Patents by Inventor Kwang-Sung Kim

Kwang-Sung 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: 20240131532
    Abstract: According to at least one example embodiment, a substrate treating apparatus includes a substrate support structure including a spin head, the substrate support structure configured to support a substrate, and rotate the substrate, at least one treating liquid recovery container configured to recover at least one substrate treating liquid, and a discharging device including a first nozzle and a second nozzle, the first nozzle configured to discharge a chemical onto the substrate, and the second nozzle configured to discharge deionized water onto the substrate, wherein the first nozzle includes a surface pattern configured to provide roughness on an inner surface of the first nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: SEMES CO., LTD., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Han KIM, Jin Uk SONG, Rae Taek OH, Ji Ho KIM, Ho Kyung KANG, Kwang Sung SON
  • Publication number: 20240136674
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Sik PARK, Jae-Won LIM, Yu-Sung CHOE, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Jae-Eun LEE, Pil-Kyu PARK, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Hae-Jin LIM, Min-Ki JO, Su-Ji CHOI, Bo-Hyun KANG, Jae-Woong KIM, Ji-Min JUNG, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240128517
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Jin LIM, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI, Do-Gyun KIM, Su-Ji CHOI, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Geon-Woo MIN, Min-Ki JO, Jae-Won LIM, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Ji-Min JUNG, Jae-Woong KIM, Jong-Sik PARK, Yu-Sung CHOE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Jae-Eun LEE, Bo-Hyun KANG, Pil-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20240128557
    Abstract: An energy storage module includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged in a first direction such that long side surfaces of adjacent ones of the battery cells face one another; a plurality of insulation spacers, at least one of the insulation spacers being between each adjacent pair of the battery cells, each of the insulation spacers including a heat-insulating first sheet and a plurality of flame-retardant second sheets respectively adhered to opposite surfaces of the first sheet by an adhesion member; a cover member including an internal receiving space configured to accommodate the battery cells and the insulation spacers; a top plate coupled to the cover member, the top plate including ducts respectively corresponding to vents of the battery cells and having fire extinguishing agent openings respectively corresponding to the insulation spacers; a top cover coupled to the top plate and having discharge openings respectively corresponding to the ducts; and an extinguisher sheet between the top cover and
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jin Taek KIM, Eun Ok KWAK, Jang Hoon KIM, Jin Bhum YUN, Jong Yeol WOO, Kwang Deuk LEE, Woo Sung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240116184
    Abstract: An automated gas supply system includes a gas cylinder transfer unit configured to transfer a cradle in which one or more gas cylinders storing a gas therein are stored; a gas cylinder inspection unit configured to check properties of the gas stored in the gas cylinder transferred from the gas cylinder transfer unit and check whether the gas leaks from the gas cylinder; a storage queue configured to receive the gas cylinder from the gas cylinder inspection unit by a mobile robot and configured to classify and store the transferred gas cylinders according to the properties of the gas stored in the gas cylinder; and a gas cabinet configured to receive the gas cylinder from the storage queue by the mobile robot and fasten a gas pipe, which is connected to a semiconductor manufacturing process line, to a gas spray nozzle, which is disposed at one side of the received gas cylinder, to supply the gas stored in the gas cylinder to the semiconductor manufacturing process line, wherein the gas cabinet includes a resid
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Sung HA, Kwang-Jun KIM, Jong Kyu KIM, Hyun-Joong KIM, Jin Ho SO, Chi-Gun AN, Ki Moon LEE, Hui Gwan LEE, Beom Soo HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240113382
    Abstract: An energy storage module includes: a cover member accommodating a plurality of battery cells in an internal receiving space, each of the battery cells including a vent; a top plate coupled to a top of the cover member and including a duct corresponding to the vent of at least one of the battery cells; a top cover coupled to a top of the top plate and having an exhaust area corresponding to the duct, the exhaust area having a plurality of discharge openings, the top cover including a protrusion protruding from a bottom surface of the top cover, the protrusion extending around a periphery of the exhaust area and around a distal end of the duct; and an extinguisher sheet between the top cover and the top plate, the extinguisher sheet being configured to emit a fire extinguishing agent at a reference temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jin Taek KIM, Eun Ok KWAK, Jang Hoon KIM, Jin Bhum YUN, Jong Yeol WOO, Kwang Deuk LEE, Woo Sung CHOI
  • Patent number: 11929495
