Patents by Inventor Byung-Woong Kim

Byung-Woong 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: 8286290
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dock leveler that: facilitates safe and smooth movement of any driving device by reducing inclination of the dock leveler; and allows easy maintenance by removing a driving unit such as a hydraulic device. The dock leveler comprises a body which is fixed and rotatable on the rear top of an installation space for a dock; and a support unit supporting the body when positioned inside the installation space and sliding toward the front of the body so that the rear of the support unit can be connected to the front of the body when operating as a passage way for a transportation unit or a carrying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Inventor: Byung Woong Kim
  • Publication number: 20110239381
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dock leveler that: facilitates safe and smooth movement of any driving device by reducing inclination of the dock leveler; and allows easy maintenance by removing a driving unit such as a hydraulic device. The dock leveler comprises a body which is fixed and rotatable on the rear top of an installation space for a dock; and a support unit supporting the body when positioned inside the installation space and sliding toward the front of the body so that the rear of the support unit can be connected to the front of the body when operating as a passage way for a transportation unit or a carrying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventor: Byung Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 5081777
    Abstract: A picture frame of the type having a frame member with a rearwardly extending peripheral flange and a back panel having an outer edge with the same general outline as the frame member and being arranged to seat against the frame member within the frame member flange includes one or more integral, resilient, cantilevered surface areas at the outer edge of the back panel each of which is arranged to resiliently engage a corresponding surface area of the frame member flange to releasably lock the back panel to the frame member when the former is seated against the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Bowon Trading Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byung-Woong Kim