Patents by Inventor Tae-wan Kim

Tae-wan 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).

  • Publication number: 20150221399
    Abstract: Disclosed are an in-vessel control rod drive mechanism and a nuclear reactor with the same. The in-vessel control rod drive mechanism includes a control rod drive mechanism for regulating and a control rod drive mechanism for shutdown provided at an upper or lower space of a reactor core to insert or withdraw a regulating rod and a shutdown rod into/from the reactor core based on an operation state of the nuclear reactor, wherein the control rod drive mechanism for regulating and the control rod drive mechanism for shutdown are alternately arranged in the vertical direction. Therefore, a space of containment can be minimized due to the installation of the in-vessel control rod drive mechanism, and thus a rod ejection accident can be prevented, and a loss-of-coolant accident can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: SEO YOON JUNG, YOUNG IN KIM, JAE SEON LEE, KEUNG KOO KIM, TAE WAN KIM, JONG WOOK KIM
  • Patent number: 9066593
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lightweight collapsible portable chairs. In one embodiment, the portable chair has a sling and a chair frame which includes a first pair of bars and a second pair of bars. Each bar of the first pair of bars includes a joint configured to contact a ground surface. In another embodiment, the chair frame includes a front of bars, a back pair of bars, a pair of joints and a center bar configured to securely couple the pair of back joints to each other. In some embodiments, the chair frame includes a front support assembly. In other embodiments, the chair frame includes a pair of lower bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Alite Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel B. Homans, Tae Wan Kim
  • Patent number: 9064774
    Abstract: Virtual substrates made by hydride vapor phase epitaxy are provided comprising a semiconductor growth substrate and a substantially strain-relaxed metamorphic buffer layer (MBL) structure comprising one or more layers of a semiconductor alloy on the growth substrate. The MBL structure is compositionally graded such that its lattice constant transitions from a lattice constant at the interface with the growth substrate that is substantially the same as the lattice constant of the growth substrate to a lattice constant at a surface opposite the interface that is different from the lattice constant of the growth substrate. The virtual substrates comprise relatively thick MBL structures (e.g., >20 ?m) and relatively thick growth substrates (e.g., >0.5 mm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Thomas F. Kuech, Kevin L. Schulte, Luke J. Mawst, Tae Wan Kim, Brian T. Zutter
  • Publication number: 20150139380
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control rod drive mechanism. More specifically, the control rod drive mechanism includes a guide member 100 disposed in a nuclear reactor to receiving a drive shaft 2; a latch assembly 200 disposed in the guide member 100 to enable the drive shaft 2 to be withdrawn and inserted; a supporting member 300 connected to the guide member 100 to cover the drive shaft 2 and to support the latch assembly 200; and a plurality of coil housings 400 spaced apart and connected to the guide member 100 to cover the latch assembly 200, and each having a coil 410 built therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Jae-Seon LEE, Jong-Wook KIM, Tae-Wan KIM, Suhn CHOI, Keung-Koo KIM, Jong In KIM
  • Publication number: 20150132819
    Abstract: The present invention provides Thermococcus onnurineus MC02 strain (accession no. KCTC12511BP) having increased hydrogen production ability, wherein the expression of rchA gene of the strain increases. Also, the present invention provides a method for producing the strain belonged to the genus Thermococcus having increased hydrogen production ability comprising, increasing the expression of rchA gene of the strain, and hydrogen production method using the strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Sung Gyun KANG, Jung Hyun LEE, Hyun Sook LEE, Kae Kyoung KWON, Tae Wan KIM, Yun Jae KIM, Min Sik KIM, Seong Hyuk LEE, Seung Seob BAE, Ae Ran CHOI
  • Publication number: 20150127817
    Abstract: Provided are a network-based high performance SAP monitoring system and method, including a hardware engine selecting packets to be updated from input packets by performing session-based filtering and pattern matching on the input packets, identifying to which application protocol belongs among dynamic information and action gateway (DIAG) protocol, remote function call (RFC) protocol, and hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) protocol, and adding identification information of the identified application protocol to the packet to be uploaded and a software engine including a DIAG processor processing the DIAG protocol, RFC processor processing the RFC protocol, and HTTP processor processing the HTTP protocol, when receiving the packet added with the identification information from the hardware engine, referring SAP application protocol identification information, extracting data transmitted and received between servers of an SAP client and one of the DIAG processor, RFC processor, and HTTP processor, thereby sort
