Patents by Inventor Hong-Ik Yang

Hong-Ik Yang 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: 20240079860
    Abstract: One embodiment of a bogie apparatus may comprise: a horizontal frame; vertical frames respectively coupled to both ends of the horizontal frame and provided in a pair; an end bar having both end parts respectively coupled to one end of the pair of horizontal frames; and a connector assembly coupled to the end bar so as to move in at least one direction among upward, downward, left, and right directions. The connector assembly may comprise: a socket portion having a plurality of wiring terminals; a socket mounting portion having the socket portion mounted thereon, and provided in a plate shape; and a guide bushing formed so as to protrude from the socket mounting portion and away from the socket portion, and having a hollow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Han-Joo LEE, Hong-Ik YANG
  • Patent number: 11804698
    Abstract: A switchboard is provided having a rotating shutter structure that comprises: a switchboard body that is provided with a circuit breaker chamber into which a circuit breaker is inserted, and an open hole formed in the rear surface to expose a conductor part of a bushing assembly to the circuit breaker chamber; a shutter part that is rotatably installed in the switchboard body and opens/closes the open hole by rotating; and an operation unit that is installed in the switchboard body and rotates the shutter part when the circuit breaker is inserted into the circuit breaker chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han-Joo Lee, Hong-Ik Yang
  • Patent number: 11764020
    Abstract: A pole component (and circuit breakers including such a pole components) may be provided that include an upper terminal; a lower terminal disposed a predetermined distance away from the upper terminal; a breaker part assembly including a fixed electrode, which is electrically connected to the upper terminal, a movable electrode, which is selectively connected to the fixed electrode, and a current conducting portion which is fixed to the movable electrode and electrically connected to the lower terminal; an outer housing having an open lower surface and accommodating the upper terminal, lower terminal and breaker part assembly; and an inner housing which is detachably disposed between the outer housing and breaker part assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Joo Lee, Hong Ik Yang, Kil Young Ahn
  • Publication number: 20230020170
    Abstract: The present invention disclosure provides a switchboard having a rotating shutter structure. The switchboard having a rotating shutter structure comprises: a switchboard body that is provided with a circuit breaker chamber into which a circuit breaker is inserted, and an open hole formed in the rear surface to expose a conductor part of a bushing assembly to the circuit breaker chamber; a shutter part that is rotatably installed in the switchboard body and opens/closes the open hole by rotating; and an operation unit that is installed in the switchboard body and rotates the shutter part when the circuit breaker is inserted into the circuit breaker chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Han-Joo LEE, Hong-Ik YANG
  • Publication number: 20220384132
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a circuit breaker comprising: a circuit breaking part in which contact points of a fixed contact and a movable contact are in contact with each other; and an energy accumulation part for accumulating energy of a closing spring for controlling contact between the fixed contact and the movable contact, wherein the energy accumulation part comprises: an electromotive energy accumulation part; and a manual energy accumulation part separated from the electromotive energy accumulation part by a manual energy accumulation spring, and engaged with the electromotive energy accumulation part by unit of external pressure so as to transmit an inputted rotational force to the electromotive energy accumulation part, thereby accumulating the energy of the closing spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Hong-Ik YANG
  • Patent number: 11476646
    Abstract: An apparatus for retracting and extending a main body of a circuit breaker includes: a conveying module for retracting or extending the main body into or from a distribution box of the circuit breaker; a lever module including a lever selectively switching between a first state and a second state, where the lever module allows movement of the conveying module when the lever is in the first state, and disallows movement of the conveying module when the lever is in the second state; and an interlock module configured to allow the lever to switch to the first state only when a predetermined external input is applied to the interlock module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hong-Ik Yang
  • Publication number: 20220148836
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pole component and a circuit breaker comprising the pole component. The pole component comprises: an upper terminal; a lower terminal disposed a predetermined distance away from the upper terminal; a breaker part assembly comprising a fixed electrode, which is electrically connected to the upper terminal, a movable electrode, which is selectively connected to the fixed electrode, and a current conducting portion which is fixed to the movable electrode and electrically connected to the lower terminal; an outer housing having an open lower surface and accommodating the upper terminal, lower terminal and breaker part assembly; and an inner housing which is detachably disposed between the outer housing and breaker part assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Han Joo LEE, Hong Ik YANG, Kil Young AHN
