Patents by Inventor Kyoung-Ho Kim
Kyoung-Ho 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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Patent number: 12352703Abstract: Provided is a method of evaluating electrode quality capable of simply and quickly filtering out defective electrodes by measuring a color coordinate value of electrodes before roll-pressing, which specifically includes: providing an electrode which includes a current collector and an active material layer formed on the current collector and has not been roll-pressed; measuring a color coordinate value of the active material layer using an optical instrument; and evaluating the electrode as a good product when the measured color coordinate value satisfies a predetermined electrode quality evaluation criterion and as defective when the measured color coordinate value does not satisfy the predetermined electrode quality evaluation criterion.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Hyun Sup Lee, Hyun Jin Yang, Kyun Il Rah, Kyoung Ho Kim, Myung Han Lee, Kyung Mee Lee, Won Seok Cho
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Patent number: 12298229Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for evaluating drying quality of an electrode, and the apparatus includes: an oven configured to provide a space in which an electrode is dried; a measuring unit configured to be positioned at an outlet of the oven and measure a color coordinate value of an electrode active material layer with respect to the dried electrode; and an determination unit configured to determine whether the electrode is dry from the color coordinate value, wherein the determination unit sets a reference value, and determines that a dry state of the electrode is defective if the measured color coordinate value is less than the reference value, and a difference between the measured color coordinate value and the reference value is more than a preset value.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Kyung Mee Lee, Won Seok Cho, Hyun Jin Yang, Kyoung Ho Kim, Myung Han Lee
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Patent number: 12287321Abstract: Provided herein are systems, devices, and methods for performing optical multianalyte detection in a sample, such as a human blood sample. The system processes sample in a single-use support pack that holds the blood sample and contains pipette tips, buffers, reagent preparation wells and a monolayer. Sample is transferred from the sample pack to a single-use disc consumable that contains microwells pre-filled with dried chemistries, plasma separation features, and a hematocrit channel. The instrument comprises a cell imager, an absorbance module comprising a spectrophotometer, a fluorescent laser scanning module, and a camera. The system uses only a small amount of blood from a single heparinized sample, to simultaneously provide results for a full panel of routine blood tests spanning elecochemistry, clinical chemistry, hematology, immunoassays and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Truvian Sciences, Inc.Inventors: Dena Marrinucci, Nicholas Haase, Ryan Morgan, Michael Adams, Derek Arndt, Graeme Cross, Jeffrey A. Hawkins, David Hecht, Johnny Steve Rachele, Roger Taylor, Scott Thompson, Kyoung-Ho Kim, David Luke McDonald, Michael White, Kevin Yang
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Publication number: 20250123055Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode drying apparatus and an electrode drying method, and the electrode drying apparatus includes: an oven configured to provide a space in which the electrode is dried and to include a hot air nozzle or an infrared heater; a color coordinate measuring unit configured to be positioned at an outlet of the oven and measure a color coordinate value of an electrode active material layer with respect to the dried electrode; and a controller configured to analyze a drying result of the electrode from the color coordinate value, determine whether the electrode is defective in drying, and control a drying condition of the electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Kyoung Ho KIM, Kyung Mee LEE, Hyun Jin YANG, Hyun Sup LEE, Won Chan PARK, Myung Han LEE, Ji Eun KIM
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Patent number: 12270754Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for evaluating drying quality of an electrode, and the apparatus includes: an oven configured to provide a space in which an electrode is dried; a measuring unit configured to be positioned at an outlet of the oven and measure a color coordinate value of an electrode active material layer with respect to the dried electrode; and an determination unit configured to determine whether the electrode is dry from the color coordinate value, wherein the determination unit sets a reference value, and determines that a dry state of the electrode is defective if the measured color coordinate value is less than the reference value, and a difference between the measured color coordinate value and the reference value is more than a preset value.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Kyung Mee Lee, Won Seok Cho, Hyun Jin Yang, Kyoung Ho Kim, Myung Han Lee
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Publication number: 20250048627Abstract: Disclosed are semiconductor devices and electronic systems including the same. The semiconductor device includes a substrate that has a recess region, a gate electrode on a bottom surface of the recess region, a gate dielectric layer between the gate electrode and the bottom surface of the recess region, a plurality of shield electrodes on laterally opposite sides of the gate electrode and on inner sidewalls of the recess region, a plurality of dielectric patterns between the shield electrodes and the inner sidewalls of the recess region, a plurality of impurity regions in the substrate and on opposite sides of the shield electrodes, and a channel region in the substrate and below the bottom surface of the recess region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Inventors: Jaehyeok Heo, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Hojun Lee, Sungsu Moon, Sea Hoon Lee, Jaeduk Lee, Junhee Lim
