Patents by Inventor Hoon Kim

Hoon 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: 20260347278
    Abstract: Disclosed are a resin composition for coating a fertilizer and a slow-release fertilizer including the same, wherein the resin composition includes the first biodegradable polyester resin including a diol-derived unit, an aliphatic dicarboxylic acid-derived unit, and an aromatic dicarboxylic acid-derived unit, wherein the resin composition has a crystallinity of 10% to 60% as measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2025
    Publication date: November 5, 2026
    Inventors: Hoon KIM, Kyung Youn KIM, Seong Dong KIM, Jun Su BYEON, Kyoung Hwan YOU, Hyeri LEE, Moon Hyun LEE
  • Patent number: 12787533
    Abstract: A display device includes a display area where an image is displayed, a non-display area disposed adjacent to the display area, a first sub-pixel disposed in the display area, and a second sub-pixel disposed adjacent to the first sub-pixel in the display area. Each of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel includes a plurality of alignment electrodes spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of light emitting elements disposed between the plurality of alignment electrodes. Each of the plurality of light emitting elements includes a first end having a first polarity, and a second end having a second polarity different from the first polarity. An orientation of the light emitting elements in the first sub-pixel and an orientation of the light emitting elements in the second sub-pixel are symmetrical. The first sub-pixel includes an identification pattern for distinguishing the first sub-pixel from the second sub-pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoon Kim, Min Joo Kim, Je Won Yoo, Seung Kyu Lee, Yong Sik Hwang
  • Patent number: 12782615
    Abstract: According to at least one feature of the present disclosure, a method of forming an optical element, includes: Depositing an aluminum layer atop a glass substrate via a physical deposition process; depositing a first fluorine containing layer atop the aluminum layer via a physical deposition process; depositing a second fluorine containing layer atop the first fluorine containing layer via a physical deposition process; and depositing a third fluorine containing layer atop the first fluorine containing layer via an atomic layer deposition process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Donald Erwin Allen, Narendra Shamkant Borgharkar, Ming-Huang Huang, Hoon Kim, Jue Wang
  • Publication number: 20260344142
    Abstract: A display device comprises sub-pixels, a bank disposed on a substrate and disposed at a boundary between the sub-pixels, a wavelength control layer including wavelength conversion layers disposed in a region surrounded by the bank and a light transmitting layer disposed in the sub-pixels, a color filter layer disposed on the wavelength control layer, and light emitting element layers disposed between the substrate and the wavelength control layer, the light emitting layers including a light emitting element disposed in one of the sub-pixels, and connection electrodes connected to ends of the light emitting element. Each of the wavelength conversion layers contacts at least one of the connection electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2026
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Inventors: Seung Kyu LEE, Won Tae KIM, Hoon Kim, Yong Sik Hwang
  • Patent number: 12768859
    Abstract: A test apparatus includes a movable stage to support a sample, tips above the stage that have different shapes and alternately perform profiling and milling on the sample, a tip stage connected to a cantilever coupled to the tips, the tip stage to adjust a position of the cantilever, a position sensor to obtain information about a positional relationship between the tips and the sample, a stage controller to control movements of the stage and the tip stage, based on the information about the positional relationship, and a tip controller to select the tips for performing the profiling or milling and to determine conditions for performing milling, wherein a depth of the sample being processed by the milling in the first direction is controlled based on a relationship between a distance between the tips and the sample and a force between the tips and the sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sungyoon Ryu, Seungbum Hong, Kwangeun Kim, Hoon Kim, Jiwon Yeom, Seokjung Yun, Souk Kim, Younghoon Sohn, Yusin Yang
  • Patent number: 12765143
    Abstract: A display device comprises conductive layers disposed on a substrate in different layers, a via layer on the conductive layers, a bank disposed on the via layer and defining a light emission area, bank patterns on the via layer and extended in a first direction, a first electrode on the bank patterns and extended in the first direction, and a second electrode disposed on the bank patterns and extended in the first direction, and light emitting elements on the first electrode and the second electrode. The bank patterns are spaced apart from each other. The first and second electrodes are spaced apart from each other. The bank and the bank patterns define an alignment area in which the light emitting elements are disposed. An area, in which two or more of the conductive layers overlap each other in a plan view is about 80% or more in the alignment area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoon Kim, Min Joo Kim, Je Won Yoo, Seung Kyu Lee, Yong Sik Hwang
  • Publication number: 20260282596
