Patents by Inventor Sung-Cheul Lee

Sung-Cheul Lee 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: 10137487
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a blade is provided. The apparatus for manufacturing a blade includes: an arm module including a pressing unit pivoting around a first shaft; a molding module including a molding die pressed by the pressing unit and molding bulk metallic glass (BMG) to a blade; and a drawing module pulling an end portion of the BMG exposed to the outside of the molding die to form an edge of the blade, wherein the drawing module includes a pair of drawing tools pulling one end portion of the BMG in two directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung Kook Ro, Sung Cheul Lee, Shiv G. Kapoor, James Zhu
  • Patent number: 10098660
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a trocar is provided. The trocar includes: a sharp end; at least three concave cutting edges extended from the sharp end; and at least three concave cutting surfaces forming the sharp end and the at least three cutting edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung Kook Ro, Sung Cheul Lee, Byung-Sub Kim, Jaegu Kim, Kornel Ehmann, Peidong Han
  • Patent number: 9956603
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing the surface of a workpiece includes: a first rotating body connected to a first rotating shaft and including a first protruding portion connected to a part of the outer circumference thereof; a second rotating body connected to a second rotating shaft and including a second protruding portion connected to a part of the outer circumference thereof; and a third rotating body connected to a third rotating shaft and including a third protruding portion connected to a part of the outer circumference thereof, wherein the first to third rotating shafts are in the same plane, a first angle between the first and second rotating shafts, a second angle between the first and third rotating shafts, and a third angle between the second and third rotating shafts are identical, outer circumferences of the first to third rotating shafts adjacent to one another form a pathway through which a workpiece can pass, and the size of the pathway is adjusted by moving the first rotating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung Kook Ro, Sung Cheul Lee, Byung-Sub Kim, Kornel Ehmann
  • Publication number: 20170120468
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a blade is provided. The apparatus for manufacturing a blade includes: an arm module including a pressing unit pivoting around a first shaft; a molding module including a molding die pressed by the pressing unit and molding bulk metallic glass (BMG) to a blade; and a drawing module pulling an end portion of the BMG exposed to the outside of the molding die to form an edge of the blade, wherein the drawing module includes a pair of drawing tools pulling one end portion of the BMG in two directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon PARK, Seung Kook Ro, Sung Cheul Lee, Shiv G. Kapoor, James Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170119431
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a trocar is provided. The trocar includes: a sharp end; at least three concave cutting edges extended from the sharp end; and at least three concave cutting surfaces forming the sharp end and the at least three cutting edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon PARK, Seung Kook Ro, Sung Cheul Lee, Byung-Sub Kim, Jaegu Kim, Kornel Ehmann, Peidong Han
  • Publication number: 20170058999
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing the surface of a workpiece includes: a first rotating body connected to a first rotating shaft and including a first protruding portion connected to a part of the outer circumference thereof; a second rotating body connected to a second rotating shaft and including a second protruding portion connected to a part of the outer circumference thereof; and a third rotating body connected to a third rotating shaft and including a third protruding portion connected to a part of the outer circumference thereof, wherein the first to third rotating shafts are in the same plane, a first angle between the first and second rotating shafts, a second angle between the first and third rotating shafts, and a third angle between the second and third rotating shafts are identical, outer circumferences of the first to third rotating shafts adjacent to one another form a pathway through which a workpiece can pass, and the size of the pathway is adjusted by moving the first rotating body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon PARK, Seung Kook RO, Sung Cheul LEE, Byung-Sub KIM, Kornel EHMANN
  • Patent number: 9517508
    Abstract: Disclosed is a convergence machining apparatus based on turning in which a rotational axis of a work piece fixed by a headstock and a tailstock and a center of a width of a slide surface of a bed on which a reciprocal carriage installed with a tool is transferred while being supported are positioned at the same virtual plane, thereby preventing an offset error according to a relative displacement between the work piece and the tool during processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim, Sung Cheul Lee, Gyung Ho Khim, Sung-Kwon Jang, Soo Chang Choi
  • Patent number: 9333559
    Abstract: Disclosed is a convergence machining apparatus based on turning in which a rotation center of a work piece to a headstock and a footstock and a slide surface of first and second beds mounted with a reciprocal carriage, the headstock, and the footstock are positioned on the same virtual line when viewed from a direction parallel with a rotation axis of the work piece, thereby preventing an offset error in processing due to a relative displacement between the work piece and a tool installed at the reciprocal carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim, Sung Cheul Lee, Sung-Kwon Jang, Kyung Han Kim
  • Patent number: 9272339
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a variable machine tool capable of multi-axis machining includes: a base frame; a first rotating frame rotating on the base frame and comprising a first sliding member sliding along a circumference while being contact-supported through an interior diameter; a second rotating frame cross-disposed inside the first rotating frame to rotate in a direction crossing the first rotating frame, and comprising a second sliding member sliding along a circumference while being contact-supported through an interior diameter; and a spindle of which position and posture displacement is adjusted when the first sliding member and the second sliding member slide by interworking with rotation of the first rotating frame and the second rotating frame, the spindle being installed while passing through the first sliding member and the second sliding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Sung Cheul Lee, Seung Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim
  • Patent number: 9079279
