Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a condensing boiler employing an eco-friendly evaporation device, in which condensed water generated in a latent heat exchanger is removed by using the evaporation device, so that the condensing boiler can be installed in a site without a processing facility for discharging condensed water and contribute to energy saving.

Abstract: According to various example embodiments, a method for sharing a content group of an electronic device may include transmitting, to a server, information for a request to share a content group; receiving an input selecting at least one contact with which the content group is to be shared; transmitting information on the at least one contact to the server; and changing the content group to a shared state when information on the acceptance of sharing the content group from at least one external electronic device corresponding to the at least one contact is received from the server, wherein the content group is capable of being updated by the electronic device or the at least one external electronic device.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an ultrasonic welding apparatus, which improves the welding strength of an electrode tab and an electrode lead included in a secondary battery, and a secondary battery with an enhanced electrode structure strength by using the ultrasonic welding apparatus. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly in which a cathode plate provided with a cathode tab, an anode plate provided with an anode tab, and a separator are stacked in turn; a pouch for receiving the electrode assembly; a cathode lead electrically coupled to the cathode tab by welding; and an anode lead electrically coupled to the anode tab by welding, wherein the density of welding points, formed at a welding surface between the anode lead and the anode tab, is higher than that of welding points, formed at a welding surface between the cathode lead and the cathode tab.

Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a tube assembly for a tubular heat exchanger and a tubular heat exchanger comprising the same, the tube assembly for a tubular heat exchanger being capable of enhancing efficiency in heat exchange between a heat medium and a combustion gas and also preventing high-temperature oxidation and the burn-out of a turbulator caused by the combustion heat of the combustion gas and preventing the deformation or damage of a tube which may occur in an environment with a high water pressure, thereby improving the durability thereof.

Abstract: Provided is a drug-eluting coronary stent. In the drug-eluting coronary stent according to the present invention, electrospinning is used, thereby making it possible to precisely control a total content of an everolimus-based drug bound thereto and form a uniform layer in spite of not using a polymer causing late thrombosis, or the like.

Abstract: A magnetically-responsive surface structure comprises an array of hybrid microstructures on a substrate, where each hybrid microstructure comprises an elastomeric micropillar attached to the substrate and a rigid tile attached to the elastomeric micropillar. The rigid tiles collectively define a discontinuous, changeable surface. The hybrid microstructures further comprise a ferromagnetic material. The elastomeric micropillars are deflectable under a magnetic field so as to alter an orientation of the rigid tiles, thereby allowing a characteristic of the discontinuous, changeable surface to be manipulated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a reverse flow prevention apparatus for common exhaust flue and a combustion apparatus having same. The reverse flow prevention apparatus for common exhaust flue, which is configured to collect exhaust gas of a plurality of combustion apparatuses, discharge the collected exhaust gas through a common exhaust flue, and prevent a reverse flow of the exhaust gas from the common exhaust pipe to each of the combustion apparatuses, includes a flange coupled to an exhaust port of each of the combustion apparatuses, an opening and closing apparatus hinge-coupled to an upper part of the flange to be opened and closed by a pressure difference between a lower portion and an upper portion thereof, and a body coupled to the upper part of the flange so as to accommodate the opening and closing apparatus.

Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a tubular heat exchanger capable of improving heat exchange efficiency and preventing deformation and damage thereof even in a high water-pressure environment. To this end, the present invention includes an outer jacket through which a heat medium is introduced and discharged; a combustion chamber coupled to the inside of the outer jacket so that a heat medium passage is formed between the combustion chamber and the outer jacket, and configured to perform combustion of a burner; a plurality of tubes formed in a flat shape for allowing combustion gas, which is generated in the combustion chamber, to flow along the inside of the combustion chamber and exchange heat with the heat medium; and a turbulator coupled to the inside of the tubes so as to induce generation of turbulence in a flow of the combustion gas.

Abstract: Provided are a stent in which a surface of a stent strut is treated by femtosecond laser radiation and is modified by a natural polymer and a method of preparing the stent. The stent and the preparing method may inhibit restenosis and stimulate reendothelialization.

Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a display; an input module for receiving a user input; and a processor configured to generate an image group including a plurality of images according to a designated condition, display a first object indicating an image group on a display, and display a second object for exploring the plurality of images included in the image group at a location corresponding to a location where a user input is received when the user input for the first object is received. Also, other embodiments are possible.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dual venturi for a combustor and, specifically, to a dual venturi for a combustor, which adjusts the amount of gas and air supplied to a burner of a hot water heater and has a motor combined with a damper in order to increase a turn-down ratio (TDR), such that the damper is rotated by the driving of the motor so as to simultaneously open or close secondary air and gas inlets, thereby enabling efficient heating control. The present invention has a separate opening/closing means which is capable of controlling, in two stages, the amount of air and gas flowing into the combustor such as the hot water heater, wherein the opening/closing means comprises the motor and the damper, and the damper is rotated by the driving of the motor so as to simultaneously open or close the secondary air and gas inlets, thereby enabling the control of the amount of air and gas.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes a battery module having a plurality of battery cells; a pack housing configured to accommodate the battery module; and a flexible rib formed at an inner side of the pack housing and having elasticity, the flexible rib pressing the battery module in contact with the battery module.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes a battery module including at least one battery cell and having at least one insert hole at a bottom thereof, and a pack case having an accommodation space for accommodating the battery module and having at least one fixing protrusion which is fitted into the at least one insert hole.

