Patents by Inventor Woo-Seok Kim
Woo-Seok 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: 12265018Abstract: The present technology relates to an adhesion strength measurement system for a wet electrode specimen that can evaluate the adhesion strength of an electrode specimen impregnated with an electrolyte solution, and an adhesion strength measurement method for a wet electrode specimen using the same. The adhesion strength measurement system includes: a test substrate; an electrode specimen attached to the test substrate; a fixing jig configured to fix the test substrate so that the electrode specimen attached to the test substrate is immersed in an electrolyte solution; and an adhesion strength measurement unit configured to measure a force at which a mixture layer of the electrode specimen is peeled off by applying a tensile force to the gripped electrode specimen, the adhesion strength measurement unit including a grip part configured to grip one region of the electrode specimen.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Hye Jin Sim, Woo Ha Kim, Sung Soo Yoon, Je Gwon Lee, Ji Hee Yoon, Joo Yong Park, Hyeon Jeong Kang, Young Seok Kim
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Patent number: 12259021Abstract: A universal driving device includes a ring gear, a sun gear having a variable inter-axis distance with respect to a rotation shaft of the ring gear, a gear train including a series of gears configured to connect the sun gear and the ring gear, link mechanisms configured to accommodate a change in an inter-axis distance between the sun gear and the ring gear and rotatably connected with respect to each other to continuously maintain a power transmission state between the sun gear and the ring gear, a carrier configured to support a rotation shaft of a final gear engaged with the ring gear, among the gears constituting the gear train, a sun gear bearing positioned between the rotation shaft of the sun gear and each of the link mechanisms, and a sleeve positioned between the sun gear bearing and each of the link mechanisms.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2024Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Woo Hyun Lim, Ki Seok Kim, Kyoung Chul Min, Jong Sool Park, Dae In Lee, Yeo Hae Lee
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Patent number: 12261174Abstract: A transistor device includes a substrate, a source region provided on the substrate, a drain region spaced apart from the source region in a direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate, a pair of constant current generating patterns provided in the substrate to be adjacent to the source region and the drain region, respectively, a gate electrode provided on the substrate and between the source region and the drain region, and a gate insulating film interposed between the gate electrode and the substrate, wherein, the pair of constant current generating patterns generate a constant current between the drain region and the substrate, and the constant current is independent from a gate voltage applied to the gate electrode.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: UNIST(ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)Inventors: Kyung Rok Kim, Jae Won Jeong, Young Eun Choi, Woo Seok Kim
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Publication number: 20250093100Abstract: In one aspect, an electric furnace is provided with a double type melting furnace, which includes: a first upper cell that forms a first upper space of a first melting furnace in which a first iron source is introduced and molten; a second upper cell that is disposed in a horizontal direction of the first upper cell and forms a second upper space of a second melting furnace in which a second iron source is introduced and molten; a lower cell that is combined with lower portions of the first upper cell and the second upper cell and forms a single integrated space in which a first lower space of the first melting furnace and a second lower space of the second melting furnace are integrated; and a partition wall unit that is installed to vertically move up and down between the first upper cell and the second upper cell, and separates the first lower space of the first melting furnace and the second lower space of the second melting furnace, although both of the lower spaces are integrally formed by the lower celType: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Dae Hoon Shin, Kyun Tae Kim, Yong Hee Kim, Young Joo Park, Woo Seok Song, Myoung Cheol Shin, June Yong Eom, Jae Rang Lee, Jae Min Lee, Jong Oh Jo
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Patent number: 12245631Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a housing; a cigarette accommodation portion located in the housing and configured to accommodate a cigarette through an opening formed at a first side of the cigarette accommodation portion; a heater unit located in the cigarette accommodation portion and configured to generate heat; and a cartridge accommodation portion adjoining a second side of the cigarette accommodation portion and configured to accommodate a cartridge for storing a liquid composition, wherein an end of the heater unit is connected to the cartridge accommodation portion, and a hollow tube is formed in the heater unit such that the liquid composition stored in the cartridge is transferred to the cigarette accommodation portion through the hollow tube.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Jeong Hoo Kim, Woo Seok Chung
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Publication number: 20250079540Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells stacked therein and a plurality of frames supporting the plurality of battery cells; a front sensing assembly measuring voltages of the plurality of battery cells and mounted on a front end of the battery cell assembly; a rear sensing assembly measuring voltages of the plurality of battery cells and mounted on a rear end of the battery cell assembly; a front cover covering at least a portion of the front sensing assembly; and a rear cover covering at least a portion of the rear sensing assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, H GREEN POWER INC., HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Young Lim, Jin Won Kim, Jun Seok Choi, Gun Tae Jung, Woo Hyung Kim, Jae Yeon Ryu, Jae Nyeon Kim, Jin Soo Park, Hyuk Geun Song
