Abstract: An air heating apparatus according to the present disclosure includes an expansion tank, a water heater that receives heat from a combustion gas generated by a combustion reaction and heats the water, a heating heat exchanger that receives the water heated by the water heater and exchanges heat with air to be discharged for heating, a fan that blows the air to the heating heat exchanger, and a case in which the expansion tank, the water heater, the heating heat exchanger, and the fan are arranged, wherein the case includes an outer case and a first opening cover that is coupled to the outer case, the first opening cover includes a communication part and a water replenishment cover, and when the water replenishment cover is removed, an operation of at least one of the expansion tank, the water heater, the heating heat exchanger, and the fan is stopped.

Abstract: A rear seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a back frame and a cushion frame. The back frame is not interlocked with the cushion frame and is individually rotated in the forward-and-rearward direction independently of the cushion frame. The cushion frame is not interlocked with the back frame and individually slides in the forward-and-rearward direction independently of the back frame. A front seating state and a rear seating state of a passenger are implemented through individual sliding movement of the cushion frame in the forward-and-rearward direction.

Abstract: A cosmetic deposition device comprises a housing; a printhead within the housing, the printhead including one or more nozzle to dispense one or more formulation; an applicator face connected to the housing, wherein an exterior side of the applicator face includes a roller adjacent to the one or more nozzle, and the applicator face is configured to rotate with respect to the housing, and the applicator face is detained at more than one rotational setting with respect to the housing.

Abstract: An embodiment of the disclosure provides an organic-metal composite thin film photoelectrode including a natural molecule-derived organic material-metal complex protection layer and a method for producing the same. An organic-metal composite thin film photoelectrode according to an embodiment of the disclosure has an effect of securing effective photogenerated charge dynamics due to improved optical, electrical, and chemical characteristics by introducing an organic material-metal complex produced through controlled organic material functional group-positive metal ion interaction into a thin film protection layer, thereby improving light absorption efficiency, controlling surface active sites, and securing excellent stability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for upgrading a home appliance and a device for implementing same. The method for upgrading a home appliance according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: transmitting, by a management server, software to a home appliance; downloading, by the home appliance, the software from the management server; transmitting, by the management server, an output instruction message indicating an output of an installation notification of the software to the home appliance; and outputting, by the home appliance, the installation notification.

Abstract: A pipe according to the present disclosure includes a body portion provided with a seating section having a straight profile extending in a first direction and extending in a second direction that is one direction perpendicular to the first direction when cut along a plane perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the body portion passes in the first direction to define a hollow.

Abstract: A method of preparing a core-shell structured quantum dot particle includes the steps of (a) preparing a core of quantum dot particle containing indium (In) and phosphorus (P) and (b) forming a shell by reacting the core of the quantum dot particles prepared in step (a), a zinc oxo cluster represented by Formula 1 below, and at least one anion precursor containing a group 16 element.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a metal-organic framework modified using a compound having a hydroxyl group (—OH), a catalyst for a hydrogenation reaction including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. The catalyst according to the present disclosure has high activity to the hydrogenation reaction even at a low temperature of 30 to 40° C., thus making low-grade waste heat usable.

Abstract: Disclosed is an ozone water supplying unit capable of maintaining a stable ozone concentration of ozone water supplied to a substrate, and a substrate treating apparatus including the same. The substrate treating apparatus includes: a chamber for liquid-treating a substrate loaded into a treating space with a liquid containing ozone water; and an ozone water supplying unit for supplying ozone water to the treating space, in which the ozone water supplying unit includes: an ozone water generator for generating ozone water; an ozone water supply line for supplying ozone water generated by the ozone water generator to the treating space; and a cooler provided in the ozone water supply line to cool the ozone water flowing through the ozone water supply line.

Abstract: A device and method of estimating state-of-health of a battery is provided. A device of estimating a state-of-health (SOH) of a battery includes: a memory configured to load a program for calculating a state-of-balance (SOB) value by voltage of a plurality of cells constituting the battery and estimating a state-of-health balance value which is a state-of-health value of the battery to which the state-of-balance value by voltage is applied; and a processor configured to execute instructions included in the program loaded by the memory. A device and method of estimating state-of-charge of a battery is provided. A device of estimating state-of-charge (SOC) of a battery includes: a memory configured to load a program for correcting a voltage-to-remaining capacity correlation, in which a battery voltage is matched for each remaining capacity, based on a state-of-balance value by voltage of the battery; and a processor configured to execute instructions included in the program loaded in the memory.

Abstract: A laser processing apparatus includes a stage configured to transfer a target substrate and including an opening, an electrostatic chuck disposed on the stage and including a plurality of holes, and a laser irradiation unit disposed above the stage and spaced apart from the stage and configured to irradiate a laser beam on the target substrate. A surface of the electrostatic chuck is in contact with the target substrate, the target substrate includes a plurality of etching regions to be etched by the laser beam and a non-etching region surrounding the plurality of etching regions of the target substrate, and the plurality of holes of the electrostatic chuck overlap the opening of the stage and the plurality of etching regions of the target substrate.

