Patents by Inventor Hoi Kwan Lee

Hoi Kwan Lee 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: 20210212229
    Abstract: A window substrate for protecting an electronic display device, the window substrate includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; and an interlayer having opposed sides disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, with one side of the interlayer being in contact with the first substrate, and the other side of the interlayer being in contact with the second substrate, wherein the first substrate has a first thickness, the second substrate has a second thickness, and the interlayer has a third thickness, and wherein the sum of the first thickness, the second thickness, and the third thickness is about 190 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Hoon YEUM, Seung KIM, Hoi Kwan LEE, Seung Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20210206692
    Abstract: A glass article includes a first surface, a second surface which is opposite the first surface, a first compressive region which extends to a first compression depth in a thickness direction from the first surface, a second compressive region which extends to a second compression depth from the second surface, and a tensile region which is disposed between the first compressive region and the second compressive region. A stress profile of the first compressive region includes a first point and a first inflection point, the first inflection point is located between the first point and the first surface, a depth from the first surface to the first point is 45 to 55% of the first compression depth from the first surface, stress at the first point is greater than 50% of compressive stress of the first surface, and a thickness of the glass article is 0.01 to 0.05 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventor: Hoi Kwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20210198141
    Abstract: A glass substrate chemical strengthening furnace apparatus includes a bottom portion and a side wall extending from an edge of the bottom portion, where the bottom portion and the side wall define a reaction space; and a plurality of heaters providing heat to the reaction space. The bottom portion includes an inclined portion located at a center and a collection portion disposed between the inclined portion and the side wall, the collection portion is in a groove shape in which an upper surface thereof is further recessed than the inclined portion, and the plurality of heaters includes a bottom heater disposed in the bottom portion or adjacent to the bottom portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventor: Hoi Kwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20210188688
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a glass article includes a plurality of side portions spaced apart from each other; and a plurality of heat supply portions disposed on each of the side portions; where the side portions adjacent to each other are disposed to face each other, and a glass is allowed to be disposed between the adjacent side portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Gyu In SHIM, Byung Hoon KANG, Seung KIM, Hoi Kwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20210188700
    Abstract: A glass article includes: a glass phase including a first structure in which a silicon atom is covalently bonded to four first oxygen atoms; and a plurality of crystals dispersed in the glass phase. The crystals include beta-quartz crystals, each of the beta-quartz crystals includes the first structure and a second structure in which aluminum is covalently bonded to four second oxygen atoms, and a crystallinity of the beta-quartz crystals is in a range of about 40% to about 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Hoi Kwan LEE, Min Ki KIM, Byeong Beom KIM, Yu Ri KIM, Woo Suk SEO
  • Publication number: 20210179489
    Abstract: A glass product includes: a first compressive region at a first surface; a second compressive region at a second surface; and a tensile region between the first and second compression regions. A stress profile of the first compressive region includes a first trend line between the first surface and a first transition point, a second trend line between the first transition point and a second transition point, and a third trend line between the second transition point and a point at a first compression depth from the first surface. A depth from the first surface to the first transition point is 10 ?m or less, a stress at the first transition point is 200 MPa or greater, a depth from the first surface to the second transition point is 50 ?m to 80 ?m, and a stress at the second transition point is 40 MPa to 100 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Byung Hoon KANG, Seung KIM, Gyu In SHIM, Hoi Kwan LEE
  • Patent number: 10986744
    Abstract: A window substrate for protecting an electronic display device includes a first glass substrate having a first thickness, a second glass substrate having a second thickness, and an interlayer disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, the interlayer having a third thickness, wherein the sum of the first thickness, the second thickness, and the third thicknesses is equal to or less than about 190 ?m. A display device including a display panel to display an image and a window substrate also is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Hoon Yeum, Seung Kim, Hoi Kwan Lee, Seung Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 10899662
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of manufacturing a display window includes preparing a mother substrate, performing a salt treatment on the mother substrate to form a silicon-rich layer in a surface of the mother substrate to a first depth from the surface of the mother substrate, and removing the silicon-rich layer, wherein the first depth is greater than a depth of any cracks in the surface of the mother substrate, and a ratio of silicon content in the silicon-rich layer to a silicon content in the mother substrate is 1.2 to 1.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoi Kwan Lee, Cheol Min Park, Eun Kyung Yeon, Jeong Seok Lee, Seung Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 10481053
    Abstract: A method of detecting defects of a glass substrate includes cutting a glass mother substrate into a plurality of glass substrates, penetrating ions into an incision surface of the glass substrate to visualize defects of the incision surface, and photographing the defects of the incision surface to determine a bending strength of the glass substrate based on a size of the defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol Min Park, Jeong Woo Park, Seung Kim, Seung Ho Kim, Hoi Kwan Lee, Woo Jin Cho, Hee Kyun Shin, Hyun Joon Oh
  • Publication number: 20190248702
    Abstract: A method for producing a glass article is provided. The method for producing a glass article, the method including preparing a glass to be processed, the glass comprising a glass bulk and a low-refractive surface layer disposed on the glass bulk, and etching away the low-refractive surface layer to form an etched glass, wherein the etching away the low-refractive surface layer comprises: cleaning the low-refractive surface layer with an acid solution; and cleaning the low-refractive surface layer with a base solution after the cleaning it with the acid solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Hoi Kwan LEE, Sung Hoon KIM, Seung Ho KIM, Sook Kyung YOU, An Na RYU, Jeong Seok LEE
