Patents by Inventor Dong-Sung Kim

Dong-Sung 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: 20250151434
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate including a first surface on which light is incident and a second surface opposite to the first surface, unit pixels in the substrate, each including a photoelectric conversion layer, color filters on the first surface of the substrate, a grid pattern on the first surface of the substrate defining a respective light receiving area of each of the unit pixels, and microlenses on the color filters, each of the microlenses corresponding to a respective one of the unit pixels, wherein the unit pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel sharing a first color filter which is one of the color filters, and a first light receiving area of the first pixel is different from a second light receiving area of the second pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2025
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Kyu LEE, Dong Min KEUM, Jun Sung PARK, Bum Suk KIM, Tae Han KIM, Kwang Hee LEE, Tae Sung LEE
  • Patent number: 12295195
    Abstract: A light emitting device package includes a cell array having a first surface and a second surface located opposite to the first surface and including, on a portion of a horizontal extension line of the first surface, semiconductor light emitting units each including a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer sequentially located on a layer surface including a sidewall of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer; wavelength converting units corresponding respectively to the semiconductor light emitting units and each arranged corresponding to the first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a barrier structure arranged between the wavelength converting units corresponding to the cell array; and switching units arranged in the barrier structure and electrically connected to the semiconductor light emitting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joo-sung Kim, Jong-uk Seo, Dong-gun Lee, Young-jo Tak
  • Publication number: 20250135130
    Abstract: An inhaler according to an embodiment comprises: a housing provided with one surface, the other surface facing the surface, and a plurality of side surfaces connecting one surface to the other surface; a mouthpiece arranged on one surface of the housing; a storage which is in communication with the mouthpiece and stores an inhalable composition; and a canister which accommodates the inhalable composition which is to be stored in the storage and is connected to the storage to be opened/closed, wherein the canister can be coupled to the storage to be attachable/detachable in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Heon KIM, Jae Hyun KIM, Mi Jeong LEE, Minseok JEONG, Yongmi JUNG, Eunmi JEOUNG, Tae Young CHUNG, Seung Kyu HAN, Dong Sung KIM
  • Publication number: 20250136724
    Abstract: A method for continuously preparing a catalyst composition for preparing a catalyst composition having improved catalyst activity by pre-treating a hydrogen-bonded lanthanide rare earth element compound and/or an oligomer type of a lanthanide rare earth element compound of Formula 1, which induce the deterioration of the catalyst activity, and a method for preparing a conjugated diene-based polymer using the catalyst composition prepared thereby are described, wherein all the variables are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Suk Youn Kang, Tae Chul Lee, Hae Sung Sohn, Dong Hui Kim, Sung HO Park, Ju Ryang Bae, Seo Won Choi
  • Publication number: 20250133318
    Abstract: A home appliance includes an electrical equipment compartment disposed in an upper portion of the home appliance, and including an upper side that is open, an electrical equipment compartment cover to cover the open upper side of the electrical equipment compartment, and including a speaker hole, a microphone accommodating portion which protrudes upward from an upper side of the electrical equipment compartment cover and including an accommodating space and a front portion that includes microphone holes laterally spaced apart from each other and which face toward a front of the home appliance, a microphone unit including a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the accommodation space behind the microphone holes and including microphone chips mounted on the PCB, and a speaker unit disposed in the electrical equipment compartment to correspond to the speaker hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwa-Sung KIM, Dong Hyun SOHN, Ji-Eun LEE
  • Publication number: 20250127226
    Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes an aerosol generating article, which includes a first medium portion including first aerosol generating materials, and a second medium portion arranged adjacent to one end of the first medium portion and including second aerosol generating materials, and an aerosol generating device, which includes a housing including an accommodation space configured to accommodate the aerosol generating article, and a heating element arranged to surround at least a part of the aerosol generating article accommodated in the accommodation space to heat the aerosol generating article, wherein an area of the heating element surrounding the first medium portion is different from an area of the heating element surrounding the second medium portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Sung KIM, Yong Bum KWON, Yong Hwan KIM, Hun II LIM
  • Patent number: 12280659
