Patents by Inventor Ui Kyum KIM
Ui Kyum 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).
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Patent number: 10612985Abstract: A force/torque sensor includes a ground unit having an internal space, a sensor unit positioned within the internal space and including a plurality of electrodes generating capacitances with the ground unit, and a support unit combined with a portion of the ground unit and supporting the sensor unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventors: Hyouk Ryeol Choi, Ui Kyum Kim, Yong Bum Kim
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Patent number: 10495528Abstract: Provided herein is a capacitive torque sensor, which can completely offset forces/torques in all axial directions, except for force/torque in a direction of a central axis, by measuring variations in capacitances of four sensing cells arrayed at angular intervals of 90 degrees on the basis of a center of the sensor and can offer a sensing value for the torque in a central axis direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2018Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventors: Hyouk Ryeol Choi, Ui Kyum Kim, Yong Bum Kim, Dong-Yeop Seok, Jin Ho So
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Publication number: 20190094085Abstract: A force/torque sensor includes a ground unit having an internal space, a sensor unit positioned within the internal space and including a plurality of electrodes generating capacitances with the ground unit, and a support unit combined with a portion of the ground unit and supporting the sensor unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2018Publication date: March 28, 2019Applicant: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventors: Hyouk Ryeol CHOI, Ui Kyum KIM, Yong Bum KIM
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Publication number: 20180274995Abstract: Provided herein is a capacitive torque sensor, which can completely offset forces/torques in all axial directions, except for force/torque in a direction of a central axis, by measuring variations in capacitances of four sensing cells arrayed at angular intervals of 90 degrees on the basis of a center of the sensor and can offer a sensing value for the torque in a central axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Hyouk Ryeol CHOI, Ui Kyum KIM, Yong Bum KIM, Dong-Yeop SEOK, Jin Ho SO
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Patent number: 9970836Abstract: Disclosed are a multi-axial force sensor capable of measuring multi-axial force and a grasper for sensing multi-axial force using the same. The multi-axial force sensor includes: a first operating section which includes a first member, and a first protrusion module formed protruding from one side of the first member; an elastic section which is formed at one end of the first member; a second operating section which includes a second member formed with one end to face one end of the first member with the elastic section therebetween, and a second protrusion module formed protruding from one side of the second member to face the first protrusion module; and an electrode section which is formed in the first protrusion module. With this, there is provided a force sensor capable of precisely measuring force through a simple structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventors: Hyouk Ryeol Choi, Yong Bum Kim, Ui Kyum Kim, Dong Yub Seok, Dong Hyuk Lee
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Patent number: 9851270Abstract: Provided herein is a method and apparatus describing a force sensor that includes a ground unit that is a grounded conductor that changes its position according to an external force, and including a flat panel module that is a conductor of a flat panel shape, and a protruding module that is a conductor protruding from a lower surface of the flat panel module, a substrate of a flat panel shape arranged in a predetermined distance from the lower surface of the flat panel module, and having a hole through which the protruding module may be inserted, a first electrode formed on an upper surface of the substrate, to generate a capacitance together with the flat panel module upon receiving power, and a second electrode formed on the substrate, to generate a capacitance together with the protruding module upon receiving power.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2016Date of Patent: December 26, 2017Assignee: Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan UniversityInventors: Hyouk Ryeol Choi, Ui Kyum Kim, Dong Hyuk Lee
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Publication number: 20160299022Abstract: Disclosed are a multi-axial force sensor capable of measuring multi-axial force and a grasper for sensing multi-axial force using the same. The multi-axial force sensor includes: a first operating section which includes a first member, and a first protrusion module formed protruding from one side of the first member; an elastic section which is formed at one end of the first member; a second operating section which includes a second member formed with one end to face one end of the first member with the elastic section therebetween, and a second protrusion module formed protruding from one side of the second member to face the first protrusion module; and an electrode section which is formed in the first protrusion module. With this, there is provided a force sensor capable of precisely measuring force through a simple structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 8, 2016Publication date: October 13, 2016Applicant: RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Hyouk Ryeol CHOI, Yong Bum KIM, Ui Kyum KIM, Dong Yub SEOK, Dong Hyuk LEE
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Patent number: 9453773Abstract: A capacitive type sensor includes a circuit board, electrodes formed on a first surface of the circuit board, and an electrode plate disposed above the circuit board, wherein the electrodes comprise pairs of electrodes disposed from a distance from a center of the circuit board, and the pairs of electrodes being spaced apart from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2015Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Hyouk Ryeol Choi, Dong Hyuk Lee, Ui Kyum Kim
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Publication number: 20160265987Abstract: Provided herein is a method and apparatus describing a force sensor that includes a ground unit that is a grounded conductor that changes its position according to an external force, and including a flat panel module that is a conductor of a flat panel shape, and a protruding module that is a conductor protruding from a lower surface of the flat panel module, a substrate of a flat panel shape arranged in a predetermined distance from the lower surface of the flat panel module, and having a hole through which the protruding module may be inserted, a first electrode formed on an upper surface of the substrate, to generate a capacitance together with the flat panel module upon receiving power, and a second electrode formed on the substrate, to generate a capacitance together with the protruding module upon receiving power.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2016Publication date: September 15, 2016Applicant: Research and Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Hyouk Ryeol CHOI, Ui Kyum KIM, Dong Hyuk LEE
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Patent number: 9421069Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical grasper for measuring force, the surgical grasper having a first gripping part and a second gripping part, the first gripping part being provided with a first recess portion recessed inwardly from an outer surface of the first gripping part, the surgical grasper including: a first elastic dielectric body having one surface surface-contacting the first recess portion; an electrode part including a pair of electrodes opposed to each other on opposite surfaces of the first elastic dielectric body and having a distance between the electrodes, varied by external force applied thereto; and a first finishing part surface-contacting the other surface of the first elastic dielectric body and formed to correspond to the first recess portion to thereby be inserted into the first recess portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: August 23, 2016Assignee: RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Hyouk Ryeol Choi, Dong Hyuk Lee, Ui Kyum Kim
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Publication number: 20150292969Abstract: A capacitive type sensor includes a circuit board, electrodes formed on a first surface of the circuit board, and an electrode plate disposed above the circuit board, wherein the electrodes comprise pairs of electrodes disposed from a distance from a center of the circuit board, and the pairs of electrodes being spaced apart from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Hyouk Ryeol CHOI, Dong Hyuk LEE, Ui Kyum KIM
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Publication number: 20150190203Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical grasper for measuring force, the surgical grasper having a first gripping part and a second gripping part, the first gripping part being provided with a first recess portion recessed inwardly from an outer surface of the first gripping part, the surgical grasper including: a first elastic dielectric body having one surface surface-contacting the first recess portion; an electrode part including a pair of electrodes opposed to each other on opposite surfaces of the first elastic dielectric body and having a distance between the electrodes, varied by external force applied thereto; and a first finishing part surface-contacting the other surface of the first elastic dielectric body and formed to correspond to the first recess portion to thereby be inserted into the first recess portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2015Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Hyouk Ryeol CHOI, Dong Hyuk LEE, Ui Kyum KIM