Patents by Inventor Yong-Ho Cha

Yong-Ho Cha 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).

  • Patent number: 11286161
    Abstract: A process for isolating 17O from water and a process for concentrating 17O by using the same are provided. The process for isolating 17O from water includes: mixing 17O-containing water with formaldehyde to prepare an aqueous formaldehyde solution; heating the aqueous formaldehyde solution to generate a vapor mixture containing water vapor and formaldehyde vapor; and obtaining 17O-depleted water, residual formaldehyde, and a gas mixture containing hydrogen and 17O-enriched carbon monoxide, through photodissociating the vapor mixture. An 17O-enriched water production process includes: an operation of adding hydrogen to the gas mixture to induce a catalytic methanation reaction to synthesize methane (CH4) and 17O-enriched water (H217O) through methanation, the operation being carried out following the process for isolating 17O from water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Do-Young Jeong, Lim Lee, Yonghee Kim, Hyounmin Park, Yong-Ho Cha, Taek-Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20200156938
    Abstract: A process for isolating 17O from water and a process for concentrating 17O by using the same are provided. The process for isolating 17O from water includes: mixing 17O-containing water with formaldehyde to prepare an aqueous formaldehyde solution; heating the aqueous formaldehyde solution to generate a vapor mixture containing water vapor and formaldehyde vapor; and obtaining 17O-depleted water, residual formaldehyde, and a gas mixture containing hydrogen and 17O-enriched carbon monoxide, through photodissociating the vapor mixture. An 17O-enriched water production process includes: an operation of adding hydrogen to the gas mixture to induce a catalytic methanation reaction to synthesize methane (CH4) and 17O-enriched water (H217O) through methanation, the operation being carried out following the process for isolating 17O from water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Do-Young Jeong, Lim Lee, Yonghee Kim, Hyounmin Park, Yong-Ho Cha, Taek-Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 10239348
    Abstract: Provided is a tire including rims, beads each mounted so as to surround each of the rims, a side wall that is connected to the beads, a sub-tread that is formed on top of the side wall and is formed of a material having elasticity so as to have a changing curvature, and plural tread blocks that are arranged on the sub-tread such that the distances between the tread blocks change in accordance with the change in the curvature of the sub-tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: HANKOOK TIRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Ho Cha, Seung Koo Kang, Yoon-Jin Choi, Choong-Kee Song
  • Patent number: 9731269
    Abstract: Provided is a method of separating carbon and oxygen isotopes by using a laser. In one preferred embodiment, the method includes performing a photolysis process on formaldehyde including a carbon or oxygen isotope by irradiation with ultraviolet light having a wavelength ranging from 340 nm to 360 nm to generate carbon monoxide having a carbon or oxygen isotope enriched therein and hydrogen, performing a catalytic reaction on the carbon monoxide having a carbon or oxygen isotope enriched therein and the hydrogen to synthesize carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) having a carbon or oxygen isotope enriched therein, and cooling the H2O to recover CO2 having a carbon isotope enriched therein or H2O having an oxygen isotope enriched therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute
    Inventors: Do-Young Jeong, Hyoun-Min Park, Yong-Ho Cha, Dong-Yong Chung
  • Publication number: 20160200139
    Abstract: Provided is a tire including rims, beads each mounted so as to surround each of the rims, a side wall that is connected to the beads, a sub-tread that is formed on top of the side wall and is formed of a material having elasticity so as to have a changing curvature, and plural tread blocks that are arranged on the sub-tread such that the distances between the tread blocks change in accordance with the change in the curvature of the sub-tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Yong Ho Cha, Seung Koo Kang, Yoon-Jin Choi, Choong-Kee Song
  • Publication number: 20140301938
    Abstract: Provided is a method of separating carbon and oxygen isotopes by using a laser. In one preferred embodiment, the method includes performing a photolysis process on formaldehyde including a carbon or oxygen isotope by irradiation with ultraviolet light having a wavelength ranging from 340 nm to 360 nm to generate carbon monoxide having a carbon or oxygen isotope enriched therein and hydrogen, performing a catalytic reaction on the carbon monoxide having a carbon or oxygen isotope enriched therein and the hydrogen to synthesize carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) having a carbon or oxygen isotope enriched therein, and cooling the H2O to recover CO2 having a carbon isotope enriched therein or H2O having an oxygen isotope enriched therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Do-Young Jeong, Hyoun-Min Park, Yong-Ho Cha, Dong-Yong Chung