    Abstract: A plasmonic field-enhanced photodetector is disclosed. The photodetector absorbs surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) by using a light absorbing layer having a conduction band and a valence band in which an energy is split, the SPPs being generated by combining surface plasmons (SPs) with photons of a light wave, and generates photocurrent based on the absorbed SPPs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2026
    Publication date: September 17, 2026
    Inventor: Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 12736738
    Abstract: Provided is a lighting assembly including an upper body that defines a top surface thereof; a lower body coupled to a lower portion of the upper body and defining a bottom surface thereof; a light diffusion member coupled to the upper body and the lower body, the light diffusion member including a first surface facing the upper body, a second surface facing the lower body, and a third surface that has a curved surface and is exposed to an outside of the light diffusion member; a light guide made of a light transmissive material, the light guide being in contact with the light diffusion member; and a light-emitting diode (LED) disposed to face a surface of the light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sunghun Lee, Hoon Kim, Minki Kim, Jihoon Park
  • Patent number: 12736719
    Abstract: A light transmissive injection molded article is disclosed. In the light transmissive injection molded article of the present invention, one or more planes are formed at a front surface and a back surface. The planes of the back surface form a light reflection pattern configured to reflect light passing through the front surface toward the front surface. The planes of the back surface include a first inclined surface, a second inclined surface, and a third inclined surface. The first inclined surface is a plane inclined with respect to a normal direction of the front surface. The second inclined surface is a plane gradually approximating to the front surface as the second inclined surface extends far from the first inclined surface. The third inclined surface is a plane gradually approximating to the front surface as the third inclined surface extends far from the second inclined surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hoon Kim, Seung Cheol Jung, Hee Sup Kim, Moon Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 12729431
    Abstract: Atomic layer deposition methods for coating an optical substrate with magnesium fluoride. The methods include two primary processes. The first process includes the formation of a magnesium oxide layer over a surface of a substrate. The second process includes converting the magnesium oxide layer to a magnesium fluoride layer. These two primary processes may be repeated a plurality of times to create multiple magnesium fluoride layers that make up a magnesium fluoride film. The magnesium fluoride film may serve as an antireflective coating layer for an optical substrate, such as an optical lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Ming-Huang Huang, Hoon Kim, Jue Wang
  • Publication number: 20260235352
    Abstract: A compact carbon dioxide capture and liquefaction system using high-temperature district heating water waste heat from urban power plant combustion exhaust gas may include: a heat storage tank supplied with and storing district heating water heated in a combined heat and power plant; an absorption chiller that recovers waste heat by exchanging heat with the district heating water supplied to the heat storage tank and then supplies the district heating water to the heat storage tank; a first cooler into which exhaust gas discharged from the combined heat and power plant flows and in which heat is exchanged between the exhaust gas and the cooling water supplied from the absorption chiller; and a capture device into which the exhaust gas discharged from the first cooler flows and which captures carbon dioxide contained in the exhaust gas; and a liquefaction device which liquefies the carbon dioxide captured in the capture device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: August 13, 2026
    Inventors: Won Seok CHANG, Kyoung A. SHIN, Me Hee JANG, Jin Soo OH, Jong Jun LEE, Kyung Min KIM, Hyeong Gyu NAMGUNG, Jae Yong SHIN, Ji Hye YU, Joong Yong YI, Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 12707792
    Abstract: A display device comprises sub-pixels, a bank disposed on a substrate and disposed at a boundary between the sub-pixels, a wavelength control layer including wavelength conversion layers disposed in a region surrounded by the bank and a light transmitting layer disposed in the sub-pixels, a color filter layer disposed on the wavelength control layer, and light emitting element layers disposed between the substrate and the wavelength control layer, the light emitting layers including a light emitting element disposed in one of the sub-pixels, and connection electrodes connected to ends of the light emitting element. Each of the wavelength conversion layers contacts at least one of the connection electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Kyu Lee, Won Tae Kim, Hoon Kim, Yong Sik Hwang
  • Patent number: 12677478
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a display area having a plurality of pixels, a pad area having a plurality of pads, and a non-display area including a fan-out area between the display area and the pad area; at least one first fan-out line in the fan-out area; at least one second fan-out line in the fan-out area and electrically disconnected from the first fan-out line; first, second, and third insulating layers sequentially arranged on the substrate; and a first conductive layer between the substrate and the first insulating layer, a second conductive layer on the second insulating layer, and a third conductive layer on the third insulating layer, wherein each of the first and second fan-out lines has a multi-layered stacking structure in which a first sub-line, a second sub-line, and a third sub-line provided in different layers are stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Kyu Lee, Hoon Kim, Yong Sik Hwang
