Patents by Inventor Hyo-Bong Kim

Hyo-Bong 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: 10852040
    Abstract: Disclosed is a linear expander includes: a body portion including a suction hole through which a fluid having a first pressure flows in, a discharge hole through which the fluid flows out with a second pressure that is lower than the first pressure, and first and second holes connecting an expansion space formed between the suction hole and the discharge hole, a first linear generating portion and a second linear generating portion respectively causing pistons provided in the first hole and the second hole to linearly reciprocate to generate an induced electromotive force with an expansion force generated when the fluid having the first pressure expands to the fluid having the second pressure, a suction valve opening and closing the suction hole, and a discharge valve and closing the discharge hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Junseok Ko, Hyo-Bong Kim, Seong-Je Park, Han-Kil Yeom, Yong-Ju Hong, Sehwan In
  • Publication number: 20170023280
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a linear expander that can structurally offset vibration and noise caused from piston movement by moving pistons combined to two linear generators symmetrically provided in a body portion where a suction valve and a discharge valve are respectively provided to bilaterally opposite directions, and accordingly the expander has a simple structure and motion stability of the compressor can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Inventors: Junseok Ko, Hyo-Bong Kim, Seong-Je Park, Han-Kil Yeom, Yong-Ju Hong, Sehwan In
  • Publication number: 20040069457
    Abstract: This invention provides a multi-channeled loop heat transfer device with high efficiency fins. In this device, each of the evaporating and condensing sections is fabricated using parallel, multi-channeled flattened tubes. This device has a liquid-pumping capillary wick within each channel of the flattened tubes. The wick is allowed to act as a fluid diode within a heat transport loop only when a minus temperature gradient is maintained in the liquid in the upstream of the boundary layer and in the vapor in the downstream of the boundary layer. In this device, the vapor pipe is separated from the liquid pipe, with the temperature of the vapor pipe always maintained higher than that of the liquid pipe. The liquid is thus allowed to always flow from the condensing section into the liquid pipe due to vapor pressure of the vapor pipe. This device is also automatically restarted without failure when thermal load acts on the device after a complete stop of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2000
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Byung-Kyu Park, Hyo-Bong Kim, Charn-Jung Kim, Joon-Sik Lee
  • Patent number: 6073686
    Abstract: A high efficiency modular OLF heat exchanger with heat transfer enhancement is disclosed. The OLF heat exchanger has an oblique louver fin provided with oblique strips. The oblique louver fin thus effectively forms transverse and longitudinal vortexes in a main gas flow while breaking the boundary layer of the gas flow, thus having an improved heat transferring effect. In the OLF heat exchanger, a plurality of flat tubes are assembled with two opposite header pipes, thus forming a module. The OLF heat exchanger is thus manufactured while easily permitting changes in its size and heat exchanging capacity by assembling a selected number of modules into a single body using a plurality of header pipe sockets. The oblique strips violently mix the gas flow and thereby further improve the heat transferring effect of the louver fin. The oblique louver fin thus has advantages expected from typical louver fins with swirlers and typical offset strip fins with swirlers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Byung-Kyu Park, Hyo-Bong Kim, Koon-Sup Oh, Joon-Sik Lee
  • Patent number: 6010081
    Abstract: A twin-fluid atomizer including upper and lower plates connected to each other by the use of bolts; gas supply pipes each provided to the side of the upper plate; a liquid delivery tube defining an orifice and fixed to the top of the upper plate by the use of a bolt; and a connector body fixed to the lower plate and the outer wall of the orifice of the liquid delivery tube, thus defining an annular gas supply channel. The lower plate has an interchangeable connector stem attachable to the connector body and rotatable via cogs formed on the connector stem. The orifice of the liquid delivery tube and connector forming an annular gas flow passage have outlets with a plane or oblique cross section respectively, and the plane or oblique cross section of each outlet is adjusted and/or rotated to provide a symmetric or asymmetric spray pattern. A bushing interposed between the liquid delivery tube and the upper plate to adjust the length of a protrusion of the liquid delivery tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Machinery & Metals
    Inventors: Byung-Kyu Park, Joon-Sik Lee, Hyo-Bong Kim