Patents by Inventor Jun Kee Kim

Jun Kee 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: 20230347538
    Abstract: A solar panel cutting unit includes a frame, a panel transporting mechanism at the frame to lower the solar panel in a vertical direction, first guide roller units below the panel transporting mechanism to guide and lower the solar panel, a first wire cutting mechanism including first support rollers and a first cutting wire connecting the first support rollers to each other and extending in the same direction as the adhesion lines such that the first wire cutting mechanism separates one of the thin layers from the solar panel, and a second wire cutting mechanism below the first wire cutting mechanism and including second support rollers and a second cutting wire connecting the second support rollers to each other and moving in parallel to the first cutting wire such that the second wire cutting mechanism separates another of the thin layers from the solar panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Hun LEE, Jun Kee KIM, Tae Eun LEE, Cheong Min NOH
  • Publication number: 20230211597
    Abstract: A solar panel disassembling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure separates a glass plate of a solar panel and a film layer bonded to the glass plate from each other. The solar panel disassembling apparatus includes a supply module that stands and fixes the solar panel such that a bond line between the glass plate and the film layer is exposed upward and downward and that moves the solar panel in a parallel direction parallel to a bonding surface between the glass plate and the film layer, and a wire-shaped cutting blade that is disposed in front of the solar panel in a movement direction of the solar panel to have a distance from the supply module, is disposed in parallel to the bonding surface, and separates the glass plate and the film layer from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Hun LEE, Jun Kee KIM, Cheong Min NOH, Geun Sik CHO, Do Yun LEE
  • Publication number: 20230051182
    Abstract: A solar module lifting apparatus includes a base supported on the ground, a cylinder module including cylinder units disposed on the base and changing in height by contracting and stretching, and a rotary supply plate having one side supporting a solar module and the other side coupled to the cylinder module and moving up and down the solar module by operation of the cylinder module, in which the rotary supply plate includes a first hinge and a second hinge spaced apart from each other on the other side, the cylinder module includes a first cylinder unit and a second cylinder unit of which the upper ends are coupled to the first hinge and the second hinge by shafts, respectively, and at least one of the height and the inclination of the rotary supply plate is adjusted by contracting or stretching of the first cylinder unit and the second cylinder unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: SANG HUN LEE, JUN KEE KIM, TAE EUN LEE, CHEONG MIN NOH, GEUN SIK CHO, SU HYON EOM
  • Publication number: 20230047286
    Abstract: A movable solar module disassembling apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a movable container unit that is hollow, can be moved by itself or by external power, and has at least one door being able to expose the inside by opening and closing, a frame separation unit that is disposed in the movable container unit, includes a frame separation blade pressing and separating the frame from the module body, is supplied with the solar module, and discharges the module body after separating the frame, and a disassembling unit that is disposed continuously with the frame separation unit in the movable container unit, includes a scrapper scraping and separating the stacked film from the glass plate, is supplied with the module body, and disassembles and discharges the module body into the stacked film and the glass plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: SANG HUN LEE, JUN KEE KIM, TAE EUN LEE, CHEONG MIN NOH, GEUN SIK CHO, SU HYON EOM
  • Publication number: 20230019898
    Abstract: A solar panel cutting unit may include a frame, a transport roller unit provided at the frame to transport, in a first direction, a solar panel having a glass plate, an adhesive layer, a solar cell layer, and a backsheet layer stacked sequentially, a heating unit to heat the solar panel, a pair of pressurization roller units to pressurize and transport the solar panel, a trimmer unit that moves in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and removes the backsheet layer, the solar cell layer, and the adhesive layer, a peeling unit that inserts a blade into the adhesive layer of the solar panel passing by the trimmer unit and removes a flexible film to which the solar cell layer and the backsheet layer is adhered, and a collection roller that collects the flexible film peeled by the peeling unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Hun LEE, Jun Kee KIM, Tae Eun LEE, Cheong Min NOH
  • Publication number: 20230006090
    Abstract: A solar panel cutting unit according to an embodiment can separate layers of a solar panel from each other at once. The solar panel cutting unit separates thin layers of a solar panel from each other and includes a frame, a panel transporting mechanism that is provided at the frame and lowers the solar panel in a vertical direction such that adhesion lines of the thin layers are arranged downward, a pair of guide roller units that is positioned below the panel transporting mechanism and guides and lowers the solar panel, and a wire cutting mechanism that includes a pair of support rollers and cutting wires which connect the support rollers to each other and extend in the same direction as the adhesion lines such that the wire cutting mechanism separates the thin layers of the solar panel from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Hun LEE, Jun Kee KIM, Tae Eun LEE, Cheong Min NOH
  • Patent number: 11491775
    Abstract: A solar module exterior disassembling apparatus for disassembling an exterior of a solar module including a module body, a frame and a junction box attached to the module body includes a positioning plate supporting one surface of the module body from below the solar module and being able to move up and down, a top contact plate over the positioning plate and in contact with the other surface of the module body when the positioning plate is moved up, frame separation blades around the top contact plate and moving in parallel with a surface of the module body between a first position inside the frame and a second position outside the frame, and a pressing actuator including pressing cylinders and pressing outward from the module body and disassembling the module body by moving forward the frame separation blades from the first position to the second position with the pressing cylinders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Won Kwang S&T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Lee, Jun Kee Kim, Tae Eun Lee, Cheong Min Noh, Geun Sik Cho, Su Hyon Eom, Je Gu An, Dong Hwan Kim, Beom Gyu Oh
  • Patent number: 11491774
    Abstract: A solar panel disassembling apparatus for disassembling a solar panel including a glass plate and a stacked film, includes a supporting plate of which is in contact with the glass plate, a moving scraper module including a first body moving in parallel with the supporting plate, a first elevator moving vertically, and a blade connected to the first elevator and changing in height and scraping the stacked film using the blade, and a moving pressing module including a second body moving in parallel with the supporting plate, a second elevator vertically, and a pressing unit connected to the second elevator and changing in height. The moving pressing module is disposed forward in the forward movement direction of the moving scraper module and presses and aligns the stacked film using the pressing unit ahead of the moving scraper module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Won Kwang S&T Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Hun Lee, Jun Kee Kim, Tae Eun Lee, Cheong Min Noh, Geun Sik Cho, Su Hyon Eom