Patents by Inventor Keun Kim

Keun 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).

  • Patent number: 11912102
    Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle including an air-conditioning case divided into a plurality of air passageways by a separation wall. A heating heat exchanger is disposed inside the air-conditioning case and exchanges heat with air to heat the interior of the vehicle. A perforated member is disposed at a downstream side of the heating heat exchanger and has a plurality of perforated holes through which the air passing the heating heat exchanger passes, and a partition wall is disposed between the heating heat exchanger and the perforated member to divide the air passageway of the air-conditioning case into a plurality of air passageways, wherein the partition wall is formed integrally with the perforated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Dong Won Lee, Jong Su Kim, Jae Woo Ko, Young Keun Kim, Chang Soo Bae, Jong Min Lee, Gyu Ik Han
  • Publication number: 20240058393
    Abstract: Provided is Micrococcus luteus-derived extracellular vesicles and a use thereof and, more particularly, to a composition including Micrococcus luteus-derived extracellular vesicles as an active ingredient for alleviation, prevention, or treatment of metabolic diseases, wherein the composition can effectively treat metabolic diseases occurring as a result of a metabolism disorder, including: metabolic cardiovascular diseases such as metabolic syndrome, arteriosclerosis, stroke, and cardiac failure; metabolic liver diseases such as non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatocirrhosis; metabolic renal diseases such as diabetic nephropathy, hypertensive nephropathy, and renal failure; and metabolic musculoskeletal disorders such as gout, sarcopenia, and osteoporosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: MD HEALTHCARE INC.
    Inventor: Yoon-Keun KIM
  • Publication number: 20240050910
    Abstract: Disclosed is a combined reformer including two or more catalyst tubes reacting at different temperatures, having different reforming reactions continuously performed as a combustion gas sequentially supplies heat to two or more catalyst tubes, and capable of easily replacing a catalyst, and a catalyst replacement method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Gyeong Mo NAM, Bong Keun Kim, Su Nam You
  • Patent number: 11898156
    Abstract: The present invention relates to vesicles derived from genus Morganella bacteria and a use thereof, the present inventors experimentally confirmed that the vesicles were significantly decreased in clinical samples derived from patients with a malignant disease such as gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, bile duct cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer and lymphoma, a cardiovascular disease such as myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, variant angina, and stroke, diabetes mellitus, and Parkinson's disease as compared to normal persons, and the vesicles suppressed the secretion of inflammatory mediators by pathogenic vesicles and suppressed the occurrence of cancer, so that the vesicles derived from genus Morganella bacteria may be usefully used for the purpose of developing a method for diagnosing a malignant disease such as gastric cancer, colorectal cancer, pancreatic cancer, bile duct cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, bladder cance
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MD HEALTHCARE INC.
    Inventor: Yoon-Keun Kim
  • Patent number: 11898754
    Abstract: A combustor nozzle using fuel containing hydrogen, a combustor and gas turbine including the same are provided. The nozzle for a combustor configured to burn fuel containing hydrogen includes a fuel supply duct including a plurality of injection tubes through which air and fuel flow and a fuel passage through which fuel flows, a plurality of swirlers formed on a side surface of each of the plurality of injection tubes to guide air outside the injection tube to be introduced thereinto for swirling, and a plurality of fuel inlet holes formed radially through the injection tube to communicate with the fuel passage and allow fuel to flow through the fuel passage to the injection tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho Keun Kim
  • Publication number: 20240033303
    Abstract: Provided is a use for preventing and treating neurological diseases or psychiatric diseases, including vesicles derived from Sphingomonas bacteria. The vesicles derived from Sphingomonas bacteria according to the presently claimed subject matter ameliorate symptoms caused by brain damage, such as memory ability and spatial perception ability, when administered to a brain disease mouse model, and therefore, are expected to be usefully used as a composition for preventing, alleviating or treating neurological diseases or psychiatric diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: MD HEALTHCARE INC.
