Patents by Inventor Sang Heon Kim

Sang Heon 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: 20240084429
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum-iron-plated steel sheet, having excellent mold wear resistance, for hot press forming, and a manufacturing method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Seong-Woo Kim, Sang-Heon Kim, Hyo-Sik Chun
  • Patent number: 11897014
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hot-press formed part comprising a plated steel sheet and an aluminum alloy plated layer formed on the plated steel sheet, wherein the aluminum alloy plated layer comprises: an alloying layer (I) formed on the plated steel sheet and containing, by weight %, 5-30% of Al; an alloying layer (II) formed on the alloying layer (I) and containing, by weight %, 30 to 60% of Al; an alloying layer (III) formed on the alloying layer (II) and containing, by weight %, 20-50% of Al and 5-20% of Si; and an alloying layer (IV) formed continuously or discontinuously on at least a part of the surface of the alloying layer (III), and containing 30-60% of Al, wherein the rate of the alloying layer (III) exposed on the outermost surface of the aluminum alloy plated layer is 10% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Sang-Heon Kim, Hyo-Sik Chun
  • Publication number: 20230383373
    Abstract: Provided are plated steel sheets for hot press forming, hot press formed parts, and manufacturing methods thereof, the plated steel sheets comprising: a base steel sheet comprising, in weight %, C: 0.07 to 0.5%, Si: 0.05 to 1%, Mn: 0.5 to 5%, P: 0.001 to 0.015%, S: 0.0001 to 0.02%, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, Cr: 0.01 to 1%, N: 0.001 to 0.02%, Ti: 0.1% or less, B: 0.01% or less, Sn: 0.01 to 0.1%, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities; an aluminum or aluminum alloy plating layer disposed on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and an Sn-enriched layer provided between the base steel sheet and the plating layer, wherein the Sn-enriched layer satisfies a specific relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Seong-Woo Kim, Sang-Heon Kim, Hyo-Sik Chun
  • Publication number: 20230286030
    Abstract: Provided are a plated steel sheet for hot press forming including: a base steel sheet containing, by wt%, 0.14 to 0.5% of C, 0.001 to 1% of Si, 0.3 to 4% of Mn, 0.001 to 0.015% of P, 0.0001 to 0.02% of S, 0.001 to 0.1% of Al, 0.001 to 1% of Cr, 0.001 to 0.02% of N, 0.1% or less of Ti, 0.01% or less of B, 0.005 to 0.1% of Sb, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities; an aluminum or aluminum alloy plating layer provided on at least one surface of the base steel sheet; and a Sb-rich layer provided between the base steel sheet and the plating layer, wherein the plated steel sheet for hot press forming satisfies the following Relational Expressions 1-1 and 1-2, a hot press formed member manufactured using the same, and methods for manufacturing the plated steel sheet for hot press forming and the hot press formed member. S b max S b c o a t ? 1.2 ­­­[Relational Expression 1-1] S b max ? S b c o a t 2 × ? t ? 0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sang-Heon Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Seong-Woo Kim, Sang-Bin Han
  • Patent number: 11753709
    Abstract: Provided are a hot-dipped galvanized steel material and a method for manufacturing the same. The hot-dipped galvanized steel material comprises an iron substrate and a hot-dipped galvanizing layer formed on the iron substrate, wherein the hot-dipped galvanizing layer comprises, by wt %, 0.01 to 0.5% of Al, 0.01 to 1.5% of Mg, 0.05 to 1.5% of Mn, 0.1 to 6% of Fe, and the balance of Zn and inevitable impurities, with a Zn—Fe—Mn based alloy phase present at the interface between the iron substrate and the hot-dipped galvanizing layer, and an area ratio of the Zn—Fe—Mn-based alloy phase to the hot-dipped galvanizing layer ranging from 1 to 60%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Suk-Kyu Lee, Sang-Heon Kim, Kwang-Tai Min, Yon-Kyun Song
  • Publication number: 20230227956
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hot-press formed part comprising a plated steel sheet and an aluminum alloy plated layer formed on the plated steel sheet, wherein the aluminum alloy plated layer comprises: an alloying layer (I) formed on the plated steel sheet and containing, by weight %, 5-30% of Al; an alloying layer (II) formed on the alloying layer (I) and containing, by weight %, 30 to 60% of Al; an alloying layer (III) formed on the alloying layer (II) and containing, by weight %, 20-50% of Al and 5-20% of Si; and an alloying layer (IV) formed continuously or discontinuously on at least a part of the surface of the alloying layer (III), and containing 30-60% of Al, wherein the rate of the alloying layer (III) exposed on the outermost surface of the aluminum alloy plated layer is 10% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO CO, LTD
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, Sang-Heon KIM, Hyo-Sik CHUN
  • Publication number: 20230167531