  • Publication number: 20200212658
    Abstract: Proposed is an apparatus for retracting and extending a main body of a circuit breaker, the apparatus comprising: a conveying module for retracting or extending the main body into or from a distribution box of the circuit breaker; a lever module including a lever selectively switching to between a first state and a second state, wherein the lever module allows movement of the conveying module when the lever is in the first state, and disallows movement of the conveying module when the lever is in the second state; and an interlock module configured to allow the lever to switch to the first state only when a predetermined external input is applied to the interlock module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: Hong-Ik YANG
  • Patent number: 10614981
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pole component assembly for a circuit breaker. The pole component assembly for a circuit breaker includes an external insulating housing made by injecting resin into a housing mold, applying injection pressure to mold the injected resin, and separating the molded resin from the housing mold, and a circuit breaker portion assembly detachably inserted into the external insulating housing after the external insulating housing is made. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the external insulating housing is molded without a main circuit breaker component when manufacturing a sealed type pole component, and the main circuit breaker component is assembled into the finished external insulating housing, thereby preventing the main circuit breaker component from being contaminated or damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han-Joo Lee, Hong-Ik Yang, Kil-Young Ahn
  • Publication number: 20190355535
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pole component assembly for a circuit breaker. The pole component assembly for a circuit breaker includes an external insulating housing made by injecting resin into a housing mold, applying injection pressure to mold the injected resin, and separating the molded resin from the housing mold, and a circuit breaker portion assembly detachably inserted into the external insulating housing after the external insulating housing is made. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the external insulating housing is molded without a main circuit breaker component when manufacturing a sealed type pole component, and the main circuit breaker component is assembled into the finished external insulating housing, thereby preventing the main circuit breaker component from being contaminated or damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Han-Joo LEE, Hong-Ik YANG, Kil-Young AHN
  • Patent number: 10389093
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an interlocking mechanism interlocked with a control power of a circuit breaker. The mechanism includes a control power plug movably installed in a switchgear box, a control power connector detachably coupled to the control power plug, a link connected to the control power connector, a plug interlock assembly connected to and interlocked with the link, and a position switch assembly positioned to face and interlocked with the plug interlock assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong-Ik Yang, Kil-Young Ahn
  • Patent number: 10211609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transportation device of a withdrawable circuit breaker, and more particularly, to a transportation device of a withdrawable circuit breaker capable of simultaneously moving right and left handles of a girder assembly for restricting movement of the transportation device or releasing a restricted state. The transportation device of a circuit breaker includes: a truck assembly on which a body of the circuit breaker is loadable; a body plate of a girder assembly installed on a front surface of the truck assembly; a pair of sliding plates slidably installed in the body plate; and a rotation plate having both sides to which leg portions of the sliding plates are rotatably coupled, respectively, wherein the rotation plate is inserted into a lead screw penetratingly-formed at a central part of the girder assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Hyun Kim, Hong Ik Yang
  • Patent number: 10153625
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates an interlock device for preventing insertion or withdrawal of a circuit breaker into or from a switch board having an ON button and an OFF button and including a switch board body provided with a housing and a rail having an interruption hole formed on one side surface thereof, a carriage movable back and forth along the rail of the switch board body, and the circuit breaker including a main body installed on the carriage and inserted into or withdrawn from the switch board body, the interlock device comprising an interlock rod protruding toward one side to set or release a pressed state, wherein the interlock rod is set in or released from the pressed state and inserted into or disengaged from the interruption hole when the main body is put in or tripped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han-Joo Lee, Kil-Young Ahn, Hong-Ik Yang
  • Publication number: 20180131165
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an interlocking mechanism interlocked with a control power of a circuit breaker. The mechanism includes a control power plug movably installed in a switchgear box, a control power connector detachably coupled to the control power plug, a link connected to the control power connector, a plug interlock assembly connected to and interlocked with the link, and a position switch assembly positioned to face and interlocked with the plug interlock assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Hong-Ik YANG, Kil-Young AHN
