Patents by Inventor In Hak YOON

In Hak YOON 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: 12249718
    Abstract: A negative electrode includes a negative electrode active material layer, wherein the negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material and a conductive material. The negative electrode active material includes SiOx (0?x<2) particles and the conductive material includes secondary particles in which a portion of one graphene sheet is connected to a portion of an adjacent graphene sheet and a carbon nanotube structure in which 2 to 5,000 single-walled carbon nanotube units are coupled to each other, wherein the oxygen content of the secondary particles is 1 wt % to 10 wt % based on the total weight of the secondary particles, the specific surface area of the secondary particles measured by a nitrogen adsorption BET method is 500 m2/g to 1100 m2/g, and the carbon nanotube structure is included in the negative electrode active material layer in an amount of an 0.01 wt % to 1.0 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Gon Kim, Ki Won Sung, Wang Mo Jung, Sin Young Park, Dae Jin Lee, Bo Ram Lee, Hak Yoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20250079485
    Abstract: A nozzle assembly includes a first nozzle device that provides a fluid passage, in which a fluid flows, and a second nozzle device that surrounds the first nozzle device, and when an imaginary straight line passing through the fluid passage and extending in a direction, in which the fluid flows, is defined as a reference straight line, the first nozzle device includes a spacing area having a shape that is recessed in a direction that faces the reference straight line to be spaced apart from a portion of the second nozzle device. The nozzle assembly may be fixed to a body of a vehicle as part of an ejector for ejecting fluid having a pressure to a targeted location such as a hydrogen fuel cell of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Pu Reum Jeong, Hyo Sub Shim, In Tae Park, Sung Jin You, Sang Hyeok Nam, Hyeon Seok Ban, Hak Yoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20250067623
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for processing a substrate, the device including: a support unit including a spin chuck supporting a substrate, a rotation shaft supporting the spin chuck, and a driver providing rotational force to the rotation shaft; and a determination unit for determining whether the rotation shaft is defective, in which the determination unit determines whether the rotation shaft is defective based on a current value applied to the driver while the rotation shaft is rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hak CHOI, Wan Hee HAN, Han Seon KANG, Jung Min YOON, Dae Il JANG
  • Publication number: 20250056983
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate, a barrier film, and a second substrate; a thin-film transistor layer, an emission material layer, an encapsulation layer and a touch detecting unit stacked on the second substrate; and a pad area in a non-display area and comprising pads connected to a driving substrate and facing the first substrate, the pads comprising: a pad contact hole formed by etching the second substrate and the barrier film; a first inorganic film and a pad electrode stacked on an inner circumferential surface of the pad contact hole; and a rear contact hole etched through a portion of the first substrate, and a pad bonded to the rear contact hole, with a middle hole connecting the pad contact hole with the rear contact hole, and the pad of the driving substrate is electrically connected to the pad electrode through a lower conductive ink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Dong Hyun LEE, Jae Hak LEE, Si Joon SONG, Sang Hyuck YOON
  • Patent number: 12195166
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a propulsion unit having a rim foil, which significantly reduces drag during forward flight while protecting a rotor blade from surrounding obstacles, the method including a plate member formation step in which an airfoil-type plate member is formed to have an outline forming an airfoil shape in side view, a rim foil formation step in which a through-hole is formed in the airfoil type plate member to form a rim foil member having an outline forming at least a portion of an airfoil shape in side view, and a rotor blade installation step in which a rotor blade is installed in the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: METROAIR INC
    Inventors: Hak Yoon Kim, Seung Won Lee
  • Patent number: 12151830
    Abstract: An integrated urban air mobility system includes: an air taxi including a boarding capsule adapted to allow a passenger to board or alight from the boarding capsule in a boarding/alighting area, and an aircraft adapted to dock with the boarding capsule and flying in an airway; and a vertiport having an outer wall defining an interior space, the interior space including an air taxi movement space in which the air taxi moves, a boarding capsule movement space in which the boarding capsule moves, and an aircraft movement space in which the aircraft moves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: METROAIR INC.
