Patents by Inventor U Kim

U 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: 20240145875
    Abstract: A connector position alignment assembly includes a first part and a second part coupled to each other through a connector and including a guide portion aligning a position of the connector. The guide portion is provided with a guide pin and a guide boss including portions protruding toward each other, and the guide pin and the guide boss respectively protrude further than the connector, in a direction in which the first part and the second part face each other, such that a portion of the guide pin is accommodated in the guide boss before the connectors are coupled to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Gang U LEE, Ho Yeon KIM, Sang Tae AN, Hwa Kyoo YOON, Jeong Woo HAN
  • Publication number: 20240128572
    Abstract: An eco-friendly power source such as a battery module is provided for a transportation vehicle, including: a first sub-module and a second sub-module respectively including a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; and a central wall disposed between the first sub-module and the second sub-module, wherein the central wall includes a first central wall facing the first sub-module and a second central wall facing the second sub-module, wherein the first central wall has a rotationary symmetrical shape of the second central wall around a first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ho Yeon KIM, Sang Tae AN, Hwa Kyoo YOON, Gang U LEE, Young Sun CHOI, Jeong Woo HAN
  • Publication number: 20240128562
    Abstract: An eco-friendly power source, such as a battery module provided for a transportation vehicle includes a first sub-module and a second sub-module disposed in a first direction, the first sub-module and the second sub-module respectively including a plurality of battery cells stacked in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction, and a lower cover coupled to the first sub-module and the second sub-module. The first sub-module and the second sub-module are disposed to be rotationally symmetrical to each other about a central axis, which is perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Gang U LEE, Ho Yeon KIM, Sang Tae AN, Hwa Kyoo YOON, Jeong Woo HAN
  • Publication number: 20240126066
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an observation apparatus which changes and moves planar position coordinates of a moving object connected to an observation unit, so as to adjust an observation direction of the observation unit and a change speed of the observation direction, such that objects moving at low to high speeds can be tracked and observed, and objects in the celestial direction can be observed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: SL LAB, INC.
    Inventors: Jeong Hyun KIM, Ho JIN, Sun A KANG, Yun U KIM
  • Publication number: 20240072347
    Abstract: An eco-friendly power source, such as a battery module is provided for a transportation vehicle and includes a plurality of cell assemblies including a first cell assembly and a second cell assembly each including a plurality of battery cells; a connection member connected to the first cell assembly and the second cell assembly, respectively; a lower cover supporting the plurality of cell assemblies; and end cover spaced apart from the connection member, wherein the first cell assembly and the second cell assembly have at least one side opposing the connection member and the other side opposing the end cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ho Yeon KIM, Sang Tae AN, Hwa Kyoo YOON, Gang U LEE
  • Publication number: 20240072396
    Abstract: A battery module is disclosed. In some implementations, the battery module includes: first and second sub-battery modules respectively including a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells and a sensing assembly sensing a state of the plurality of battery cells and an upper cover covering upper portions of the first and second sub-battery modules, wherein the upper cover includes a plurality of through-holes exposing portions of the first and second sub-battery modules, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ho Yeon KIM, Sang Tae AN, Hwa Kyoo YOON, Gang U LEE
  • Publication number: 20240072372
    Abstract: A battery module includes: first and second sub-battery modules, respectively comprising a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells, and a bus bar assembly disposed at least one side of the cell stack; and a central wall disposed between the first and second sub-battery modules, wherein the central wall includes a hollow venting passage formed in a direction intersecting the direction that the first and second sub-battery modules are disposed such that gas or flames occurring in the first or second sub-battery modules are allowed to flow from inside the battery module through the hollow venting passage to the outside of the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ho Yeon KIM, Sang Tae AN, Hwa Kyoo YOON, Gang U LEE
  • Publication number: 20240072330
    Abstract: An eco-friendly power source, such as a battery module for a transportation vehicle includes a first sub-module and a second sub-module each including a plurality of battery cells; a lower cover supporting the first sub-module and the second sub-module; a connection member coupled to the first sub-module and the second sub-module, respectively; and a cooling plate coupled to the lower cover and forming a flow path through which a refrigerant can flow, wherein at least a portion of the flow path is disposed to oppose the connection member with the lower cover interposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ho Yeon KIM, Myeong Jin SON, Sang Tae AN, Hwa Kyoo YOON, Gang U LEE, Dong Ha HWANG
  • Patent number: 11912917
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing quantum dots includes placing nickel powder having a certain particle size, a precursor material, and an organic solvent into a container, maintaining a pressure in the container at a certain value, and synthesizing quantum dots by stirring the nickel powder, the precursor material, and the organic solvent in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Yu Song Choi, Tae Young Ahn, Min U Kim, Jang Hyeon Cho
  • Patent number: 11908941
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having isolation regions formed therein and a fin-shaped semiconductor structure protruding vertically above the isolation regions and extending laterally in a first direction. The device additionally includes a gate dielectric wrapping a channel region of the fin-shaped semiconductor structure and a gate electrode wrapping the gate dielectric. The channel region is interposed in the first direction between a source region and a drain region and has sloped sidewalls and a width that continuously decreases from a base towards a peak of the channel region. The channel region comprises a volume inversion region having a height greater than about 25% of a total height of the channel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang U. Kim, Kuhwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20230339277
