Patents by Inventor Young Bae Kim

Young Bae 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: 20100181883
    Abstract: The reinforcing component for a refrigerator, which is formed by mixing a base material as a synthetic resin material and a supplement component formed by arranging reinforcing fibers according to a pultrusion method, and combined with one or more portions of on one portion of an inner side of an outer case of the refrigerator to contact with foam, a corner of the bottom of the refrigerator or in a mechanic chamber of the refrigerator, an outer plate or an inner plate of a door of the refrigerator, and the interior of a side wall forming an inner space of the refrigerator can reduce the weight of the refrigerator while maintaining the strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: LG Electronices Inc.
    Inventors: Young-Bae Kim, Kyung-Do Kim, Hyung-Pyo Yoon
  • Patent number: 7744831
    Abstract: Disclosed is an annular distributor having: an annular slit layer that is mounted on an inner circumferential surface of the annular distributor and has at least one slit discharging or introducing a fluid; at least one opening that is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the annular distributor and is connected with any one of a fluid supply duct and a fluid discharge duct; and at least one guide vane selected from three types of guide vanes that are installed in the annular distributor, and splits a flow rate of the fluid supplied from the duct or collects a flow rate of the fluid discharged to the duct. And disclosed are a reactor or heat exchanger has the annular distributor, and a method of producing unsaturated aldehyde or unsaturated acid from olefin by catalytic gas phase oxidation in the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Baek Shin, Sang Phil Han, Ye Hoon Im, Young Bae Kim, Jung Hoon Chang
  • Patent number: 7695695
    Abstract: A shell-and-tube reactor or heat exchanger comprises first tubes, through the inside of which a first object for heat transfer with a heat transfer medium is passed, some of the first tubes being provided in a zone in which a flow of the heat transfer medium (parallel flow) parallel to the axis of the tubes is present; and a second tube, through the inside of which the first object is not passed, the second tube being provided in said zone such that it is parallel to the axis of the first tubes. A method for producing an oxide comprises using said shell-and-tube reactor or heat exchanger, and causing a catalytic vapor-phase oxidation reaction in first tubes, through the inside of which the first object for heat transfer with the heat transfer medium is passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Baek Shin, Sang Phil Han, Ye Hoon Im, Young Bae Kim, Jung Hoon Chang, Sang Oeb Na, Won Am Lee
  • Publication number: 20100012476
    Abstract: Disclosed is a simplified apparatus for recovering acrylic acid from a mixture containing acrylic acid, acrylic acid dimer and impurities with high boiling point, in a stable and efficient manner. An apparatus for recovering an acrylic acid from a mixture containing acrylic acid, acrylic acid dimer and impurities with high boiling point, which comprises: an acrylic acid recovering device that comprises an acrylic acid distillation unit being present within an acrylic acid dimer pyrolysis tank, and is operated under reduced pressure; and a line for introducing the mixture into the acrylic acid recovering device, wherein decomposition of the acrylic acid dimer is carried out under reduced pressure at a lower part of the acrylic acid recovering device, while the acrylic acid is recovered by distillation under reduced pressure from a top of the acrylic acid recovering device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Seong Pil KANG, Seok Kwan Choi, Kyoung Su Ha, Jun Seok Ko, Boo Gon Woo, Young Bae Kim
  • Publication number: 20100015017
    Abstract: A shell-and-tube heat exchanger-type reactor including one or more catalytic tubes, each including a first-step reaction zone and a second-step reaction zone, wherein at least one of the first-step reaction zone and the second-step reaction zone is divided into two or more shell spaces by a partition; each of the divided shell spaces is independently heat-controlled; and a heat transfer medium having a temperature from the lowest active temperature of a catalyst layer in a reaction tube corresponding to the first shell space of the first-step reaction zone or the first shell space of the second-step reaction zone to the lowest active temperature of the catalyst layer plus 20° C.; and the first shell space of the first-step reaction zone or the first shell space of the second-step reaction zone is controlled so as to provide a reactant conversion contribution per length of 1.2˜2.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: LG CHEMICAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Su Ha, Boo Gon Woo, Jun Seok Ko, Seong Pil Kang, Seok Hwan Choi, Young Bae Kim
