Patents by Inventor Soon-Heung Chang

Soon-Heung Chang 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: 8833533
    Abstract: An ultra slim power supply device for supplying power to an electric vehicle in a contactless manner includes at least one power supply track buried in a road. Each power supply track includes a plate-shaped magnetic core extending along the road, a plate or strip shaped magnetic field generator arranged above the magnetic core through which an alternating current is supplied to generate a magnetic field, a plate or strip shaped insulating body positioned between the magnetic core and the magnetic field generator to isolate them from each other, and a housing for enclosing the magnetic core, the magnetic field generator and the insulating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Nam Pyo Suh, Soon Heung Chang, Dongho Cho, Gyu Hyeong Cho, Chun Taek Rim, Jung Goo Cho
  • Patent number: 8807308
    Abstract: It is provided a power supply device and a power acquisition device for an electromagnetic induction-powered electric vehicle that increase a power transfer efficiency by maximizing a lateral deviation tolerance and by minimizing a gap between the power acquisition device and the power supply device while preventing the power acquisition device from colliding with an obstacle present on a road and being damaged by the collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Inventors: Nam Pyo Suh, Soon Heung Chang, Dongho Cho, Chun Taek Rim, Jung Goo Cho, Kyung-Soo Kim, Yong Hoon Jeong, Yong San Yoon, Gu Ho Jeong
  • Publication number: 20130092491
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus is for supplying power to an electric vehicle by a magnetic induction mechanism. The apparatus includes a power supply structure including a multiple number of power supply rail modules connected in a forward road direction, each power supply rail module including at least one power supply line passage elongated in the forward road direction, a power supply core of a lattice structure provided below the power supply line passage, and a concrete structure incorporating the power supply line passage and the power supply core; at least one power supply line accommodated in the power supply line passage in the forward road direction and surrounded by an insulating pipe; and at least one common line provided in the forward road direction and surrounded by an insulating pipe, for supplying power to the power supply apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Nam Pyo Suh, Soon Heung Chang, Dong Ho Cho, Jung Goo Cho, Chun Taek Rim, Gu Ho Jeong, Kyung Hun Lee, Bo Yune Song, Yang Jin Cho, Chae Hun Lim, Jong Woo Kim, Young Dong Son, Joo Young Choi, Ji Chul Jang, In Lee, Eun Ho Kim, Myung Koo Kang
  • Publication number: 20130057060
    Abstract: A method, for manufacturing a device for canceling an undesirable magnetic field around an on-line electric vehicle, the method comprising, calculating a primary magnetic field generated by a current flowing through a power line, calculating a first undesirable magnetic field, calculating a second undesirable magnetic field, obtaining an entire undesirable magnetic field by calculating a vector sum of the first and second undesirable magnetic fields, obtaining a number of turns of a coil to be wound around one end or both ends of the power acquisition device which maximally cancels the entire undesirable magnetic field, and winding the coil around the end or ends of the power acquisition device in accordance with the obtained number of turns, and short-circuiting each coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Nam Pyo Suh, Soon Heung Chang, Dong Ho Cho, Jae Ha Yim, Yang Bae Chun
  • Publication number: 20130020161
    Abstract: A power supply and acquisition apparatus for an electrical vehicle includes a power supply device embedded along a road and a power acquisition device attached on the vehicle. The power supply device includes a plurality of power supply core units, each core unit having two opposite magnetic poles and formed in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the road; and one or more power supply lines disposed along the longitudinal direction such that adjacent two magnetic poles have different polarities. The power acquisition device includes power acquisition core units; a connection member for connecting the power acquisition core units such that the power acquisition core units are spaced from each other by a distance between the magnetic poles; and a power acquisition coil wound around the respective power acquisition core units or the connection member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOG
    Inventors: Nam Pyo Suh, Soon Heung Chang, Dong Ho Cho, Gyu Hyeong Cho, Chun Taek Rim, Jung Goo Cho, Joung Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20120186927
    Abstract: It is provided a power supply device and a power acquisition device for an electromagnetic induction-powered electric vehicle that increase a power transfer efficiency by maximizing a lateral deviation tolerance and by minimizing a gap between the power acquisition device and the power supply device while preventing the power acquisition device from colliding with an obstacle present on a road and being damaged by the collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Nam Pyo Suh, Soon Heung Chang, Dongho Cho, Chun Taek Rim, Jung Goo Cho, Kyung-Soo Kim, Yong Hoon Jeong, Yong San Yoon, Gu Ho Jeong
  • Publication number: 20120103741
    Abstract: An ultra slim power supply device for supplying power to an electric vehicle in a contactless manner includes at least one power supply track buried in a road. Each power supply track includes a plate-shaped magnetic core extending along the road, a plate or strip shaped magnetic field generator arranged above the magnetic core through which an alternating current is supplied to generate a magnetic field, a plate or strip shaped insulating body positioned between the magnetic core and the magnetic field generator to isolate them from each other, and a housing for enclosing the magnetic core, the magnetic field generator and the insulating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Nam Pyo Suh, Soon Heung Chang, Dongho Cho, Gyu Hyeong Cho, Chun Taek Rim, Jung Goo Cho
  • Patent number: 5812622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an operator work station for nuclear power plants which can provide plant information in an effective way during abnormal/emergency conditions so that the operator can take necessary actions to recover the nuclear power plants. The operator work station for nuclear power plants of the present invention comprises dynamic alarm console; system information console; computerized operating procedure console; system-alarm connecting system which connects the alarm console with the system information console; and, system-procedure connecting system which connects the system information console with the computerized operating procedure console. According to the operator work station, efforts and time required for the operator to judge for himself, and possibility of mistakes of judgement are properly excused, since the operator can easily recognize the system where abnormality occurs, based on the generated alarms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Soon-Heung Chang, Han-Gon Kim, Seong-Soo Choi, Jin-Kyun Park, Jin-Hyuk Hong
  • Patent number: 5761262
    Abstract: A passive containment cooling system for a nuclear reactor and a method of cooling a pressurized water reactor thereby has an isolation condensing means for cooling and condensing steam and accumulating and cooling noncondensable gas released from within a containment of a nuclear reactor. A steam-driven air ejector which is driven by steam of high temperature and pressure generated from a steam generator is used to exhaust the noncondensable gas from the isolation condensing means, to flow the noncondensable gas into the containment. A steam generator makeup water storage tank makes up the water inventory of the steam generator and provides security for steam generator water inventory lost by operation of the steam-driven air ejector. This leads to the removal of early decay heat by dumping steam from the steam generator into the tank and injection of makeup water into the steam generator during the early stage of an accident.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hee-Cheon No, Soon-Heung Chang, Hyun-Sik Park