Patents by Inventor Seong-Hak Kim

Seong-Hak 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: 20210020976
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a unit cell for a fuel cell includes preparing a separator having a reaction area located to correspond to an anode or a cathode of the unit cell, a first protrusion protruding from the separator, and a second protrusion spaced apart from the first protrusion with the reaction area interposed therebetween. The method includes providing a passage configured to guide a reaction gas to flow in the reaction area, and arranging a porous passage having a height protruding to become farther away from the separator and to be higher than the first and second protrusions between the first and second protrusions in parallel. The method includes compressing the porous passage toward the separator. The porous passage is fixed to the separator via the first and second protrusions by a force applied between the porous passage and the protrusion as the passage is deformed or is apt to be deformed to be lengthened in a transverse direction due to the compression of the porous passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chi Seung Lee, Young Woo Noh, Seong Hak Kim, Seung Ah Yu, Jae Jun Ko, Jang Ho Jo
  • Publication number: 20200266470
    Abstract: A fuel cell includes an electrolyte membrane, first and second electrode layers disposed on first and second surfaces of the electrolyte membrane, respectively, the second surface being opposite to the first surface. One of the first and second electrode layers is an anode electrode layer and the other is a cathode electrode layer. Additionally, first and second gaskets are disposed on the first and second surfaces of the electrolyte membrane, respectively, to be adjacent to an edge of the electrolyte membrane. The first electrode layer includes a first main electrode layer disposed on the first surface of the electrolyte membrane and inside the first gasket and a first sub-electrode layer having a first portion inserted between the first main electrode layer and the electrolyte membrane and a second portion inserted between the first gasket and the electrolyte membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Seong Hak Kim, Woo Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20180166730
    Abstract: A unit cell for a fuel cell includes a separator having a reaction area located to correspond to an anode or a cathode of a membrane electrode assembly, an inlet manifold, which is provided outside the reaction area and into which a reaction gas is introduced that is to be supplied to the reaction area, and an outlet manifold which is spaced apart from the inlet manifold and through which the reaction gas that passed through the reaction area is discharged. The unit cell has a porous passage provided between the separator and the membrane electrode assembly arranged to be adjacent to the separator and having a passage configured to guide the reaction gas introduced into the inlet manifold such that the reaction gas is discharged to the outlet manifold via the reaction area. The unit cell has a protrusion protruding from the separator toward the porous passage, which is fixed to the separator by the protrusion through a pressing force, which is generated due to deformation by a compressive force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chi Seung Lee, Young Woo Noh, Seong Hak Kim, Seung Ah Yu, Jae Jun Ko, Jang Ho Jo
  • Patent number: 7387047
    Abstract: An electronic pedal device obtains a reliable and stable operation without generating noise by using a mechanism that converts a pivot of a treadle about a pedal body into a pivot of a link and then transmits the pivot of the link to a sensor. The device includes a base plate, pedal body, treadle, resilient member, sensor, and link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Seong-Hak Kim
  • Publication number: 20060053949
    Abstract: An electronic pedal device is disclosed to obtain a reliable and stable operation without generating noise by using a mechanism that converts a pivot of a treadle about a pedal body into a pivot of a link and then transmits the pivot of the link to a sensor. The device includes a base plate, pedal body, treadle, resilient member, sensor, and link.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventor: Seong-Hak Kim