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).
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Patent number: 10137487Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALSInventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung Kook Ro, Sung Cheul Lee, Shiv G. Kapoor, James Zhu
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Patent number: 10098660Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALSInventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung Kook Ro, Sung Cheul Lee, Byung-Sub Kim, Jaegu Kim, Kornel Ehmann, Peidong Han
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Patent number: 9956603Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALSInventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung Kook Ro, Sung Cheul Lee, Byung-Sub Kim, Kornel Ehmann
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Publication number: 20170119431Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Jong-Kweon PARK, Seung Kook Ro, Sung Cheul Lee, Byung-Sub Kim, Jaegu Kim, Kornel Ehmann, Peidong Han
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Publication number: 20170120468Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Jong-Kweon PARK, Seung Kook Ro, Sung Cheul Lee, Shiv G. Kapoor, James Zhu
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Publication number: 20170058999Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventors: Jong-Kweon PARK, Seung Kook RO, Sung Cheul LEE, Byung-Sub KIM, Kornel EHMANN
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Patent number: 9517508Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALSInventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim, Sung Cheul Lee, Gyung Ho Khim, Sung-Kwon Jang, Soo Chang Choi
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Patent number: 9333559Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALSInventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim, Sung Cheul Lee, Sung-Kwon Jang, Kyung Han Kim
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Patent number: 9272339Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALSInventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Sung Cheul Lee, Seung Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim
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Patent number: 9079279Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALSInventors: Seung Kook Ro, Jong-Kweon Park, Byung-Sub Kim, Sung Cheul Lee
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Publication number: 20150101466Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALSInventors: Jong-Kweon PARK, Seung Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim, Sung Cheul Lee, Sung-Kwon Jang, Kyung Han Kim
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Patent number: 8914957Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 7, 2012Date of Patent: December 23, 2014Assignee: Korea Institute of Machinery & MaterialsInventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Sung Cheul Lee, Byung-Sub Kim, Seung Kook Ro, Sung Kwon Jang
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Patent number: 8899890Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 12, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Korea Institute of Machinery & MaterialsInventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung-Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim, Gyung-Ho Khim, Sung-Cheul Lee, Hyeon-Hwa Lee, Byung-In Kim
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Publication number: 20140230617Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALSInventors: Jong-Kweon PARK, Seung Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim, Sung Cheul Lee, Gyung Ho Khim, Sung-Kwon Jang, Soo Chang Choi
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Publication number: 20140109367Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: Korea Institute of Machinery & MaterialsInventors: Jong-Kweon PARK, Sung Cheul Lee, Byung-Sub Kim, Seung Kook Ro, Sung Kwon Jang
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Publication number: 20140076207Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2012Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALSInventors: Seung Kook Ro, Jong-Kweon Park, Byung-Sub Kim, Sung Cheul Lee
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Publication number: 20140023450Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Korea Institute of Machinery & MaterialsInventors: Jong-Kweon PARK, Sung Cheul LEE, Seung Kook RO, Byung-Sub KIM
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Publication number: 20110280680Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2011Publication date: November 17, 2011Inventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung-Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim, Gyung-Ho Khim, Sung-Cheul Lee, Hyeon-Hwa Lee, Byung-In Kim