    Abstract: A bushing for a trailing arm may include an inner rod having a plate shape, a body in which a central portion of the inner rod is disposed, a reinforcing material disposed to surround an outer surface of the body, a first elastic member in which the reinforcing material is disposed, a second elastic member disposed around the first elastic member, and an outer steel member disposed to surround the first elastic member and the second elastic member. The reinforcing material may be disposed between the outer surface of the body and an inner surface of the first elastic member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Min U Kim, Se Young Kim, Jin Wook Park
  • Publication number: 20230332926
    Abstract: A method and a device for compensating for sensor drift are disclosed. A method for compensating for sensor drift, according to one embodiment, comprises the steps of: confirming the suitability of sensor data; defining a transformation model for transforming the sensor data; setting a loss function on the basis of the transformation model; and optimizing the transformation model on the basis of the loss function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Sungil Kim, Ju Hui Lee, Chie Hyeon Lim, Jung Hye Lee, Ye Jin Kim, Ye Ram Kim, Nam U Kim, Se Won Kim, Yong Kyung Oh
  • Patent number: 11735417
    Abstract: A method of preparing a heterojunction material, includes forming a first transition metal on a substrate, forming a second transition metal on the first transition metal, and performing a plasma process containing a chalcogen source on the substrate. The first transition metal and the second transition metal are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Taesung Kim, Hyunho Seok, Hyeong U Kim, Jinill Cho, Kanade Chaitanya Kaluram
  • Publication number: 20230174856
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing quantum dots includes placing nickel powder having a certain particle size, a precursor material, and an organic solvent into a container, maintaining a pressure in the container at a certain value, and synthesizing quantum dots by stirring the nickel powder, the precursor material, and the organic solvent in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Yu Song CHOI, Tae Young AHN, Min U KIM, Jang Hyeon CHO
  • Publication number: 20230094693
    Abstract: Provided is an intrinsically stretchable organic solar cell, a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic device comprising the same. The intrinsically stretchable organic solar cell of the present invention is characterized that wherein excellent interfacial bonding among stretchable constituent elements constituting each layer is induced so that the constituent elements are seamlessly integrated into a single system, thereby ensuring excellent initial power conversion efficiency (PCE), and mechanical robustness showing that 70% or more of initial PCE is maintained in spite of repetitive tensile strains. Thus, the organic solar cell is useful for an electronic device applied to any one selected from a group consisting of sensors, electronic skins, flexible displays, and stretchable displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Bum Joon KIM, Jung-Yong LEE, Jong Hyeon Noh, Geon U KIM
  • Publication number: 20220383993
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of generating compound information in a computing apparatus, the method including obtaining a learning model for information associated with partial structures, obtaining information associated with a source molecule that is a target of a partial structure modification, obtaining information associated with a partial structure set including a plurality of partial structures of the source molecule, selecting, from the partial structures included in the partial structure set, a target partial structure to be modified, obtaining, using the learning model, information associated with a modified partial structure corresponding to the target partial structure, and outputting result information in which the target partial structure is replaced by the modified partial structure in the source molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Ji Ho YOO, Min Kyu HA, Jong Hwan CHAE, Chi Won SON, Sang Hyung JIN, Jae Hong SHIN, Han Jo KIM, Si U KIM, Sang Ok SONG
  • Patent number: 11508576
    Abstract: A method for producing a transition metal dichalcogenide-graphene heterojunction composite, the method includes: transferring a graphene onto a flexile substrate; depositing a transition metal layer on the flexible substrate onto which the graphene has been transferred; and injecting a gas containing plasma-treated sulfur (S) onto the flexile substrate onto which the transition metal layer has been deposited, is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University, Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Taesung Kim, Jaehyun Lee, Hyunho Seok, Hyeong U Kim
  • Patent number: 11374310
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise a housing; an inner plate which is built into the housing, at least a portion of which is made of a synthetic resin material, and which comprises a first surface, a second surface facing the opposite direction to the first surface, a first through-hole formed in a cone-shaped cross-section the diameter of which gradually decreases the closer to the second surface from the first surface, and a second through-hole formed in a cone-shaped cross-section, which is disposed adjacent to the first through-hole and the diameter of which gradually decreases the closer to the first surface from the second surface; a first conductive line which is formed on the first surface and is formed to overlap with the first through-hole at least partially when viewed from the first surface, a second conductive line which is formed on the second surface and is formed to overlap with the second through-hole at least partially when viewed from
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kyung-Bin Kim, Yong-Eui Hong, Jin-U Kim
  • Publication number: 20220109067
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate having isolation regions formed therein and a fin-shaped semiconductor structure protruding vertically above the isolation regions and extending laterally in a first direction. The device additionally includes a gate dielectric wrapping a channel region of the fin-shaped semiconductor structure and a gate electrode wrapping the gate dielectric. The channel region is interposed in the first direction between a source region and a drain region and has sloped sidewalls and a width that continuously decreases from a base towards a peak of the channel region. The channel region comprises a volume inversion region having a height greater than about 25% of a total height of the channel region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang U. KIM, Kuhwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20210403497
    Abstract: Provided are processes and intermediates for the syntheses of nucleosides of pyrrolo[1,2-f][1,2,4]triazinyl and imidazo[1,2-f][1,2,4]triazinyl heterocycles of Formula I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Butler, Aesop Cho, Benjamin R. Graetz, Choung U. Kim, Samuel E. Metobo, Oliver L. Saunders, Andrew W. Waltman, Jie Xu, Lijun Zhang