%, Si: 3.0% or less (excluding 0%), Mn: 3% to 15%, P: 0.0001% to 0.1%, S: 0.0001% to 0.03%, Al: 3.0% or less (excluding 0%), N: 0.03% or less (excluding 0%), and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Kyoo-Young Lee, Yeol-Rae Cho, Eul-Yong Choi, Ki-Soo Kim