Patents by Inventor HONGKWAN LEE

HONGKWAN 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).

  • Patent number: 11972703
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a display module including a first non-folding portion, a second non-folding portion, and a first folding portion between the first non-folding portion and the second non-folding portion, a first support member on a lower surface of the display module, the first support member including a first support portion supporting the first non-folding portion, a second support portion supporting the second non-folding portion, and a first opening pattern overlapping the first folding portion, and including a glass material, and a second support member under the first support member and supporting the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunjun Cho, Kyu Young Kim, Yong-Kwan Kim, Hansun Ryou, Yonghyuck Lee, Hongkwan Lee, Sohra Han
  • Publication number: 20240091785
    Abstract: A food waste disposer including a housing; a grinding device inside the housing to grind food waste; an exhaust fan inside the housing to form an air flow; an exhaust pipe connected to the exhaust fan to form an exhaust flow path along which air from the grinding device flows via the air flow formed by the exhaust fan; a filter assembly to adsorb contaminants from the air flowing along the exhaust flow path; a branch pipe branching from the exhaust pipe between the grinding device and the exhaust fan to form a connection flow path communicating with the exhaust flow path; and a sterilization device connected to the branch pipe to selectively open and close the connection flow path, and, with the connection flow path being open, generate and supply plasma to the exhaust pipe through the connection flow path via an intake airflow formed by the exhaust fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongkwan CHO, Youngchul KO, Dohyun KIM, Jaewan HONG, Donghyo KIM, Kisup LEE
  • Publication number: 20240015906
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel including a folding region to fold with respect to a folding axis, and a non-folding region including a first non-folding region and a second non-folding region spaced apart with the folding region therebetween, and a support plate including a plurality of fiber layers including a plurality of reinforced fibers, the support plate being under the display panel, wherein the support plate has a thickness of about 100 ?m to about 300 ?m, when the thickness of the support plate is about 100 ?m to about 200 ?m, each fiber layer has a thickness of equal to or greater than about 30 ?m and less than about 50 ?m, and when the thickness is greater than about 200 ?m and equal to or smaller than about 300 ?m, each fiber layer has a thickness of about 40 ?m to about 100 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: HONGKWAN LEE, YONGHYUCK LEE, HYUNJUN CHO, SOHRA HAN
  • Publication number: 20230389395
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel including a display element; a first plate arranged below the display panel; and a cushion layer arranged below the first plate, where the cushion layer has a storage modulus in a range of about 0.1 MPa to about 10.0 MPa and a tangent delta in a range of about 0.1 to about 0.5, at a temperature of 25° C. and a frequency of 1 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Kicheol SONG, Younjoeng GOH, Hongkwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20230247778
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display layer and a support part disposed under the display layer. The support part includes a first support portion having first and second surfaces defined thereon, and a second support portion facing the second surface. The first support portion includes a first material, the first surface faces the display layer, and the first surface is closer to the display layer than the second surface is. The second support portion includes a second material different from the first material. The first material includes glass fiber reinforced plastic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: YONG-KWAN KIM, YONGHYUCK LEE, HONGKWAN LEE, HYUNJUN CHO, SOHRA HAN
  • Publication number: 20230229194
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel including a folding area and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area. and a digitizer which faces the display panel, senses a first external input and is foldable together with the display panel. The digitizer includes a substrate including a folding portion corresponding to the folding area of the display panel, the folding portion defining a plurality of openings of the substrate corresponding to the folding area of the display panel, a support portion which corresponds to the non-folding area of the display panel, and a reinforced fiber, and a first conductive pattern layer and a second conductive pattern layer each corresponding to the support portion of the substrate, the first conductive pattern layer and the second conductive pattern layer facing each other with the substrate therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, JAIKU SHIN, YONGHYUCK LEE, HONGKWAN LEE, YONGCHAN JEON, CHUL HO JEONG, HYUNJUN CHO, SOHRA HAN
  • Publication number: 20230096996
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display panel including a folding area foldable with respect to a folding axis and a non-folding area which is adjacent to the folding area, a support plate facing the display panel, and a digitizer which faces the display panel with the support plate therebetween and detects a first external input. The digitizer includes a plate including a reinforcing fiber, a first conductive layer on a first surface of the plate, and a second conductive layer on a second surface of the plate which is opposite to the first surface of the plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: HIROTSUGU KISHIMOTO, DASOM GU, YONGHYUCK LEE, HONGKWAN LEE, YONGCHAN JEON, CHUL HO JEONG, HYUNJUN CHO, EUNGIL CHOI, SOHRA HAN
  • Publication number: 20220229469
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display module, and a support plate disposed under the display module and comprising reinforced fibers having long axes arranged in parallel to a direction. The electronic device is divided into a folding area foldable with respect to a folding axis extending in the direction, and a non-folding area adjacent to the folding area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HYUNJUN CHO, KYU YOUNG KIM, YONG-KWAN KIM, HANSUN RYOU, YONGHYUCK LEE, HONGKWAN LEE, SOHRA HAN
  • Publication number: 20220198964
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a display module including a first non-folding portion, a second non-folding portion, and a first folding portion between the first non-folding portion and the second non-folding portion, a first support member on a lower surface of the display module, the first support member including a first support portion supporting the first non-folding portion, a second support portion supporting the second non-folding portion, and a first opening pattern overlapping the first folding portion, and including a glass material, and a second support member under the first support member and supporting the display module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: HYUNJUN CHO, KYU YOUNG KIM, YONG-KWAN KIM, HANSUN RYOU, YONGHYUCK LEE, HONGKWAN LEE, SOHRA HAN