    Inventor: Hak Yoon Kim
  • Patent number: 12155097
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ejector nozzle and an ejector including the same. The ejector nozzle includes a first tube having a first flow path into which a fluid is introduced, and a second tube provided outside the first tube and having an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the first tube, the second tube defining a second flow path between the first tube and the second tube, in which the first tube further includes a communication port that penetrates the first tube to allow the first flow path to communicate with the second flow path and is openably and closable provided, and in which when the communication port is opened, a part of the fluid flowing in the first flow path is allowed to flow along the second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: In Tae Park, Hak Yoon Kim, Hyeon Seok Ban
  • Patent number: 12126020
    Abstract: A positive electrode and a lithium secondary including the same is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the positive electrode includes a positive electrode current collector, a first positive electrode active material layer and a second positive electrode active material layer sequentially stacked on the positive electrode current collector, wherein the first positive electrode active material layer and the second positive electrode active material layer include a bimodal positive active material, the first positive electrode active material layer includes small-diameter particles in the form of single particles, and the second positive electrode active material layer includes small-diameter particles in the form of secondary particles. The positive electrode has improved capacity, efficiency, lifespan, output properties, and thermal stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hwi Kim, Hak Yoon Kim, So Ra Baek, Hyuck Hur, Hyeong Il Kim, Seul Ki Chae, Wang Mo Jung, Dong Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 12021228
    Abstract: A method of producing a positive electrode material for a secondary battery includes preparing a lithium composite transition metal oxide containing nickel, cobalt, and manganese, forming a coating layer on a surface of the lithium composite transition metal oxide, and post-treating the lithium composite transition metal oxide having the coating layer formed thereon, wherein the post-treating is performed by exposing the lithium composite transition metal oxide having the coating layer formed thereon to moisture at a relative humidity of 10% to 50% at 25° C., and then heat treating the lithium composite transition metal oxide to remove residual moisture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gi Beom Han, Wang Mo Jung, Sang Wook Lee, Hak Yoon Kim, So Ra Baek, Jung Min Han
  • Publication number: 20240140614
    Abstract: An integrated urban air mobility system includes: an air taxi including a boarding capsule adapted to allow a passenger to board or alight from the boarding capsule in a boarding/alighting area, and an aircraft adapted to dock with the boarding capsule and flying in an airway; and a vertiport having an outer wall defining an interior space, the interior space including an air taxi movement space in which the air taxi moves, a boarding capsule movement space in which the boarding capsule moves, and an aircraft movement space in which the aircraft moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: METROAIR INC.
    Inventor: Hak Yoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20240105971
    Abstract: A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack including a cathode to which air is supplied, and an anode to which hydrogen is supplied. In particular, the fuel cell system further includes: an air discharge line to discharge the air discharged from the fuel cell stack into the atmosphere; a pressure adjuster provided in the air discharge line to selectively open or close the air discharge line; a first hydrogen discharge line connected to the fuel cell stack and the air discharge line at an upstream side of the pressure adjuster; a second hydrogen discharge line connected to the first hydrogen discharge line and the air discharge line at a downstream side of the pressure adjuster; and a hydrogen discharge valve part to selectively open or close at least one of the first hydrogen discharge line or the second hydrogen discharge line based on a pressure of the anode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hak Yoon Kim, Hyeon Seok Ban
  • Publication number: 20240097112
    Abstract: A positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode collector, a first positive electrode active material layer formed on the positive electrode collector and includes a first positive electrode active material, and a second positive electrode active material layer formed on the first positive electrode active material layer and includes a second positive electrode active material. The first positive electrode active material and the second positive electrode active material include a lithium nickel-cobalt-based oxide in which an amount of nickel among total metallic components excluding lithium is 80 atm % or more, the first positive electrode active material has a molar ratio of nickel to cobalt of 18 or more, and the second positive electrode active material has a molar ratio of nickel to cobalt of less than 18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hun Lee, Hak Yoon Kim, So Ra Baek, Hyuck Hur, Dong Hwi Kim, Hyeong Il Kim, Seul Ki Chae, Wang Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20240072244
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery comprising lithium transition metal oxide particles having a core-shell structure which includes a core portion and a shell portion disposed on a surface of the core portion. Wherein, the average crystallite size of the core portion is smaller than an average crystallite size of the shell portion and an amount of nickel among total transition metals included in the core portion and the shell portion is 80 atm % or more. A positive electrode active material, which suppresses decomposition of an electrolyte solution and occurrence of micro cracks of the positive electrode active material during charge and discharge by forming an average crystallite size of a core portion of the high-nickel positive electrode active material smaller than an average crystallite size of a shell portion, and a method of preparing the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hun Lee, Hak Yoon Kim, So Ra Baek, Hyuck Hur, Dong Hwi Kim, Hyeong Il Kim, Seul Ki Chae, Wang Mo Jung