    Abstract: Disclosed are an actively compensated stage including: a guide support having first and second guide surfaces perpendicular to each other; a table having first and second sides opposite the first and second guide surfaces and having air bearings on the first and second sides; a driving linear motor moving the table straight in an x-axial direction; and a plurality of magnetic actuators applying a magnetic preload between the guide support and the table and changing a magnetic force between the guide support and the table to compensate for 5-DOF motion errors generated in the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Seung Kook Ro, Jong-Kweon Park, Byung-Sub Kim, Sung Cheul Lee
  • Publication number: 20150101466
    Abstract: Disclosed is a convergence machining apparatus based on turning in which a rotation center of a work piece to a headstock and a footstock and a slide surface of first and second beds mounted with a reciprocal carriage, the headstock, and the footstock are positioned on the same virtual line when viewed from a direction parallel with a rotation axis of the work piece, thereby preventing an offset error in processing due to a relative displacement between the work piece and a tool installed at the reciprocal carriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon PARK, Seung Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim, Sung Cheul Lee, Sung-Kwon Jang, Kyung Han Kim
  • Patent number: 8914957
    Abstract: A capsule type reconfigurable multifunctional machining apparatus is disclosed. A capsule type reconfigurable multifunctional machining apparatus includes a rotating frame in which a plurality of processing modules may be installed to face an object to be machined disposed in a capsule type body and whose machining position and pose are controlled by rotation, a top frame for rotatably supporting the rotating frame, a bottom frame that is combined with the top frame under the top frame to support the top frame and in which vibration proof members are installed in positions where the bottom frame contacts the top frame, and a stage unit fixedly inserted into the internal center of the top frame to settle the object to be machined so that the height of the settled object to be machined may be controlled and in which an X-Y stage or a rotary stage may be selectively mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Sung Cheul Lee, Byung-Sub Kim, Seung Kook Ro, Sung Kwon Jang
  • Patent number: 8899890
    Abstract: Disclosed is a 3D reconfigurable machining system including a support frame spaced apart from the ground, a circular pivoting frame pivotably installed at the support frame, a slide member slidably installed on the circumferential portion of the pivoting frame, and a main spindle installed vertically at the slide member and being rotatable along the pivoting frame, so that a workpiece can be three-dimensionally machined with a considerably simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung-Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim, Gyung-Ho Khim, Sung-Cheul Lee, Hyeon-Hwa Lee, Byung-In Kim
  • Publication number: 20140230617
    Abstract: Disclosed is a convergence machining apparatus based on turning in which a rotational axis of a work piece fixed by a headstock and a tailstock and a center of a width of a slide surface of a bed on which a reciprocal carriage installed with a tool is transferred while being supported are positioned at the same virtual plane, thereby preventing an offset error according to a relative displacement between the work piece and the tool during processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon PARK, Seung Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim, Sung Cheul Lee, Gyung Ho Khim, Sung-Kwon Jang, Soo Chang Choi
  • Publication number: 20140109367
    Abstract: A capsule type reconfigurable multifunctional machining apparatus is disclosed. A capsule type reconfigurable multifunctional machining apparatus includes a rotating frame in which a plurality of processing modules may be installed to face an object to be machined disposed in a capsule type body and whose machining position and pose are controlled by rotation, a top frame for rotatably supporting the rotating frame, a bottom frame that is combined with the top frame under the top frame to support the top frame and in which vibration proof members are installed in positions where the bottom frame contacts the top frame, and a stage unit fixedly inserted into the internal center of the top frame to settle the object to be machined so that the height of the settled object to be machined may be controlled and in which an X-Y stage or a rotary stage may be selectively mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon PARK, Sung Cheul Lee, Byung-Sub Kim, Seung Kook Ro, Sung Kwon Jang
  • Publication number: 20140076207
    Abstract: Disclosed are an actively compensated stage including: a guide support having first and second guide surfaces perpendicular to each other; a table having first and second sides opposite the first and second guide surfaces and having air bearings on the first and second sides; a driving linear motor moving the table straight in an x-axial direction; and a plurality of magnetic actuators applying a magnetic preload between the guide support and the table and changing a magnetic force between the guide support and the table to compensate for 5-DOF motion errors generated in the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Seung Kook Ro, Jong-Kweon Park, Byung-Sub Kim, Sung Cheul Lee
  • Publication number: 20140023450
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a variable machine tool capable of multi-axis machining includes: a base frame; a first rotating frame rotating on the base frame and comprising a first sliding member sliding along a circumference while being contact-supported through an interior diameter; a second rotating frame cross-disposed inside the first rotating frame to rotate in a direction crossing the first rotating frame, and comprising a second sliding member sliding along a circumference while being contact-supported through an interior diameter; and a spindle of which position and posture displacement is adjusted when the first sliding member and the second sliding member slide by interworking with rotation of the first rotating frame and the second rotating frame, the spindle being installed while passing through the first sliding member and the second sliding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon PARK, Sung Cheul LEE, Seung Kook RO, Byung-Sub KIM
  • Publication number: 20110280680
    Abstract: Disclosed is a 3D reconfigurable machining system including a support frame spaced apart from the ground, a circular pivoting frame pivotably installed at the support frame, a slide member slidably installed on the circumferential portion of the pivoting frame, and a main spindle installed vertically at the slide member and being rotatable along the pivoting frame, so that a workpiece can be three-dimensionally machined with a considerably simple structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung-Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim, Gyung-Ho Khim, Sung-Cheul Lee, Hyeon-Hwa Lee, Byung-In Kim