Patents by Inventor In Hoo Kim

In Hoo 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).

  • Publication number: 20240136652
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery module assembly having at least one battery cell, a pack case configured to accommodate the battery module assembly, and a barrier unit provided on at least one side of the pack case, configured to discharge a vent gas in the pack case to the outside of the pack case and having at least one blocking baffle disposed obliquely to have a predetermined inclination angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Goen HONG, Seung-Hyun KIM, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Sang-Hyun JO, Young-Bum CHO
  • Publication number: 20240128584
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules each including one or more battery cells to store and release energy, each battery module further including an intake portion and an exhaust portion, an intake duct including an intake channel and communicating with the intake portion of each of the plurality of battery modules, and an exhaust duct including an exhaust channel and communicating with the exhaust portion of each of the plurality of battery modules. Each of the plurality of battery modules further includes an opening/closing member configured to close the intake portion when internal pressure increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun JO, Seung-Hyun KIM, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Young-Bum CHO, Sung-Goen HONG
  • Publication number: 20240090805
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a method by which a device provides a service so as to enable cognitive function rehabilitation by using a virtual object model comprises the steps of: generating a virtual object model in a virtual space matched to correspond to a real space where a subject is located; generating a plurality of first preliminary stimuli for identifying egocentric neglect in the visual range of the subject on the basis of the virtual object model; obtaining and collecting first reaction information about whether the subject has recognized the first preliminary stimuli; determining an egocentric cognition range in which the subject can egocentrically recognize visual stimuli on the basis of the first reaction information; sequentially generating a plurality of second preliminary stimuli for identifying allocentric neglect in the egocentric cognition range on the basis of the virtual object model; obtaining and collecting second reaction information about whether the subject has recognized the secon
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Sung Min CHO, Won Seok KIM, Jung Taek PARK, Young Hoo CHO
  • Publication number: 20240088517
    Abstract: A battery pack is configured to improve safety by effectively suppressing heat transfer between battery modules in the present disclosure. A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules each having one or more battery cells, configured to store and release energy, and stacked in at least one direction; a pack case provided on at least one side of the plurality of battery modules, covering at least a portion of the outside of the plurality of battery modules, and having one or more openings formed therein; and a melting member provided in the opening of the pack case to seal the opening and configured to open the opening by being melted by heat generated from one or more battery modules among the plurality of battery modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun JO, Seung-Hyun KIM, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Young-Bum CHO, Sung-Goen HONG
  • Publication number: 20240088516
    Abstract: A battery rack includes a plurality of battery modules, each including at least one battery cell, wherein each battery module has at least one venting hole; a rack case accommodating the plurality of battery modules; and a plurality of support brackets disposed in the rack case such that each support bracket supports each battery module and is in communication with the at least one venting hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun KIM, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Sang-Hyun JO, Young-Bum CHO, Sung-Goen HONG
  • Publication number: 20240075943
    Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle includes: determining an accelerator position sensor/brake pedal position sensor (APS/BPS) command value based on a state variable and a reward variable including a prediction value for a future velocity of the vehicle predicted based on a past APS/BPS command value of the vehicle; and learning for a reward value according to the reward variable to satisfy a predetermined goal based on a change that the determined APS/BPS command value causes to at least one state variable under given environment information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Kyung Hun Hwang, Joong Hoo Park, Hyeon Goo Pyeon, Se Joon Lim, Hee Jung Kim
  • Publication number: 20240072401
