Patents by Inventor Ki Hoon Kim
Ki Hoon 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).
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Publication number: 20250146719Abstract: A refrigerant flow rate adjustment device and a system using the same include a refrigerant provided at a quantitative flow rate to a heat exchanger such that the occurrence of a liquid refrigerant is reduced at an outlet end of an evaporator. The refrigerant flow rate adjustment device and system prevent the occurrence of the liquid refrigerant at the outlet end of the heat exchanger, prevent an increase in load, and prevent a lubrication defect of a compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2024Publication date: May 8, 2025Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Jae Kwon Lee, Dae Ki Hong, Seok Jin Hong, Ki Hoon Kim, Jae Woong Kim, Se Kyu Oh
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Publication number: 20250137128Abstract: Provided are a process gas supply device, which stably controls a temperature of a process gas to supply the process gas, and a substrate processing system including the same. The process gas supply device includes a gas hub to which a process gas is supplied from a gas supply source, a plurality of gas lines branched from the gas hub to transfer the supplied process gas, and an integrated heater part provided to surround the plurality of gas lines and the gas hub so as to heat the gas hub and the plurality of gas lines at the same time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: In Soo SON, Chang Hun SHIN, Chan Yong PARK, Deog Hwan KIM, Jae Jun JUNG, Si Won RYU, Chang Min PARK, Jae Sun KIM, Ki Hoon KIM, Jong Hoon KIM, Jeong Hyeon KIM, In Seong HWANG
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Publication number: 20250143140Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate comprising a display area in which emission areas are arranged and a non-display area around the display area; a circuit layer on the substrate; and an element layer on the circuit layer, wherein the non-display area includes: a dam area where at least one dam portion surrounding the display area is arranged and spaced apart from the display area; and a junction area between an edge of the substrate and the dam area, wherein the circuit layer includes: a barrier layer on the substrate; a buffer layer on the barrier layer; and two or more inorganic insulating layers on the buffer layer and containing an inorganic insulating material, the display device further comprising a groove in a part of the junction area, spaced apart from the dam area and the edge of the substrate, and penetrating the barrier layer and the buffer layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Inventors: Nam Jin KIM, Yeon Ju SEO, Ki Hoon KIM
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Publication number: 20250066920Abstract: Provided is a substrate processing apparatus, more particularly, a substrate processing apparatus capable of suppressing an generation of process by-products in a substrate processing process. A substrate processing apparatus includes a chamber part configured to provide an inner space in which a substrate is processed, a gas supply part configured to supply a process gas to the inner space, a substrate support configured to support the substrate, a heating liner provided inside the chamber part to at least partially surround the inner space, and a heating part configured to heat the heating liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: In Soo SON, Chang Hun SHIN, Chan Yong PARK, Deog Hwan KIM, Jae Jun JUNG, Si Won RYU, Chang Min PARK, Jae Sun KIM, Ki Hoon KIM, Jong Hoon KIM
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Publication number: 20250047033Abstract: Disclosed is a cable connector cover which accommodates a cable and a connector to protect the cable and the connector from an external environment. The cable connector cover includes a first cover; and a second cover having one sides hinge-connected to each other, and rotating around a hinge axis, and having a space accommodating a cable and a connector therein, and one side of the first cover and one side of the second cover include a first seat portion and a second seat portion having seat holes communicating with the outside and seated with the accommodated cable, respectively, and insides of the first cover and the second cover include a first blocking portion and a second blocking portion having blocking holes on which the accommodated cable is seated, respectively when the first cover and the second cover form the space accommodating the cable and the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: REPUBLIC OF KOREA (NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCES)Inventors: Sung Eun Hwang, Byeong Taek Kim, Young Tae Lee, So Ra In, Ki Hoon Kim
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Publication number: 20250034704Abstract: Provided are a substrate processing apparatus and a substrate processing method, which are capable of independently performing processes on a plurality of substrates in a multi-station chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: In Soo SON, Chang Hun SHIN, Chan Yong PARK, Deog Hwan KIM, Jae Jun JUNG, Si Won RYU, Chang Min PARK, Jae Sun KIM, Ki Hoon KIM
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Patent number: 12153095Abstract: Aspects of the disclosed technology include techniques, a mechanism, and an apparatus for diagnosing a battery. One or more processors may measure voltages of a plurality of batteries and, based on the measured voltages, determine a voltage deviation of the plurality of batteries. The one or more processors may determine a voltage deviation variation of each battery of the plurality of batteries at predetermined times periods and may compare a pattern of the voltage deviation variations of each battery of the plurality of batteries with a preset diagnosis pattern to diagnose a state of each of the plurality of batteries.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2024Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Ki-Hoon Kim, Han-Gon Park, Chang-Yong Song, Bo-Kyun Lee, Ji-Yong Kim, Cheol-Taek Kim
