Abstract: A dust cover for a steering apparatus of a vehicle includes a first cover coupled to an intermediate shaft in a state in which a bearing member is interposed and fixed to a vehicle body panel. The dust cover also includes a second cover coupled to the intermediate shaft in the state in which the bearing member is interposed and fixed to the vehicle body panel together with the first cover in a state of being bonded to the first cover. A tight contact rib in a long continuous shape along a periphery of the intermediate shaft is formed to protrude from the first cover such that the tight contact rib maintains airtightness between the first cover and the vehicle body panel in a state of being always in a tightly adhered state with the vehicle body panel.

Abstract: Disclosed is an analytic sensitivity expression for parameters of a battery electrochemical model, based on model reduction and reformulation techniques such as the single particle assumption, Padé approximation, and Laplace transform. The analytic expressions of sensitivity are in a compact form with explicit relationship to the current input, which enables the direct optimization of the input-dependent sensitivity. The current optimization with maximum sensitivity may be performed for several critical battery electrochemical parameters, namely a solid-phase lithium diffusion coefficient, a volume fraction of the electrode active material, and a reaction rate constant. The electrochemical parameter may be reliably identified using the optimal current profile.

Abstract: A battery module may include battery cells; a module housing that accommodates the battery cells, and that a module inlet through which cooling water is introduced and a module outlet through which cooling water is discharged are provided; and a divider plate disposed on the module housing so that the inner space of the module housing is divided along the longitudinal direction of the battery cells, thereby dividing the inner space into an upper space and a lower space. The module housing is provided such that the cooling water is introduced in the longitudinal direction of the battery cells through the module inlet to flow from the upper space to the lower space or from the lower space to the upper space along the divider plate, and then is discharged along the longitudinal direction of the battery cells through the module outlet.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a reinforced cover window and a reinforced cover window manufactured thereby are proposed. The method includes a first step of forming a TPI layer on a base substrate, a second step of separating the TPI layer from the base substrate, a third step of forming an adhesive buffer layer on a glass substrate, and a fourth step of stacking the TPI layer on the adhesive buffer layer. This secures the TPI's unique pencil hardness of 4H to 6H while maintaining the unique aesthetic sense and touch feeling of the glass.

Abstract: A platform service system and method for integrated battery management. The platform service system collects battery characteristic data of an electric vehicle through a network and accumulatively store the same to be matched with a battery identification code, calculates a current SOH of a battery by analyzing the battery characteristic data and store the same in a SOH history DB to be matched with the battery identification code, inquires the SOH history DB using the battery identification code to determine a current SOH when a reuse grade calculation request is received from a client along with the battery identification code, determines a reuse grade corresponding to the current SOH with reference to predefined reuse grade information for each SOH, and transmits the reuse grade to the client.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a broadcast signal transmission method for signaling a transmission structure based on a combination of LDM technology and MIMO technology and an apparatus using the same. The broadcast signal transmission method may include generating first signaling information, indicating a transmission structure based on a combination of Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology and Layered Division Multiplexing (LDM) technology, for a first subframe of a current broadcast signal frame, generating second signaling information, indicating a transmission structure based on a combination of the MIMO technology and the LDM technology, for a current subframe subsequent to the first subframe, and generating a broadcast signal using the first signaling information and the second signaling information.

Abstract: A battery pack according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a battery cell assembly including a plurality of battery cells, a coolant filled between the plurality of battery cells of the battery cell assembly, a pack case in which the coolant and the battery cell assembly are accommodated, and a waterproof adhesive provided in the pack case to a certain height and at least partially covering a lower end portion of the battery cell assembly.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present application discloses a surface binding compound of the Formula I or Formula II: wherein the variables EG, EG1, SP1, SP2, SP3, Ar and BG are as defined herein. In another embodiment, the application discloses a method for forming a coating on a surface of a substrate using the surface binding compound of the Formula I or Formula II.

Abstract: Proposed are a hybrid flexible cover window and a method of manufacturing the same. The hybrid flexible cover window includes a flat portion formed on a flat area of a flexible display and a folding portion which is formed in succession to the flat portion and formed in a folding area of the flexible display. The hybrid flexible cover window includes a substrate, a transparent polyimide layer formed on the glass substrate, and an adhesive buffer layer formed between the glass substrate and the TPI layer, in which the TPI layer has a UV cut-off wavelength of less than 380 nm.

Abstract: A measurement carrier includes a housing having an internal space, and a flow-rate measuring device located within the internal space. A bottom surface of the housing includes a first inflow hole, a second inflow hole, and an outflow hole, which provide fluid communication between the internal space and an outer space. The flow-rate measuring device may include a first flow-rate measuring sensor in fluid communication with the first inflow hole, and a second flow-rate measuring sensor in fluid communication with the second inflow hole.

