Patents by Inventor Won-Seok Chang

Won-Seok Chang 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: 20180351154
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery cell, which includes an electrode assembly, a pair of electrode leads electrically connected to the electrode assembly, a battery case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly and expose a portion of the pair of electrode leads to the outside, an electrolyte injection hole formed in the battery case and connectable to an electrolyte injecting device that injects an electrolyte in a vacuum state so that the electrolyte is injected into the battery case, and an injection hole cap configured to cover the electrolyte injection hole and mounted to the electrolyte injection hole so as to be detachable from the electrolyte injection hole by user manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Ryul Park, Won-Seok Chang
  • Patent number: 10143940
    Abstract: A nanoparticle separating apparatus that can separate nanoparticles from impurities in a nanoparticle dispersion, and a nanoparticle separating method using the same are disclosed. The nanoparticle separating apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a body portion having an inlet hole into which a dispersion flows formed in one side thereof, an outlet hole through which the waste solution from which nanoparticles are separated flows formed in the other side, and a hollow channel formed between the inlet hole o and the outlet hole; a first electrode and a second electrode, each having a porous structure where a plurality of pores are formed, and at least one pair of the first and second electrodes being provided in the channel; and a power supply applying voltages, each having a different polarity, to the first electrode or to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Duck Jong Kim, So Hee Jeong, Won Seok Chang, Chang-Su Woo, Ho Sub Lim, Ju Young Woo
  • Patent number: 10062896
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a secondary battery, built in a battery case, having an electrode assembly impregnated with an electrolyte solution, the method including: (a) injecting an electrolyte solution into a chamber; (b) impregnating by soaking an electrode assembly, which has a separator interposed between a cathode and an anode, in an electrolyte solution contained in the chamber; and (c) moving into the electrode assembly from step (b) with the electrolyte solution into a battery case, whereby interfacial wetting of the electrode assembly and the electrolyte solution is improved. A secondary battery manufactured according to the method may have improved electrolyte solution impregnation properties, ionic conductivity, electronic conductivity and the like and, as such, may have improved electrochemical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikyung Chung, Sung-Kyun Chang, Soojin Kim, In Sung Uhm, Won Seok Chang
  • Patent number: 10005997
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a port installed in a closed-ended photochemical reactor, and more particularly, to a multi-functional port for microalgae cultivation and harvesting that supplies gas for cultivation for culturing microalgae by connecting to the closed-ended photochemical reactor; supplies gas for prevention of precipitation for lifting microalgae during cultivation; and assembles by taking samples of microalgae or selectively combining a plurality of valves which can harvest microalgae, whose cultivation is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA DISTRICT HEATING CORP.
    Inventors: Won Seok Chang, Deog Yong Ahn, Sang Ho Shin, Ji Hye Yu, Young Jae Lee, Won Kwon Lee, Kwang Keun Choi, Sung Min Kim
  • Patent number: 9819045
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a secondary battery, built in a battery case, having an electrode assembly impregnated with an electrolyte solution, the method including: (a) injecting an electrolyte solution as a target into a chamber equipped with a vibrating probe; (b) impregnating by soaking an electrode assembly, which has a separator interposed between a cathode and an anode, in an electrolyte solution contained in the chamber; (c) applying vibration at a frequency of 20 to 100 kHz of to the electrolyte solution with the vibrating probe; and (d) moving the electrode assembly with the electrolyte solution into a battery case, whereby interfacial wetting of the electrode assembly and the electrolyte solution is improved. A secondary battery manufactured according to the method may have improved electrolyte solution impregnation properties, ionic conductivity, electronic conductivity and the like and, as such, may have improved electrochemical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikyung Chung, Sung-Kyun Chang, Soojin Kim, In Sung Uhm, Won Seok Chang
  • Patent number: 9819048