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Patent number: 12240931Abstract: Provided are a preparation method of a nitrile-based rubber, a nitrile-based rubber prepared therefrom, and a rubber composition including the nitrile-based rubber, and the nitrile-based rubber has a low content of a residual emulsifier and excellent mechanical physical properties by using a emulsifier mixture including a first emulsifier including a sulfosuccinate ester-based compound, and a second emulsifier including a fatty acid or a metal salt thereof, or a rosin acid or a metal salt thereof, each of which has 12 to 18 carbon atoms and a monocarboxyl group, wherein the first emulsifier and the second emulsifier are included at a weight ratio of 2:1 to 6:1.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Jae Min Lee, Byoung Yun Kim, Sung Min Son, Se Eun Lee, Woo Seok Choi
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Patent number: 12241525Abstract: A universal drive including a ring gear, a sun gear in which a sun gear axis is moveable relative to a ring gear axis of the ring gear, a gear train constituted by a series of gears configured to connect the sun gear and the ring gear to each other, a link mechanism connected to the sun gear and the ring gear in the state in which relative rotation therebetween is allowed such that a power transmission state between the sun gear and the ring gear is continuously maintained while accommodating a change in the inter-axis distance between the sun gear and the ring gear, a carrier installed so as to support a rotating shaft of a final gear engaged with the ring gear, and a sliding member located between at least one of the gears and the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2024Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Woo Hyun Lim, Ki Seok Kim, Kyoung Chul Min, Jong Sool Park, Dae In Lee, Yeo Hae Lee
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Publication number: 20250072053Abstract: Semiconductor devices include a first active pattern including a first lower pattern extending in a first direction and a first sheet pattern spaced apart from the first lower pattern; and a first gate electrode on the first lower pattern, the first gate electrode extending in a second direction and surrounding the first sheet pattern, wherein the first lower pattern includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to each other, each of the first sidewall of the first lower pattern and the second sidewall of the first lower pattern extends in the first direction, the first gate electrode overlaps the first sidewall of the first lower pattern in the second direction by a first depth, the first gate electrode overlaps the second sidewall of the first lower pattern in the second direction by a second depth, and the first depth is different from the second depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: MYUNG GIL KANG, DONG WON KIM, WOO SEOK PARK, KEUN HWI CHO, SUNG GI HUR
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Patent number: 12233783Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling a side mirror of an autonomous vehicle and a method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to detect whether a vehicle is autonomously driven and to fold the side mirror such that a mirror surface is in close contact with a vehicle body surface or side window glass or to insert the side mirror into the inner space of the vehicle when the vehicle is autonomously driven. Through the present disclosure, it is possible to notify an external vehicle of information indicating that the vehicle is driven in an autonomous driving mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Eun Young Choi, Jin Su Jeong, Woo Jin Kim, Seo Hyung Cheon, Rosali Sun Pyun, Ki Seok Seong, Dong Il Yang, Min Sang Yu
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Patent number: 12227192Abstract: An apparatus and a method are configured to control a steering wheel of an autonomous driving vehicle. A state of a driver may be monitored during autonomous driving, and at least one of an upward/downward location, a leftward/rightward tilting angle, or an axial movement of the steering wheel of the autonomous driving vehicle may be controlled based on the state of the driver. As a result, danger information may be delivered to the driver through a dual system during autonomous driving.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Seo Hyung Cheon, Jin Su Jeong, Eun Young Choi, Min Sang Yu, Rosali Sun Pyun, Ki Seok Seong, Dong Il Yang, Woo Jin Kim
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Patent number: 12230804Abstract: A method of manufacturing an all-solid-state battery electrode, an all-solid-state battery electrode manufactured by the method, and an all-solid-state battery including the electrode are disclosed. In the method, a specific type of binder included in the electrode is prepared in a fiber form by applying pressure to the binder under specific conditions, so that the fiber-form binder thus prepared has an average fineness that satisfies a specific range. Therefore, the all-solid-state battery including the electrode has an advantage of having high capacity even in the case of electrode thickening for high loading.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTEInventors: Jae Min Lim, Yong Gu Kim, Hong Seok Min, Sang Heon Lee, Sa Heum Kim, Yun Sung Kim, Ji Sang Yu, Kyung Su Kim, Goo Jin Jeong, Woo Suk Cho
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Publication number: 20250056881Abstract: A display device includes a display layer comprising pixels, each of the pixels having at least one thin-film transistor, a connection line electrically connected to the at least one thin-film transistor, the connection line being exposed on a lower surface of the display layer through a first contact hole formed in the display layer, a barrier layer disposed on the lower surface of the display layer and including a second contact hole connected to the first contact hole, a lead line disposed on a lower surface of the barrier layer and electrically connected to the connection line through the second contact hole, a pad part disposed on the lower surface of the barrier layer and electrically connected to the lead line, and a lower film overlapping the lower surface of the barrier layer and the lead line.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Se Hoon JEONG, Seung Wook KWON, Jae Sik KIM, Woo Yong SUNG, Seo Yeon LEE, Ung Soo LEE, Ja Min LEE, Jeong Seok LEE, Seung Gun CHAE, Seung Yeon CHAE