    Abstract: An embodiment electric vehicle drive apparatus for decreasing a drive speed of a motor and transferring the decreased drive speed to an output shaft is provided. The apparatus includes a first planetary gear set including three first planetary gear elements in which a first element is connected to the motor and a second element is connected to a first output shaft, a second planetary gear set including three second planetary gear elements in which a first element is connected to a third element of the three first planetary gear elements, a second element is connected to a second output shaft, and a third element is fixed, and a third planetary gear set including three third planetary gear elements in which first and second elements are connected to two elements of the three first planetary gear elements, respectively, and a third element is connected to a torque vectoring motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sun-Sung Kwon, Chon-Ok Kim, Baek-Yu Kim, Chul-Min Ahn, Sang-Jin Park, Sung-Gon Byun, Won-Seok Lee, Jun-Young Ha, Su-Hyeon Maeng, Dong-Hui Cheon, Ji-Eun Kim, Yo-Han Kim, Jae-Hyuk Seo, Jong-Ho Jung, Hyun-Ho Lee, Yun-Kyung Ji, Jong-Yun Park, Tae-Sic Park
  • Publication number: 20250125330
    Abstract: An electrode manufacturing system includes a transferring part, a coating part, a drying part, and a heat treatment part. The transferring part is arranged downstream of the drying part to heat the electrode substrate to a high temperature and includes a transfer roller supports and transfers an electrode substrate in a long-sheet shape. The coating part applies an electrode slurry to an electrode current collector. The drying part dries the electrode slurry disposed on the electrode substrate. The heat treatment part is disposed downstream of the drying part along a transfer direction of the electrode substrate and applies heat to the electrode substrate to increase the adhesion of the electrode by changing the crystal phase of the PVdF binder of the electrode substrate during the heat treatment process, thereby preventing the separation of the electrode active material layer. A manufacturing method including the same is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hae Kim, Ki Han So, Young Kuk Ko, Su Ho Jung, Woo Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20250117087
    Abstract: A tactile ultrasonic device and a method of processing a user input by using the same. The tactile ultrasonic device may include a plurality of ultrasonic elements including a first ultrasonic element and a second ultrasonic element, which are placed such that beam axes are not parallel to each other. The tactile ultrasonic device may also include a processor that controls vibrations of the ultrasonic elements. A first focus of the first ultrasonic element and a second focus of the second ultrasonic element may be formed within a specific range of a tactile sensing area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Gu Kim, Hyun Soo Kim, Jang Hyeon Lee, Il Seon Yoo, Dae Sung Kwon
  • Publication number: 20250113871
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a heater configured to heat the inserted cigarette, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the heater, an insertion detection sensor configured to detect insertion of the cigarette, a puff sensor configured to detect puffs by a user, and a controller configured to reset at least one of the temperature sensor and the puff sensor in response to a sensing signal output from the insertion detection sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Hwan KIM, Young Bum KWON, Dong Sung KIM, Hun ll LIM
  • Publication number: 20250116913
    Abstract: A camera module includes a lens assembly, at least two blades that are on a top surface of the lens assembly and define a lens light entrance hole, a moving drive magnet, a fixed drive magnet, a blade controller that is coupled to the moving drive magnet and to the at least two blades, where the blade controller is configured to control a movement of the at least two blades, a lens assembly body, where the lens assembly and the fixed drive magnet are on the lens assembly body, and a frame that at least partially surrounds the lens assembly body and includes a coil that faces the moving drive magnet, where the blade controller is configured to adjust a diameter of the lens light entrance hole by controlling the moving drive magnet to move based on a current applied to the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Dong Joon Won, Seung Hak Lee, Min Ook Kim, Kyung Sung Chu
  • Patent number: 12269273
    Abstract: Provided are a substrate treating liquid supply unit for constantly maintaining a liquid level of a nozzle of an inkjet head unit through real-time water level measurement, and a substrate treating apparatus including the same. The substrate treating liquid supply unit includes: a first reservoir connected to an inkjet head unit for jetting a substrate treating liquid onto a substrate and providing the substrate treating liquid to the inkjet head unit; a water level sensor measuring a water level of the substrate treating liquid stored in the first reservoir; and a pressure control module compensating for a pressure provided to the first reservoir based on an amount variation in the water level of the substrate treating liquid, wherein a liquid level of a nozzle of the inkjet head unit is constantly maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hwa Lee, Dai Geon Yoon, Soo Hong Lee, Ji Hyeon Kim, Dae Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 12269372
    Abstract: A seat for a vehicle with a cushion tip-up and down function is provided. The seat is configured such that a cushion leg provided in a cushion is held, in a fitted manner, by a support spring of a support structure provided in a seat base, and when the cushion is rotated, the cushion leg is allowed to be folded and ejected by being automatically rotated, thereby improving the convenience of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Hyundai Transys Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Sang You, Han Su Yoo, Guk Mu Park, Dong Woo Jeong, Myung Hoe Kim, Eun Sue Kim, Dae Hee Lee, Jae Hoon Cho, Han Kyung Park, Jae Sung Shin, Hae Dong Kwak, Gwon Hwa Bok, Jun Sik Hwang
  • Publication number: 20250107573