  • Patent number: 10310308
    Abstract: A curved transparent substrate includes an alkali-free base layer having a curved shape and a compression applying layer compression applying layer which is disposed on a surface of the alkali-free base layer and applies a compression to the alkali-free base layer where an alkali ion content of the compression applying layer is greater than an alkali ion content of the alkali-free base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Kim, Seung-Ho Kim, Cheol-Min Park, Sang-Hoon Ahn, Eun-Kyung Yeon, Hoi-Kwan Lee, In-Sun Hwang
  • Patent number: 10112863
    Abstract: A float glass includes a core layer, an upper ion exchange layer disposed on the core layer, and a lower ion exchange layer disposed below the core layer, where a density of the upper ion exchange layer is about 0.001 kilogram per cubic meter (kg/m3) to about 0.01 kg/m3 greater than a density of the lower ion exchange layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Kim, Myung Hwan Kim, Seung Ho Kim, June Hyoung Park, Hoi Kwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20180257982
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of manufacturing a display window includes preparing a mother substrate, performing a salt treatment on the mother substrate to form a silicon-rich layer in a surface of the mother substrate to a first depth from the surface of the mother substrate, and removing the silicon-rich layer, wherein the first depth is greater than a depth of any cracks in the surface of the mother substrate, and a ratio of silicon content in the silicon-rich layer to a silicon content in the mother substrate is 1.2 to 1.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Hoi Kwan Lee, Cheol Min Park, Eun Kyung Yeon, Jeong Seok Lee, Seung Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20180136095
    Abstract: A method of detecting defects of a glass substrate includes cutting a glass mother substrate into a plurality of glass substrates, penetrating ions into an incision surface of the glass substrate to visualize defects of the incision surface, and photographing the defects of the incision surface to determine a bending strength of the glass substrate based on a size of the defects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Cheol Min Park, Jeong Woo Park, Seung Kim, Seung Ho Kim, Hoi Kwan Lee, Woo Jin Cho, Hee Kyun Shin, Hyun Joon Oh
  • Publication number: 20180132371
    Abstract: A window substrate for protecting an electronic display device includes a first glass substrate having a first thickness, a second glass substrate having a second thickness, and an interlayer disposed between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate, the interlayer having a third thickness, wherein the sum of the first thickness, the second thickness, and the third thicknesses is equal to or less than about 190 ?m. A display device including a display panel to display an image and a window substrate also is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Jong Hoon YEUM, Seung KIM, Hoi Kwan LEE, Seung Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20180099904
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing strengthened glass includes: preparing glass including blocking patterns on a surface thereof, portions of the surface exposed between the blocking patterns; forming a metal particle layer on the portions of the surface of the glass exposed between the blocking patterns; removing the blocking patterns from the surface of the glass, to maintain the metal particle layer on the surface of the glass; with the metal particle layer maintained on the surface of the glass, etching the surface of the glass using the metal particle layer as an etching mask to form an etched surface of the glass, such etched surface including protruding patterns spaced apart from each other by portions of a common reference surface; and chemically strengthening the etched surface of the glass at the protruding patterns and at the reference surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Jeong Woo PARK, Hyun Joon OH, Woo Jin CHO, Seung Ho KIM, Hee Kyun SHIN, Jong Hoon YEUM, Hoi Kwan LEE
  • Patent number: 9711754
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides a manufacturing method of a display device, including: preparing a first panel and a second panel that are respectively provided with one or more pattern layers formed on a substrate; bonding the first panel and the second panel; cutting the bonded panel into division panels of a cell unit; chamfering the division panels; and chemical reinforcing the chamfered division panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoi Kwan Lee, Seung Kim, Seung Ho Kim, Cheol Min Park, Eun-Kyung Yeon, In Sun Hwang
  • Publication number: 20170113963
    Abstract: A float glass includes a core layer, an upper ion exchange layer disposed on the core layer, and a lower ion exchange layer disposed below the core layer, where a density of the upper ion exchange layer is about 0.001 kilogram per cubic meter (kg/m3) to about 0.01 kg/m3 greater than a density of the lower ion exchange layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Seung KIM, Myung Hwan KIM, Seung Ho KIM, June Hyoung PARK, Hoi Kwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20160342010
    Abstract: A curved transparent substrate includes an alkali-free base layer having a curved shape and a compression applying layer compression applying layer which is disposed on a surface of the alkali-free base layer and applies a compression to the alkali-free base layer where an alkali ion content of the compression applying layer is greater than an alkali ion content of the alkali-free base layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Seung KIM, Seung-Ho KIM, Cheol-Min PARK, Sang-Hoon AHN, Eun-Kyung YEON, Hoi-Kwan LEE, In-Sun HWANG
  • Publication number: 20160326050
    Abstract: A glass substrate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a thickness from the first surface to the second surface. The glass substrate includes a first region, a second region, and a third region. The first region extends from the first surface a first depth into the glass substrate and has a first compressive stress. The second region extends from the second surface a second depth into the glass substrate and has a second compressive stress different from the first compressive stress. The third region is between the first region and the second region. In the glass substrate, the first compressive stress has a maximum value at a location between the first surface and the first depth, and the second compressive stress has a maximum value at a location between the second surface and the second depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Hoi Kwan Lee, Myung Hwan Kim, Seung Kim, Seung Ho Kim, Eun Kyung Yeon, Jeong Seok Lee, Ik Hyung Park, Jong Hoon Yeum