Patents by Inventor Woochull Kim

Woochull 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: 20250127059
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a mass-manufacturing method of new structure thermoelectric elements, including: (a) filling a thermoelectric material powder so as to surround the inner and outer parts of a spacer portion located inside a mold portion; (b) pressurizing the spacer portion by a punch portion; (c) sintering the thermoelectric material powder using spark plasma to produce a sintered body; and (d) cutting the sintered body to a preset size to manufacture a plurality of thermoelectric elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Woochul KIM, Sungjin PARK, Yousung CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240392419
    Abstract: An alloy material includes an alloy containing at least Ni, Al and Ti. The alloy material includes a face centered cubic structure (FCC) matrix and a precipitate formed in the matrix-. The alloy material exhibits predetermined peak characteristics; and has a high resistivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Woochul Kim, Mooseong Kang
  • Publication number: 20240302223
    Abstract: A heat flux sensor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a thermogalvanic cell; a first electrode and a second electrode which are respectively disposed on a first surface and a second surface of the thermogalvanic cell; and a processor configured to estimate heat flux by measuring a voltage, generated by a temperature difference between the first surface and the second surface, by using the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein core body temperature may be estimated based on the heat flux, estimated by the heat flux sensor, and a skin surface temperature of an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ho Taik LEE, Woochul KIM, Jiyong KIM, Bok Soon KWON, Sang Kyu KIM, Sungho KIM, Gimin PARK, Seungjai WOO, So Young LEE, Hong Soon RHEE
  • Publication number: 20240138682
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of a skin surface when a user comes into contact with a main body of the electronic device; a first heating element spaced apart from the first temperature sensor by a first predetermined distance; a second temperature sensor spaced apart from the first heating element by a second predetermined distance and configured to measure a second temperature inside the main body; and a processor configured to: estimate heat flux based on the first temperature and the second temperature; estimate a blood perfusion rate of the user based on a temperature of the first heating element and the first temperature, and estimate a core body temperature of a user based on the first temperature, the estimated heat flux, and the estimated blood perfusion rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ho Taik LEE, Woochul KIM, Bok Soon KWON, Sang Kyu KIM, Gimin PARK, Sungho KIM, Jiyong KIM, Seungjai WOO, So Young LEE, Hong Soon RHEE
  • Publication number: 20230248246
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating body temperature includes: a first temperature sensor configured to measure surface temperature of a wrist of a user; and a processor configured to calculate skin heat flux based on the surface temperature of the wrist, to estimate central wrist temperature of the user based on the surface temperature of the wrist, the calculated skin heat flux, and a blood flow rate and metabolism of the user, and to estimate core body temperature of the user based on the estimated central wrist temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ho Taik Lee, Woochul Kim, Sang Kyu Kim, Bok Soon Kwon, Jiyong Kim, So Young Lee, Gimin Park, Seungjai Woo
  • Publication number: 20220231213
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flexible thermoelectric device that may be combined and attached to a curved surface and generates an electromotive force based on a temperature difference between one surface and the other surface, and more particularly, to a flexible thermoelectric device having a radiative cooling part which improves power generation performance by increasing cooling efficiency of a cooling side through radiative cooling and minimizes a volume of a heat dissipating part, and a method of manufacturing a radiative cooling part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Woochul Kim, Kyeong Man Roh, Salman Khan, Ji Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 10615326
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible thermoelectric system. More particularly, the flexible thermoelectric system includes thermoelectric units that are wearable on the human body; a heating unit that is provided on one side of the thermoelectric units so as to be disposed between the thermoelectric units and the skin and is formed of a hygroscopic and exothermic material; and a heat dissipating unit that is provided on other side of the thermoelectric units such that the heat dissipating unit faces the heating unit and the thermoelectric units are disposed between the heat dissipating unit and the heating unit; wherein the heating unit and the heat dissipating unit are flexible. Due to such a configuration, the flexible thermoelectric system may be flexibly attached to the skin and temperature difference between upper and lower surfaces of the thermoelectric units may be maximized. Accordingly, power generation or cooling performance may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY, KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Woochul Kim, Dong Gyu Kim, Byung Jin Cho
  • Patent number: 10121954
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoelement including a body including a plurality of joint portions, at least two of the plurality of joint portions being rotatably connected to each other, a shaft provided to the body and configured to provide a center of rotation of the plurality of joint portions, and a thermoelectric material provided between the plurality of joint portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Woochul Kim, Yoo Min Eom, Jun Phil Hwang, Dimuthu prasad Herath Mudiyanselage, Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20180282845
    Abstract: Disclosed are a metal alloy composition including an amorphous or crystalline metal matrix and metal particles having hyperelasticity by a phase transition dispersed in the metal matrix, wherein the metal alloy composition includes at least one early transition metal (ETM), at least one late transition metal (LTM), and silicon (Si) in an amount of greater than about 0 atomic % and less than about 2 atomic %, a fabricating method thereof, and a product including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Dohyang KIM, Minyoung NA, Jeongsoo KIM, Woochul KIM, Yeongseong KIM, Wontae KIM
  • Publication number: 20170358726
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible thermoelectric system. More particularly, the flexible thermoelectric system includes thermoelectric units that are wearable on the human body; a heating unit that is provided on one side of the thermoelectric units so as to be disposed between the thermoelectric units and the skin and is formed of a hygroscopic and exothermic material; and a heat dissipating unit that is provided on other side of the thermoelectric units such that the heat dissipating unit faces the heating unit and the thermoelectric units are disposed between the heat dissipating unit and the heating unit; wherein the heating unit and the heat dissipating unit are flexible. Due to such a configuration, the flexible thermoelectric system may be flexibly attached to the skin and temperature difference between upper and lower surfaces of the thermoelectric units may be maximized. Accordingly, power generation or cooling performance may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicants: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY, KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Woochul KIM, Dong Gyu KIM, Byung Jin CHO
