Patents by Inventor Boone WON

Boone WON 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: 11937505
    Abstract: A thermoelectric element according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a lower metal substrate, a lower insulating layer disposed on the lower metal substrate, a plurality of lower electrodes disposed on the lower insulating layer to be spaced apart from each other, a plurality of P-type thermoelectric legs and a plurality of N-type thermoelectric legs disposed on the plurality of lower electrodes, a plurality of upper electrodes disposed on the plurality of P-type thermoelectric legs and the plurality of N-type thermoelectric legs to be spaced apart from each other, an upper insulating layer disposed on the plurality of upper electrodes, and an upper metal substrate disposed on the upper insulating layer, wherein the lower insulating layer includes a first insulating layer disposed on the lower metal substrate and a plurality of second insulating layers disposed on the first insulating layer to be spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Boone Won
  • Publication number: 20230337541
    Abstract: A thermoelectric element according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a first substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the first substrate; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer; a first electrode disposed on the second insulating layer; a semiconductor structure disposed on the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the semiconductor structure; and a second substrate disposed on the second electrode, wherein the composition of the first insulating layer is different from the composition of the second insulating layer, the first insulating layer includes a first region disposed on the first substrate and a second region disposed between the first region and the second insulating layer, and a particle size (D50) of an inorganic filler included in the second region is greater than the particle size (D50) of an inorganic filler included in the first region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Tae Su YANG, Boone Won, Seung LEE
  • Publication number: 20230041077
    Abstract: A thermoelectric element according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a lower metal substrate, a lower insulating layer disposed on the lower metal substrate, a plurality of lower electrodes disposed on the lower insulating layer to be spaced apart from each other, a plurality of P-type thermoelectric legs and a plurality of N-type thermoelectric legs disposed on the plurality of lower electrodes, a plurality of upper electrodes disposed on the plurality of P-type thermoelectric legs and the plurality of N-type thermoelectric legs to be spaced apart from each other, an upper insulating layer disposed on the plurality of upper electrodes, and an upper metal substrate disposed on the upper insulating layer, wherein the lower insulating layer includes a first insulating layer disposed on the lower metal substrate and a plurality of second insulating layers disposed on the first insulating layer to be spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Boone WON
  • Publication number: 20230027983
    Abstract: A thermoelectric module according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a heat exchange unit; and a thermoelectric element disposed on the heat exchange unit, wherein the heat exchange unit includes a case for accommodating a material for heat exchange and a cover covering the case, the thermoelectric element is disposed on the cover, and the thermal conductivity of the cover is higher than the thermal conductivity of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Boone WON
  • Patent number: 10903410
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to a thermoelectric element and a thermoelectric module used for cooling, and the thermoelectric module can be made thin by having a first substrate and a second substrate with different surface areas to raise the heat-dissipation effectiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Sang Cho, Sang Gon Kim, Sook Hyun Kim, Chae Hoon Kim, Myoung Lae Roh, Jong Bae Shin, Boone Won, Jong Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20190259930
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to a thermoelectric element and a thermoelectric module used for cooling, and the thermoelectric module can be made thin by having a first substrate and a second substrate with different surface areas to raise the heat-dissipation effectiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Yong Sang CHO, Sang Gon KIM, Sook Hyun KIM, Chae Hoon KIM, Myoung Lae ROH, Jong Bae SHIN, Boone WON, Jong Min LEE
  • Patent number: 10344941
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a vehicle lamp structure capable of removing condensation from a lens part, in which a heat source is supplied to a heat absorbing part of a thermoelectric module to increase a temperature of a cooling region, together with a temperature of a heat generation part (a heat generation region) of the thermoelectric module, thereby improving limited heat conversion efficiency of the thermoelectric module, and furthermore, a hot current of air and a high-temperature heat source are supplied to a lens part of a head lamp, thereby maximizing dehumidification efficiency in the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Bae Shin, In Tae Kim, Boone Won
  • Patent number: 10340436
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a thermoelectric element including a first element portion having a first cross-sectional area, a connection portion connected to the first element portion, and a second element portion connected to the connection portion and having a second cross-sectional area, wherein a cross-sectional area of the connection portion is smaller than at least one of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Boone Won
  • Patent number: 10326070
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to a thermoelectric element and a thermoelectric module used for cooling, and the thermoelectric module can be made thin by having a first substrate and a second substrate with different surface areas to raise the heat-dissipation effectiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Sang Cho, Sang Gon Kim, Sook Hyun Kim, Chae Hoon Kim, Myoung Lae Roh, Jong Bae Shin, Boone Won, Jong Min Lee
  • Patent number: 10153417
