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: 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
  • Patent number: 11141953
    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: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Seong-Woo Kim, Hyeon-Jeong Shin, A-Ra Cho
  • Publication number: 20210222276
    Abstract: Provided is an Al—Fe-alloy plated steel sheet for hot forming, having excellent TWB welding characteristics since excellent hardness uniformity of a TWB weld zone after hot forming is obtained by suitably controlling a batch annealing condition, after plating Al, such that an Al—Fe-alloy layer is formed; a hot forming member; and manufacturing methods therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, Yeol-Rae CHO, Hyeon-Jeong SHIN
  • Publication number: 20210140006
    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: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, Yeol-Rae CHO
  • Patent number: 10934601
    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: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong-Woo Kim, Jin-Keun Oh, Yeol-Rae Cho
  • Publication number: 20210008374
    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: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Seong Woo Kim, Jung Suk Kim
  • Patent number: 10890321
    Abstract: A solid fuel combustion device includes: a fuel supply device including a firewood feed pipe or another fuel supplier; a primary combustion chamber coupled to the fuel supply device; a secondary combustion chamber including a wall formed of a fireproof material and having a structure in which a space is formed at a side of the combustion gas outlet of the primary combustion chamber to induce primary combustion gas to be secondarily expanded and combusted; and an air supply system including at least one air supply device in an entire combustion path formed in the primary combustion chamber and the secondary combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventor: Seong Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20200385833
    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: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Yeol-Rae CHO, A-Ra CHO, Jin-Ho CHA, Si-Myoung HEO, Jeong-Won SEO, Seong-Woo KIM
  • Publication number: 20200190620
    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: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, A-Ra CHO, Hyeon-Jeong SHIN
  • Publication number: 20200109464
    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: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: POSCO
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, Yeol-Rae CHO
  • Publication number: 20200101695
    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: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Seong-Woo KIM, Hyeon-Jeong SHIN, A-Ra CHO
  • Publication number: 20200087747
    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: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Seong-Woo KIM, Jin-Keun OH, Yeol-Rae CHO
  • Publication number: 20200086608
    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: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Il-Ryoung SOHN, Seong-Woo KIM, Jeom-Soo SHIN
  • Patent number: 10533237
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an HPF part having excellent bending properties including: manufacturing a hot rolled steel sheet; coiling the hot rolled steel sheet within a range of 450° C. to 750° C. for a time satisfying Expression 1; cold rolling, annealing and then hot dip aluminum plating on the annealed steel sheet; heating the hot dip aluminum plated steel sheet to a temperature of 850° C. to 1000° C. and maintaining the hot dip aluminum plated steel sheet for a certain period of time; and hot forming the heated steel and cooling at a temperature within a range of 200° C. or lower at a cooling speed of 20° C./s to 1000° C./s at the same time to manufacture an HPF part, [Expression 1] 190,000?[coiling temperature (CT)×Time (min)]/2?350,000, in the Relational Expression 1, Time refers to a time taken to reach 200° C. from coiling temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Jin-Keun Oh, Yeol-Rae Cho, Seong-Woo Kim
  • Publication number: 20200010915
    Abstract: Provided is a hot press-formed member having excellent crack propagation resistance and ductility. The hot press-formed member includes: a base steel sheet and a zinc or zinc alloy plating layer on at least one surface of the base steel sheet. The base steel sheet contains, by wt %, carbon (C): 0.08-0.30%, silicon (Si): 0.01-2.0%, manganese (Mn): 3.1-8.0%, aluminum (Al): 0.001-0.5%, phosphorus (P): 0.001-0.05%, sulfur (S): 0.0001-0.02%, nitrogen (N): 0.02% or less, and a balance of iron (Fe) and other impurities. The hot press-formed member comprises 1-30 area % of retained austenite as a microstructure, and a Mn(wt %)/Zn(wt %) content ratio in an oxide layer of 0.5-1.2 ?m in a thickness direction from a surface layer of the plating layer is 0.1 or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jin-Keun OH, Seong-Woo KIM, Yeol-Rae CHO, Won-Mo BAK
  • Publication number: 20200009956
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an automatic installation system, a device, and a method, of a high voltage battery for a vehicle. In particular, the automatic installation device of a high voltage battery for a vehicle includes a hanger part to hang a frame for the vehicle; and an automatic installation part provided under the hanger part to automatically center the high voltage battery on the frame for the vehicle and then install the high voltage battery, whereby it is possible to improve workability by replacing a manual work process with the automatic installing process of installing the high voltage battery on the frame for the vehicle and thus save costs by improving accuracy and safety and reducing labor costs thanks to the implementation of automation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Woo KIM, Yong Cheol KIM, Tae Joon KANG
  • Publication number: 20200001072
    Abstract: Provided is an artificial retina system for improving contrast sensitivity. The artificial retina system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises: an artificial retina (100) which is installed under the retina and includes a plurality of photodiode cells (110); and a microcomputer (200) for comparing, with at least one reference value, the magnitude of an electric signal outputted from a photodiode 111 in each of the photodiode cells (110), and controlling to amplify or reduce the electric signal outputted by each of the photodiode cells (110) according to the result of comparison, wherein visual cells corresponding to each of the photodiode cells (110) can be stimulated with an electric signal controlled by the microcomputer (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Seong-woo KIM, Jungsuk KIM
  • Publication number: 20190368015
    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: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Min-Seo KOO, Seong-Woo KIM
  • Patent number: 10464405
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an automatic installation system, a device, and a method, of a high voltage battery for a vehicle. In particular, the automatic installation device of a high voltage battery for a vehicle includes a hanger part to hang a frame for the vehicle; and an automatic installation part provided under the hanger part to automatically center the high voltage battery on the frame for the vehicle and then install the high voltage battery, whereby it is possible to improve workability by replacing a manual work process with the automatic installing process of installing the high voltage battery on the frame for the vehicle and thus save costs by improving accuracy and safety and reducing labor costs thanks to the implementation of automation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Woo Kim, Yong Cheol Kim, Tae Joon Kang
  • Publication number: 20190209833
    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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Jungsuk Kim, Seong-woo Kim