  • Publication number: 20240055623
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ejector nozzle and an ejector including the same. The ejector nozzle includes a first tube having a first flow path into which a fluid is introduced, and a second tube provided outside the first tube and having an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the first tube, the second tube defining a second flow path between the first tube and the second tube, in which the first tube further includes a communication port that penetrates the first tube to allow the first flow path to communicate with the second flow path and is openably and closable provided, and in which when the communication port is opened, a part of the fluid flowing in the first flow path is allowed to flow along the second flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: In Tae Park, Hak Yoon Kim, Hyeon Seok Ban
  • Publication number: 20240021788
    Abstract: A bimodal positive electrode active material includes a first lithium transition metal oxide and a second lithium transition metal oxide having an average particle diameter (D50) smaller than that of the first lithium transition metal oxide, wherein the first lithium transition metal oxide has higher particle strength and smaller crystalline size than the second lithium transition metal oxide, and a positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode active material. A positive electrode active material may improve high-temperature life characteristics and high-temperature storage characteristics of a lithium secondary battery. A positive electrode and a lithium secondary battery which include the positive electrode active material are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicants: LG Energy Solution, Ltd., LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: So Ra Baek, Hak Yoon Kim, Hyuck Hur, Dong Hwi Kim, Hyeong Il Kim, Seul Ki Chae, Wang Mo Jung, Dong Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 11862824
    Abstract: Proposed are a fuel cell system and a method of controlling the fuel cell system. The fuel cell system includes: a hydrogen supply unit connected to a hydrogen inlet side of a fuel cell stack, with a supply valve and a sensor being provided in the hydrogen supply unit; a hydrogen discharge unit connected to a hydrogen outlet side of the fuel cell stack, with a water trap and a purge valve being provided in the hydrogen discharge unit; and a controller configured to calculate an amount of hydrogen discharged through the purge valve from an amount of hydrogen supplied to the fuel cell stack and an amount of hydrogen consumed therein, and to perform compensation control of the supply valve when the amount of the discharged hydrogen is at or above a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Won Jung, Hak Yoon Kim, Jun Young Park, Seong Cheol Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230402597
    Abstract: A positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a positive electrode active material layer including: a first positive electrode active material represented by Formula 1 and having a crystalline size of 150 nm or more; a conductive agent including single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs); and a binder. A lithium secondary battery includes the positive electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyeong II Kim, Hak Yoon Kim, So Ra Baek, Hyuck Hur, Dong Hwi Kim, Seul Ki Chae, Wang Mo Jung, Dong Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 11837376
    Abstract: A method for producing a composite conductive material having excellent dispersibility is provided. The method includes supporting a catalyst on surfaces of carbon particles; heat treating the catalyst in a helium or hydrogen atmosphere such that the catalyst penetrate the surfaces of the carbon particles and are impregnated beneath the surfaces of the carbon particles at a contact point between the carbon particles and the impregnated catalyst; and heating the carbon particles having the impregnated catalyst disposed therein in the presence of a source gas to grow carbon nanofibers from the impregnated catalyst to form a composite conductive material, wherein the source gas contains a carbon source, and wherein the carbon nanofibers extend from the contact point to above the surfaces of the carbon particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Tea Gon Kim, Je Young Kim, Hak Yoon Kim, Ki Won Sung, Ye Lin Kim, Joo Yul Baek, Jung Keun Yoo, Jun Muk Lim, Seul Ki Kim
  • Publication number: 20230387399
    Abstract: A method of preparing a lithium secondary battery includes: (1) mixing a small particle lithium composite transition metal oxide having an average particle diameter (D50) of less than 7 ?m with a boron-containing raw material and performing a heat treatment, mixing a large particle lithium composite transition metal oxide having an average particle diameter (D50) of 8 ?m or more with a cobalt-containing raw material and a boron-containing raw material and performing a heat treatment, mixing the first positive electrode active material and the second positive electrode active material to prepare a positive electrode material having a bimodal particle diameter distribution, preparing a positive electrode by coating the positive electrode material on a positive electrode collector, and assembling the positive electrode, a negative electrode including a silicon-based negative electrode active material, and a separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: So Ra Baek, Hak Yoon Kim, Hyuck Hur, Dong Hwi Kim, Hyeong Il Kim, Seul Ki Chae, Wang Mo Jung, Dong Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 11824235
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ejector nozzle and an ejector including the same. The ejector nozzle includes a first tube having a first flow path into which a fluid is introduced, and a second tube provided outside the first tube and having an inner diameter larger than an inner diameter of the first tube, the second tube defining a second flow path between the first tube and the second tube, in which the first tube further includes a communication port that penetrates the first tube to allow the first flow path to communicate with the second flow path and is openably and closably provided, and in which when the communication port is opened, a part of the fluid flowing in the first flow path is allowed to flow along the second flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: In Tae Park, Hak Yoon Kim, Hyeon Seok Ban