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Patent number: 12209805Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode drying apparatus and an electrode drying method, and the electrode drying apparatus includes: an oven configured to provide a space in which the electrode is dried and to include a hot air nozzle or an infrared heater; a color coordinate measuring unit configured to be positioned at an outlet of the oven and measure a color coordinate value of an electrode active material layer with respect to the dried electrode; and a controller configured to analyze a drying result of the electrode from the color coordinate value, determine whether the electrode is defective in drying, and control a drying condition of the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Kyoung Ho Kim, Kyung Mee Lee, Hyun Jin Yang, Hyun Sup Lee, Won Chan Park, Myung Han Lee, Ji Eun Kim
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Patent number: 12201701Abstract: Proposed are a contrast agent containing an iodinated unsaturated fatty acid ethyl ester derived from vegetable oil, a non-iodinated unsaturated fatty acid ethyl ester, and sulfur dioxide (SO2), and a production method thereof. The contrast agent having a similar contrast effect is synthesized using vegetable oil as a substitute for poppy seed oil, which is unstable in terms of supply and is expensive. In addition, the long-term stability problem of an iodine-based contrast agent is solved by adding a non-iodinated unsaturated fatty acid ethyl ester and sulfur dioxide.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: ENGAIN CO., LTD.Inventors: Won Mok Lee, Kyoung Ho Kim, Young Gook Koh, Ha Been Park
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Publication number: 20240258647Abstract: A porous composite ceramic separator including a porous ceramic separator substrate including inorganic particles and a binder polymer, where the binder polymer binds and interconnects the inorganic particles; and a coating layer on at least one surface of the porous ceramic separator. The coating layer includes a mixture of binder polymer particles and staple fibers. The porous composite ceramic separator has high thermal safety by the use of the porous ceramic separator substrate, can prevent tensile strength decline, and shows good resistance characteristics and assembly characteristics into an electrochemical device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2023Publication date: August 1, 2024Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Kyoung-Ho KIM, Ji-Su LEE
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Patent number: 11978921Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a separator-composite electrode having a multilayer-structured inorganic layer and a separator-composite electrode manufactured thereby. The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a separator-composite electrode and a separator-composite electrode using the same, wherein there is no separator substrate by forming an inorganic layer serving as an insulating layer in multiple layers, thereby safety is improved and the capacity of a battery is not reduced compared to a conventional battery.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Kyoung Ho Kim, Bum Young Jung, Jeong Gil Kim, Jung Gu Han
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Patent number: 11881599Abstract: A current interrupt device, which may be included in a battery module, includes first and second connection parts each having one surface on which an inclined surface is formed; wherein the inclined surface of the first connection part and the inclined surface of the second connection part contact each other to form a contact interface, the first connection part and the second connection part are electrically connected to each other, and when an external force equal to or greater than a predetermined force is applied to the inclined surface of the first connection part or the inclined surface of the second connection part, the inclined surface of the first connection part and the inclined surface of the second connection part are dislocated with respect to each other on the contact interface to interrupt electrical connection between the first connection part and the second connection part.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Inventors: Kyoung Ho Kim, Song Taek Oh, Jung Seok Choi, Jong Pil Park
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Publication number: 20230152214Abstract: Provided is a method of evaluating electrode quality capable of simply and quickly filtering out defective electrodes by measuring a color coordinate value of electrodes before roll-pressing, which specifically includes: providing an electrode which includes a current collector and an active material layer formed on the current collector and has not been roll-pressed; measuring a color coordinate value of the active material layer using an optical instrument; and evaluating the electrode as a good product when the measured color coordinate value satisfies a predetermined electrode quality evaluation criterion and as defective when the measured color coordinate value does not satisfy the predetermined electrode quality evaluation criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Hyun Sup LEE, Hyun Jin YANG, Kyun Il RAH, Kyoung Ho KIM, Myung Han LEE, Kyung Mee LEE, Won Seok CHO
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Publication number: 20230127402Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for evaluating drying quality of an electrode, and the apparatus includes: an oven configured to provide a space in which an electrode is dried; a measuring unit configured to be positioned at an outlet of the oven and measure a color coordinate value of an electrode active material layer with respect to the dried electrode; and an determination unit configured to determine whether the electrode is dry from the color coordinate value, wherein the determination unit sets a reference value, and determines that a dry state of the electrode is defective if the measured color coordinate value is less than the reference value, and a difference between the measured color coordinate value and the reference value is more than a preset value.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2020Publication date: April 27, 2023Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Kyung Mee LEE, Won Seok CHO, Hyun Jin YANG, Kyoung Ho KIM, Myung Han LEE