    Abstract: A battery module ac includes a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are vertically stacked; a module housing including a base plate supporting the cell stack, and a pair of side plates covering both side portions of the cell stack and each including a spark direction changing portion formed by bending an end portion of the side plate in a longitudinal direction of the side plate toward the cell stack; and a bus bar frame assembly covering an opening portion formed on a side of the module housing in a longitudinal direction of the module housing, the bus bar frame assembly including a bus bar frame coupled to a side of the cells tack in a longitudinal direction of the cell stack and a bus bar located on the bus bar frame and coupled to an electrode lead of the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun JO, Yu-Dam KONG, Seung-Hyun KIM, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Sung-Goen HONG
  • Publication number: 20240072374
    Abstract: A battery module includes a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are vertically stacked; a module housing including a base plate supporting the cell stack and a pair of side plates covering both side portions of the cell stack; a bus bar frame assembly covering an opening portion formed on a side of the module housing in a longitudinal direction of the module housing; and a plurality of spark delay portions protruding from an inner surface of each of the pair of side plates and spaced apart from one another in a height direction of the side plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun KIM, Yu-Dam KONG, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Sang-Hyun JO, Sung-Goen HONG
  • Publication number: 20240072370
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a sub-pack including a plurality of battery modules that are located adjacent to one another; a duct coupled to a side of the sub-pack in a width direction of the sub-pack; and a duct cover covering a duct opening portion formed on a side of the duct in a longitudinal direction of the duct, the duct cover including a filter having a mesh structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun JO, Yu-Dam KONG, Seung-Hyun KIM, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Sung-Goen HONG
  • Patent number: 11914001
    Abstract: A power control device configured for diagnosing an open-circuit fault occurring in a power system of an autonomous vehicle and an open-circuit diagnosis method thereof, may include a power control switch that selectively connects or separates main power output from the first power supply and auxiliary power output from the second power supply, and a processor that determines a possibility of an open-circuit fault of a vehicle power source based on a current flowing through the power control switch and determines whether it is possible to drive an electric load with an output power of the second power supply alone and determine an open-circuit position based on an output of the first power supply when there is the possibility of the open-circuit fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, YURA CORPORATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Myung Kwon, Jung Hyeon Bae, Hyo Geun Kwak, Sae Rom Kim, Jeong Hyun Park, Young Hoo Yoon
  • Patent number: 11914218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera module, and the present invention may comprise: a lens; a heating layer positioned on the lens so as to generate heat when power is supplied thereto; and a heating wire, which is positioned on the surface of the lens or of the heating layer, which generates heat when a current is supplied thereto from an external power supply, and which is electrically connected to the heating layer. The present invention comprises a heating wire, besides the heating layer that comprises a conductive material, and thus can reduce the time taken to supply a heating body with a current, and the reduced heating time accordingly enables rapid heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Lee, Jung Hoo Seo, Dae Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20240035531
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a lightweight brake disc with maximized heat dissipation ability. The method includes a first step of mixing gray cast iron and Fe—Cr ferroalloy with each other to produce a mixture, melting and solidifying the mixture to cast an alloy; a second step of heat-treating the alloy cast in the first step to pearlitize a microstructure of the alloy; and a third step of performing nitriding heat treatment of the alloy heat-treated in the second step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: PUKYONG NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jei Pil WANG, Kwon Hoo KIM
  • Patent number: 11887522
    Abstract: Disclosed are a timing controller and driver which are improved to have a function of compensating a source signal to be provided to a display panel, and a display system including the timing controller and the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LX SEMICON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seok Hoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11887868
    Abstract: A substrate processing apparatus includes a vessel providing a processing space for processing a substrate, a substrate support supporting the substrate loaded in the processing space, and a barrier between a side wall of the vessel and the substrate support and surrounding an edge of the substrate supported by the substrate support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-hoo Kim, Sang-jine Park, Yong-jhin Cho, Yeon-jin Gil, Ji-hoon Jeong, Byung-kwon Cho, Yong-sun Ko, Kun-tack Lee