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: Somansa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Tae PAEK, Hwan Cheol LIM, Tae Wan KIM, Sang Man LEE
  • Publication number: 20150127675
    Abstract: A display apparatus for and a method of providing to users additional information associated with a broadcasting signal that is being output via the display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a communication unit configured to perform data communication, and a control unit configured to acquire a keyword from content being reproduced by the display apparatus, to acquire user preference information corresponding to a mobile terminal, to acquire a search result corresponding to the acquired keyword, to produce additional information based on the acquired search result and the acquired user preference information, and to provide the additional information to the mobile terminal via the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Dong-jun KIM, Jung-ick GUACK, Tae-wan KIM, Young-soo CHOI, Do-won HYUN, Jong-soo YOON, Jeong-yeon LEE
  • Patent number: 8993291
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a Thermococcus onnurineus NA1 mutant having an increased ability to produce hydrogen from formate and a method of producing hydrogen the same. The Thermococcus onnurineus NA1 mutant according to the invention has an increased ability to produce hydrogen in a formate-containing medium compared to wild-type Thermococcus onnurineus NA1 and shows an increase in growth rate compared to the wild-type. The use of the mutant strain according to the invention can produce hydrogen with high efficiency from formate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
    Inventors: Sung Gyun Kang, Jung Hyun Lee, Kae Kyoung Kwon, Hyun Sook Lee, Tae Wan Kim, Yun Jae Kim, Min Sik Kim, Jeong Ho Jeon
  • Patent number: 8987398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ethylene-based terpolymer having high elasticity and a preparation method thereof, and more particularly, to a highly elastic, ethylene-based terpolymer, which comprises a specific molar ratio of a ethylene unit, a C6-12 ?-olefin unit and at least one functional unit selected from the group consisting of divinylbenzene and para-methylstyrene and to a method of preparing the highly elastic, ethylene-based terpolymer using a metallocene catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Kim, Joon Chul Lee, Hyun Ki Kim, Tae Wan Kim
  • Publication number: 20150060026
    Abstract: A heat protector mounted on a vehicle is provided. The heat protected includes a glass fiber that has a plate shape and includes aerogel immersed therein. Thin films are respectively bonded to both surfaces of the glass fiber, and the thin films have a larger area than the glass fiber and extend from edges of the glass fiber. The extended parts of the thin films are overlapped and folded to form a winding portion that seals the glass fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae-Wan Kim, Kwang-Weon Ahn
  • Patent number: 8966606
    Abstract: Disclosed are a DLP security system and an operating method thereof. An operating method of a data loss prevention (DLP) apparatus, comprising: converting, into packets, Ethernet signals received from a fail over device that are transmitted and received between an external network and internal network; analyzing the packets to classify the packets into first packets required to be precisely judged and second packets not required to be precisely judged; distributing and allocating a judgment job about the first packet to at least one in-line instance according to a predetermined reference; and allocating the judgment job distributed to the in-line instance in which a fail occurs to the in-line instance which is normally operated when it is verified whether there is an in-line instance which is normally operated in the case where the fail occurs in the at least one in-line instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Somansa Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sang Seok Lee, Tae Wan Kim, Il Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20150037845
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to mutant thermostable glycosyl hydrolases family 7 enzymes, including mutant Trichoderma reesei endoglucanase I. In particular, the present disclosure relates to mutant thermostable enzymes, compositions containing the enzymes, and methods of use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Harshal Akshay Chokhawala, Tae-Wan Kim, Harvey W. Blanch, Douglas S. Clark
  • Patent number: 8949984
    Abstract: Provided are an information protection apparatus and system. The information protection apparatus based on Windows, Unix, or Linux includes a first check unit, a second check unit, and a security measure unit. The first check unit checks whether there is a file including monitoring information among a plurality of check target files in a local storage area, according to a predetermined check policy. The second check unit checks whether there is a file including the monitoring information among the check target files in a sharing storage area of a file system that is shared in a network drive type in an NFS scheme. The security measure unit performs a security measure conforming to a predetermined security policy for the file including the monitoring information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Somansa Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Tae Paek, Tae Wan Kim, Il Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20150031098