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hot-press formed part comprising a plated steel sheet and an aluminum alloy plated layer formed on the plated steel sheet, wherein the aluminum alloy plated layer comprises: an alloying layer (I) formed on the plated steel sheet and containing, by weight %, 5-30% of Al; an alloying layer (II) formed on the alloying layer (I) and containing, by weight %, 30 to 60% of Al; an alloying layer (III) formed on the alloying layer (II) and containing, by weight %, 20-50% of Al and 5-20% of Si; and an alloying layer (IV) formed continuously or discontinuously on at least a part of the surface of the alloying layer (III), and containing 30-60% of Al, wherein the rate of the alloying layer (III) exposed on the outermost surface of the aluminum alloy plated layer is 10% or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO CO, LTD
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, Sang-Heon KIM, Hyo-Sik CHUN
  • Publication number: 20230086620
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel sheet plated with aluminum-iron and a preparation method therefor, the steel sheet comprising: a base steel sheet; and a plated layer formed on the surface of the base steel sheet and comprising: an alloyed layer containing at least one of Fe3Al, FeAl(Si), Fe2Al5, and FeAl3; and an aluminum layer formed on the alloyed layer and having a thickness less than 10% of that of the plated layer, wherein the plated layer is 20-35 ?m in thickness and contains 1-20 wt % of Mg as measured by GDS at a position 0.1 ?m deep from the surface of the plated layer and 10 wt % of oxygen as measured by GDS at a position 0.1 ?m deep from the surface of the plated layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Seong-Woo Kim, Sang-Heon Kim, Yeol-Rae Cho
  • Patent number: 11578397
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a hot-press formed part comprising a plated steel sheet and an aluminum alloy plated layer formed on the plated steel sheet, wherein the aluminum alloy plated layer comprises: an alloying layer (I) formed on the plated steel sheet and containing, by weight %, 5-30% of Al; an alloying layer (II) formed on the alloying layer (I) and containing, by weight %, 30 to 60% of Al; an alloying layer (III) formed on the alloying layer (II) and containing, by weight %, 20-50% of Al and 5-20% of Si; and an alloying layer (IV) formed continuously or discontinuously on at least a part of the surface of the alloying layer (III), and containing 30-60% of Al, wherein the rate of the alloying layer (III) exposed on the outermost surface of the aluminum alloy plated layer is 10% or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Sang-Heon Kim, Hyo-Sik Chun
  • Publication number: 20230041587
    Abstract: The present invention provides an iron-aluminum-based plated steel sheet, and a manufacturing method therefor, the iron-aluminum-based plated steel sheet comprising a base steel sheet and a plated layer formed on the surface of the base steel sheet, wherein the alloy plated layer comprises: a diffusion layer comprising an Fe—Al-based intermetallic compound having a cubic structure; and an alloyed layer formed on the diffusion layer and composed of an alloy phase differing from that of the cubic structure, the thickness of the diffusion layer is 3-20 ?m, and the thickness of the diffusion layer is greater than 50% of the total thickness of the plated layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Seong-Woo KIM, Sang-Heon KIM, Yeol-Rae CHO
  • Publication number: 20230039057
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a steel sheet plated with an Al—Fe alloy for hot forming. The method includes: aluminum-plating and coiling a base steel sheet to obtain an aluminum-plated steel sheet, where an amount of the aluminum-plating is 30 to 200 g/m2 based on one surface of the base steel sheet, and tension in the coiling is 0.5 to 5 kg/mm2; after the aluminum-plating, performing cooling to 250° C. at a rate of 20° C./sec or less; annealing the aluminum-plated steel sheet to obtain the steel sheet plated with the Al—Fe alloy; and cooling the steel sheet plated with the Al—Fe alloy. The annealing is carried out for 30 minutes to 50 hours within a heating temperature range of 550 to 750° C. in a batch annealing furnace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Sang-Heon Kim, Yeol-Rae Cho
  • Patent number: 11549167
    Abstract: A steel plate plated with an aluminum-iron alloy for hot press forming can include a base steel sheet and an alloy plated layer formed on the base steel sheet. The alloy plated layer can include an alloyed layer (I) formed on the base steel sheet and containing, by weight, Al: 5-30%; an alloyed layer (II) formed on the alloyed layer (I) and containing, by weight, Al: 30-60%; and an alloyed layer (III) formed on the alloyed layer (II) and containing, by weight, Al: 20-50%. The alloy layer (II) can have a FeAl (Si) alloy phase dispersed and distributed therein, in which the FeAl (Si) alloy phase includes, by weight, Al: 20-50% and Si: 5-20%, and the number density of the FeAl (Si) alloy phase having a circle-equivalent diameter of 5 ?m or less 15 is 103/mm2 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Sang-Heon Kim, Yeol-Rae Cho
  • Publication number: 20230002873
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides steel for hot forming, a hot-formed member, and methods for manufacturing same, the steel comprising, by wt %, 0.06-0.1% of C, 0.05-0.6% of Si, 0.6-2% of Mn, 0.05% or less of P, 0.02% or less of S, 0.01-0.1% of Al, 0.01-0.8% of Cr, 0.01-0.5% of Mo, 0.02% or less of N, and the remainder of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein an alloy factor represented by relational expression 1 below is 7 or more, and the number of carbides having a circular equivalent diameter of 0.5 ?m or greater is 105/mm2 or less. Alloy factor=I(Mn)×I(Si)×I(Cr)×I(Mo)??[Relational expression 1] where the I values for the components are I(Mn)=3.34×Mn+1, I(Si)=0.7×Si+1, I(Cr)=2.16×Cr+1, and I(Mo)=3×Mo+1, respectively, and the content of each component is expressed as wt %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Sang-Heon Kim, Hyo-Sik Chun, Seong-Beom Bae
