Patents by Inventor Mi-Hyun Lee

Mi-Hyun Lee 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: 20220148748
    Abstract: A method for decommissioning a heavy water reactor facility includes: opening an upper part of the calandria vault; inserting a support device into an inner part of the calandria vault through the upper part of the calandria vault to support the main shell of the calandria; cutting between the main shell and the sub-shell of the calandria by inserting a cutting device into the inner part of the calandria vault through the upper part of the calandria vault; and drawing out the main shell of the calandria to the outside of the calandria vault by moving the support device from the inner part of the calandria vault to the outside through the upper part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Seok-Ju HWANG, Young Hwan HWANG, Mi-Hyun LEE, Cheon-Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20220148749
    Abstract: A safety cover structure of a nuclear facility is disclosed. The safety cover structure of a nuclear facility includes: a cover portion rotatably provided over body protection concrete so as to cover a cavity in which a reactor pressure container is positioned; a driving part for providing rotational driving power to the cover part; an opening and closing portion provided at the cover portion and thus products from the cutting and dismantling of the reactor pressure contain move therethrough; a fire extinguishing portion for extinguishing a fire occurring inside the cover portion; a radiation sensor which is provided on the cover portion and which measures radiation dose; and an alarming portion, which receives a sensing signal of the radiation sensor so as to issue an alert when radiation greater than or equal to a predetermined value is discharged from the reactor pressure container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Young Hwan HWANG, Seok-Ju HWANG, Mi-Hyun LEE, Cheon-Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20220139583
    Abstract: An underwater decommissioning method of a nuclear facility is disclosed. An underwater decommissioning method of a nuclear facility that includes a nuclear reactor pressure vessel and bio-protective concrete including a cavity in which the nuclear reactor pressure vessel is positioned, includes: (a) floating the nuclear reactor pressure vessel above the cavity; (b) forming an insertion part filled with water in a side spaced apart from the cavity, and installing a support part on a bottom surface of the insertion part; (c) mounting a lower portion of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel on the support part; and (d) repeatedly cutting and decommissioning the nuclear reactor pressure vessel mounted on the support part by using a cutting device in an underwater position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Ju-Young YOON, Young Hwan HWANG, Mi-Hyun LEE, Cheon-Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20220044832
    Abstract: A method for decommissioning a nuclear facility includes: floating a nuclear reactor pressure vessel above a cavity; positioning a mounting device on bio-protective concrete to cover the cavity with the mounting device; mounting a lower portion of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel on the mounting device; and cutting and decommissioning the nuclear reactor pressure vessel mounted on the mounting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Young Hwan HWANG, Seok-Ju HWANG, Mi-Hyun Lee, Cheon-Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20210350944
    Abstract: A device for capturing a shielding ball for a heavy water reactor according to an embodiment includes: a head for separating a shielding ball positioned inside an end shield of a calandria of a heavy water reactor to an outside; and a mover for moving the head to the end shield of the calandria, wherein the head includes a head body, an opening former installed on the head body and forming an opening in the end shield, and a gate installed on the head body and controlling an amount of movement of the shielding ball discharged to the outside through the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Young Hwan HWANG, Seok-Ju HWANG, Mi Hyun LEE, Cheon-Woo KIM
  • Patent number: 11165107
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery device including a battery; a plurality of sensors attached to the battery; and a transceiving circuit configured to transmit a signal received from a monitoring device to the plurality of sensors and to transmit signals received from the plurality of sensors to the monitoring device. The plurality of sensors generate surface acoustic waves (SAWs) in response to the signal received from the monitoring device, when receiving the signal from the monitoring device through the transceiving circuit, and the plurality of sensors include at least one first sensor configured to output a first signal corresponding to a SAW varied depending on a temperature of the battery; at least one second sensor configured to output a second signal corresponding to a SAW varied depending on pressure of the battery; and at least one third sensor configured to output a third signal corresponding to a SAW varied depending on an electrolyte leakage state of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jae Min Ryoo, Jeong Nam Cheon, Mi Hyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20210287816
