Patents by Inventor Tae Won Lee

Tae Won 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: 12640384
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hybrid system in which a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOE), a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), and a carbon capture system (CCS) are coupled to each other, and more particularly to an SOE-SOFC-CCS hybrid system configured such that a solid oxide electrolyzer cell, a solid oxide fuel cell including a burner configured to burn off-gas, and a carbon capture system are systematically operated and such that by-products and waste heat generated as the result of operation thereof are recycled, whereby consumption of hydrogen and a fuel necessary for power production is minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: FCI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Gab Chang, Tae Won Lee, Bo Hyun Ryu, Young Jun Choi, Myung Jun Won
  • Patent number: 12536962
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge circuit and a display apparatus are discussed. The electrostatic discharge circuit can include a signal line configured to transmit a gate signal or a data signal, a first gate power voltage line, a second gate power voltage line, a first transistor and a second transistor disposed to overlap each other between the signal line and the second power voltage line, and a third transistor and a fourth transistor disposed to overlap each other between the signal line and the first power voltage line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2025
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tae Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20250279053
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge circuit and a display apparatus are discussed. The electrostatic discharge circuit can include a signal line configured to transmit a gate signal or a data signal, a first gate power voltage line, a second gate power voltage line, a first transistor and a second transistor disposed to overlap each other between the signal line and the second power voltage line, and a third transistor and a fourth transistor disposed to overlap each other between the signal line and the first power voltage line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2025
    Publication date: September 4, 2025
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tae Won LEE
  • Publication number: 20240387907
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hybrid system in which a solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOE), a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), and a carbon capture system (CCS) are coupled to each other, and more particularly to an SOE-SOFC-CCS hybrid system configured such that a solid oxide electrolyzer cell, a solid oxide fuel cell including a burner configured to burn off-gas, and a carbon capture system are systematically operated and such that by-products and waste heat generated as the result of operation thereof are recycled, whereby consumption of hydrogen and a fuel necessary for power production is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: FCI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Gab CHANG, Tae Won LEE, Bo Hyun RYU, Young Jun CHOI, Myung Jun WON
  • Publication number: 20240047717
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel cell-based multiple power supply system, and more particularly a fuel cell-based multiple power supply system capable of alternately operating a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell that is rapidly started up and provides fast response and a solid oxide fuel cell that provides high power generation efficiency depending on required situations and remedying some power deficiency using an energy storage system or a secondary battery, such as a super capacitor, thereby flexibly dealing with a situation difficult to solve using a single fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: FCI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Won LEE, Bo Hyun RYU, In Gab CHANG
  • Publication number: 20220025830
    Abstract: A cylinder head cooling system may include a main water jacket formed on a cylinder head, an exhaust port formed on the cylinder head, and an exhaust port water jacket formed to cool the exhaust port, wherein, the exhaust port water jacket includes an inlet that communicates with the main water jacket and a plurality of outlets separated from the main water jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Junghoon PARK, WonGi Lee, Kyounghee Kim, Tae Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11192330
    Abstract: Provided are a porous structure and a method of fabricating the same. The porous structure may include an aluminum oxide containing at least one of fluorine and phenyl group. For example, the porous structure may be formed from alumina which contains fluorine or phenyl group. The method of fabricating the porous structure may include preparing an aluminum precursor including at least one of fluorine and phenyl group; providing a precursor solution by mixing the precursor with a solvent; and forming the porous structure having 3-dimensional network structure including the aluminum oxide containing the at least one of fluorine and phenyl group from the precursor solution through gelation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION (UIF), YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hyung Ho Park, Hee Yoon Chung, Hae Noo Ree Jung, Tae Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11105252
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus of a piston according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include a piston configured to be formed with a cooling gallery, an inlet fluidly communicated with the cooling gallery, and an outlet fluidly communicated with the cooling gallery, therein, a first oil jet configured to inject cooling oil into the inlet, and a second oil jet configured to inject cooling oil into the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Won Lee, Jae Man Cho, Hong Kil Baek
  • Patent number: 11108068
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control system for a fuel cell system that includes at least two or more fuel cell groups which each have at least one fuel cell connected in parallel. The fuel cell control system comprises: a unit level controller configured to control an output of an individual fuel cell; a group level controller configured to determine the output distribution of the individual fuel cells within the fuel cell group based on the performance decrease rates of the individual fuel cells within the fuel cell group; and a system level controller configured to determine the total output of the fuel cell system according to the power demand for the grid and determine the output distribution for each of the fuel cell groups in correspondence to the total output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: FCI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ingab Chang, Tae Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20210108553
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus of a piston according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure may include a piston configured to be formed with a cooling gallery, an inlet fluidly communicated with the cooling gallery, and an outlet fluidly communicated with the cooling gallery, therein, a first oil jet configured to inject cooling oil into the inlet, and a second oil jet configured to inject cooling oil into the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Tae Won Lee, Jae Man Cho, Hong Kil Baek
  • Patent number: 10770663
    Abstract: Germanium-centered dendrimer compounds and organic optoelectronic devices comprising the same are provided. The organic optoelectronic device comprising the compound is capable of implementing high light-emitting ability and light-emitting efficiency, and improving thermal stability (heat resistance) of the organic optoelectronic devices, thereby increasing the lifetime thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Chung-Ang University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Kwang Yong Park, Ho Jun Shon, Tae Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20200266468