Abstract: A loader device includes a frame, a first opening formed in a first side surface of the frame, a second opening formed on a second side surface of the frame, a cavity that connects the first opening and the second opening, a transport unit in the cavity, a first sensor that senses a presence or absence of a first substrate carrier, a second sensor that senses access of a person, and a controller that receives a first sensor signal from the first sensor and receives a second sensor signal from the second sensor. In response to the first sensor signal, the controller controls the transport unit to not transfer a second substrate carrier to the first opening, controls the transport unit to pick up the first substrate carrier from the first opening, and interrupts operation of the transport unit in response to the second sensor signal.

Abstract: A secondary battery module, a secondary battery pack, and a vehicle including the same are provided. The secondary battery module includes a plurality of secondary battery cells having a battery case in which an electrode assembly and an electrolyte are accommodated; a frame member supporting the plurality of secondary battery cells; and a cover accommodating the plurality of secondary battery cells and the frame member. The plurality of secondary battery cells have a water proofing structure.

Abstract: A trap apparatus of condensate water according to the present invention comprises: a neutralizing part including an inlet through which condensate water is introduced, an internal space for containing a neutralizing agent for neutralizing the introduced condensate water, and a condensate water passage through which the condensate water that was neutralized by the neutralizing agent in the internal space is discharged; a discharge part including a storage space for storing the condensate water which is directly or indirectly introduced through the condensate water passage, an outlet which is open in a circular shape so as to discharge the stored condensate water, and a spherical ball capable of closing the outlet by being seated on the outlet, wherein the ball is spaced from the outlet by buoyancy of the condensate water when the condensate water is contained in the storage space above a critical water level, such that the condensate water can be discharged through the outlet, and the condensate water can be n

Abstract: Discussed is a battery cell assembly that may include a plurality of battery cells, a bus bar assembly on the battery cell assembly and electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells, a cooling unit spaced apart by a certain distance from the bus bar assembly and configured to cool the battery cell assembly, and a potting resin on at least one of an upper side and a lower side of the battery cell assembly.

Abstract: A system for detecting hands-on or off of a steering wheel and a method thereof, include a direct sensor configured for detecting a hands-on sense value depending on a grip area of the steering wheel; an indirect sensor configured for detecting a hands-on sense value depending on a magnitude of a torque for rotating the steering wheel; and a controller connected to the first sensor and the second sensor and combining a direct hands-on sense value detected by the direct sensor and an indirect hands-on sense value detected by the indirect sensor to each other to determine a grip state of the steering wheel depending on a combined hands-on sense condition, and then to display and warn a result of determining the grip state of the steering wheel through an output unit.

Abstract: A battery service providing system and method, battery service providing system including a battery service server for collecting diagnostic analysis data including operation characteristic information of a battery and driving characteristic information of an electric vehicle from an electric vehicle control device and providing update information of a charging/discharging control logic of the battery according to the degree of degradation determined from the diagnostic analysis data to the electric vehicle control device, determining a residual value or a usage fee of the battery based on the determined degree of degradation, transmitting the usage fee or the residual value of the battery to an external server, or setting a warranty flag for the battery whose charging and discharging is controlled according to the update information of the charging/discharging control logic.

Abstract: A fluid heating apparatus according to an embodiment disclosed herein may include a burner, a heat exchanger, a first flow rate sensor that detects a flow rate of a fluid supplied to the heat exchanger, a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of a fluid discharged from the heat exchanger, and a controller that controls a first pump provided in an internal circulation flow path on the basis of the flow rate detected by the first flow rate sensor to manage the flow rate of the fluid supplied to the heat exchanger and controls an operation of the burner on the basis of the temperature detected by the temperature sensor.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for transmitting a broadcast signal for signaling information about a combination of Layered-Division Multiplexing (LDM) technology and Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technology and an apparatus using the method. The method includes generating first signaling information indicating whether MIMO technology is applied to an enhanced layer by LDM technology, generating second signaling information indicating an MIMO application method when the MIMO technology is applied to the enhanced layer, and generating a broadcast signal using the first signaling information and the second signaling information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are a broadcast signal transmission/reception method using multiple antennas and layered-division multiplexing and an apparatus for the same. A broadcast signal transmission apparatus includes a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Bit-Interleaved Coded Modulation (BICM) unit for dividing enhanced layer data into two enhanced layer signals having different polarizations, a combination unit for generating a multiplexed signal corresponding to a first transmitting antenna by combining a core layer signal corresponding to core layer data with a first enhanced layer signal, and transmission signal generation units for generating a first transmission signal, corresponding to the multiplexed signal and transmitted through the first transmitting antenna, and a second transmission signal, corresponding to a second enhanced layer signal and transmitted through a second transmitting antenna.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a ferrocene-based compound having high selectivity for sulfide ion. The ferrocene-based compound is obtained by reacting a ferrocene starting material with one or more organic compound selected from a nitrile, a methyl ester and an ethyl ester, and a chemical sensor in solution state is prepared by mixing the compound with an organic solvent. The chemical sensor according to the present disclosure has high selectivity and sensitivity for sulfide ion even at low concentration and may be used as a chemical sensor for detecting hydrogen sulfide in solution state by allowing visual inspection of sulfide ion.