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Publication number: 20230113439Abstract: The present technology relate to an equipment and method for drying an electrode substrate including a screen for distributing the flow of hot air, and according to the present technology, it is possible to uniformly dry the electrode substrate in the width direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Young Gyu Moon, Kyoung Ho Kim, Dong Hyun Kim, Young Geun Kim
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Publication number: 20230066443Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a separator-composite electrode having a multilayer-structured inorganic layer and a separator-composite electrode manufactured thereby. The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a separator-composite electrode and a separator-composite electrode using the same, wherein there is no separator substrate by forming an inorganic layer serving as an insulating layer in multiple layers, thereby safety is improved and the capacity of a battery is not reduced compared to a conventional battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Kyoung Ho KIM, Bum Young JUNG, Jeong Gil KIM, Jung Gu HAN
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Publication number: 20230016387Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode drying apparatus and an electrode drying method, and the electrode drying apparatus includes: an oven configured to provide a space in which the electrode is dried and to include a hot air nozzle or an infrared heater; a color coordinate measuring unit configured to be positioned at an outlet of the oven and measure a color coordinate value of an electrode active material layer with respect to the dried electrode; and a controller configured to analyze a drying result of the electrode from the color coordinate value, determine whether the electrode is defective in drying, and control a drying condition of the electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2020Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Kyoung Ho KIM, Kyung Mee LEE, Hyun Jin YANG, Hyun Sup LEE, Won Chan PARK, Myung Han LEE, Ji Eun KIM
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Publication number: 20220398286Abstract: The present invention provides a method for extracting same-structured data, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining, by a computing device, text information corresponding to an attribute value of an object corresponding to a search target; searching for each of a plurality of tags included in a body range, and identifying a specific tag included in a specific tag aggregate and corresponding to the text information; when the specific tag does not have a sibling tag in another tag aggregate, searching for a specific item tag which i) is included in the specific tag aggregate, ii) corresponds to an upper tag of the specific tag, and iii) has a sibling tag in the other tag aggregate; and obtaining a plurality of predetermined tag aggregates, which are included in the body range while including an item tag corresponding to a sibling tag of the specific item tag, as an uppermost tag, and displaying a plurality of predetermined objects corresponding thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: HASHSCRAPER INC.Inventor: Kyoung Ho KIM
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Publication number: 20220361778Abstract: Data-stream bridging for sensor transitions is described. A first data stream of glucose measurements is received from a first glucose sensor worn by a user. A termination event for the first glucose sensor is detected when production and/or communication of the first glucose measurements via the first data stream ceases. Next, a second data stream of glucose measurements is received from a second glucose sensor worn by the user that replaces the first glucose sensor. During a warmup period for the second glucose sensor, estimated glucose values are output for the user based on both the first data stream of glucose measurements received from the first glucose sensor prior to the termination event and the second data stream of glucose measurements received from the second glucose sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: Dexcom, Inc.Inventors: Lauren H. Jepson, Nathaniel D Heintzman, Joost Van der Linden, Apurv Ullas Kamath, Anna C Harley-Trochimczyk, Vincent P Crabtree, Benjamin E West, Mark D Kempkey, Kyoung-Ho Kim, Craig Thomas Gadd, Svetlana Whitley, Maria NB Wells, Christopher M Popp, Andrew M Reinhardt
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Publication number: 20220339299Abstract: Proposed are a contrast agent containing an iodinated unsaturated fatty acid ethyl ester derived from vegetable oil, a non-iodinated unsaturated fatty acid ethyl ester, and sulfur dioxide (SO2), and a production method thereof. The contrast agent having a similar contrast effect is synthesized using vegetable oil as a substitute for poppy seed oil, which is unstable in terms of supply and is expensive. In addition, the long-term stability problem of an iodine-based contrast agent is solved by adding a non-iodinated unsaturated fatty acid ethyl ester and sulfur dioxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Won Mok LEE, Kyoung Ho KIM, Young Gook KOH, Ha Been PARK
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Publication number: 20220274459Abstract: A dual-layer flow blower unit for a vehicle air-conditioner is disclosed. The blower unit has a scroll shape so as to be blown to each of a pair of an upper blower duct and a lower blower duct, and includes a pair of an upper blower case and a lower blower case which are vertically partitioned by a partition plate. The blower unit comprises a drainage case coupled to a lower part of the lower blower case and having a drainage duct formed so as to incline downward along a longitudinal direction of the lower blower duct. The blower unit includes a blower motor cooling unit that cools a blower motor by branching a part of an air blown from the lower blower duct, flowing it into an inside of a cooling chamber, and then circulating it inside a motor case.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke TOKOROZAWA, Ho Yong KIM, Kyoung Ho KIM