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a main body and an outer cover coupled to the main body, wherein the outer cover includes a circuit layer, a base layer, a light-transmitting layer, a shielding layer, and a coating layer, which are sequentially arranged in a direction from a rear surface of the outer cover toward a front surface of the outer cover, and one or more light-emitting units arranged on the circuit layer, the base layer, the light-transmitting layer, the shielding layer, and the coating layer include a material capable of transmitting light, and light emitted from the light-emitting units sequentially passes through the base layer, the light-transmitting layer, the shielding layer, and the coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: KT & G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Sung KIM, Hun Il LIM, Young Bum KWON, Yong Hwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20250102292
    Abstract: A thickness measurement device includes: a terahertz wave emitter emitting terahertz waves toward an edge of the second layer; a terahertz wave detector detecting, with reference to a reflected location of the terahertz waves, a first terahertz wave (R1) reflected from a surface of the second layer, a second terahertz wave (R2) reflected from an exposed surface of the first layer, and a third terahertz wave (R3) reflected from an interface between the first layer and the second layer; and a calculator calculating an index of refraction of the second layer based on a detection time difference (?t1) between a detection time of the first terahertz wave (R1) and a detection time of the second terahertz wave (R2) and a detection time difference (?t2) between the detection time of the first terahertz wave (R1) and a detection time of the third terahertz wave (R3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: ACTRO CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hak Sung KIM, Dong Woon PARK, Heon Su KIM, Sang Il KIM
  • Publication number: 20250098748
    Abstract: One or more embodiments relate to an aerosol generating device including a main body, a separation member detachably coupled to the main body, an accommodation hole penetrating the separation member and configured to accommodate an external device electrically connected to the aerosol generating device, and a separation guide hole connected to the accommodation hole and extending in a direction different from a direction in which the accommodation hole extends so that a separation tool for separating the separation member from the main body is inserted into the separation guide hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Sung KIM, Hun II LIM, Young Bum KWON, Yong Hwan KIM
  • Publication number: 20250089808
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing including an accommodation space for accommodating at least a portion of an aerosol generating article, a heater configured to heat the aerosol generating article inserted into the accommodation space, a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature of the heater, a battery configured to supply power to the heater, and a processor electrically connected to the heater and the battery, wherein the processor is configured to obtain at least one of data associated with an initial temperature of the heater, which is measured through the temperature sensor, and data associated with a final heating profile of the heater, and control power supply from the battery to the heater, based on the obtained data. Various embodiments may be made.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Hwan KIM, Young Bum KWON, Dong Sung KIM, Jun Yeop OH, Hun lI LIM, Seok Su JANG
  • Publication number: 20250089801
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a heater configured to heat a cigarette, a sensor unit configured to sense a parameter related to an operation of the heater, and a microcontroller unit configured to initialize the sensor unit when a heating event of the heater is initiated, attempt to communicate with the initialized sensor unit and determine whether communication with the sensor unit is normal, and when the communication with the sensor unit is determined to be abnormal, reattempt communication with the sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Hwan KIM, Young Bum KWON, Hun II LIM, Dong Sung KIM
  • Publication number: 20250098117
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat sink structure and a manufacturing method thereof, in which a plurality of heat radiation fin parts, which is configured to radiate heat, is fixed to a heat radiation surface of a heat sink main body part by laser welding, such that thicknesses of and intervals between the plurality of heat radiation fin parts may be minimized, heat dissipation performance may be improved, a weight may be greatly reduced, and production lead time and manufacturing costs may be significantly reduced by manufacturing only the heat sink main body part by casting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: KMW INC.
    Inventors: Duk Yong KIM, Kyo Sung JI, Dong Won KIM, Kyu Tae HAN, Hwang Ju LEE, In Hwa CHOI
  • Publication number: 20250089787
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing, an accommodation portion located inside the housing and comprising an accommodation space configured to accommodate at least a portion of an aerosol generating article, and a coil arranged to surround at least one region of an outer circumferential surface of the accommodation portion and configured to generate an alternating magnetic field when power is supplied thereto, wherein the coil includes a first coil having a first resistance value, and a second coil arranged to be spaced apart from the first coil in a first direction in which the accommodation portion extends and having a second resistance value different from the first resistance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Bum KWON, Dong Sung KIM, Yong Hwan KIM, Hun Il LIM