    Abstract: In some implementations, the anode includes a current collector, a first anode mixture layer formed on at least one surface of the current collector, and a second anode mixture layer formed on the first anode mixture layer. The first anode mixture layer and the second anode mixture layer include a carbon-based active material, respectively. The first anode mixture layer includes a first binder, a first silicon-based active material, and a first conductive material. The second anode mixture layer includes a second binder, a second silicon-based active material, and a second conductive material. Contents of the first conductive material and the second conductive material are different from each other with respect to the total combined weight of the first anode mixture layer and the second anode mixture layer. Types of the first silicon-based active material and the second silicon-based active material are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SK ON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyo Mi Kim, Moon Sung Kim, Sang Baek Ryu, Da Hye Park, Seung Hyun Yook, Hwan Ho Jang, Kwang Ho Jeong, Da Bin Chung, Jun Hee Han
  • Publication number: 20240078663
    Abstract: The inventive concept provides a substrate treating method. The substrate treating method includes treating an edge region of a substrate using a plasma; and acquiring an image to be determined by imaging a substrate on which a treatment has been completed in the treating the edge region, comparing the image to be determined with an image stored in a database, and determining whether a substrate treated in the treating the edge region is defective or not, and wherein the image stored in the database is a defective image of a substrate which has been determined as defective, which is previously stored in the database in the acquiring the image to be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: KWANG SUNG YOO, GEON JONG KIM
  • Publication number: 20240080983
    Abstract: A device for fixing a camera module, includes a base part; and a fixing unit including a first fixing part for supporting one side of each of a plurality of boards, and a second fixing part for supporting the other side facing one side of each of the plurality of boards, wherein a plurality of first fixing parts extends in a first direction from the base part, and includes a plurality of protruding parts protruding in the direction perpendicular to the first direction in order to support one side of each of the plurality of boards, and a plurality of second fixing parts extends in the first direction from the base part, and includes a plurality of protruding parts for supporting the other side of each of the plurality of boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kwang Sung KIM, Ji Hwan PARK, Yong Tae PARK, Beom Seok YU
  • Patent number: 11919999
    Abstract: Provided are a method for preparing a polyetherketoneketone and a polyetherketoneketone prepared thereby, wherein, at the time of a polymerization reaction, nitrogen gas is blown into a liquid reaction medium while stirring, thereby quickly removing hydrochloric acid, which is a by-product generated during the reaction, and preventing aggregation of resin particles, thus suppressing the generation of scales.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HANWHA CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kwang Seok Jeong, Min Sung Kim, Jae Heon Kim, Ju Young Park, Cho Hee Ahn, Byeong Hyeon Lee, Sang Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 11923580
    Abstract: Stainless steel for a fuel cell separator plate and a manufacturing method therefor are disclosed. The stainless steel for a fuel cell separator plate, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a stainless base material; and a passive film formed on the stainless base material, wherein a Cr/Fe atomic weight ratio in a 1 nm or less thickness region of the stainless base material, which is adjacent to an interface between the stainless and the passive film, is 0.45 or more. Therefore, by modifying the surface of the stainless steel for a fuel cell separator plate, a low interface contact resistance and a good corrosion resistance can be obtained, and a separate additional process such as precious metal coating can be removed, such that manufacturing costs are reduced and productivity can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kwang Min Kim, Jong Hee Kim, Ki Hoon Jo, Bo Sung Seo
  • Patent number: 11856697
    Abstract: A device for fixing a camera module, includes a base part; and a fixing unit including a first fixing part for supporting one side of each of a plurality of boards, and a second fixing part for supporting the other side facing one side of each of the plurality of boards, wherein a plurality of first fixing parts extends in a first direction from the base part, and includes a plurality of protruding parts protruding in the direction perpendicular to the first direction in order to support one side of each of the plurality of boards, and a plurality of second fixing parts extends in the first direction from the base part, and includes a plurality of protruding parts for supporting the other side of each of the plurality of boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Sung Kim, Ji Hwan Park, Yong Tae Park, Beom Seok Yu
  • Publication number: 20230156919