    Abstract: An apparatus for treating waste of a nuclear reactor pressure vessel includes: a suction unit inserted into the nuclear reactor pressure vessel through a plurality of through-pipes passing through a lower portion of the nuclear reactor pressure vessel to suck waste inside the nuclear reactor pressure vessel; a waste treatment part connected to the suction unit to treat the waste; and a lower collection part connected to the waste treatment part to be positioned under the nuclear reactor pressure vessel with the suction unit therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Young Hwan HWANG, Mi-Hyun LEE, Seok-Ju HWANG, Cheon-Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20210280330
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor dismantlement system according to an embodiment includes bio-protective concrete including a first space into which a reactor is inserted and a second space that is connected to the first space and is expanded in the first space, a moving device that is positioned in the second space and moves the reactor, and a cutting device that is positioned in the second space and cuts the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Young Hwan HWANG, Mi-Hyun LEE, Sung-Hoon HONG, Cheon-Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20210183531
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor decommissioning system according to an embodiment includes a cutting device to cut a reactor, a lifting device inserted inside the reactor to lift the reactor, and a shielding device that is positioned between the reactor and the lifting device and blocks radioactive dust generated by the cutting device from spreading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Young Hwan HWANG, Mi-Hyun LEE, Ju-Young YOON, Cheon-Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20210174978
    Abstract: A dismantling and decontamination system of biodegradable concrete of a nuclear power plant according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a dismantling device for dismantling an in-core instrument installed under biodegradable concrete to form a lower penetrated part of the biodegradable concrete; a decontamination device inserted inside the biodegradable concrete for decontaminating radioactive waste of the inner wall of the biodegradable concrete; a waste receiving device movable through the lower penetrated part of the biodegradable concrete; and a blocking device for blocking the upper opening of the biodegradable concrete to block an outflow of the radioactive dust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Seok-Ju HWANG, Mi-Hyun LEE, Sung-Hoon HONG, Cheon-Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20210158981
    Abstract: A decommissioning method of biodegradable concrete of a nuclear power plant according to an exemplary embodiment includes: decommissioning a neutron detector positioning device installed to biodegradable concrete surrounding a nuclear reactor to form a plurality of penetrated parts in the biodegradable concrete; inserting a part of a cutting device into the plurality of penetrated parts; and decomposing the biodegradable concrete into a plurality of sub-concrete parts by using the cutting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Seok-Ju HWANG, Sung-Hoon HONG, Mi-Hyun LEE, Cheon-Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20200314992
    Abstract: A plasma torch has a multi-electrode front electrode and a button-type rear electrode. The plasma torch allows initial discharge to be easily performed by using the button-type rear electrode and an auxiliary electrode for discharge. Initial ignition of a high-output arc plasma torch is performed easily by naturally forming an arc column between the rear electrode and the front electrode, even in the absence of efficient discharge between the rear electrode and the auxiliary electrode for initial discharge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Hyun-Je CHO, Cheon-Woo KIM, Sung-Hoon HONG, Mi-Hyun LEE
  • Patent number: 10104679
    Abstract: To transmit and receive system information of a base station in a broadband wireless access system, operations of the base station include determining transmission periodicities of a plurality of system information subpackets periodically transmitted in a periodicity of two or more superframes, determining transmission offsets of the subpackets based on the transmission periodicities using a predefined rule for determining a transmission periodicity and a transmission offset, and transmitting the subpackets respectively according to the transmission periodicities and the transmission offsets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mi-Hyun Lee, Ji-Yun Seol, Hyun-Kyu Yu
  • Publication number: 20180287224