  • Patent number: 11529795
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel sheet plated with aluminum-iron and a preparation method therefor, the steel sheet comprising: a base steel sheet; and a plated layer formed on the surface of the base steel sheet and comprising: an alloyed layer containing at least one of Fe3Al, FeAl(Si), Fe2Al5, and FeAl3; and an aluminum layer formed on the alloyed layer and having a thickness less than 10% of that of the plated layer, wherein the plated layer is 20-35 ?m in thickness and contains 1-20 wt % of Mg as measured by GDS at a position 0.1 ?m deep from the surface of the plated layer and 10 wt % of oxygen as measured by GDS at a position 0.1 ?m deep from the surface of the plated layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: POSCO HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Seong-Woo Kim, Sang-Heon Kim, Yeol-Rae Cho
  • Patent number: 11491764
    Abstract: The present invention provides an iron-aluminum-based plated steel sheet, and a manufacturing method therefor, the iron-aluminum-based plated steel sheet comprising a base steel sheet and a plated layer formed on the surface of the base steel sheet, wherein the alloy plated layer comprises: a diffusion layer comprising an Fe—Al-based intermetallic compound having a cubic structure; and an alloyed layer formed on the diffusion layer and composed of an alloy phase differing from that of the cubic structure, the thickness of the diffusion layer is 3-20 ?m, and the thickness of the diffusion layer is greater than 50% of the total thickness of the plated layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Seong-Woo Kim, Sang-Heon Kim, Yeol-Rae Cho
  • Patent number: 11365396
    Abstract: Provided are an in vitro fibrosis model, a method of preparing the in vitro model, and use of the in vitro model, the in vitro model including a cell cluster differentiated from mesenchymal cells, wherein the cell cluster exhibits pathological characteristics of fibrosis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: S-BIOMEDICS
    Inventors: Sang Heon Kim, Kwi Deok Park, Kang Won Lee, Thanavel Rajangam
  • Patent number: 11338551
    Abstract: Provided is a hot-dip galvanized steel sheet having excellent low-temperature adhesion and workability, and a manufacturing method therefor, the hot-dip galvanized steel sheet comprising: an inhibition layer formed on a base steel sheet and comprising an Fe—Al-based intermetallic alloy phase; a hot-dip galvanized layer formed on the inhibition layer; and an Al—Mn-based alloy phase discontinuously formed between the inhibition layer and the hot-dip galvanized layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Hyeon-Seok Hwang, Sang-Heon Kim
  • Publication number: 20220049338
    Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum-based plated steel plate used in hot-press forming, the steel plate comprising: a base steel plate; and a plating layer formed on the base steel plate, wherein the plating layer comprises: an alloying layer formed on the surface of the base steel plate and including one or more of Fe 3Al, FeAl(Si), Fe 2Al 5, and FeAl 3; and an aluminum layer formed on the alloying layer and having a thickness less than 10% of the thickness of the plating layer, and the plating layer has a thickness of 5-20 ?m and an oxygen content of 10 weight % or less, as measured by GDS, at a depth of 0.1 ?m from the surface of the plating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Seong-Woo Kim, Yeol-Rae Cho, Sang-Heon Kim
  • Publication number: 20220048277
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel sheet plated with aluminum-iron and a preparation method therefor, the steel sheet comprising: a base steel sheet; and a plated layer formed on the surface of the base steel sheet and comprising: an alloyed layer containing at least one of Fe3Al, FeAl(Si), Fe2Al5, and FeAl3; and an aluminum layer formed on the alloyed layer and having a thickness less than 10% of that of the plated layer, wherein the plated layer is 20-35 ?m in thickness and contains 1-20 wt % of Mg as measured by GDS at a position 0.1 ?m deep from the surface of the plated layer and 10 wt % of oxygen as measured by GDS at a position 0.1 ?m deep from the surface of the plated layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Seong-Woo Kim, Sang-Heon Kim, Yeol-Rae Cho
  • Publication number: 20220049337
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel plate plated with an aluminum-iron alloy for hot press forming, the steel plate comprising a base steel sheet and an alloy plated layer formed on the base steel sheet, wherein the alloy plated layer comprises: an alloyed layer (I) formed on the base steel sheet and containing, by weight, Al: 5-30%; an alloyed layer (II) formed on the alloyed layer (I) and containing, by weight, Al: 30-60%; and an alloyed layer (III) formed on the alloyed layer (II) and containing, by weight, Al: 20-50%, wherein the alloy layer (II) has a FeAl (Si) alloy phase dispersed and distributed therein, the FeAl(Si) alloy phase comprising, by weight, Al: 20-50% and Si: 5-20%, and the number density of the FeAl(Si) alloy phase having a circle-equivalent diameter of 5 ?m or less is 103/mm2 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Sang-Heon Kim, Yeol-Rae Cho