Patents by Inventor Hoon Im

Hoon Im 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: 9718719
    Abstract: Disclosed is a float bath which allows easy temperature control according to an internal position, and a glass manufacturing apparatus and glass manufacturing method including the float bath. The float bath includes a plurality of heaters provided at an upper portion of the float bath to supply heat into the float bath, and a shield provided between predetermined heaters among the plurality of heaters to block heat transfer therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Hoon Min, Ye-Hoon Im, Su-Chan Park, Sang-Oeb Na, Won-Jae Moon
  • Patent number: 9707526
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stirrer having grooves formed on the inside of a container in order to improve the degree of mixing, and the stirrer which is provided comprises: a plurality of projections formed on the inner surface of a stirrer container; and a plurality of grooves formed between the plurality of projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young Soo Song, Yu Shik Hong, Jun Won Choi, Ye Hoon Im
  • Publication number: 20170189575
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a super absorbent polymer which exhibits totally well-balanced and excellent physical properties through the optimization of a centrifuge retention capacity, an absorbency under pressure, a liquid permeability and a gel strength. Such a super absorbent polymer is a super absorbent polymer comprising a cross-linked polymer in which a base polymer in the form of a powder obtained by polymerizing water-soluble ethylene-based unsaturated monomers having an acidic group in which at least a part thereof is neutralized is subjected to a surface crosslinking, and a centrifuge retention capacity (CRC), an absorbency under pressure (AUP), a liquid permeability (physiological saline solution flow conductivity; SFC), a horizontal gel strength (G?) or the like can satisfy a predetermined relationship of formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyemin Lee, Sung Hyun Park, Myung Han Lee, Ye Hoon Im, Sang Eun Kim
  • Patent number: 9698374
    Abstract: The present application provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive film, an organic electronic device including the same and a method of manufacturing an organic electronic device using the same. The present application provides the pressure-sensitive adhesive film which forms a structure effectively blocking water or oxygen from penetrating into an organic electronic device from the outside, and has excellent mechanical properties such as handleability, formability or the like and transparency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Sup Lee, Yoon Gyung Cho, Myung Han Lee, Kyung Yul Bae, Sang Eun Kim, Sang Min Park, Se Woo Yang, Ye Hoon Im
  • Patent number: 9682395
    Abstract: The present application relates to a slot die coating apparatus and, more particularly, to a slot die coating apparatus which can ensure the coating stability of a substrate film by reducing pressure oscillations within a vacuum chamber when slot die coating is carried out. The slot die coating apparatus according to the present application can effectively dampen pressure oscillations within a vacuum chamber by connecting a pressure oscillation reducing tank to the vacuum chamber and thus can ensure the coating stability of a substrate film, resulting in a reduction in the proportion of defective products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Won Chan Park, Jung Hyun Yeo, Ye Hoon Im
  • Patent number: 9627664
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module including a base plate on which unit modules, each with two or more secondary batteries therein, are stacked in a vertically erected state, a pair of end plates disposed in tight contact with outer surfaces of outermost unit modules while bottoms of the end plates are fixed to the base plate, and supporting bars connected between opposite sides of upper or side parts of the end plates so as to support the end plates, wherein each of the end plates includes a main body contacting a corresponding one of the unit modules, and a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls protruding outward from the perimeter of the main body, the thickness of each of the side walls being increased from the top to the bottom wall, thereby dispersing pressure (bending load) from the unit modules and the supporting bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: YeonSeok Choo, Jin Kyu Lee, Ye Hoon Im, Kwanyong Kim
  • Patent number: 9614206
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a middle- or large-sized battery pack case in which a battery module having a plurality of stacked battery cells, which can be charged and discharged, is mounted, wherein the battery pack case is provided with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, which are disposed such that a coolant for cooling the battery cells can flow from one side to the other side of the battery module in the direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the battery cells, and the battery pack case is further provided with a flow space (‘inlet duct’) extending from the coolant inlet port to the battery module and another flow space (Outlet duct’) extending from the battery module to the coolant outlet port, the inlet duct having a vertical sectional area less than that of the outlet duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Dooseong Choi, Ye Hoon Im, Sang Phil Han, Jaesung Ahn, Dal Mo Kang, Jongmoon Yoon, Heekook Yang
  • Patent number: 9598302
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a float bath that may enhance spreadability of a poured glass melt when pouring the glass melt, an apparatus for manufacturing a float glass comprising the same, a method for manufacturing a float glass using the float bath, and a float glass produced by the method. The float bath according to the present disclosure receives a metal melt and allows a glass melt poured onto the metal melt to float and move from upstream to downstream, and includes a guiding unit provided at a part where the glass melt is poured, to come into contact with the side of the poured glass melt to guide a sidewise spreading path of the glass melt to expand sidewise spreading of the glass melt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Hoon Min, Ye-Hoon Im, Su-Chan Park