  • Publication number: 20260182813
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dishwasher that excludes a through hole having an open area size corresponding to an area size of a light emitting surface of a lighting device from a tub, and defines a formed area that guides an installation position of the lighting device in a rear wall of the tub, thereby preventing a decrease in rigidity of the rear wall of the tub, minimizing the number of fastening means such as a screw bolt for fastening the lighting device, and securing a firm fastening structure based on expansion of a contact area with respect to the lighting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2025
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sang Woo WOO, Hoon KIM, Kiho JEONG
  • Publication number: 20260185693
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dishwasher in which a lighting device is fastened to an inner surface of a tub in a modularized state in which assembly is completed, and thus definition of a through hole having a size corresponding to a light emitting area size as in the prior art is able to be excluded, thereby preventing a decrease in rigidity of the tub and improving a leak-prevention effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2025
    Publication date: July 2, 2026
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kiho JEONG, Sang Woo Woo, Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20260173592
    Abstract: A display device comprises a substrate, a via layer disposed on the substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the via layer and spaced apart from each other, a third electrode that overlaps a region between the first electrode and the second electrode in a thickness direction, and light-emitting elements disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the third electrode overlaps portions of the first electrode and the second electrode in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2026
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: Hoon KIM, Won Tae KIM, Se Hyun LEE, Chang Hyeok CHOI, Yong Sik HWANG
  • Publication number: 20260171145
    Abstract: A memory device includes a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; a row decoder selecting one of a plurality of wordlines connected to the plurality of memory cells based on an address received from a memory controller; and a wordline voltage generator providing a wordline voltage to a selected wordline. The wordline voltage generator includes a wordline driver outputting the wordline voltage which is reduced by a power supply voltage which varies based on a wordline driving voltage; a bump replica circuit generating a bump signal having a voltage level which increases or decreases in response to the power supply voltage; and a wordline voltage control circuit outputting the wordline driving voltage which increases or decreases complementarily to the bump signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2025
    Publication date: June 18, 2026
    Inventors: Keonhee Cho, Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20260157075
    Abstract: A display device includes a signal transmission region, a display region spaced apart from the signal transmission region, a peripheral region located between the signal transmission region and the display region, a base layer, a circuit layer disposed on the base layer, a light emitting element layer disposed on the circuit layer and that includes a light emitting element that overlaps the display region, an encapsulation substrate disposed on the light emitting element layer, a hole defined in the signal transmission region and that passes through at least a portion of each of the circuit layer and the light emitting element layer, and a groove pattern defined on one surface of the encapsulation substrate and that overlaps the peripheral region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2026
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Inventors: JAE-MAN LEE, HOON KIM, HWISEONG KIM, DONGHOO KIM, SUNYOUNG KIM, HEE-WON YOON, SEUNGWON LEE
  • Publication number: 20260145371
    Abstract: An injection mold for a crash pad is provided, the injection mold includes an upper mold having a first cavity, a lower mold coupled to the upper mold, the lower mold having a second cavity forming a space together with the first cavity when coupled, a lower core slidably connected to the lower mold, the lower core having one surface on which an insert is mounted, and a fixture fastened to the lower core to fix the insert. The fixture is fixed to the lower core by a magnetic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., YONG SAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Chul Yoon, Kwan Woo Lee, Young Jin You, Hoon Kim, Seong Ho Kim, Jin Pyo Gil, Jae Seob Choi, Do Hyung Kim, Chang Wan Son
  • Publication number: 20260148766
    Abstract: A memory device includes first and second memory cells, a first write driver configured to provide write data to the first memory cell, a second write driver configured to provide write data to the second memory cell, and a negative voltage generator configured to provide a negative voltage to the first and second write drivers. The negative voltage generator includes a first coupling capacitor configured to provide the negative voltage to the first write driver, and a second coupling capacitor configured to provide the negative voltage to the second write driver. The first and second coupling capacitors are electrically connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Hoyoung Tang, HOON KIM, Hyunjun Kim