  • Patent number: 7632968
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing (meth)acrylic acid comprising a process of recovering (meth)acrylic acid as aqueous (meth)acrylic acid solution from a (meth)acrylic acid-containing gas mixture produced by the catalytic gas phase oxidation of at least one reactant selected from the group consisting of propane, propylene, isobutylene and (meth)acrolein, wherein the recovering process comprises the steps of: (1) feeding the (meth)acrylic acid-containing gas mixture into a quenching tower and condensing it in the quenching tower so as to recover an aqueous (meth)acrylic acid solution from the bottom of the quenching tower, in which some of the recovered aqueous (meth)acrylic acid solution is recycled to the upper portion of the quenching tower so as to condense the (meth)acrylic acid-containing gas mixture; (2) passing the uncondensed part of the (meth)acrylic acid-containing gas mixture from the top of the quenching tower to a distillation tower; and (3) heating the bottom of the distillation tower to separa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Pil Kang, Seok Hwan Choi, Kyoung Su Ha, Jun Seok Ko, Young Bae Kim, Boo Gon Woo, Min Jeong Park
  • Patent number: 7612231
    Abstract: Disclosed is a simplified method for recovering acrylic acid from a mixture containing acrylic acid, acrylic acid dimer and impurities with high boiling point, in a stable and efficient manner. The method comprises the steps of: introducing the mixture into an acrylic acid recovering device comprising an acrylic distillation unit integrated with an acrylic acid dimer pyrolysis tank; carrying out decomposition of acrylic acid dimmer under reduced pressure and recovering acrylic acid. The method optionally further comprises a step of recycling a portion of the solution obtained from the bottom of the acrylic acid recovering device to the acrylic acid recovering device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Pil Kang, Seok Hwan Choi, Kyoung Su Ha, Jun Seok Ko, Boo Gon Woo, Young Bae Kim
  • Patent number: 7608734
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing unsaturated aldehydes and/or unsaturated acids from olefins or alkanes in a fixed bed shell-and-tube heat exchanger-type reactor by catalytic vapor phase oxidation. A heat exchanger-type reactor for use in such a process is also disclosed. The process utilizes at least one first-step reaction zone and a second-step reaction zone that is divided into two or more shell spaces by at least one partition. The process may be applied to a single-step process for producing unsaturated acids from alkanes or alkenes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung Su Ha, Boo Gon Woo, Jun Seok Ko, Seong Pil Kang, Seok Hwan Choi, Young Bae Kim
  • Patent number: 7591585
    Abstract: Disclosed is a temperature measuring device. The temperature measuring device includes: a thermo-well tube; and a cable or wire type temperature measuring means which is installed in a thermo-well tube, wherein temperature measuring means has temperature detecting sensors disposed at an intermediate portion thereof, and the temperature detecting sensors can be moved axially in the thermo-well tube by applying tension to both ends of the cable or wire type temperature measuring means. The present invention also provides a reaction tube in which the temperature measuring device is disposed axially, and a reactor including at least one temperature measuring device or reaction tube as described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung Su Ha, Boo Gon Woo, Jun Seok Ko, Seong Pil Kang, Seok Hwan Choi, Sang Youn Lee, Young Bae Kim
  • Publication number: 20080286515
    Abstract: A vacuum insulation panel and an insulation structure of a refrigerator applying the same are disclosed. The vacuum insulation panel comprises: a sealing cover (120) having an outermost layer exposed to the outside, a gas shielding layer stacked on the bottom surface of the outermost layer and formed of a thin metal sheet and a metal deposition film, and a heating-fusion bonding layer stacked on the bottom surface of the gas shielding layer and formed of an octane-base material; a core material (110) sealed by the sealing cover (120) in contact with the heating-fusion bonding layer, and provided with an extended insulation portion (130) some parts of which are extended between the bonding portions formed at the sealing cover (120); and a gas permeation preventing layer (125) formed on the sealing cover (120), so that can prevent an external air or moisture from penetrating into a vacuum insulation panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventors: Dong-Ju Jung, Young-Bae Kim, Kyung-Do Kim, Sang-Eui Hong