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Patent number: 12113193Abstract: A green smart factory energy management system for carbon reduction, includes: an eco-friendly power generator installed on one side of a building to generate first electrical energy through wind power or sunlight; a water electrolysis device for receiving surplus power of the first electrical energy remaining after operating a building, and electrolyzing water to generate hydrogen; a hydrogen storage device for storing some of the hydrogen generated by the water electrolysis device; a hydrogen fuel cell for generating second electrical energy by using some of the hydrogen generated by the water electrolysis device; a machine tool provided with an electrically driven spindle system to grip or rotate a workpiece when the second electrical energy is applied; and a distributed power management device for controlling an amount of power consumed.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: KHAN WORKHOLDING CO., LTD.Inventors: Bon Saeng Ku, Ki Hoon Kim
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Publication number: 20240283104Abstract: A method for cutting an electrode tab protruding from an electrode includes supporting the one surface of the electrode tab; and cutting, by a cutting knife, the electrode tab by pressing the electrode tab so that a pressure is applied to the other surface of the electrode tab. The cutting knife ensures the angle formed between the cutting knife and the electrode tab is an acute angle. An electrode tab according to the above method includes one surface that is flat and the other surface parallel to the one surface. The electrode tab has a cut surface having one end extending to the one surface and the other end extending to the other surface. The cut surface is provided as an inclined surface so that an angle between the cut surface and one of the one surface and the other surface is defined as an acute angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventor: Ki Hoon Kim
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Publication number: 20240254286Abstract: A polyesterimide resin composition, a polyesterimide resin layer, a flexible metal foil laminate, and methods of preparing the polyesterimide resin composition, the polyesterimide resin layer, and the flexible metal foil laminate are provided. The polyesterimide resin composition includes a compound having a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1: In Chemical Formula 1, m and n are mole fractions, and “m+n=1” “0.2?m?0.8” and “0.2?n?0.8” are satisfied. Ar1 and Ar2 are the same as or different from each other and are each independently a tetravalent organic group having at least one aromatic ring. R1, R2, and R4 to R6 each independently include at least one of —H, —F, —CH3, —OCH3, —CF3, and —OCF3. R3 is an ester group and includes —COO— or —OOC—.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: NexFlex Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyuk Jun KIM, Dae Nyoun KIM, Yun Jeong JO, Ki Hoon KIM, Ra Mi LEE
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Publication number: 20240260330Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area. The non-display area includes a blocking region. An organic layer is disposed on the substrate. An emission layer is disposed in the display area of the substrate. An auxiliary pattern is disposed in the blocking region of the non-display area of the substrate. A thin film encapsulation layer is disposed on the substrate and overlaps the emission layer and the blocking region. The organic layer has a groove penetrating an entire thickness of the organic layer in the blocking region. The auxiliary pattern overlaps the groove. The auxiliary pattern includes a same material as a gate electrode disposed in the display area of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2024Publication date: August 1, 2024Inventors: KI HOON KIM, DEUK JONG KIM, JAE HAK LEE
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Publication number: 20240192280Abstract: Aspects of the disclosed technology include techniques, a mechanism, and an apparatus for diagnosing a battery. One or more processors may measure voltages of a plurality of batteries and, based on the measured voltages, determine a voltage deviation of the plurality of batteries. The one or more processors may determine a voltage deviation variation of each battery of the plurality of batteries at predetermined times periods and may compare a pattern of the voltage deviation variations of each battery of the plurality of batteries with a preset diagnosis pattern to diagnose a state of each of the plurality of batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2024Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Ki-Hoon Kim, Han-Gon Park, Chang-Yong Song, Bo-Kyun Lee, Ji-Yong Kim, Cheol-Taek Kim
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Publication number: 20240192279Abstract: Aspects of the disclosed technology include techniques, a mechanism, and an apparatus for diagnosing a battery. One or more processors may measure voltages of a plurality of batteries and, based on the measured voltages, determine a voltage deviation of the plurality of batteries. The one or more processors may determine a voltage deviation variation of each battery of the plurality of batteries at predetermined times periods and may compare a pattern of the voltage deviation variations of each battery of the plurality of batteries with a preset diagnosis pattern to diagnose a state of each of the plurality of batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Ki-Hoon Kim, Han-Gon Park, Chang-Yong Song, Bo-Kyun Lee, Ji-Yong Kim, Cheol-Taek Kim