    Abstract: A device for fixing a camera module, includes a base part; and a fixing unit including a first fixing part for supporting one side of each of a plurality of boards, and a second fixing part for supporting the other side facing one side of each of the plurality of boards, wherein a plurality of first fixing parts extends in a first direction from the base part, and includes a plurality of protruding parts protruding in the direction perpendicular to the first direction in order to support one side of each of the plurality of boards, and a plurality of second fixing parts extends in the first direction from the base part, and includes a plurality of protruding parts for supporting the other side of each of the plurality of boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Kwang Sung KIM, Ji Hwan PARK, Yong Tae PARK, Beom Seok YU
  • Patent number: 11602052
    Abstract: A device for fixing a camera module, includes a base part; and a fixing unit including a first fixing part for supporting one side of each of a plurality of boards, and a second fixing part for supporting the other side facing one side of each of the plurality of boards, wherein a plurality of first fixing parts extends in a first direction from the base part, and includes a plurality of protruding parts protruding in the direction perpendicular to the first direction in order to support one side of each of the plurality of boards, and a plurality of second fixing parts extends in the first direction from the base part, and includes a plurality of protruding parts for supporting the other side of each of the plurality of boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Sung Kim, Ji Hwan Park, Yong Tae Park, Beom Seok Yu
  • Patent number: 11483458
    Abstract: A camera module is provided. A camera module according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a lens barrel accommodating a lens; a lens holder accommodating the lens barrel; an image sensor disposed under the lens barrel; and a printed circuit board having an image sensor mounted thereon and coupled to the lens holder, wherein the lens barrel and the lens holder are primarily coupled to each other in a state where an optical axis of the lens and an optical axis of the image sensor are aligned, and are secondarily coupled to each other in the primarily coupled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kwang Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20220086312
    Abstract: A camera angle adjustment device is provided. A camera angle adjustment device according to an aspect of the present invention comprises: a bracket; a camera module disposed in the bracket; a viewing angle adjustment member having one side disposed in the bracket and the other side coupled to the camera module so as to control the position of the camera module; and an elastic member disposed in the bracket so as to bring the one side of the viewing angle adjustment member into contact with the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kwang Sung KIM
  • Publication number: 20210267061
    Abstract: A device for fixing a camera module, includes a base part; and a fixing unit including a first fixing part for supporting one side of each of a plurality of boards, and a second fixing part for supporting the other side facing one side of each of the plurality of boards, wherein a plurality of first fixing parts extends in a first direction from the base part, and includes a plurality of protruding parts protruding in the direction perpendicular to the first direction in order to support one side of each of the plurality of boards, and a plurality of second fixing parts extends in the first direction from the base part, and includes a plurality of protruding parts for supporting the other side of each of the plurality of boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Kwang Sung KIM, Ji Hwan PARK, Yong Tae PARK, Beom Seok YU
  • Patent number: 11026329
    Abstract: A device for fixing a camera module, includes a base part; and a fixing unit including a first fixing part for supporting one side of each of a plurality of boards, and a second fixing part for supporting the other side facing one side of each of the plurality of boards, wherein a plurality of first fixing parts extends in a first direction from the base part, and includes a plurality of protruding parts protruding in the direction perpendicular to the first direction in order to support one side of each of the plurality of boards, and a plurality of second fixing parts extends in the first direction from the base part, and includes a plurality of protruding parts for supporting the other side of each of the plurality of boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Sung Kim, Ji Hwan Park, Yong Tae Park, Beom Seok Yu
  • Publication number: 20210029280
    Abstract: A camera module is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Kwang Sung KIM
  • Patent number: 10732488
    Abstract: A holder assembly for a camera module comprises: a lens; a lens body containing the lens; a protrusion protruding from a side surface of the lens body; a lens holder containing the lens body and the protrusion; and a waterproof member contained in the lens holder such that the protrusion and the lens holder are bonded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Min Hwang, Je Kyung Park, Jong Won Jeon, Kwang Sung Kim