    Inventor: Yoon-Keun KIM
  • Patent number: 11883440
    Abstract: Provided are vesicles derived from bacteria belonging to the genus Proteus and a use thereof. The inventors of the present invention experimentally confirmed that the vesicles was significantly reduced in samples of patients with cancers, allergic-respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic diseases, or neuropsychiatric diseases, as compared to that of normal people, and the vesicles inhibited the secretion of inflammatory mediators due to pathogenic vesicles and also exhibited anticancer efficacy. Therefore, it is anticipated that the vesicles derived from bacteria belonging to the genus Proteus, according to the present invention, may be usefully used for the development of a method of diagnosing cancer, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic diseases, neuropsychiatric diseases, allergic-respiratory diseases, and inflammatory bowel diseases, and a composition for prevention, treatment, and/or alleviation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: MD HEALTHCARE INC.
    Inventor: Yoon-Keun Kim
  • Publication number: 20240025738
    Abstract: A combined reforming apparatus is provided. The combined reforming apparatus includes two or more catalyst tubes reacting at different temperatures, and allows different reforming reactions to be performed subsequently as the combustion gas supplies heat to two or more catalyst tubes one after another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Su Nam YOU, Bong Keun Kim, Gyeong Mo Nam
  • Publication number: 20240026496
    Abstract: Disclosed are a cobalt-tungsten alloy and a method of fabricating the same. More particularly, cobalt-tungsten alloy nanowires according to an embodiment are formed using an electroplating method, a grain structure of the cobalt-tungsten alloy nanowires is controlled according to the content of tungsten, and the electrical resistivity of the cobalt-tungsten alloy nanowires can be reduced through annealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Korea University Research and Business Foundation
    Inventors: Young Keun KIM, Eun Min YOO, Jun Hwan MOON, Yoo Sang JEON
  • Publication number: 20240017230
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a combined reformer capable of continuously performing different reforming reactions by sequentially supplying heat from the combustion gas to the two or more catalyst tubes that react at different temperatures. Also, the present disclosure provides a combined reformer capable of enhancing the reforming efficiency with a U-shaped first catalyst tube including a preheating section where the hydrocarbon gas is preheated, flowing parallel to the combustion gas, and a reforming section where the catalytic reforming takes place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Gyeong Mo NAM, Bong Keun KIM
  • Publication number: 20240009255
    Abstract: Provided is a composition for preventing, treating or alleviating eosinophilic inflammatory diseases and Th2 hypersensitivity immune diseases, comprising Lactococcus lactis-derived vesicles, and it was confirmed that, when Lactococcus lactis-derived vesicles according to the presently claimed subject matter were administered to a Th2 hypersensitivity immune disease mouse model, the vesicles inhibited eosinophilic inflammation and the consequent functional and histopathological changes. It was also confirmed that the vesicles inhibited the secretion of Th2 cytokines such as IL-5 and IL-13 in T cells of the Th2 hypersensitivity immune disease mouse model, which is shown by inducing IL-12 secretion that suppresses a Th2 immune response in dendritic cells, which are antigen-presenting cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: MD HEALTHCARE INC.
    Inventor: Yoon-Keun KIM
  • Patent number: 11859144
    Abstract: An operating guide system of a plant utilizing coal gasification includes a performance analyzer for analyzing performance of the plant by analyzing gasifier performance and synthesis gas cooler performance during an operation of the plant; an operation guide generator for generating an operation guide indicating control values for the operation of the plant based on the performance analysis of the plant; an action guide generator for generating an action guide indicating control values for controlling the plant to prevent an abnormal situation predicted in the plant based on the performance analysis of the plant; and a fuel determiner for determining gasification suitability of an analysis target fuel selected by a user before the plant is started, the gasification suitability including basic suitability and suitability of slag behavior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong Keun Kim, Jeong Seok Yoo, Sung Hee Kim, Jong Ho Oh, Jun Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20230405645
    Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating method. The substrate treating method includes supplying a dissolving solution onto a rotating substrate; and supplying, after the supplying a dissolution solution, a treating liquid including a polymer onto the rotating substrate to form a liquid film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyeong Min LEE, Tae-Keun KIM, Min Hee CHO, Won Young KANG
  • Publication number: 20230405743
