Patents by Inventor Heung-Kee Kim

Heung-Kee 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: 6829807
    Abstract: Disclosed is a damper hinge for smoothly opening a cover from a main body in a small-sized portable article, thereby preventing a breakdown and damage of its hinge portion and assuring simplicity in its use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Inventor: Heung-Kee Kim
  • Publication number: 20040060152
    Abstract: Disclosed is a damper hinge for smoothly opening a cover from a main body in a small-sized portable article, thereby preventing a breakdown and damage of its hinge portion and assuring simplicity in its use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventor: Heung-Kee Kim
  • Publication number: 20030204935
    Abstract: A door hinge unit for smoothly opening and closing a door using the fluid resistance force of a fluid comprises: a cylindrical oil container containing a viscous fluid therein and having a fluid transfer groove formed along a circumferential direction at an inner wall of the container; a hinge shaft rotatably supported within the oil container with the same core axis as the oil container and whose at least one end is protruded along an axial direction of the oil container, the hinge shaft having a blade formed at an outer circumferential surface thereof and which is slidingly in contact with the inner wall of the oil container; a barrier formed crossing the inner wall of the oil container and an outer circumference of the hinge shaft and having a penetration fluid passage formed along the circumferential direction; and a restoring spring whose one end is coupled to the oil container and the other end is coupled to the hinge shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventor: Heung-Kee Kim