    Abstract: Provided is a mutant of propionyl-CoA transferase from Clostridium propionicum that can convert lactate into lactyl-CoA with high efficiency in a method of preparing a polylactate (PLA) or PLA copolymer using microorganisms. Unlike conventional propionyl-CoA transferase which is weakly expressed in E. coli, when a mutant of propiony-CoA transferase from Clostridium propionicum is introduced into recombinant E. coli, lactyl-CoA can be supplied very smoothly, thereby enabling highly efficient preparation of polylactate (PLA) and PLA copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Si Jae PARK, Taek Ho YANG, Hye Ok KANG, Sang Hyun LEE, Eun Jung LEE, Tae Wan KIM
  • Patent number: 8901651
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device is provided, which can prevent an electric field from concentrating on a diode region, and can improve a breakdown voltage by creating an impurity concentration gradient in the diode region to increase from a termination region to an active cell region to cause reverse current to be distributed to the active cell region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: KEC Corporation
    Inventor: Tae Wan Kim
  • Patent number: 8903998
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and method for monitoring web application telecommunication data by user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Somansa Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tae Wan Kim, Seung Tae Paek, Il Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20140339505
    Abstract: Virtual substrates made by hydride vapor phase epitaxy are provided comprising a semiconductor growth substrate and a substantially strain-relaxed metamorphic buffer layer (MBL) structure comprising one or more layers of a semiconductor alloy on the growth substrate. The MBL structure is compositionally graded such that its lattice constant transitions from a lattice constant at the interface with the growth substrate that is substantially the same as the lattice constant of the growth substrate to a lattice constant at a surface opposite the interface that is different from the lattice constant of the growth substrate. The virtual substrates comprise relatively thick MBL structures (e.g., >20 ?m) and relatively thick growth substrates (e.g., >0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventors: Thomas F. Kuech, Kevin L. Schulte, Luke J. Mawst, Tae Wan Kim, Brian T. Zutter
  • Publication number: 20140334591
    Abstract: Provided is a passive containment spray system including: a spray coolant storage unit that communicates with a containment accommodating a reactor vessel and maintains equilibrium of pressure between the spray coolant storage unit and the containment; a spray pipe that is installed within the containment in such a manner that when an accident occurs, a coolant supplied from the spray coolant storage unit is sprayed into the containment through the spray pipe due to an increase in pressure within the containment; and a connection pipe one end of which is inserted into the spray coolant storage unit in such a manner as to provide a flow path along which the coolant flows and the other end of which is connected to the spray pipe in such a manner that the coolant is passively supplied to the spray pipe through the connection pipe therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young In KIM, Soo Jai SHIN, Han Ok KANG, Keung Koo KIM, Ju Hyeon YOON, Tae Wan KIM, Jae Joo HA
  • Publication number: 20140334590
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cooling system of an emergency cooling tank, which enables long-term cooling without refilling cooling water, in case of the change in a quantity of heat transferred to the emergency cooling tank according to a lapse of time upon an occurrence of an accident of a nuclear reactor, and a nuclear power plant having the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young In KIM, Keung Koo KIM, Young Min BAE, Ju Hyeon YOON, Jae Joo HA, Won Jae LEE, Tae Wan KIM
  • Patent number: 8883476
    Abstract: Provided is a mutant of propionyl-CoA transferase from Clostridium propionicum that can convert lactate into lactyl-CoA with high efficiency in a method of preparing a polylactate (PLA) or PLA copolymer using microorganisms. Unlike conventional propionyl-CoA transferase which is weakly expressed in E. coli, when a mutant of propiony-CoA transferase from Clostridium propionicum is introduced into recombinant E. coli, lactyl-CoA can be supplied very smoothly, thereby enabling highly efficient preparation of polylactate (PLA) and PLA copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Si Jae Park, Taek Ho Yang, Hye Ok Kang, Sang Hyun Lee, Eun Jung Lee, Tae Wan Kim