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Patent number: 12222089Abstract: A light emitting module is provided to comprise: a light source unit including at least one light-emitting element; a lens unit arranged on the light source unit and including a first fastening hole; a substrate having an upper and lower surfaces and including a second fastening hole, the light source unit arranged on the upper surface; and a fastening unit arranged inside of the first fastening hole and the second fastening hole, wherein the first fastening hole and the second fastening hole are arranged to correspond to each other. The substrate has a height in a vertical direction from the upper surface to the lower surface, and a height of a region of the substrate where the fastening portion is disposed and a height of a region of the substrate where the fastening portion is not disposed are same as the height of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Seok Kim, Do Kwang Lee
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Patent number: 12219725Abstract: A display device may include a display panel which is flexible and includes a first surface on which an image is displayed and a second surface on which the image is not displayed, a connection film at least partially overlapping a side of the display panel in a plan view, a printed circuit board at least partially overlapping a side of the connection film in a plan view and electrically connected to the connection film, a control board spaced apart from the printed circuit board, and a cable electrically connecting the printed circuit board and the control board. The cable may have a spiral shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Guen Jang, Won Tae Kim, Soo Hyun Moon, Jun Seok Min, Hae Ju Yun
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Publication number: 20250040215Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a lower pattern. A channel isolation structure and a field insulating layer contact the lower pattern. A gate structure is on the lower pattern, in contact with the channel isolation structure. A channel pattern is on the lower pattern, and includes sheet patterns, each being in contact with the channel isolation structure. A source/drain pattern contacts the channel pattern and the channel isolation structure. The channel isolation structure includes a first region contacting the gate structure and a second region contacting the source/drain pattern. The second region of the channel isolation structure includes portions whose widths increase as a distance from a bottom surface of the field insulating layer increases.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Dong Hoon HWANG, Hyo Jin KIM, Myung II KANG, Tae Hyun RYU, Kyu Nam PARK, Woo Seok PARK
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Publication number: 20250038199Abstract: A cathode active material for an all-solid-state battery includes: active material particles; and a coating layer covering at least a portion of the surface of the active material particles, wherein the coating layer includes lithium (Li), niobium (Nb), and at least one element selected from the group consisting of vanadium (V), zirconium (Zr) and combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation, Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologyInventors: A Reum Ha, Ju Yeong Seong, Yong Gu Kim, In Woo Song, Hong Seok Min, Yong Sub Yoon, Yun Sung Kim, Sung Woo Noh, Yong Jun Jang, Sang Heon Lee, Jae Phil Cho, Hyo Myoung Lee
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Publication number: 20250031498Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus including the display panel are presented herein. A display panel according to one or more embodiments includes a substrate; an insulating layer on the substrate; a bank pattern on the insulating layer; a first electrode on the bank pattern; a contact electrode on the insulating layer, the contact electrode spaced apart from the bank pattern; a light-emitting element on the first electrode; a first optical layer surrounding the light-emitting element, the first optical layer comprising an organic insulating material including metal particles; a second optical layer on the contact electrode; and a third optical layer on the first optical layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventors: Yong Hoon Lee, Woo Sung Kim, Jong Soo Han, Sang Hak Shin, Dong Kyu Kim, Hyoung Sun Park, Hyun Seok Na, Hyun Chyol Shin, Seong Soo Cho
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Publication number: 20250029964Abstract: A display device includes a bank pattern disposed on a substrate, a first electrode pattern disposed on the bank pattern, a light-emitting element disposed on the first electrode pattern to be electrically connected to the first electrode pattern, a second electrode pattern configured to cover the light-emitting element, an inorganic insulating layer configured to cover the bank pattern, the first electrode pattern, and the light-emitting element between the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern, and a diffusion layer which includes a plurality of diffusion particles and is in contact with the inorganic insulating layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong Soo HAN, Yong Hoon LEE, Woo Sung KIM, Hyoung Sun PARK, Hyun Seok NA, Hyun Chyol SHIN, Seong Soo CHO, Kyeong Min YUK
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Patent number: 12203536Abstract: A gear train includes at least four gears sequentially engaged, multiple links configured to support the rotation shafts of the gears, and pins configured to fix the rotation shafts of the gears to the link, wherein the pins are installed such that, among the rotation shafts of the gears, two non-adjacent rotation shafts have both ends fixed to the link and one of adjacent rotation shafts has only one end fixed to the link.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2024Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Woo Hyun Lim, Ki Seok Kim, Kyoung Chul Min, Jong Sool Park, Dae In Lee, Yeo Hae Lee