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a secondary battery wherein an electrode assembly impregnated with an electrolytic solution is embedded in a battery case, wherein interfacial contact properties (i.e. wetting) of the electrode assembly and the electrolytic solution are improved through a process including: (a) impregnating an electrode assembly having a separator interposed between a cathode and an anode with an electrolytic solution; and (b) applying vibration having a frequency of 20 to 100 kHz to an electrolytic solution with which the electrode assembly is impregnated. A secondary battery manufactured according to the method may have improved ionic conductivity, electronic conductivity and the like and, as such, may have improved electrochemical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikyung Chung, Soojin Kim, Sung-Kyun Chang, In Sung Uhm, Won Seok Chang
  • Publication number: 20170204356
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a port installed in a closed-ended photochemical reactor, and more particularly, to a multi-functional port for microalgae cultivation and harvesting that supplies gas for cultivation for culturing microalgae by connecting to the closed-ended photochemical reactor; supplies gas for prevention of precipitation for lifting microalgae during cultivation; and assembles by taking samples of microalgae or selectively combining a plurality of valves which can harvest microalgae, whose cultivation is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Won Seok CHANG, Deog Yong AHN, Sang Ho SHIN, Ji Hye YU, Young Jae LEE, Won Kwon LEE, Kwang Keun CHOI, Sung Min KIM
  • Patent number: 9644077
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a quantum dot thin film includes applying a tensile force to a substrate to elongate the substrate, coating a quantum dot particle on the substrate to form a quantum dot thin film, replacing a ligand of the quantum dot particle, and removing the tensile force from the substrate. The method may reduce a crack in a quantum dot thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Hyung-Cheoul Shim, So-Hee Jeong, Won-Seok Chang
  • Patent number: 9517936
    Abstract: A quantum dot stabilized by a halogen salt includes a compound of Group 13 and Group 15, a compound of Group 12 and Group 16 or a compound of Group 14 and Group 16. The quantum dot has a crystalline structure and at least a portion of a surface of the quantum dot is combined with a halogen salt. Thus, the quantum dot has a high stability in an air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Sohee Jeong, Ju Young Woo, Doh Chang Lee, Won Seok Chang, Duck Jong Kim
  • Publication number: 20160326326
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a quantum dot thin film includes applying a tensile force to a substrate to elongate the substrate, coating a quantum dot particle on the substrate to form a quantum dot thin film, replacing a ligand of the quantum dot particle, and removing the tensile force from the substrate. The method may reduce a crack in a quantum dot thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Hyung-Cheoul SHIM, So-Hee JEONG, Won-Seok CHANG
  • Patent number: 9475001
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an extracting device supplying fixed quantity of exhaust gas for industrial facility, and more particularly, to an extracting device supplying fixed quantity of exhaust gas for industrial facility which supplies a certain amount of exhaust gas by installing a gas supply pipe, in which two blowers are arranged in a line, at a stack and operating each blower in accordance with a predetermined input value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA DISTRICT HEATING CORP.
    Inventors: Won-Seok Chang, Chang-Jun Lee, Jin-Bae Kim, Nam-Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 9478804
    Abstract: A cathode active material including a composite transition metal oxide including: sodium; a first transition metal; and a second transition metal, wherein the composite transition metal oxide has a first diffraction peak corresponding to a Miller index of (003) and derived from a layered rock salt structure, and a second diffraction peak corresponding to a Miller index of (104) and derived from a cubic rock salt structure in an X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) pattern, wherein an intensity ratio (I1/I2) of the first diffraction peak to the second diffraction peak is about 7 or greater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-jin Park, Dong-wook Han, Hyun-jin Kim, Seok-soo Lee, Won-seok Chang
  • Publication number: 20160220924
    Abstract: A nanoparticle separating apparatus that can separate nanoparticles from impurities in a nanoparticle dispersion, and a nanoparticle separating method using the same are disclosed. A nanoparticle separating apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a body portion having an inlet hole into which a dispersion flows formed in one side thereof, an outlet hole through which the waste solution from which nanoparticles are separated flows formed in the other side, and a hollow channel formed between the inlet hole and the outlet hole; a first electrode and a second electrode, each having a porous structure where a plurality of pores are formed, and at least one pair of the first and second electrodes being provided in the channel; and a power supply applying voltages, each having a different polarity, to the first electrode or to the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Duck Jong KIM, So Hee JEONG, Won Seok CHANG, Chang-Su WOO, Ho Sub LIM, Ju Young Woo
  • Patent number: 9325004
