Patents by Inventor Kook-Jin Choi

Kook-Jin Choi 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: 8499709
    Abstract: A mooring system for a vessel includes an attachment unit configured to be detachably attached to a hull of the vessel; a robot arm including a plurality of arms, the arms being coupled to each other to turn in a vertical direction, the robot, arm extending by an arm actuator provided thereto to transfer the attachment unit to an attachment position of the hull; a rotation unit connected to the robot arm and allowing the robot arm to turn in a horizontal direction; and a mooring winch for winding a mooring cable to draw the attachment unit. A floating body or a quay wall may include the mooring system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Phill-Seung Lee, SoonHung Han, Hyun Chung, Yong-Yook Kim, Kook-Jin Choi, Sang-Il Kim, Young-Hee Cho, Young-Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20120114422
    Abstract: A mooring system for a vessel includes an attachment unit configured to be detachably attached to a hull of the vessel; a robot arm including a plurality of arms, the arms being coupled to each other to turn in a vertical direction, the robot, arm extending by an arm actuator provided thereto to transfer the attachment unit to an attachment position of the hull; a rotation unit connected to the robot arm and allowing the robot arm to turn in a horizontal direction; and a mooring winch for winding a mooring cable to draw the attachment unit. A floating body or a quay wall may include the mooring system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Phill-Seung LEE, SoonHung Han, Hyun Chung, Yong-Yook Kim, Kook-Jin Choi, Sang-Il Kim, Young-Hee Cho, Young-Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20110150606
    Abstract: A quay-wall system for loading and unloading containers includes a quay-wall having a open-air storage yard, a floating body berthed to the quay-wall and resting a ramp on the quay-wall, a pallet formed for receiving one or more containers, and a transporting device transporting the plurality of pallets in parallel. A mobile harbor for use in the quay-wall system includes the ramp, a loading space in which one or more pallets having one or more containers accommodated therein can be placed, wherein the loading space has guide grooves formed thereon for guiding a transporting device. A transporting device for use in the quay-wall system includes a transporting device for being coupled a plurality of pallets in parallel and transporting the pallets from the open-air storage yard to a floating body or from the floating body to the open-air storage yard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tae-Eog Lee, Kook-Jin Choi, Seokhyun Lee, JungHoon Kim, HyunJung Kim