Patents by Inventor Gwang-Hee Gwon

Gwang-Hee Gwon 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: 8129942
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for contact-less charging of battery operated devices is presented. There is a host charger with a power converter and resonant tank circuit and a portable device where the battery is located, with a battery charging control IC. The method obviates the need for a voltage controller in each of both the host and the portable stages, thus decreasing complexity and increasing efficiency. The charging of the battery in the portable device is controlled by a charging controller therein, which is in continual electric communication with the host, whose output power the control IC dynamically monitors and controls. Two embodiments for the charging circuitry in the portable device are presented. In one embodiment component count is minimized but battery charging is not optimized when the battery voltage is very low. In the other embodiment charging efficiency is maximized regardless of the output voltage of the battery, but additional components are utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: LS Cable & System Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Young Park, Sung-Wook Moon, Sung-Wook Choi, Gwang-Hee Gwon, Sub Han, Jung-Bum Kim
  • Patent number: 8013568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless charger for a mobile communication terminal, which allows charging a plurality of batteries in a conveniently way without any terminal connection of the batteries to chargers for various mobile communication terminals such as a cellular phone and PDA and also allows intercepting electromagnetic waves while the charger is used, by means of Faraday's law. The wireless charger of the present invention includes a charger body having an electromagnetic wave intercepting means; a charging pad received in the charger body; and at least one battery that is to be charged by means of induced electromotive force generated by the charging pad, wherein the charger body includes a power supply means, a housing having a receiver for receiving the charging pad and connected to the power supply means, and a cover hinged to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: LS Cable & System Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Young Park, Sung-Wook Moon, Sung-Wook Choi, Gwang-Hee Gwon, Sub Han, Jung-Bum Kim
  • Publication number: 20090102419
    Abstract: A wireless charger charges a storage battery of a portable electronic device in a wireless manner (non-contacting or contact-less) so that a variation of charging efficiency is not serious though the storage battery is placed any position of the wireless charger. The wireless charger is provided with a primary coil for generating a magnetic field so as to charge a subject, which is provided with a secondary coil, by means of inductive coupling with the secondary coil. The primary coil includes an outer coil arranged with a predetermined winding number and a predetermined size; and at least one inner coil arranged to be included inside the outer coil. The outer coil and the inner coil are arranged so that, when a primary current is applied to the outer coil and the inner coil, magnetic fluxes generated in the outer coil and the inner coil are formed in the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Gwang-Hee Gwon, Dong-Young Park, Sung-Wook Choi, Sub Han, Sung-Wook Moon
  • Publication number: 20080303479
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wireless charger for a mobile communication terminal, which allows charging a plurality of batteries in a conveniently way without any terminal connection of the batteries to chargers for various mobile communication terminals such as a cellular phone and PDA and also allows intercepting electromagnetic waves while the charger is used, by means of Faraday's law. The wireless charger of the present invention includes a charger body having an electromagnetic wave intercepting means; a charging pad received in the charger body; and at least one battery that is to be charged by means of induced electromotive force generated by the charging pad, wherein the charger body includes a power supply means, a housing having a receiver for receiving the charging pad and connected to the power supply means, and a cover hinged to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventors: Dong-Young Park, Sung-Wook Moon, Sung-Wook Choi, Gwang-Hee Gwon, Sub Han, Jung-Bum Kim
  • Publication number: 20080211455
    Abstract: A system, method and apparatus for contact-less charging of battery operated devices is presented. There is a host charger with a power converter and resonant tank circuit and a portable device where the battery is located, with a battery charging control IC. The method obviates the need for a voltage controller in each of both the host and the portable stages, thus decreasing complexity and increasing efficiency. The charging of the battery in the portable device is controlled by a charging controller therein, which is in continual electric communication with the host, whose output power the control IC dynamically monitors and controls. Two embodiments for the charging circuitry in the portable device are presented. In one embodiment component count is minimized but battery charging is not optimized when the battery voltage is very low. In the other embodiment charging efficiency is maximized regardless of the output voltage of the battery, but additional components are utilized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2006
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Dong-Young Park, Sung-Wook Moon, Sung-Wook Choi, Gwang-Hee Gwon, Sub Han, Jung-Bum Kim