Abstract: A receiver circuit includes a first amplification stage and a second amplification stage. The first amplification stage is configured to generate a first output signal by differentially amplifying an input signal pair. The second amplification stage is configured to generate a second output signal by amplifying the first output signal. The receiver circuit is configured to deactivate the second amplification stage and then deactivate the first amplification stage.

Abstract: A lithium secondary battery for thermal runaway delay, includes an electrode coated with a coating ink prepared by the method The method of preparing a coating ink composition uses expandable graphite (EG) as a starting material to obtain non-oxidized graphene, so there is no reduction process, no acid is used, and through a simple manufacturing process, manufacturing costs and times can be reduced while enabling mass-production and causing no environmental problems. Further, the coating ink composition prepared by the method of preparing the coating ink composition can improve properties such as viscosity, dispersion stability, electrical conductivity, and substrate adhesion of the ink by using a polymer as an additive. In addition, by coating the electrode of the secondary battery with the coating ink composition containing graphene nanoplatelets or non-oxidized graphene, thermal runaway due to overload of thermal energy generated within the secondary battery can be delayed and prevented.

Abstract: A water-sliding membrane includes a base layer formed on a glass substrate and a lubricating layer retained to the base layer. The base layer is formed by modifying a reactive functional-group to a surface of the substrate, the lubricating layer is configured of a polymer including a reactive functional-group that can form a covalent bond with the reactive functional-group of the base layer, and a portion of the reactive functional-group of the base layer and a portion of the reactive functional-group of the lubricating layer form the covalent bond. Moreover, the base layer includes a cyclic conjugated functional-group modified to the surface of the substrate, the lubricating layer includes a polymer having a hydrogen atom charged to ?+, and a portion of the cyclic conjugated functional-group of the base layer and a portion of the hydrogen atom charged to ?+ of the lubricating layer have ?-electron interaction.

Abstract: A storage device may include: a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory blocks; and a memory controller for providing an external device with block count information including bitmap information representing whether an erase number of each of the plurality of memory blocks is equal to or greater than a reference value, performing an erase operation on a memory block in which data corresponding to a write command received from the external device is to be stored before the write command is executed, storing the data in the nonvolatile memory device, updating the block count information, and providing the updated block count information to the external device.

Abstract: A storage device may include: a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory blocks; and a memory controller for providing an external device with block count information including bitmap information representing whether an erase number of each of the plurality of memory blocks is equal to or greater than a reference value, performing an erase operation on a memory block in which data corresponding to a write command received from the external device is to be stored before the write command is executed, storing the data in the nonvolatile memory device, updating the block count information, and providing the updated block count information to the external device.

Abstract: A liquefied gas storage tank includes a corner block disposed on a corner portion, wherein the corner block includes a lower block, an upper block and an upper connecting block, the upper block includes a first inner fixing unit and a second inner fixing unit respectively provided inside a first surface and a second surface, bonded and connected to a secondary barrier, and each having a structure in which a primary inner plywood, a primary corner insulating material, and a primary outer plywood are stacked, and an inner bent portion installed at a corner spatial portion between the first inner fixing unit and the second inner fixing unit, and both side surfaces of the inner bent portion that are perpendicular to the secondary barrier each have a height reduced from a total height of each of the first and second inner fixing units.

Abstract: A case for a water heater includes a case cover provided to accommodate the water heater in an inner space thereof, and a case frame configured to support the case cover in the inner space. The case cover includes a rear cover part including a plurality of holes passing through a plurality of pipes connected to the water heater, an upper cover part configured to cover an upper portion of the water heater and provided to be detached from the case frame, a side cover part configured to cover a side surface of the water heater and provided to be detached from the case frame, and a front cover part configured to cover a front surface of the water heater and provided to be detached from the side cover part.

Abstract: Provided is a dual venturi. The dual venturi includes a housing including a housing body opened in a reference direction so that a gas or air flows, an inner partition wall through which an inner space of the housing body is divided into a first conduit and a second conduit, and a gas providing part provided with a first gas conduit passing through the first conduit to allow the first conduit to communicate with the outside therein and a second gas conduit configured to allow the second conduit to communicate with the outside, an opening/closing unit disposed in the inner space to open and close the first gas conduit and the second conduit, and a driver connected to the opening/closing unit to provide driving force to the opening/closing unit.

Abstract: A liquefied gas storage tank includes a corner block disposed on a corner portion, wherein the corner block includes a lower block, an upper block and an upper connecting block, the upper block includes a first inner fixing unit and a second inner fixing unit respectively provided inside a first surface and a second surface, bonded and connected to a secondary barrier, and each having a structure in which a primary inner plywood, a primary corner insulating material, and a primary outer plywood are stacked, and an inner bent portion installed at a corner spatial portion between the first inner fixing unit and the second inner fixing unit, and both side surfaces of the inner bent portion that are perpendicular to the secondary barrier each have a height reduced from a total height of each of the first and second inner fixing units.