Patents by Inventor Seong-Woo Kim

Seong-Woo 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).

  • Patent number: 11484716
    Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial retinal stimulator and an artificial retinal device which are for providing image jittering. The artificial retinal stimulator for providing the image jittering includes: a photodiode configured to sense light stimulation and generate a current based on an intensity of the stimulation; a pulse generator configured to generate a pulse to be provided to a corresponding stimulation electrode on the basis of the current coming from the photodiode; a switch configured to connect an output terminal of the pulse generator and ground; and a jittering switch configured to determine whether to transfer the generated pulse to the corresponding stimulation electrode or to transfer to a stimulation electrode corresponding to another artificial retinal stimulator. According to the present disclosure, an image jittering function capable of emulating an eye blinking effect is provided, so that it is possible to enable a low vision patient to see images better.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION, GACHON UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Seong Woo Kim, Jung Suk Kim
  • Patent number: 11441205
    Abstract: Provided is a cold-rolled steel plate for hot forming, which is excellent in corrosion-resistance and spot-weldability, contains, by weight %, C: 0.1-0.4%, Si: 0.5-2.0%, Mn: 0.01-4.0%, Al: 0.001-0.4%, P: 0.001-0.05%, S: 0.0001-0.02%, Cr: 0.5% to less than 3.0%, N: 0.001-0.02%, and a balance of Fe and inevitable impurities, satisfying formula (1) below, and includes an Si amorphous oxidation layer continuously or discontinuously formed at a thickness of 1 nm-100 nm on the surface thereof. Formula (1): 1.4?0.4*Cr+Si?3.2 (wherein element symbols denote measurements of respective element contents by weight %).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Yeol-Rae Cho, A-Ra Cho, Jin-Ho Cha, Si-Myoung Heo, Jeong-Won Seo, Seong-Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20220250353
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet for a hot press formed member having excellent resistance to hydrogen delayed fracture, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel sheet for a hot press formed member comprises: a base steel sheet; an aluminum alloy plating layer on a surface of the base steel sheet; and an oxide layer which is formed on a surface of the plating layer and has a thickness of 0.05 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, Yeol-Rae CHO
  • Publication number: 20220162720
    Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a plated steel sheet for hot press forming, having an excellent impact property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, Yeol-Rae CHO
  • Patent number: 11338549
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet for a hot press formed member having excellent resistance to hydrogen delayed fracture, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel sheet for a hot press formed member comprises: a base steel sheet; an aluminum alloy plating layer on a surface of the base steel sheet; and an oxide layer which is formed on a surface of the plating layer and has a thickness of 0.05 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Yeol-Rae Cho
  • Patent number: 11274357
    Abstract: Provided is a plated steel sheet for hot press forming, having an excellent impact property, including: a base steel sheet comprising, by wt %, 0.15-0.4% of C, 0.05-1.0% of Si, 0.6-3.0% of Mn, 0.001-0.05% of P, 0.0001-0.02% of S, 0.01-0.1% of Al, 0.001-0.02% of N, 0.001-0.01% of B, 0.01-0.5% of Cr, 0.01-0.05% of Ti, and the balance of Fe and inevitable impurities; and an Al—Si plated layer formed on the surface of the base steel sheet. A thickness of a carbon-depleted layer in a surface layer part of the base steel sheet is 5 ?m or less. The surface layer part means a region from the surface of the base steel sheet to a depth of 200 ?m, and the carbon-depleted layer means a region which the carbon content is 50% or less of an average carbon amount (C0) of the base steel sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Yeol-Rae Cho
  • Publication number: 20220055342
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel sheet for a hot press formed member having excellent coating adhesion, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel sheet for hot press forming according to one aspect of the present invention is an aluminum alloy plated steel sheet, wherein an average Fe content in a plating layer may be 40 wt % or more, and a concentration gradient of a section having a Fe content of 45 wt % to 80 wt % in the plating layer may 7 wt %/?m or less of a concentration gradient at a section having an Fe content of 45% to 80% in the plating layer in a thickness direction from a surface of the plating layer according to a result of GDS analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, A-Ra CHO, Hyeon-Jeong SHIN
  • 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
  • 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: 20220040957
    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: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Seong-Woo KIM, Sang-Heon KIM, Yeol-Rae CHO
  • Publication number: 20220033929
