Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for processing wire which prevents the z-axis bending of the wire, and more particularly, to an apparatus for processing wire which is capable of further maximizing the effect of preventing the z-axis bending of the wire by minimizing wire exposure out of the apparatus.

Abstract: In a method for coating on a surface of a medical PEEK material with titanium to have a microporous structure, titanium is coated on a surface of polyether ether ketone (PEEK) via magnetron sputtering. The surface of the titanium coated on the surface of PEEK is polished via an electromagnetic polishing apparatus. A thin-film with titanium dioxide (TiO2) having a microporous structure is formed on the polished surface of the titanium via an anodic oxidation treatment.

Abstract: A wearable device which is mountable on a wrist of a user includes a housing including a metal structure, a display positioned within the housing, wherein the display includes a metal layer positioned within the metal structure and spaced apart from the metal structure by a given gap, a printed circuit board (PCB) positioned within the housing and including a ground region, and a control circuit positioned on the PCB and configured to feed a first point of the metal structure. The metal layer is electrically connected with the ground region of the PCB at a second point spaced from the first point by a given angle.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and second electrode, a first portion including an active material extending between a pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator, at least a part of the second portion includes an electrode tab; a battery housing having a first end with a first opening, a second end opposite the first end, and an inner surface, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including a tab coupling portion coupled to the second portion of the first electrode and a housing coupling portion extending from the tab coupling portion and electrically coupled to the inner surface of the battery housing; and a cap covering the first opening of the battery housing.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer disposed on a lower surface of the first insulating layer, an electronic component embedded in the second insulating layer and at least partially in contact with the first insulating layer, a first wiring layer disposed on an upper surface of the first insulating layer, a second wiring layer disposed on a lower surface of the second insulating layer, and a first wiring via penetrating through the first and second insulating layers and connecting at least portions of the first and second wiring layers to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a battery pack which has an upper plate configured to have a seating surface, on which battery modules are seated, and a plurality of members configured to separate the seating surface of the upper plate into a plurality of regions. The method includes calculating height tolerances of the seating surface in the respective regions, determining application amounts of the gap filler in the respective regions based on the calculated height tolerances in the respective regions, and applying the determined application amounts of the gap filler in the respective regions.

Abstract: An in-wheel motor for an electric vehicle is provided, including a motor body (1) including a wheel hub (11) on one side, and a sealing apparatus (2) mounted to the motor body (1) on the opposite side to the wheel hub (11), in which the sealing apparatus (2) includes a first support (510) fixedly coupled to a motor shaft (14) of the motor body (1), a second support (520) fixedly coupled to the motor shaft (14) and disposed outside the first support (520), a third support (530) covering an outer surface of the first support (510) and an outer circumferential surface of the second support (520), and rotated when the motor is operated, and a fourth support (540) coupled to an outer surface of the second support (520) and rotated when the motor is operated.

Abstract: Provided herein is a memory device that may include a plurality of memory cells coupled to a plurality of bit lines and a common source line. The memory device may also include a control circuit configured to control a peripheral circuit to perform a program operation that includes two or more program steps on selected memory cells of a selected word line. The peripheral circuit may be configured to perform a first program step of the two or more program steps on the selected memory cells, then perform a detrap operation that applies a detrap voltage to the plurality of bit lines and the common source line for a predefined time, and thereafter perform a second program step of the two or more program steps on the selected memory cells.

Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode including a first region coated with an active material and a second region at a first side and adjacent to the first region, the second region being exposed beyond the separator, and at least part of the second region is an electrode tab; a housing including a first end with a first opening, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including an edge portion on the electrode assembly, a second region coupling portion extending from the edge portion and coupled with the second region, and a terminal coupling portion spaced apart from the second region coupling portion; and a terminal coupled with the terminal coupling portion.

Abstract: A battery can include an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode can have a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides extending between the pair of first sides, a first portion including an active material extending between the pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator along a winding direction. The battery can further include a battery housing having a first opening at a first end and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, a first current collector including a support portion positioned on the electrode assembly, and a housing cover which seals the first opening.

Abstract: A battery can include an electrode assembly, a battery housing, a terminal and a cap. The electrode assembly can have a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode can have a first portion including an active material corresponding to the separator, and a second portion exposed beyond the separator and not coated with the active material. The battery housing can have a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end. The terminal can be electrically connected to the second portion of the first electrode and exposed out of the battery housing through the first opening of the battery housing at the first end.

