Patents by Inventor Yong-Hyun Kim

Yong-Hyun 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).

  • Patent number: 11315697
    Abstract: Proposed is a fines removal apparatus installed on a radioactive liquid waste granulator, the apparatus including: a body unit fastened to an outlet provided on the radioactive liquid waste granulator and configured to receive the granulated radioactive waste by an operation of a first opening/closing valve, the radioactive liquid waste granulator being configured to manufacture concentrated liquid waste and to manufacture granulated radioactive waste by drying the concentrated liquid waste. an air supply unit provided on one side of the body unit and configured to spray air to the supplied granulated radioactive waste at regular periods, thereby scattering and separating fines contained in the granulated radioactive waste; and a reprocessing unit provided in a vacuum state on an opposite side of the body unit and configured to allow the scattered fines to be transferred to the radioactive waste granulator along a transfer pipe by vacuum pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: JS CHEM CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Hyun Kim, Seok Hee Im, Dong Hoon Oh, Kyoung Hwan Joung, Seong Kyun Im
  • Patent number: 11305659
    Abstract: A cooling method can be used with an electric vehicle that comprises a vehicle charging connection unit connected to an external cable connected to a charger located outside the electric vehicle, a battery configured to be charged through the vehicle charging connection unit, and a pump configured to circulate cooling water to cool the vehicle charging connection unit. The cooling method includes determining whether an amount of cooling water is insufficient and, upon determining that the amount of cooling water is insufficient, restricting a charging rate of charging power supplied through the vehicle charging connection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Cornoration
    Inventors: Kyung Su Kim, Hyeon Jun Kim, Yong Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11287480
    Abstract: A method for estimating a state of charge (SOC) value of a battery may include determining, by a controller, whether an entry condition for estimating the SOC value of the battery is satisfied based on state data of the battery; generating, by the controller, an initial SOC value of the battery using an internal resistance value of the battery when the state data satisfies the entry condition; generating, by the controller, a first storage capacity of the battery to generate using the initial SOC value; generating, by the controller, a second storage capacity of the battery using the first storage capacity and a charging efficiency of the battery; and estimating, by the controller, the SOC value of the battery using the second storage capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seungwon Park, Sunho Choi, Sung Tae Kim, Yong Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20220024311
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a battery; a sensor configured to detect at least one of a charging state, a discharging state, or a performance state of the battery; a display configured to display the state of the battery; and a controller configured to judge a cause of discharge of the battery based on the detection result of the sensor, to determine at least one of the charging voltage, charging current, or charging time of the battery based on the determination result, and to control the display to display a charging mode of the battery based on the determined charging voltage, charging current, or charging time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sunho Choi, Seungwon Park, Sungtae Kim, Yong Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20220008664
    Abstract: An air filter device for medicinal liquid injection in which a medicinal liquid channel is formed includes: a housing having an air passage that diverges from the medicinal liquid channel and is connected to outside; a hydrophilic boundary filter disposed in the medicinal liquid channel and dividing the medicinal liquid channel into a first channel at an upstream side and a second channel at a downstream side; and a hydrophobic air-passing filter disposed at a boundary between the air passage and the first channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Yong Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210381177
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for applying a magnetic pattern to lanes with magnetic paint. The apparatus includes an electromagnet for generating a write magnetic field toward the ground by being installed in a moving object, a current supplier for providing the current required to generate the write magnetic field, a portable power generator for supplying power required in order for the current supplier to generate the current, and a cooler for dissipating heat generated from at least one of the electromagnet and the current supplier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: JEONGSEOK CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong-Hyun Kim, Seok-Hee IM, Dae-Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20210379298