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a hot press forming member having excellent resistance to hydrogen embrittlement, and a method for manufacturing same. An aspect of the present invention provides a hot press forming member having excellent resistance to hydrogen embrittlement, the hot press forming member comprising a base steel plate and an alloy-plated layer formed on the surface of the base steel plate, wherein the alloy-plated layer contains pores such that pores having a size of 5 ?m or less constitute 3-30% of the surface area of the alloy-plated layer as viewed in a cross-section taken in the thickness direction of the member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Sang-Heon Kim, Sang-Bin Han
  • Publication number: 20220025479
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a plated steel sheet for hot press forming having excellent impact properties after hot press forming; a hot press formed member manufactured using the plated steel sheet for hot press forming; and manufacturing methods thereof. The plated steel sheet comprises: a base steel sheet containing, by weight, 0.15-0.4% of C, 0.1-1% of Si, 0.6-8% of Mn, 0.001-0.05% of P, 0.0001-0.02% of S, 0.01-0.1% of Al, 0.001-0.02% of N, and 0.01-0.5% of Cr, with the remainder comprising Fe and miscellaneous impurities; and a plating layer formed on the surface of the base steel sheet and composed of zinc, aluminum, or an alloy containing zinc and aluminum, wherein the ratio (C S/C B) of the content (C S) of C in a surface layer to the content (C B) of C in the base steel sheet is 0.6 or less, and the ratio ((Mn S+Cr S)/(Mn B+Cr B)) of the total content (Mn S+Cr S) of Mn and Cr in the surface layer to the total content (Mn B+Cr B) of Mn and Cr in the base steel sheet is 0.8 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Sang-Heon Kim, Yeol-Rae Cho
  • Publication number: 20220016870
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aluminum-based plated steel that is provided for vehicles by hot forming, an aluminum-based alloy plated steel manufactured using the same, and method of manufacturing thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Il-Ryoung SOHN, Seong-Woo KIM, Jeom-Soo SHIN
  • Publication number: 20210395872
    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: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, Sang-Heon KIM, Hyo-Sik CHUN
  • Patent number: 11198272
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet for a hot press formed member having excellent coating adhesion, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel sheet for hot press forming is an aluminum alloy plated steel sheet, wherein an average Fe content in a plating layer may be 40 wt % or more, and a concentration gradient of a section having a Fe content of 45 wt % to 80 wt % in the plating layer may 7 wt %/?m or less of a concentration gradient at a section having an Fe content of 45% to 80% in the plating layer in a thickness direction from a surface of the plating layer according to a result of GDS analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, A-Ra Cho, Hyeon-Jeong Shin
  • Patent number: 11193189
    Abstract: Provided is an ultra-high strength steel sheet used as a material of a vehicle and, more specifically, to an ultra-high strength steel sheet having excellent bendability and a manufacturing method therefor. There is an effect of providing a steel sheet by utilizing a continuous annealing furnace without having water quenching equipment, thereby simultaneously ensuring a tensile strength of 1200 MPa or greater compared with that of conventional super high strength martensite steel and having excellent shape and bending properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Min-Seo Koo, Seong-Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20210362472
    Abstract: Provided is a steel sheet for a hot press formed member having excellent painting adhesion and post-painting corrosion resistance, and a method for manufacturing the same. A steel sheet for hot press forming according to one aspect of the present invention comprises a base steel sheet and a plated layer formed on a surface of the base steel sheet, wherein the ratio of an area occupied by pores to the entire area of a surface layer portion may be 10% or more in a cross section of the surface layer portion observed when the plated layer is cut in a thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Seong-Woo KIM, Hyeon-Jeong SHIN, A-Ra CHO
  • Patent number: 11167527
    Abstract: Provided is an aluminum-based plated steel that is provided for vehicles by hot forming, an aluminum-based alloy plated steel manufactured using the same, and method of manufacturing thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Il-Ryoung Sohn, Seong-Woo Kim, Jeom-Soo Shin
  • Patent number: 11154705
    Abstract: A subretinal prosthetic device includes a substrate provided under a retina, a return electrode for receiving a current such that a ground is formed on the substrate, a plurality of stimulating electrodes provided on the substrate and for generating an active potential to an optic nerve in response to external visual information projected onto the retina, and a switch for controlling the current between each of the plurality of stimulating electrodes and the return electrode. The switch is connected between the plurality of stimulating electrodes and the return electrode to ground the plurality of stimulating electrodes to the return electrode in response to an on or off control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: GACHON UNIVERSITY OF INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jungsuk Kim, Seong-woo Kim