Patents by Inventor Haan Kim

Haan 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: 9073587
    Abstract: A passively transformable wheel includes a wheel base including a centrally positioned transmitter rotation shaft and one or more passive leg rotation shafts positioned in the outer periphery; a force transmitter rotatably coupled to an end of the transmitter rotation shaft, the force transmitter including a trigger slide and one or more passive leg joints spaced apart from one another; a trigger leg arranged between the wheel base and the force transmitter and rotatably coupled to the trigger leg rotation shaft, the trigger leg including a trigger joint fitted to the trigger slide; and one or more passive legs arranged between the wheel base and the force transmitter so as not to interfere with the trigger leg and rotatably coupled to the passive leg rotation shafts, the passive legs including one or more passive leg slides engaging with the passive leg joints of the force transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Yoo Seok Kim, Haan Kim, Chong Nam Chu, Gwang Pil Jung, Kyu Jin Cho
  • Publication number: 20140212682
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a metal structure in which an array of a plurality of pin arrangements is formed on a surface of a metal, in which the method includes: performing a laser processing along a route between pin regions in which the pins are to be formed on a metal base material to form a dross on the pin regions, and repeating the laser processing. As the dross formed in each pin region is repeatedly cast and recast during the repetitive laser processing, the recast layer is formed in a shape of the pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: SNU R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Se Won Lee, Hong Shik Shin, Chong Nam Chu, Haan Kim, Sang Jae Shin