    Abstract: A channel for a medicinal liquid is formed in a filter-integrated medicine transfer device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The filter-integrated medicine transfer device includes: a housing having an air passage that diverges from a medicinal liquid channel and is connected to outside; at least one hydrophobic air-passing filter disposed in the housing and disposed at a boundary between the air passage and the medicinal liquid channel; and at least one medicine transfer pipe disposed in the housing and having a capillary channel constituting a portion of the medicinal liquid channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventor: Yong Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210378286
    Abstract: The techniques disclosed in the present specification relate to devices, systems, and methods using the same that generate cigarette smoke and then separate and collect substances of the cigarette smoke generated into particulate and gaseous substances for the preparation of a whole cigarette smoke condensate, which may comprise: a cigarette mount on which one or more cigarettes are mounted; an automatic ignition device for igniting the one or more cigarettes; a cigarette smoke collection unit for collecting substances of cigarette smoke generated from the ignited one or more cigarettes; one or more cigarette smoke intake lines configured to suck the cigarette smoke; one or more cigarette smoke exhaust lines configured to discharge the cigarette smoke; and one or more collection unit connecting lines connected to the cigarette smoke collection unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yong-Hyun Kim, Sung-Hwan Kim, Min-Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11136045
    Abstract: A cooperative control method and apparatus for maintaining driving in response to engine clutch failure are provided. The cooperative control method includes monitoring refill temperature conditions of operating oil of an engine clutch and performing cooperative control between a radiator and an engine cooling water circulation pump based on change in temperature of the operating oil of the engine clutch. Additionally, the method includes determining whether the engine clutch is in a refill dangerous stage and turning off an engine to be turned off when the engine clutch is in the refill dangerous stage. Whether the temperature of the operating oil is mitigated is determined based on the refill temperature conditions, when the engine is turned off and oil refilling is performed when the temperature of the operating oil is not mitigated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Hyun Kim, Yeon Bok Kim, Hyeon Jun Kim, Kyung Su Kim, Sok Young Yun
  • Publication number: 20210300381
    Abstract: A method for generating a magnetic field, a method for detecting a lane by using a magnetic field, and a vehicle using same are disclosed. According to the present invention, magnetic fields outputted from lanes coated with road-marking paint containing magnetic particles are detected with a magnetic sensor attached to a vehicle, and a plurality of lanes can be detected on the basis of the detected magnetic fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jong-Ill Hong, Yong-Hyun Kim, Young-Gil Ma, Dae-Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20210268257
    Abstract: An end cap according to a disclosed embodiment is connected to a downstream side of a flow path of a medical liquid injection apparatus and is configured such that a priming liquid is introduced into the end cap. The end cap includes: a refraction part formed of a transparent material having a refractive index (nr) greater than 1 and including a first surface and a second surface forming an internal angle smaller than 90 degrees; and a indication part disposed to be spaced apart from the second surface. The end cap forms a passage in which the introduced priming liquid is movable, and a part of the passage is located between the second surface and the indication part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventor: Yong Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210230903
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a door lock configured to indicate the lock status of the door lock to nearby persons. In some instances, the door lock includes a locking mechanism with one or more actuators configured to act directly on an indicator such that the indicator indicates the lock status of the lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Brian R. Fournier, Daniel Gills, Thomas Harris, Jeong Sik Kim, Yong Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210181262
    Abstract: A method for estimating a state of charge (SOC) value of a battery may include determining, by a controller, whether an entry condition for estimating the SOC value of the battery is satisfied based on state data of the battery; generating, by the controller, an initial SOC value of the battery using an internal resistance value of the battery when the state data satisfies the entry condition; generating, by the controller, a first storage capacity of the battery to generate using the initial SOC value; generating, by the controller, a second storage capacity of the battery using the first storage capacity and a charging efficiency of the battery; and estimating, by the controller, the SOC value of the battery using the second storage capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company,, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seungwon PARK, Sunho Choi, Sung Tae Kim, Yong Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210178908