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Patent number: 11994483Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for detecting rain using a wire mesh sensor including: a wire mesh which is configured to include a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers; and a fixing part for fixing the wire mesh; wherein the plurality of transmitters supply electricity to the wire mesh, and wherein, in response to rain being positioned between a specific transmitter among the plurality of transmitters and a specific receiver among the plurality of receivers, the specific receiver is configured to receive the electricity from the specific transmitter and then transmit the electricity to a measuring part, to thereby allow the measuring part to measure conductivity. This hemispherical apparatus can detect rain accurately by making the incident angles of the rain to be vertical regardless of the directions of the rain.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCESInventors: Kyu Young Reno Choi, Ki Hoon Kim, So Ra In, Min Woo Kim, Byeong Taek Kim
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Patent number: 11988550Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for detecting the contamination on the glass dome of the solar radiation observing sensor. The apparatus includes: the solar radiation observing sensor; the glass dome; a light source, wherein artificial light emitted from the light source is allowed to be incident on the medium of the glass dome at a predetermined angle and thus the artificial light incident on the medium of the glass dome is allowed to undergo total internal reflection; a light-collecting lens configured to collect natural light and a diffusedly-reflected part of the artificial light; and a contamination-detecting sensor configured to detect contamination, wherein the contamination-detecting sensor measures the natural light and the diffusedly-reflected part of the artificial light collected by the light-collecting lens.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: National Institute of Meteorological SciencesInventors: Kyu Young Reno Choi, Ki Hoon Kim, So Ra In, Min Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11980063Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area. The non-display area includes a blocking region. An organic layer is disposed on the substrate. An emission layer is disposed in the display area of the substrate. An auxiliary pattern is disposed in the blocking region of the non-display area of the substrate. A thin film encapsulation layer is disposed on the substrate and overlaps the emission layer and the blocking region. The organic layer has a groove penetrating an entire thickness of the organic layer in the blocking region. The auxiliary pattern overlaps the groove. The auxiliary pattern includes a same material as a gate electrode disposed in the display area of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Ki Hoon Kim, Deuk Jong Kim, Jae Hak Lee
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Publication number: 20240142397Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an apparatus for detecting rain using a wire mesh sensor including: a wire mesh which is configured to include a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers; and a fixing part for fixing the wire mesh; wherein the plurality of transmitters supply electricity to the wire mesh, and wherein, in response to rain being positioned between a specific transmitter among the plurality of transmitters and a specific receiver among the plurality of receivers, the specific receiver is configured to receive the electricity from the specific transmitter and then transmit the electricity to a measuring part, to thereby allow the measuring part to measure conductivity. This hemispherical apparatus can detect rain accurately by making the incident angles of the rain to be vertical regardless of the directions of the rain.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCESInventors: Kyu Young Reno CHOI, Ki Hoon KIM, So Ra IN, Min Woo KIM, Byeong Taek KIM
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Publication number: 20240142300Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for detecting the contamination on the glass dome of the solar radiation observing sensor. The apparatus includes: the solar radiation observing sensor; the glass dome; a light source, wherein artificial light emitted from the light source is allowed to be incident on the medium of the glass dome at a predetermined angle and thus the artificial light incident on the medium of the glass dome is allowed to undergo total internal reflection; a light-collecting lens configured to collect natural light and a diffusedly-reflected part of the artificial light; and a contamination-detecting sensor configured to detect contamination, wherein the contamination-detecting sensor measures the natural light and the diffusedly-reflected part of the artificial light collected by the light-collecting lens.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Kyu Young Reno CHOI, Ki Hoon KIM, So Ra IN, Min Woo KIM
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Patent number: 11919421Abstract: A heating pad control apparatus capable of preventing a battery pack from maintaining a high-temperature state by controlling an operating state of a heating pad based on a temperature of the battery pack and a current flowing through the battery pack. There is an advantage in that the temperature of the battery pack may be prevented from rising above a certain level. Accordingly, since the temperature of the battery pack is maintained at a certain level, damage to the elements provided in the battery pack is reduced, and the use efficiency of the battery pack may be improved.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventor: Ki-Hoon Kim
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Patent number: 11905372Abstract: Disclosed herein is a polyimide film that is obtained by imidizing a polyamic acid solution containing two or more dianhydride components selected from the group consisting of 3,3?,4,4?-benzophenonetetracarboxylic dianhydride (BTDA), 3,3?,4,4?-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride (BPDA), and pyromellitic dianhydride (PMDA), and a diamine component including m-tolidine and p-phenylenediamine (PPD) and has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 320° C. or higher, a moisture absorption rate of 0.4% or less, and a dielectric dissipation factor (Df) of 0.004 or less.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: PI Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Yul Back, Min-Sang Cho, Jin-Seok Jeon, Ki-Hoon Kim, Kil-Nam Lee