    Abstract: A cathode active material for a magnesium secondary battery, the cathode active material including a composite transition metal oxide which is expressed by Chemical Formula 1 and intercalates and deintercalates magnesium: MgxMa1?yMbyO2+d??Chemical Formula 1 wherein 0?x?1, 0.05?y<0.5, and ?0.3?d<1, and Ma and Mb are each independently a metal selected from the group consisting of Groups 5 to 12 of the Periodic Table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-seok Chang, Seok-soo Lee, Ju-sik Kim, Jae-myung Lee, Dong-wook Han
  • Publication number: 20160002063
    Abstract: Disclosed are a transition metal precursor for preparation of a lithium transition metal oxide, in which a ratio of tap density of the precursor to average particle diameter D50 of the precursor satisfies the condition represented by Equation 1 below, and a lithium transition metal oxide prepared using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhyung Lim, Sung-Kyun Chang, Won Seok Chang, Sin Young Park, Ho Suk Shin, Hyun Jin Oh, Jung Min Han, In Sung Uhm, Wang Mo Jung, Dong Hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20150291422
    Abstract: A quantum dot stabilized by a halogen salt includes a compound of Group 13 and Group 15, a compound of Group 12 and Group 16 or a compound of Group 14 and Group 16. The quantum dot has a crystalline structure and at least a portion of a surface of the quantum dot is combined with a halogen salt. Thus, the quantum dot has a high stability in an air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Sohee JEONG, Ju Young WOO, Doh Chang LEE, Won Seok CHANG, Duck Jong KIM
  • Publication number: 20150280272
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a secondary battery, built in a battery case, having an electrode assembly impregnated with an electrolyte solution, the method including: (a) injecting an electrolyte solution as a target into a chamber equipped with a vibrating probe; (b) impregnating by soaking an electrode assembly, which has a separator interposed between a cathode and an anode, in an electrolyte solution contained in the chamber; (c) applying vibration at a frequency of 20 to 100 kHz of to the electrolyte solution with the vibrating probe; and (d) moving the electrode assembly with the electrolyte solution into a battery case, whereby interfacial wetting of the electrode assembly and the electrolyte solution is improved. A secondary battery manufactured according to the method may have improved electrolyte solution impregnation properties, ionic conductivity, electronic conductivity and the like and, as such, may have improved electrochemical performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mikyung Chung, Sung-Kyun Chang, Soojin Kim, In Sung Uhm, Won Seok Chang
  • Publication number: 20150244016
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a secondary battery wherein an electrode assembly impregnated with an electrolytic solution is embedded in a battery case, wherein interfacial contact properties (i.e. wetting) of the electrode assembly and the electrolytic solution are improved through a process including: (a) impregnating an electrode assembly having a separator interposed between a cathode and an anode with an electrolytic solution; and (b) applying vibration having a frequency of 20 to 100 kHz to an electrolytic solution with which the electrode assembly is impregnated. A secondary battery manufactured according to the method may have improved ionic conductivity, electronic conductivity and the like and, as such, may have improved electrochemical performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikyung Chung, Soojin Kim, Sung-Kyun Chang, In Sung Uhm, Won Seok Chang
  • Publication number: 20150236335
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a secondary battery, built in a battery case, having an electrode assembly impregnated with an electrolyte solution, the method including: (a) injecting an electrolyte solution into a chamber; (b) impregnating by soaking an electrode assembly, which has a separator interposed between a cathode and an anode, in an electrolyte solution contained in the chamber; and (c) moving into the electrode assembly from step (b) with the electrolyte solution into a battery case, whereby interfacial wetting of the electrode assembly and the electrolyte solution is improved. A secondary battery manufactured according to the method may have improved electrolyte solution impregnation properties, ionic conductivity, electronic conductivity and the like and, as such, may have improved electrochemical performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Mikyung Chung, Sung-Kyun Chang, Soojin Kim, In Sung Uhm, Won Seok Chang
  • Publication number: 20150192252
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an extracting device supplying fixed quantity of exhaust gas for industrial facility, and more particularly, to an extracting device supplying fixed quantity of exhaust gas for industrial facility which supplies a certain amount of exhaust gas by installing a gas supply pipe, in which two blowers are arranged in a line, at a stack and operating each blower in accordance with a predetermined input value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventors: Won-Seok CHANG, Chang-Jun LEE, Jin-Bae KIM, Nam-Woong KIM