    Abstract: Disclosed is a motor system control apparatus for vehicles including a communication unit communicatively connected to a plurality of motor systems and a controller configured to, upon recognizing that one of the motor systems is broken, control the motor system such that a battery is charged using counter-electromotive force of a motor, wherein the controller confirms whether, upon recognizing breakdown of the motor system, the broken motor system is capable of generating counter-electromotive force, decides whether to generate the counter-electromotive force based on a state of charge (SOC) and a traveling state of a vehicle upon confirming that the broken motor system is capable of generating the counter-electromotive force, controls the broken motor system such that the counter-electromotive force is generated upon deciding to generate the counter-electromotive force, and charges the battery with electrical energy generated by the counter-electromotive force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventor: Yong Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210148136
    Abstract: An indicator-type door lock that may prevent the door lock device from being enlarged while user may intuitively identify the lock state of the door lock at the outside. An indicator-type door lock including: a handle shaft having a handle for unlocking and a push button for locking; a driving body mounted with the handle shaft; a door lock main body having a main body cover with at least one display portion displaying the locked state of the door lock to the outside, and installed in front of the driving body; an indicator member installed within the door lock main body to be pivoted to a certain radius, and being exposed through the display portion; and a turning drive member for pivoting the indicator member located within the handle shaft and rotated inside the handle shaft when the push button is pressed to pivot indicator member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: ASSA ABLOY KOREA
    Inventors: Jeong Sik KIM, Yong Hyun KIM
  • Patent number: 10953658
    Abstract: Provided is a printing apparatus including: a material accommodating unit including an accommodating portion for accommodating at least one printing material, and an extruding portion for externally sending the at least one printing material accommodated in the accommodating portion; a printing unit including a nozzle portion for spraying the at least one printing material received from the material accommodating unit toward a printing area according to a preset program, and a first temperature adjusting portion for adjusting a first temperature within the printing area; and a transfer unit including a transfer pipe that guides the at least one printing material sent from the material accommodating unit to the nozzle portion of the printing unit, and a second temperature adjusting portion for adjusting a second temperature of the transfer pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ewha University-Industry Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Jin Kyu Rhee, Yong Hyun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210038809
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for regulating liquid medicine supply, wherein air that exists in a liquid medicine or between portions of a liquid medicine is removed in advance by an air removal filter provided on a discharge path in the device so that “priming” as a preparatory operation for injection of the liquid medicine into a patient can be accelerated and it is possible to reduce an unnecessary loss of the liquid medicine, which is caused by discharge of the liquid medicine for removal of the air existing in the liquid medicine or between portions of the liquid medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: E-WHA MEDITECH INC.
    Inventor: Yong Hyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20210031022
    Abstract: The present invention enables the completion of preparation of liquid medicine injection to be easily and quickly checked with the naked eye based on a color change in an endcap for a liquid medicine-injecting tube. As long as a medical staff checks a color change in the endcap with the naked eye, the medical staff can immediately perform an operation of connecting the tube to a catheter (or injection needle) or the like after removal of the endcap without unnecessarily draining off a large amount of the liquid medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: E-WHA MEDITECH INC.
    Inventor: Yong Hyun KIM
  • Patent number: 10875542
    Abstract: A device for controlling fail-safe for a vehicle includes a driving device that engages a clutch and a brake individually in a stopped state of the vehicle when a shift by wire system fails, and a controller that locks the engaged clutch and brake, and unlocks the clutch and the brake when a predetermined unlock manipulation pattern is input using a brake pedal and an accelerator pedal of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyeon Jun Kim, Yong Hyun Kim, Kyung Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20200394031
    Abstract: The method and system for software update of a vehicle according to an aspect of the present disclosure may securely complete the software update of the vehicle by sufficiently securing the battery charge in consideration of the software update of the vehicle. A method for software update of a vehicle according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: securing a battery charge amount required for a software update of the vehicle by charging the battery while the engine of the vehicle is turned on; and performing the software update of the vehicle using the power of the battery while the engine of the vehicle is turned off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yong Hyun Kim, Seungwon Park, Sunho Choi, Sungtae Kim