  • Publication number: 20170072342
    Abstract: Disclosed is a pore adjusting filtering apparatus including: a cylinder having a plurality of holes and in which a screw is rotatably installed; an endless track coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the cylinder by a cylinder, an endless track pin, and a support to be rotatable together with the cylinder; a fiber yarn bundle support rod inserted into the endless track to be connected to the endless track; a fiber yarn bundle, one end of which is fitted with and supported by the fiber yarn bundle support rod; a fiber yarn bundle support net for supporting the fiber yarn bundle while being attached to an outer peripheral surface of the fiber yarn bundle; a cleaning separator fixedly installed at an upper outer side of the cylinder; and an ejector installed on an upper outer side of the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicants: Yoonjin Environment Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-A RHIM, Jin-Gon YOON, Jeong-Hyo YOON, Je-Sung AHN, Jong-Won KIM, Jang-Gon IM, Hyen-Woo KIM, Eun-Joo SHIN, Sang-Hee KIM, Jeong-Hoon IM, Eun-Ji JUNG
  • Publication number: 20170018995
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided A poly-generation system comprising: at least one cylinder which forms a combustion chamber; a piston provided in the cylinder and configured to reciprocate; an engine rotor which comprises an engine magnet and reciprocates in conjunction with the reciprocation of the piston; an engine stator which comprises an engine coil and outputs an electromotive force induced in the engine coil due to interference with the engine magnet to the outside; and a generator which is integrally coupled with the piston and generates electricity using an inertial force generated by the reciprocation of the piston, wherein the generator comprises: an elastic member deformed by the inertial force; a generator rotor which comprises a generator magnet and reciprocates due to the deformation of the elastic member; a generator stator which comprises a generator coil and outputs an electromotive force induced in the generator coil due to interference with the generator
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Yong Hoon Im, Gyu Sung Choi, Dong Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 9539606
    Abstract: Provided is a slot die coater that applies electrode slurry to metal foil to produce an electrode, the slot die coater including a die part, which includes a body having an inner space receiving the electrode slurry, a supply hole disposed in the body to supply the electrode slurry to the inner space, and a discharge hole disposed in the body to discharge the electrode slurry from the inner space to the metal foil, and a member for the slot die coater, which is removably installed in the inner space to form a slope surface in the inner space, or a movable member for the slot die coater, which selectively forms the slope surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Hyun Park, Chae Gyu Lee, Ye Hoon Im
  • Patent number: 9537187
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells or unit modules (‘unit cells’), which can be charged and discharged, mounted in a pack case, wherein the unit cells are stacked in a direction (a Z direction) in which the unit cells are sequentially stacked in parallel to a ground in a state in which a spacing distance for coolant flow is provided between the respective unit cells to constitute a battery module, two or more battery modules are arranged in a horizontal direction (an X direction) on the plane with respect to a coolant introduction direction in which a coolant is introduced through a coolant inlet port in a state in which flow of the coolant between the battery modules is restrained to constitute a battery module group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chae Ho Chung, Jae Hun Yang, Dal Mo Kang, Ye Hoon Im
  • Patent number: 9478778
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a middle- or large-sized battery pack case in which a battery module having a plurality of stacked battery cells, which can be charged and discharged, is mounted, wherein the battery pack case is provided with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, which are disposed such that a coolant for cooling the battery cells can flow from one side to the other side of the battery module in the direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the battery cells, the battery pack case is further provided with a flow space (‘inlet duct’) extending from the coolant inlet port to the battery module and another flow space (‘outlet duct’) extending from the battery module to the coolant outlet port, and one or more guide members are disposed in the inlet duct for guiding the flow of the coolant in the direction parallel to the stacking direction of the battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ye Hoon Im, Doo Seong Choi, Sang Phil Han, Jong Moon Yoon, Jaesung Ahn, Heekook Yang, Dal Mo Kang
  • Publication number: 20160223208
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a trigeneration energy supply system having improved cooling and system use efficiency. The trigeneration energy supply system according to one embodiment of the present invention can comprise: a vacuum pump; a vacuum chamber inside which a vacuum is created by the vacuum pump; a condensed water storage tank positioned higher than the vacuum chamber, and prepared so as to store condensed water formed when steam generated by evaporating water brought inside the vacuum chamber is transferred to the inside of the tank by the vacuum pump; a cooling pipeline arranged to pass through the inside of the vacuum chamber cooled during the water evaporation and prepared to deliver cool air to a cooling load; and a small hydroelectric power generation system for generating electrical power by allowing the condensed water stored in the condensed water storage tank to be poured from at least the height of the condensed water storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Yong Hoon IM, Jae Yong LEE, Dong Hyun LEE