  • Publication number: 20170170380
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermoelement including a body including a plurality of joint portions, at least two of the plurality of joint portions being rotatably connected to each other, a shaft provided to the body and configured to provide a center of rotation of the plurality of joint portions, and a thermoelectric material provided between the plurality of joint portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicant: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Woochul KIM, Yoo Min EOM, Jun Phil HWANG, Dimuthu prasad Herath Mudiyanselage, Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 9444025
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a Pb—Te based thermoelectric material, the method comprising: forming a Pb—Te based by mixture mixing element lead, element tellurium and a dopant; melting and then quenching the mixture; and obtaining a thermoelectric sintered body by hot-pressing a molded body obtained after the quenching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Woochul Kim, Hongchao Wang, Jun Phil Hwang, Chanyoung Kang
  • Publication number: 20140361212
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a Pb—Te based thermoelectric material, the method comprising: forming a Pb—Te based by mixture mixing element lead, element tellurium and a dopant; melting and then quenching the mixture; and obtaining a thermoelectric sintered body by hot-pressing a molded body obtained after the quenching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Woochul Kim, Hongchao Wang, Jun Phil Hwang, Chanyoung Kang
  • Patent number: 8530076
    Abstract: A protection circuit module and a rechargeable battery pack including the PCM. The battery pack includes: an electrode assembly, which has a positive electrode plate, a separator, and a negative electrode plate; a case to house the electrode assembly and an electrolyte; and the protection circuit module. The protection circuit module includes: a protection circuit board having an inner surface that faces the electrode assembly and an opposing outer surface; and a protection circuit part mounted in a hole formed in the inner surface of the protection circuit board, such that the protection circuit board is flush with the inner surface of the protection circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Woochull Kim
  • Patent number: 8492012
    Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery that includes a bare cell, a first circuit module, and a second circuit module. The bare cell includes an electrode terminal connected to one type of polarity of the battery and a plate terminal connected to another type of polarity of the battery. The first and second circuit modules are disposed on an upper surface of the plate terminal, and are disposed at opposite sides of the electrode terminal. External terminals, which are mounted on the second circuit module and are electrically coupled to an external device, are positioned higher than the electrode terminal. This structure of the battery minimizes the size of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangjoo Lee, Heuisang Yoon, Woochul Kim
  • Patent number: 8173290
    Abstract: A battery pack including: a bare cell; a protection circuit module disposed on a first side of the bare cell; a connection member connected to the protection circuit module; and an adhesive unit to attach the connection member to the bare cell. The bare cell includes a rectangular can. The protection circuit module is disposed on a first side of the can and is electrically connected to a first electrode terminal of the bare cell that extends through the first side of the can. The protection circuit board is electrically connected to a second side of the can, by the connection member. The adhesive unit may be an adhesive tape or a conductive adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woochull Kim, Heuisang Yoon
  • Patent number: 7957585
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for spatially predicting image data, an apparatus and method for encoding image data, an apparatus and method for compensating for spatial prediction of image data, and an apparatus and method for decoding image data. The spatial prediction apparatus of image data includes: a spatial prediction unit performing a spatial prediction of pixel values of a current block using pixel values of blocks adjacent to an upper row of the current block. A pipeline process is possible when the spatial prediction is performed, thereby performing real time encoding and decoding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wooshik Kim, Seungwoo Lee, Woochul Kim, Dmitri Birinov
  • Patent number: 7929602
    Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and method for performing dynamic capacitance compensation (DCC) in a liquid crystal display (LCD). The DCC apparatus includes: a first line buffer reading and temporarily storing pixel values of an image for each line; an encoder transforming and quantizing the pixel values stored for each line for each block and generating bit streams; a memory storing the generated bit streams; a decoder decoding the bit streams stored in the memory for the each block and outputting the decoded bit streams; a second line buffer reading and temporarily storing the decoded pixel values for the each block; and a compensation pixel value detector detecting a compensation pixel value for each pixel, from pixel value differences between pixel values of a current frame stored in the first line buffer and pixel values of a previous frame stored in the second line buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wooshik Kim, Seungwoo Lee, Woochul Kim, Dmitri Birinov
  • Publication number: 20110076520
    Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery that includes a bare cell, a first circuit module, and a second circuit module. The bare cell includes an electrode terminal connected to one type of polarity of the battery and a plate terminal connected to another type of polarity of the battery. The first and second circuit modules are disposed on an upper surface of the plate terminal, and are disposed at opposite sides of the electrode terminal. External terminals, which are mounted on the second circuit module and are electrically coupled to an external device, are positioned higher than the electrode terminal. This structure of the battery minimizes the size of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangjoo LEE, Heuisang YOON, Woochul KIM
  • Publication number: 20110008652
    Abstract: A secondary battery is disclosed. The secondary battery comprises a bare cell, a protective circuit module (PCM) comprising a circuit board to control charge and discharge of the bare cell, a connection member electrically connecting the bare cell to the PCM, and a coupling screw coupling the connection member with the bare cell. The circuit board includes a screw hole through which the coupling screws pass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangjoo LEE, Heuisang YOON, Woochul KIM, Woonseong BAEK