  • Publication number: 20080280090
    Abstract: Disclosed are a vacuum insulation panel and an insulation structure of a refrigerator using the same. The vacuum insulation panel comprises a core material formed by gather glass fiber, a getter having a container to receive an absorbent having quicklime of 90 wt % or greater as a main component, and a sealing cover formed to surround the core material and the getter. The core material can be formed at low cost in such a manner that glass fiber is tangled and gathered by penetrating glass wool having glass fiber using a needle. Since the getter is made of quicklime that can first remove water corresponding to a main component of the absorbent, the getter can be manufactured at low cost and has improved insulation efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Kyung-Do Kim, Dong-Ju Jung, Young-Bae Kim
  • Patent number: 7319169
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing (meth)acrylic acid comprising a process of recovering (meth)acrylic acid as an aqueous (meth)acrylic acid from a (meth) acrylic acid-containing gas mixture produced by the catalytic gas phase oxidation of at least one reactant selected from the group consisting of propane, propylene, isobutylene and (meth) acrolein, and a system usable for the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Pil Kang, Seok Hwan Choi, Kyoung Su Ha, Geon Yong Kim, Boo Gon Woo, Sang Youn Lee, Young Bae Kim, Koo Hyun Kang
  • Publication number: 20070202022
    Abstract: Disclosed is an annular distributor having: an annular slit layer that is mounted on an inner circumferential surface of the annular distributor and has at least one slit discharging or introducing a fluid; at least one opening that is formed on an outer circumferential surface of the annular distributor and is connected with any one of a fluid supply duct and a fluid discharge duct; and at least one guide vane selected from three types of guide vanes that are installed in the annular distributor, and splits a flow rate of the fluid supplied from the duct or collects a flow rate of the fluid discharged to the duct. And disclosed are a reactor or heat exchanger has the annular distributor, and a method of producing unsaturated aldehyde or unsaturated acid from olefin by catalytic gas phase oxidation in the reactor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 30, 2007
    Inventors: Sang Baek Shin, Sang Phil Han, Ye Hoon Im, Young Bae Kim, Jung Hoon Chang
  • Publication number: 20070187079
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shell-and-tube reactor or heat exchanger, which alternately comprises a doughnut-type baffle plate and a first disc-type baffle plate in order to increase heat transfer efficiency. In the reactor or heat exchanger, a second disc-type baffle plate is placed in an empty space inside of the doughnut-type baffle plate, and some tubes, through the inside of which a first object for heat transfer with a heat transfer medium, are present in a region inside of the doughnut-type baffle plate and outside of the second disc-type baffle plate. Also disclosed is a method for producing an oxide, comprising: using said reactor or heat exchanger, and causing a catalytic vapor-phase oxidation reaction in the tubes, through the inside of which the first object for heat transfer with the heat transfer medium is passed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Sang Baek Shin, Sang Phil Han, Ye-Hoon Im, Young Bae Kim, Jung Hoon Chang, Sang Oeb Na, Won Am Lee
  • Publication number: 20070182045
    Abstract: A method for forming foam within a refrigerator cabinet by feedback controlling and a foaming system used for the method are provided to form blowing foam with uniform density. Allowable range of each of parameters, which critically affect the blowing foam quality of the refrigerator cabinet, allowing formation of the blowing foam with the uniform density within the refrigerator cabinet is obtained through experimentation and set in advance, and before forming the blowing foam within the refrigerator cabinet, each parameters are measured to check whether a measured value is within the allowable range. If the measured value does not come within the allowable range, it is controlled to come within the allowable range by using the controlling unit and then the blowing foam is filled and formed within the refrigerator cabinet. By doing that, the reliable blowing foam with high quality and uniform density can be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Eui Hong, Gyeong-Do Kim, Young-Bae Kim