Abstract: A condensing combustion apparatus comprising: an upward combustion burner (20); a sensible-heat exchanger (40) which absorbs sensible combustion heat generated by the burner (20); and a latent-heat exchanger (50) which absorbs latent heat of steam included in a combustion gas which has passed the sensible-heat exchanger (40), wherein the sensible-heat exchanger (40) and the latent-heat exchanger (50) have the same lateral widths and are configured as fin-tube heat exchangers having common structures, and wherein a flow path through which the combustion gas, which has passed the sensible-heat exchanger (40), flows upward is formed on one side portion of the latent-heat exchanger (50), a flow path through which the combustion gas, which has passed the one side portion of the latent-heat exchanger (50), flows downward corresponding to a direction in which condensed water falls is formed on a middle portion of the latent-heat exchanger (50), and a flow path through which the combustion gas, which has passed the m

Abstract: An integrated cartridge, comprising: a main frame composed of a front plate having a plurality of lead passing holes provided in a slit form so that electrode leads of a plurality of layered battery cells pass therethrough, and first and second side plates extending at both edges of the front plate in parallel to each other and having a plurality of cell insert slots provided at inner sides thereof, which face each other, so that the plurality of battery cells are capable of being inserted from a free end to the front plate; a cover plate coupled to the first and second side plates to cover the plurality of battery cells arranged in a layered form between the first and second side plates; and a sensing unit mounted to the front plate and electrically connected to the electrode leads to sense electric characteristics of the plurality of battery cells.

Abstract: A device for manipulating liquid droplets comprises a structured surface including an array of larger pillars and a number of smaller pillars distributed among the larger pillars, where each of the larger pillars comprises a shape memory polymer having a glass transition temperature Tg. The structured surface has an undeformed initial configuration, and, upon compression of the larger pillars, the structured surface comprises a deformed configuration. The undeformed initial configuration is recoverable from the deformed configuration by heating the shape memory polymer at or above the Tg. When exposed to a liquid droplet, the structured surface comprises a first wettability in the deformed configuration and a second wettability in the undeformed initial configuration. Thus, the structured surface exhibits a dynamic wettability for manipulating liquid droplets.

Abstract: A reusable attaching apparatus includes (a) a reversible adhesive comprising a shape memory polymer and (b) a mounting structure bonded to the reversible adhesive. The shape memory polymer has a glass transition temperature (Tg) and comprises a deformable state at temperatures above the Tg and a rigid state at temperatures below the Tg.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a battery cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells which are stacked one another, an interconnection board mounted to at least one side of the battery cell assembly to electrically connect the plurality of battery cells, a temperature sensor mounting groove provided at the interconnection board so that a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the battery cell assembly passes therethrough, and an assembling error preventer provided at a bottom of the temperature sensor mounting groove to prevent the temperature sensor from interfacing with a facing battery cell which faces the temperature sensor when the temperature sensor passes through the temperature sensor mounting groove.

Abstract: Disclosed is a heat sink having improved space utilization and a battery module including the same. The heat sink for cooling a cell assembly including at least one unit cell comprises a first heat sink coupled to one side of the cell assembly and having a first cooling channel through which a coolant passes, and a second heat sink coupled to the other side of the cell assembly and having a second cooling channel through which the coolant passes. Since heat sinks are coupled to both sides of a cell assembly, a Z-axial space of a battery pack may be ensured without increasing the height of the battery pack.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clamping member and a battery module using the same. The clamping member includes a pair of pressing units configured to respectively press an upper plate and a lower plate of a battery assembly in which a plurality of batteries is stacked, so that a stacking structure of the battery assembly is fixed, and a support unit configured to support the pair of pressing units so that the upper plate and the lower plate of the battery assembly are pressed by the pair of pressing units, wherein at least one of the pair of pressing units includes a snap-fitting portion coupled to the upper plate or the lower plate by means of snap-fitting, and a screwing portion coupled to the upper plate or the lower plate coupled to the snap-fitting portion, by means of screwing, thereby fixing the battery stacking structure with excellent space efficiency, ensuring easy assembling of the battery module and improving durability of the battery module.