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery device including a battery; a plurality of sensors attached to the battery; and a transceiving circuit configured to transmit a signal received from a monitoring device to the plurality of sensors and to transmit signals received from the plurality of sensors to the monitoring device. The plurality of sensors generate surface acoustic waves (SAWs) in response to the signal received from the monitoring device, when receiving the signal from the monitoring device through the transceiving circuit, and the plurality of sensors include at least one first sensor configured to output a first signal corresponding to a SAW varied depending on a temperature of the battery; at least one second sensor configured to output a second signal corresponding to a SAW varied depending on pressure of the battery; and at least one third sensor configured to output a third signal corresponding to a SAW varied depending on an electrolyte leakage state of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Jae Min RYOO, Jeong Nam CHEON, Mi Hyun LEE
  • Patent number: 9859541
    Abstract: In an aspect, a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a positive electrode; negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and including a porous substrate and a coating layer formed on at least one side of the porous substrate; and an electrolyte including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Hyun Bae, Woo-Cheol Shin, Sang-Il Han, Sang-Hoon Kim, Duck-Hyun Kim, Byung-Joo Chung, Jung-Hyun Nam, Myung-Hwan Jeong, Jung-Yi Yu, Seung-Tae Lee, Mi-Hyun Lee, Eon-Mi Lee, Ha-Rim Lee, Moon-Sung Kim, In-Haeng Cho, E-Rang Cho, Dong-Myung Choi, Vladimir Egorov, Makhmut Khasanov, Pavel Alexandrovich Shatunov, Alexey Tereshchenko, Denis Chernyshov
  • Patent number: 9847549
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive, wherein the additive includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Tae Lee, Jung-Yi Yu, Woo-Cheol Shin, Sang-Il Han, Sang-Hoon Kim, Byung-Joo Chung, Duck-Hyun Kim, Myung-Hwan Jeong, Tae-Hyun Bae, Mi-Hyun Lee, Eon-Mi Lee, Ha-Rim Lee, Moon-Sung Kim, In-Haeng Cho, E-Rang Cho, Dong-Myung Choi, Vladimir Egorov, Makhmut Khasanov, Pavel Alexandrovich Shatunov, Alexey Tereshchenko, Denis Chernyshov
  • Patent number: 9640838
    Abstract: An organic electrolyte solution and a lithium battery using the same are disclosed. The organic electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, an organic solution, a thiophene-based compound and a nitrile-based compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Vladimir Egorov, Woo-Cheol Shin, Jung-Yi Yu, Sang-Il Han, Sang-Hoon Kim, Duck-Hyun Kim, Myung-Hwan Jeong, Seung-Tae Lee, Tae-Hyun Bae, Mi-Hyun Lee, Eon-Mi Lee, Ha-Rim Lee, Moon-Sung Kim, In-Haeng Cho, E-Rang Cho, Dong-Myung Choi, Makhmut Khasanov, Pavel Alexandrovich Shatunov, Alexey Tereshchenko, Denis Chernyshov
  • Patent number: 9583787
    Abstract: An additive, the additive being for an electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and represented by Chemical Formula 1: R1 to R4 each independently being hydrogen or a non-polar hydrocarbon group, is disclosed. An electrolyte, the electrolyte being for a lithium secondary battery and including: a non-aqueous organic solvent; a lithium salt; and the additive is also disclosed. A lithium secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode facing the positive electrode; and a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the separator being impregnated with an electrolyte including the additive, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Haeng Cho, Woo-Cheol Shin, Sang-Il Han, Sang-Hoon Kim, Byung-Joo Chung, Duck-Hyun Kim, Myung-Hwan Jeong, Jung-Yi Yu, Jung-Hyun Nam, Seung-Tae Lee, Tae-Hyun Bae, Mi-Hyun Lee, Eon-Mi Lee, Ha-Rim Lee, Moon-Sung Kim, E-Rang Cho, Dong-Myung Choi, Pavel Alexandrovich Shatunov, Alexey Tereshchenko, Denis Chernyshov, Makhmut Khasanov, Vladimir Egorov
  • Patent number: 9553292
    Abstract: In an aspect, a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a positive electrode; negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and including a porous substrate and a coating layer formed on at least one side of the porous substrate; and an electrolyte including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moon-Sung Kim, Woo-Cheol Shin, Sang-Il Han, Sang-Hoon Kim, Byung-Joo Chung, Duck-Hyun Kim, Myung-Hwan Jeong, Jung-Yi Yu, Seung-Tae Lee, Tae-Hyun Bae, Mi-Hyun Lee, Eon-Mi Lee, Ha-Rim Lee, In-Haeng Cho, E-Rang Cho, Dong-Myung Choi, Vladimir Egorov, Pavel Alexandrovich Shatunov, Alexey Tereshchenko, Denis Chernyshov, Makhmut Khasanov, Jung-Hyun Nam
  • Patent number: 9554329
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for transmitting control information in a small base station of a wireless communication system are provided. In the method, when the small base station operates in a Low Duty operation Mode (LDM) in a superframe, a control signal including LDM operation information is generated. Only a subframe via which a preamble, a control signal including the LDM operation information, and a SuperFrame Header (SFH) are transmitted is transmitted during the superframe. When the small base station operates in a normal operation mode in a superframe, at least one of the control information and data is transmitted via at least one subframe of the superframe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mi-Hyun Lee, Jung-Je Son, Ji-Yun Seol