Patents by Inventor Dug Su KIM

Dug Su 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: 11452582
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a self-ligating orthodontic bracket assembly. The self-ligating orthodontic bracket assembly includes: a body block including a base, a pair of guide walls, and a stopper wall in an integrated manner; a ligating block configured to be slidably coupled to the sliding portion so that the archwire slidably inserted and seated into the seating groove is selectively ligated and released in a seated state, and provided with a fitting depression formed by recessing the bottom of the ligating block upward and a guide depression formed through upward recessing to form a step at a location away from one end of the fitting depression; and a ligating means including a temporary assembly protrusion and a complete assembly protrusion successively formed on the sliding portion, and a retainer configured to selectively ligate and release the archwire in cooperation with the temporary assembly protrusion and the complete assembly protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: GNI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dug Su Kim
  • Publication number: 20210346129
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a self-ligating orthodontic bracket assembly. The self-ligating orthodontic bracket assembly includes: a body block including a base, a pair of guide walls, and a stopper wall in an integrated manner; a ligating block configured to be slidably coupled to the sliding portion so that the archwire slidably inserted and seated into the seating groove is selectively ligated and released in a seated state, and provided with a fitting depression formed by recessing the bottom of the ligating block upward and a guide depression formed through upward recessing to form a step at a location away from one end of the fitting depression; and a ligating means including a temporary assembly protrusion and a complete assembly protrusion successively formed on the sliding portion, and a retainer configured to selectively ligate and release the archwire in cooperation with the temporary assembly protrusion and the complete assembly protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventor: Dug Su KIM