    Abstract: Provided is a heat conversion device, including: a housing; a thermoelectric module received in the housing and including a thermoelectric semiconductor between substrates disposed to face each other; a first temperature conversion portion and a second temperature conversion portion disposed between the substrates, respectively; and a heat reduction portion adopted to guide a part of a fluid flowing in the housing and passing through the first temperature conversion portion to the second temperature conversion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Boone Won, Jong Bae Shin, Jong Min Lee, Yong Sang Cho
  • Publication number: 20180231207
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a vehicle lamp structure capable of removing condensation from a lens part, in which a heat source is supplied to a heat absorbing part of a thermoelectric module to increase a temperature of a cooling region, together with a temperature of a heat generation part (a heat generation region) of the thermoelectric module, thereby improving limited heat conversion efficiency of the thermoelectric module, and furthermore, a hot current of air and a high-temperature heat source are supplied to a lens part of a head lamp, thereby maximizing dehumidification efficiency in the lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Jong Bae SHIN, In Tae KIM, Boone WON
  • Publication number: 20180198049
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to a thermoelectric element and a thermoelectric module used for cooling, and the thermoelectric module can be made thin by having a first substrate and a second substrate with different surface areas to raise the heat-dissipation effectiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Yong Sang CHO, Sang Gon KIM, Sook Hyun KIM, Chae Hoon KIM, Myoung Lae ROH, Jong Bae SHIN, Boone WON, Jong Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20180114891
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a thermoelectric element including a first element portion having a first cross-sectional area, a connection portion connected to the first element portion, and a second element portion connected to the connection portion and having a second cross-sectional area, wherein a cross-sectional area of the connection portion is smaller than at least one of the first cross-sectional area and the second cross-sectional area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Boone Won
  • Patent number: 9947854
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to a thermoelectric element and a thermoelectric module used for cooling, and the thermoelectric module can be made thin by having a first substrate and a second substrate with different surface areas to raise the heat-dissipation effectiveness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Sang Cho, Sang Gon Kim, Sook Hyun Kim, Chae Hoon Kim, Myoung Lae Roh, Jong Bae Shin, Boone Won, Jong Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20170108269
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a beverage keeping apparatus capable of cooling and warming, and a container accommodation apparatus that includes an accommodation unit including a container accommodation member configured to accommodate a container therein and a thermoelectric module which is disposed at an external surface of the container accommodation member and applies thermal conversion effect, an extension unit which is coupled to a lower portion of the accommodation unit, extends from an inside to an outside of a case member, and fixes and supports the accommodation unit, and a housing unit which includes a circulation control module which performs control of the thermoelectric module from an outside thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Jong Bae Shin, Jong Hyun Kang, In Tae Kim, Boone Won, Su Chan Lim, Seong Hyuk Jeong
  • Patent number: 9595652
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoelectric material including metal oxide powder and thermoelectric powder. Thus, an internal filling rate is improved so that a Peltier effect can be maximized according to the increase of electrical conductivity and a Seebeck coefficient and the reduction of thermal conductivity, thereby enabling the improvement of the figure of merit (ZT) of a thermoelectric element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Gon Kim, Sook Hyun Kim, Jong Bae Shin, Boone Won, Yong Sang Cho, Hyung Eui Lee
  • Publication number: 20160290684
    Abstract: A thermoelectric converter capable of improving cooling efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Jong Min Lee, Yong Sang Cho, Boone Won
  • Publication number: 20160221486
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present invention relates to equipment for accommodating a beverage for a vehicle capable of performing cooling and heating operations and an apparatus for accommodating a beverage for a vehicle which provides a cup holder for a vehicle having an improved structure capable of being detachably attached to places at a cup holder provided in the vehicle so that the convenience of use can be improved, and at the same time may combine frames having various sizes to change an insertion diameter of the cup holder to allow the apparatus to be easily mounted in a conventional cup holder for a vehicle so that the apparatus can be applied to various kinds of vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Boone Won, Young Kil Song, Jong Bae Shin, Yong Sang Cho
  • Publication number: 20160218266
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a thermoelectric module used for cooling, and provide a thermoelectric module comprising: substrates facing each other; and a first semiconductor element and a second semiconductor element arranged between the substrates and electrically connected to each other, wherein the first semiconductor element and the second semiconductor element have mutually different volumes. The present invention has a structure allowing the cooling effect to be raised by having, in a unit cell comprising thermoelectric semiconductor elements, any one from among the semiconductor elements facing each other to have a volume greater than the other to enhance the rise in electrical conductivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Sang Gon Kim, Yong Sang Cho, Boone Won, Hyung Eui Lee
  • Publication number: 20160204329
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to a thermoelectric element and a thermoelectric module used for cooling, and the thermoelectric module can be made thin by having a first substrate and a second substrate with different surface areas to raise the heat-dissipation effectiveness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Yong Sang CHO, Sang Gon KIM, Sook Hyun KIM, Chae Hoon KIM, Myoung Lae ROH, Jong Bae SHIN, Boone WON, Jong Min LEE