  • Publication number: 20180090917
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates an interlock device for preventing insertion or withdrawal of a circuit breaker into or from a switch board having an ON button and an OFF button and including a switch board body provided with a housing and a rail having an interruption hole formed on one side surface thereof, a carriage movable back and forth along the rail of the switch board body, and the circuit breaker including a main body installed on the carriage and inserted into or withdrawn from the switch board body, the interlock device comprising an interlock rod protruding toward one side to set or release a pressed state, wherein the interlock rod is set in or released from the pressed state and inserted into or disengaged from the interruption hole when the main body is put in or tripped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Han-Joo LEE, Kil-Young AHN, Hong-Ik YANG
  • Patent number: 9825439
    Abstract: As described above, a withdrawable interlock device of a vacuum circuit breaker according to the present disclosure may locate the second lever between the link and the moving plate, and thus the second lever may be engaged with an outer side of the first lever in a state that the control power connector is coupled to the control power plug not to move the moving plate through the second lever so as to maintain a state that the fitting protrusion is fitted into the fitting groove, thereby having an effect of preventing the circuit breaker body from being separated to the outside of the cradle in a state that the control power connector is coupled to the control power plug to supply power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Ik Yang, Han Joo Lee, Jun Youn Jo, Kil Young Ahn
  • Patent number: 9425590
    Abstract: Disclosed is a withdrawable-type circuit breaker, including a cradle, a main body disposed to be inserted into and withdrawn from the cradle by a transfer device, and an interlock device for restricting a withdrawal of the main body when the circuit breaker is in a connected state, wherein the interlock device includes a support part vertically disposed on a bottom surface of the main body, an interlock lever, having a sliding hole at one end thereof and a power transmission part at another end thereof, hinge-coupled at its medium portion to one end of the support part, and an interlock pin having one end inserted into and coupled to the sliding hole and another end up and downwardly movable and insertable to an interlock pin hole formed in a bottom surface of the cradle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Youn Jo, Hong Ik Yang, Kil Young Ahn, Seung Pil Yang, Seung Hwan Mun
  • Publication number: 20160164267
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transportation device of a withdrawable circuit breaker, and more particularly, to a transportation device of a withdrawable circuit breaker capable of simultaneously moving right and left handles of a girder assembly for restricting movement of the transportation device or releasing a restricted state. The transportation device of a circuit breaker includes: a truck assembly on which a body of the circuit breaker is loadable; a body plate of a girder assembly installed on a front surface of the truck assembly; a pair of sliding plates slidably installed in the body plate; and a rotation plate having both sides to which leg portions of the sliding plates are rotatably coupled, respectively, wherein the rotation plate is inserted into a lead screw penetratingly-formed at a central part of the girder assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Hyun KIM, Hong Ik YANG
  • Publication number: 20160156164
    Abstract: As described above, a withdrawable interlock device of a vacuum circuit breaker according to the present disclosure may locate the second lever between the link and the moving plate, and thus the second lever may be engaged with an outer side of the first lever in a state that the control power connector is coupled to the control power plug not to move the moving plate through the second lever so as to maintain a state that the fitting protrusion is fitted into the fitting groove, thereby having an effect of preventing the circuit breaker body from being separated to the outside of the cradle in a state that the control power connector is coupled to the control power plug to supply power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Ik YANG, Han Joo LEE, Jun Youn JO, Kil Young AHN
  • Patent number: 9070521
    Abstract: A circuit breaker according to the present disclosure includes a cradle having an accommodation space therein, the cradle having a plurality of terminals and a breaker main body having a plurality of terminal connectors contactable with the terminals, respectively, and a plurality of vacuum interrupters connected to the terminal connectors, respectively, the breaker main body being installed within the cradle to be movable between a connected position where the terminal connectors are connected to the terminals and a disconnected position where the terminal connectors are separated from the terminals. Each of the terminal connectors includes a plurality of segment conductors each having one end connected to the vacuum interrupter and the other end facing the terminal. According to the configuration, an amount of heat radiated may increase without an increase in an amount of copper used, thereby facilitating for cooling the terminal connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: LSIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Pil Yang, Hong Ik Yang