  • Patent number: 9385350
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plate-shaped secondary battery configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure is mounted in a battery case in a sealed state by thermal welding, wherein a protuberance is formed at an outer edge sealed portion of an electrode assembly receiving part of the battery case such that the protuberance protrudes upward and downward from the sealed portion, and the protuberance extends along the outer edge of the electrode assembly receiving part continuously in a curved line or in a straight line in a state in which the protuberance is adjacent to the electrode assembly receiving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: WonChan Park, Min Su Kim, Ye Hoon Im, Seung Jae You, Woo Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20160158681
    Abstract: Disclosed here is a separator. The separator includes a cylindrical body in which a spatial portion is provided for separation, a supply pipe provided so that the mixture is introduced in a tangential direction of the cylindrical body to generate a revolving gas flow of the mixture in the spatial portion, a discharge pipe provided so that the first material is discharged to the outside through a rising gas flow of a central portion of the spatial portion, and a deflector provided to be parallel to the supply pipe in a circumferential direction of the spatial portion to prevent the mixture introduced into the spatial portion through the supply pipe from rising.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Eun Jeong KIM, Ye Hoon IM, Hyun Jin Shin, Jun Won CHOI, Jung Kee JANG
  • Publication number: 20160130476
    Abstract: The present application provides a pressure-sensitive adhesive film, an organic electronic device including the same and a method of manufacturing an organic electronic device using the same. The present application provides the pressure-sensitive adhesive film which forms a structure effectively blocking water or oxygen from penetrating into an organic electronic device from the outside, and has excellent mechanical properties such as handleability, formability or the like and transparency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Hyun Sup Lee, Yoon Gyung Cho, Myung Han Lee, Kyung Yul Bae, Sang Eun Kim, Sang Min Park, Se Woo Yang, Ye Hoon Im
  • Publication number: 20160076509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a potential energy-based power generation system and comprises; a pump and a first reservoir for procuring constant potential energy by receiving power from new renewable energy power generation sources or a surplus power source and transferring water on the ground surface to an upper part of a building; a small hydro power generation unit comprising a small hydro power generation turbine and a second power generator and converting the potential energy into power by pouring the water in the first reservoir; a second reservoir located underground of the building to procure additional potential energy, and storing the water which has passed through the small hydro power generation turbine; an electrolysis device performing electrolysis by using the power generated by the small hydro power generation unit and the power supplied from the new renewable energy power generation sources or the surplus power source to procure a storage space of the second reservoir for the small hydro
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Yong Hoon IM, Dong Hyun LEE, Jae Yong LEE
  • Patent number: 9281546
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack case in which a battery module having a plurality of stacked battery cells or unit modules (‘unit cells’) is mounted, wherein the battery pack case is provided at the upper part and the lower part thereof with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, respectively, which are directed in opposite directions such that a coolant to cool the unit cells can flow from one side to the other side of the battery module in a direction perpendicular to a cell stacking direction, the battery pack case is further provided with a flow space (‘coolant introduction part’) extending from the coolant inlet port to the battery module and another flow space (‘coolant discharge part’) extending from the battery module to the coolant outlet port, and the flow channel width of the coolant introduction part and/or the flow channel width of the coolant discharge part is greater than that of each of the unit cells, thereby achieving uniform distribution of the coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chae Ho Chung, Ye Hoon Im, Jin Kyu Lee, BumHyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20160057943
    Abstract: A combined heat and power system for greenhouse carbon dioxide enrichment purifies carbon dioxide from exhaust gas of the combined heat and power system generating and supplying power and heat by combusting fuel and supplies the purified carbon dioxide to a greenhouse. The combined heat and power system includes a unified pipe system configured to simultaneously transmit hot water and carbon dioxide through a single pipe by dissolving the purified carbon dioxide in a heat transmission medium, a storage system configured to store the carbon dioxide transmitted to demand destinations along with the hot water, and supply unit configured to supply the carbon dioxide transmitted to and stored in the demand destinations depending on a heat and carbon dioxide load condition of a demand destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Yong Hoon IM, Jae Yong LEE