Abstract: A battery can include an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator. The first electrode can include a first active material region coated with an active material layer along a winding direction and a first uncoated region not coated with the active material layer, and at least part of the first uncoated region used as an electrode tab. The battery can further include a first current collector coupled to at least part of the first uncoated region on the electrode assembly, a battery housing to accommodate the electrode assembly and the first current collector, and an insulator between an inner surface of the battery housing facing the first uncoated region or the first current collector and the first uncoated region or the first current collector to block the electrical connection between the first uncoated region and the battery housing.

Abstract: A wearable device which is mountable on a wrist of a user includes a housing including a metal structure, a display positioned within the housing, wherein the display includes a metal layer positioned within the metal structure and spaced apart from the metal structure by a given gap, a printed circuit board (PCB) positioned within the housing and including a ground region, and a control circuit positioned on the PCB and configured to feed a first point of the metal structure. The metal layer is electrically connected with the ground region of the PCB at a second point spaced from the first point by a given angle.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a wiring board including a plurality of insulating layers, a plurality of wiring layers, and a plurality of via layers, a first die embedded in the plurality of insulating layers, a bridge embedded on the first die in the plurality of insulating layers, a second die mounted on the wiring board, and a third die mounted on the wiring board.

Abstract: A wire feeding unit includes a driving motor; a driving roller which rotates by a driving force of the driving motor; a plurality of driven rollers arranged such that outer circumferential surfaces thereof are positioned on a same line; a belt which interlocks the driving roller and the plurality of driven rollers and is brought into contact with a wire, which is drawn into a side of the driven rollers, on a side of the plurality of driven rollers; and a plurality of idlers which support the wire on a side in which the wire and the belt are in contact with each other and assist feeding of the wire along a feeding direction of the belt in a free-rotation state.

Abstract: A door lock apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted in a door and moves a deadbolt to a locked position or a released position as a motor is driven. The door lock apparatus may include a main gear rotated by the motor, a damping clutch part engaged and rotated by rotation of the main gear, a shaft which is engaged and rotated by rotation of the damping clutch part and moves the deadbolt as the shaft is rotated, and a knob which is manually operable by a user and is connected to the shaft. An emergency rotation operation of the shaft may be enabled by disengaging the main gear and the damping clutch part through the knob.

Abstract: A method for generating a bending path of an orthodontic wire according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes generating scan data for a plurality of teeth in an oral cavity of a target patient by using a three-dimensional (3D) scanner, generating a virtual 3D tooth model through the generated scan data, determining one of a maxillary and a mandible for the virtual 3D tooth model, generating an occlusal plane for the virtual 3D tooth model and a virtual plane parallel to the occlusal plane, generating an occlusal surface where the virtual plane and the virtual 3D tooth model meet, generating a virtual point along the occlusal surface to generate a bending path of a wire, and outputting the bending path of the wire.

Abstract: A door lock apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted in a door and moves a deadbolt to a locked position or a released position as a motor is driven. The door lock apparatus may include a main gear rotated by the motor, a damping clutch part engaged and rotated by rotation of the main gear, a shaft which is engaged and rotated by rotation of the damping clutch part and moves the deadbolt as the shaft is rotated, and a knob which is manually operable by a user and is connected to the shaft. An emergency rotation operation of the shaft may be enabled by disengaging the main gear and the damping clutch part through the knob.

Abstract: A wire bending apparatus includes a base portion, a supplying portion configured to move the orthodontic wire along a length direction of the orthodontic wire, a bushing holding portion configured to hold at least a portion of a distal end of the supplied orthodontic wire to restrict the orthodontic wire from moving in a width direction of the orthodontic wire, and a bending portion which is positioned on the base portion so as to be rotatable about a rotation center axis and bends the portion of the distal end of the orthodontic wire held by the bushing holding portion to a predetermined angle with respect to a supply direction of the orthodontic wire as the bending portion is rotated.

Abstract: A bending angle control means of a wire bending apparatus that includes a holding portion configured to hold at least a part of a dental wire and a bending portion configured to bend a predetermined portion of the dental wire held by the holding portion includes a storage unit in which data on a required bending angle in accordance with a position of the dental wire is stored, a bending angle calculator configured to calculate an applicable bending angle by adding an additional bending angle to the required bending angle in accordance with the position of the dental wire in consideration of a resilient restoring force, a measurer configured to measure an actual bending angle of the dental wire bent by the applicable bending angle, an error calculator configured to calculate an error between the actual bending angle and the required bend angle, and an additional bending angle corrector configured to correct the additional bending angle by applying the error.