  • Publication number: 20240010220
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for providing a driver interface. The method of providing a driver interface may include, based on a state of a vehicle, determining a main interface configured to display information regarding a vehicle operation service, and generating the determined main interface, wherein the generating of the main interface may include determining a before-starting-work interface as the main interface, in response to the state of the vehicle being switched to a moving-to-workplace state, determining a moving-to-workplace interface as the main interface, and in response to the state of the vehicle being switched to a standby-for-dispatch state, determining a standby-for-dispatch interface as the main interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Ji Hoon KIM, Tae Suk Kim, Mo Ran Kim, Jung Hee Son, Su Ho Kim, Yoo Ra Choi, Hyun Woo Choi, Dong Hoo Kim, Zzy Hyun Oh, Jae In Chang, Da Ye Kwon, Hyun Gul Roh, Man Gyu Park
  • Patent number: 11859327
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to providing a washing machine that can change a setting value stored in advance in the washing machine remotely from the outside, it is possible to quickly solve the problem without an engineer's visit in a counselling process with a user, and increase the user's satisfaction by reducing the time and cost waste, a system including the same and a method of controlling the washing machine. The washing machine includes a communicator configured to communicate with the outside; a storage configured to store a setting value; and a controller configured to change the setting value stored in the storage based on the setting value received by the communicator, and to control the washing machine based on the changed setting value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang Hoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11862457
    Abstract: A wafer cleaning apparatus, a method of cleaning wafer and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device are provided. The method of fabricating the semiconductor device includes disposing a wafer on a rotatable chuck, irradiating a lower surface of the wafer with a laser to heat the wafer, and supplying a chemical to an upper surface of the wafer to clean the wafer, wherein the laser penetrates an optical system including an aspheric lens array, the laser penetrates a calibration window, which includes a first window structure including a first light projection window including first and second regions different from each other, a first coating layer covering the first region of the first light projection window, and a second coating layer covering the second region of the first light projection window, and the first coating layer and the second coating layer have different light transmissivities from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SeongKeun Cho, Young Hoo Kim, Seung Min Shin, Tae Min Earmme, Kun Tack Lee, Hun Jae Jang, Eun Hee Jeang
  • Publication number: 20230343613
    Abstract: A multi-chamber apparatus for processing a wafer, the apparatus including a high etch rate chamber to receive the wafer and to etch silicon nitride with a phosphoric acid solution; a rinse chamber to receive the wafer and to clean the wafer with an ammonia mixed solution; and a supercritical drying chamber to dry the wafer with a supercritical fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Yong Jun CHOI, Seok Hoon KIM, Young-Hoo KIM, In Gi KIM, Sung Hyun PARK, Seung Min SHIN, Kun Tack LEE, Jinwoo LEE, Hun Jae JANG, Ji Hoon CHA
  • Publication number: 20230320991
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for non-stop production of encapsulated probiotics, in which an alginate hydrogel is spontaneously formed through a simple process of culturing probiotics in a medium containing an alginate, a salt that forms a hydrogel by binding to alginic acid, preferably an insoluble carbonate, and optionally an encapsulation enhancer, and probiotics are encapsulated by the alginate hydrogel, thereby not only greatly improving the probiotic encapsulation process but also remarkably improving the freeze-drying viability, heat tolerance, shelf stability, and in-vivo stability (acid resistance and bile resistance) of probiotics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Young-Hoo KIM, Hyeong-Eun KIM, Chi-Young HAN, Han Sol SEO, Tae-Yoon KIM, Sunghee LEE
  • Patent number: 11742221
    Abstract: A dry cleaning apparatus includes a chamber, a substrate support supporting a substrate within the chamber, a shower head arranged in an upper portion of the chamber to supply a dry cleaning gas toward the substrate, the shower head including an optical window transmitting a laser light therethrough toward the substrate support, a plasma generator generating plasma from the dry cleaning gas, and a laser irradiator irradiating the laser light on the substrate through the optical window and the plasma to heat the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Min Shin, Seok-Hoon Kim, Young-Hoo Kim, In-Gi Kim, Tae-Hong Kim, Sung-Hyun Park, Jin-Woo Lee, Ji-Hoon Cha, Yong-Jun Choi