  • Publication number: 20070167647
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shell-and-tube reactor or heat exchanger comprising: first tubes, through the inside of which a first object for heat transfer with a heat transfer medium is passed, some of the first tubes being provided in a zone in which a flow of the heat transfer medium (parallel flow) parallel to the axis of the tubes is present; and a second tube, through the inside of which the first object is not passed, the second tube being provided in said zone such that it is parallel to the axis of the first tubes. Also disclosed is a method for producing an oxide, comprising using said shell-and-tube reactor or heat exchanger, and causing a catalytic vapor-phase oxidation reaction in first tubes, through the inside of which the first object for heat transfer with the heat transfer medium is passed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Inventors: Sang Baek Shin, Sang Phil Han, Ye Hoon Im, Young Bae Kim, Jung Hoon Chang, Sang Oeb Na, Won Am Lee
  • Publication number: 20070152551
    Abstract: Disclosed are a fixing structure of insulation panels and a prefabricated refrigerator with the same. The fixing structure of insulation panels includes a recess recessed on one surface of a first insulation panel having an insulation portion inside a casing, and a protrusion formed to be inserted into the recess, on one surface of a second insulation panel having an insulation portion inside a casing, wherein the insulation portions of nonmetal material are exposed to a bottom of the recess and a front end of the protrusion so as to shield a transmission path of heat flowed along a casing contact surface of the insulation panels, thereby improving insulation efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Young-Bae Kim, Kyung-Do Kim, Dong-Ju Jung
  • Publication number: 20010041994
    Abstract: A visitor data management system and method thereof provides for real-time collecting and sorting of visitor data according to the visits of a visitor to individual booths of an event such as a fair, exhibition, convention, specialty exhibition or the like, and supplying the data thus obtained to a booth operator participating in the event. The system includes a visitor identification medium, preferably, an RF smart card, supplied to the visitor and bearing recorded visitor data, an RF smart card reader installed at each booth to read the visitor data, a host computer for processing the visitor data and data corresponding to the respective booths based on the visitor data input from the RF smart card readers, and an apparatus for transmitting the visitor data to each of the booths. Statistics on the attendance status of all event visitors can be recorded by the exact date and time and the corresponding booth, freeing booth operators from laborious record keeping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventor: Young Bae Kim
  • Patent number: 5867442
    Abstract: A method for controlling an internal booster power source in an integrated circuit memory device including a plurality of voltage booster active kickers includes the steps of activating a first predetermined number of the voltage booster active kickers during a first voltage boost operation for the integrated circuit memory device, and activating a second predetermined number of the voltage booster active kickers during a second voltage boost operation for the integrated circuit memory device. In particular, the second predetermined number is greater than the first predetermined number. Furthermore, the plurality of voltage booster active kickers can include four booster active kickers and the first predetermined number can be two and the second predetermined number can be four. Related memory devices are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Bae Kim, Hong-Sun Hwang
  • Patent number: 5722459
    Abstract: A pressure control valve of a hydraulic control system of automatic transmissions has reducing pressure PR supplied from a reducing valve by duty control of a pressure control solenoid valve controlled by a transmission control unit thereby changing line pressure PL supplied from a manual valve into the control pressure and supplying the control pressure to the friction element. The valve comprises a valve spool operated by the duty-controlled reducing pressure, a valve body in which the valve spool linearly moves, and a feedback line which communicates the control pressure with one side of the valve body thereby reducing the deviation of the control pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Young Bae Kim, Jae Duk Jang