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control system for a fuel cell system that includes at least two or more fuel cell groups which each have at least one fuel cell connected in parallel. The fuel cell control system comprises: a unit level controller configured to control an output of an individual fuel cell; a group level controller configured to determine the output distribution of the individual fuel cells within the fuel cell group based on the performance decrease rates of the individual fuel cells within the fuel cell group; and a system level controller configured to determine the total output of the fuel cell system according to the power demand for the grid and determine the output distribution for each of the fuel cell groups in correspondence to the total output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: FCI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ingab CHANG, Tae Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20200232415
    Abstract: An engine with a reduced cooling loss, may include a cylinder block, a piston and a cylinder head, wherein the engine displacement chamber is 300cc-700cc and an entire combustion chamber volume including a first volume of the cylinder block and a second volume of the cylinder head is defined between an inner surface of the cylinder head, a distal end of an intake valve mounted in the cylinder head when the intake valve is closed, and an upper surface of the piston positioned at a top-dead center of the engine in the cylinder block, wherein a compression ratio between an engine displacement chamber and the entire combustion chamber is 10.0 or more:1, and wherein the second volume of the cylinder head is 40%-70% of the entire combustion chamber volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Kil BAEK, Seung Woo LEE, Tae Won LEE
  • Patent number: 10655553
    Abstract: A reforming system may include an engine; an intake line connected to the engine; an exhaust line connected to the engine; a reformer provided at an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) line diverging from the exhaust line and mixing the exhaust gas with fuel; a front end pressure sensor provided at the EGR line of the front end portion of the reformer and measuring pressure of the exhaust gas of the front end portion of the reformer; a rear end pressure sensor provided at the EGR line of the rear end portion of the reformer and measuring pressure of the exhaust gas of the rear end portion of the reformer; and a reforming controller configured for determining whether reforming continues on the basis of a pressure difference between the front end portion and the rear end portion of the reformer measured by the front end and the rear end sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Kil Baek, Seung Woo Lee, Tae Won Lee
  • Patent number: 10619602
    Abstract: A fuel injection control method includes measuring EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) rate through a CO2 sensor measuring the amount of CO2 entering the intake side of the engine, setting an optimum SCR (Steam to Carbon Ratio) value based on the measured EGR rate, calculating the amount of steam supplied to the engine based on the measured EGR rate, calculating an actual SCR value by the ratio of the steam amount and the carbon component of the fuel supplied to the engine, comparing the actual SCR value with the optimum SCR value, calculating the SCR difference value by subtracting the optimum SCR value from the actual SCR value if the actual SCR value is greater than the optimum SCR value, calculating an additional fuel amount to be added based on the SCR difference value, and injecting fuel to the fuel reformer based on the calculated additional fuel amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Woo Lee, Tae Won Lee, Hong Kil Baek, Thomas Hollowell
  • Patent number: 10584654
    Abstract: A fuel reforming system may include an engine combusting reformed gas to generate mechanical power; an intake line connected to the engine to supply reformed gas and air to the engine; an exhaust line connected to the engine to circulate exhaust gas exhausted from the engine; a fuel reformer provided at an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) line diverging from the exhaust line, mixing the EGR gas passing through the EGR line with the fuel and reforming the fuel mixed in the EGR gas; and an EGR flow controller determining a target opening degree of a flow rate control valve according to engine running condition, whether or not in a reforming running condition, required amount of EGR gas along to running condition, and controlling opening degree of the flow rate control valve on a basis of the target opening degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Kil Baek, Seung Woo Lee, Tae Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20200056296
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an electrocatalyst. The method may include forming a metal layer on a substrate, treating a substrate of the metal layer, and forming a catalyst layer on the metal layer by applying potential to an aqueous deposition solution including a nickel precursor, a copper precursor, a phosphorus precursor, and an additive, in which a molar ratio of the nickel precursor to the copper precursor may be greater than about 49:1. Accordingly, the present invention has an advantage in that the process of manufacturing the electrocatalyst may be simplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Jang-Su Park, Young-Eun Hwang, Jeong Min Baik, Hee Jun Kim, Tae Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20200018267
    Abstract: A fuel reformer includes a housing. A mixing portion is provided in the housing, the mixing portion being a space for mixing fuel supplied from the outside with an EGR gas. A reforming catalyst portion is provided on a side opposite the mixing portion and is configured to reform the mixed fuel and the EGR gas in the mixing portion. A first heater is disposed around an outer periphery of the housing surrounding the mixing portion. A second heater is disposed around an outer periphery of the housing surrounding the reforming catalyst portion. The first and second heaters are configured to transmit thermal energy to the fuel reformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Hong Kil Baek, Seung Woo Lee, Tae Won Lee
  • Patent number: 10514006
    Abstract: A fuel reformer includes a housing. A mixing portion is provided in the housing, the mixing portion being a space for mixing fuel supplied from the outside with an EGR gas. A reforming catalyst portion is provided on a side opposite the mixing portion and is configured to reform the mixed fuel and the EGR gas in the mixing portion. A first heater is disposed around an outer periphery of the housing surrounding the mixing portion. A second heater is disposed around an outer periphery of the housing surrounding the reforming catalyst portion. The first and second heaters are configured to transmit thermal energy to the fuel reformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hong Kil Baek, Seung Woo Lee, Tae Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20190345901
    Abstract: A fuel injection control method includes measuring EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) rate through a CO2 sensor measuring the amount of CO2 entering the intake side of the engine, setting an optimum SCR (Steam to Carbon Ratio) value based on the measured EGR rate, calculating the amount of steam supplied to the engine based on the measured EGR rate, calculating an actual SCR value by the ratio of the steam amount and the carbon component of the fuel supplied to the engine, comparing the actual SCR value with the optimum SCR value, calculating the SCR difference value by subtracting the optimum SCR value from the actual SCR value if the actual SCR value is greater than the optimum SCR value, calculating an additional fuel amount to be added based on the SCR difference value, and injecting fuel to the fuel reformer based on the calculated additional fuel amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Seung Woo LEE, Tae Won LEE, Hong Kil BAEK, Thomas HOLLOWELL