    Abstract: In a system for automatically manufacturing a pipe spool, when information on a pipe spool is input to a control unit, manufacturing of a spool pipe by cutting an original pipe, processing of a spool pipe, processing of a connection member, manufacturing of a straight pipe spool by welding a spool pipe to a connection member, and manufacturing a three-dimensional spool by welding a straight pipe spool to the other straight pipe spool or a connection member may be automatically performed by a sensor, an automatic device or a robot included in each process and the control unit connected to each of the devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Sung-Gi KANG, Young-Choon KWAK, Sun-Gyu HWANG, Sung-Keun KIM, Roh-Hyun MYUNG, Sang-Hun RIM, Byeong-Yeol LEE, Sang-Pil CHEON, Chan-Won SEO, Jung-Hoon CHOO, Min-Kue CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230411697
    Abstract: An electrolyte includes a plurality of additives to form a multi-layered solid electrolyte interface layer. In addition, a lithium secondary battery including the same electrolyte is proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTORS COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Eun Ji Kwon, Won Keun Kim, Samuel Seo, Yeon Jong Oh, Kyu Ju Kwak, Dong Hyun Lee, Kyoung Han Ryu, Jun Kyu Park, Nam Soon Choi, Jeong A Lee, Sae Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 11838519
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method comprises obtaining, from a bitstream, encoded data of feature information generated by applying an artificial neural network-based feature extraction method to an image, reconstructing feature information by decoding the encoded data of the feature information, and generating analysis data of the image based on the feature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Chul Keun Kim, Eunyong Son, Yongjoon Jeon
  • Patent number: 11837977
    Abstract: Proposed is a self-resonance tuning piezoelectric energy harvester with broadband frequency, including: a piezoelectric beam which is extended along a horizontal direction; a fixing member which fixes opposite ends of the piezoelectric beam; and a mobile mass which the piezoelectric beam passes through, and which is capable of self-movement along the piezoelectric beam through a through-hole which has a free space in addition to a space which the piezoelectric beam passes through, wherein as the mobile mass moves to a position of the piezoelectric beam, generated displacement of a piezoelectric beam is increased, and as the generated displacement becomes greater than the free space, the mobile mass is fixed to a position of a piezoelectric beam at which resonance will occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hyun-Cheol Song, Chong Yun Kang, Jin Sang Kim, Ji-Won Choi, Seung Hyub Baek, Seong Keun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230389358
    Abstract: A display apparatus can include a first thin-film transistor including a first active layer having a first polysilicon material, a first gate electrode overlapping the first active layer, a first electrode and a second electrode; a second thin-film transistor including a second active layer having an oxide semiconductor, a second gate electrode overlapping the second active layer, a third electrode and a fourth electrode; and a first emitting electrode of a light emitting element electrically connected to the second electrode of the first thin-film transistor. Also, one end of the first active layer having the first polysilicon material is electrically connected to one or the other end of the second active layer having the oxide semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Pil CHO, Dong-Yup KIM, Kyung-Mo SON, Sang-Soon NOH, Jun-Seuk LEE, Yong-Bin KANG, Kye-Chul CHOI, Sung-Ho MOON, Sang-Gul LEE, Byeong-Keun KIM, Kyoung-Soo LEE, Hyun-Gyo JEONG, Jin-Kyu ROH, Jung-Doo JIN, Ki-Hyun KWON, Hee-Jin JUNG, Jang-Dae KIM, Won-Ho SON, Chan-Ho KIM
  • Patent number: 11827939
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing cholangiocarcinoma through bacterial metagenomic analysis, and more particularly to a method of diagnosing cholangiocarcinoma by analyzing an increase or decrease in content of specific bacteria-derived extracellular vesicles through bacterial metagenomic analysis using subject-derived samples. Extracellular vesicles secreted from bacteria present in the environment are absorbed into the body, and can directly affect the occurrence of cancer, and cholangiocarcinoma is difficult to diagnose early before symptoms appear so that effective treatment is difficult.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: MD HEALTHCARE INC.
    Inventor: Yoon-Keun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230377326
    Abstract: A method for situation awareness is provided. The method comprises: preparing a neural network trained by a learning set, wherein the learning set includes a plurality of maritime images and maritime information including object type information which includes a first type index for a vessel, a second type index for a water surface and a third type index for a ground surface, and distance level information which includes a first level index indicating that a distance is undefined, a second level index indicating a first distance range and a third level index indicating a second distance range greater than the first distance range; obtaining a target maritime image generated from a camera; and determining a distance of a target vessel based on the distance level index of the maritime information being outputted from the neural network which receives the target maritime image and having the first type index.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Byeol Teo PARK, Han Keun KIM, Dong Hoon KIM