Patents by Inventor Ho-Young Cho

Ho-Young Cho 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: 12043501
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum multi-sensing unit (10) used for adhesion and transfer of an object (P) together with a vacuum pump (23) in a vacuum transfer system. The multi-sensing unit (10) of the present invention includes a plurality of sensors (13) to perform multi-sensing, wherein individual and collective control of the built-in sensors (13) is possible. Therefore, in particular, when a plurality of vacuum pumps (23) are required for transfer of objects (P), the plurality of vacuum pumps (23) are allowed to correspond to a single unit (10), and thus, compared to a conventional sensing unit individually attached to each vacuum pump, there is superior effect in terms of the efficiency of manufacture, installation, management, operation, and control of the unit (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: VTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-Young Cho
  • Patent number: 12012975
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum ejector pump including a plurality of nozzles, which are assembled, and activated by compressed air passing through the nozzles at a high speed to generate a negative pressure in an outer surrounding space. The pump of the present invention includes an intermediate nozzle, a first nozzle on which a front-cover part inserted to an outer circumference of one end of the intermediate nozzle is formed, and a second nozzle on which a rear-cover part inserted to an outer circumference of the other end of the intermediate nozzle is formed. Here, the intermediate nozzle is disposed between the first nozzle and the second nozzle, and the intermediate nozzle, the first nozzle and the second nozzle constitute an ejector main body. The surrounding space communicates with each of the nozzles through a through-hole defined in a sidewall of the ejector main body and a slot defined between the nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: VTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-Young Cho
  • Publication number: 20240165823
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum control unit that outputs an operation signal for transfer of an object depending on each internal pressure condition of a plurality of vacuum pumps in a vacuum transfer system. The control unit includes a module stack in which modules individually corresponding to each vacuum pump are assembled in a close contact manner and a control unit disposed at one side of the stack and being in signal connection with each module. Each module includes one side sensor unit configured to detect inner pressure of the vacuum pump and the other side terminal unit connected to an electronic valve configured to open and close a compressed air inlet of the vacuum pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventor: Ho-Young CHO
  • Publication number: 20240068489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum ejector pump including a plurality of nozzles, which are assembled, and activated by compressed air passing through the nozzles at a high speed to generate a negative pressure in an outer surrounding space. The pump of the present invention includes an intermediate nozzle, a first nozzle on which a front-cover part inserted to an outer circumference of one end of the intermediate nozzle is formed, and a second nozzle on which a rear-cover part inserted to an outer circumference of the other end of the intermediate nozzle is formed. Here, the intermediate nozzle is disposed between the first nozzle and the second nozzle, and the intermediate nozzle, the first nozzle and the second nozzle constitute an ejector main body. The surrounding space communicates with each of the nozzles through a through-hole defined in a sidewall of the ejector main body and a slot defined between the nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventor: Ho-Young CHO
  • Publication number: 20230286172
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a gripper device using an air-tube. Particularly, the gripper device quickly performs ‘release’ on gripping of a product. The gripper device is designed so that compressed air for griping, which is introduced through a first tube and accumulated in an expansion space of a side wall of the cylindrical air-tube, is instantly discharged to the outside through a second tube that is opened by a reverse movement of a valve and the air-tube. Thus, the ‘release’ is quickly performed to resultantly extremely reduce an operation time of a transfer operation in which gripping, transferring, releasing, and returning of the product are repeated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventor: Ho-Young CHO
  • Publication number: 20230271335
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum suction pad applied to a vacuum transfer system. The vacuum suction pad has a structure in which a plurality of suction cells are formed by flexible partition walls. The vacuum suction pad includes a coil spring that is coaxially installed at a central portion in a longitudinal direction in each of the suction cells and spaced a distance from the partition wall and a pipeline flow control valve coupled to a lower end of the spring. The suction pad is coupled with a separately provided body to constitute a vacuum gripper of the present invention, and the gripper is connected to a vacuum pump through an exhaust port defined at one side of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventor: Ho-Young CHO
  • Patent number: 11639758
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air-valve unit for a vacuum system. The valve unit may include a control part, which detects a pressure of an external exhaust space to output an on/off signal, to actively control supply/blocking of air into/from an exhaust hole. Also, the valve unit is preferably constituted by a plurality of holes and electronic valves so that an opening/closing of an outlet of each of the holes is controlled by the control part, and thus, extension of a vacuum generation line or combination of generation/destruction lines may be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: VTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-Young Cho
  • Publication number: 20220213980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air-valve unit for a vacuum system. The valve unit may include a control part, which detects a pressure of an external exhaust space to output an on/off signal, to actively control supply/blocking of air into/from an exhaust hole. Also, the valve unit is preferably constituted by a plurality of holes and electronic valves so that an opening/closing of an outlet of each of the holes is controlled by the control part, and thus, extension of a vacuum generation line or combination of generation/destruction lines may be implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventor: Ho-Young CHO
  • Publication number: 20220153536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum multi-sensing unit (10) used for adhesion and transfer of an object (P) together with a vacuum pump (23) in a vacuum transfer system. The multi-sensing unit (10) of the present invention includes a plurality of sensors (13) to perform multi-sensing, wherein individual and collective control of the built-in sensors (13) is possible. Therefore, in particular, when a plurality of vacuum pumps (23) are required for transfer of objects (P), the plurality of vacuum pumps (23) are allowed to correspond to a single unit (10), and thus, compared to a conventional sensing unit individually attached to each vacuum pump, there is superior effect in terms of the efficiency of manufacture, installation, management, operation, and control of the unit (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventor: Ho-Young CHO
  • Patent number: 11149752
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum pump using a profile. The vacuum pump according to the present invention comprises: a hollow profile having a longitudinal mounting hole and a vacuum chamber formed adjacent to each other; an ejector pump arranged inside the mounting hole in the longitudinal direction; and end caps provided in both openings of the profile, respectively, so as to have a through-hole formed therein so as to correspond to the inflow opening or the discharge opening. Particularly, the first cap near the inflow opening is designed to have a passage through which the vacuum chamber and the mounting hole communicate with each other. The vacuum pump structure according to the present invention is considered to be a vacuum pump structure using at least a so-called “profile” best designed to make fabrication of the vacuum pump convenient and to improve vacuum characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: VTEC CO., LTD
    Inventor: Ho-Young Cho
  • Patent number: 11103824
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compact vacuum pump including a housing having an internal vacuum chamber, an ejector pump axially mounted in the vacuum chamber, and an air filter coaxially mounted on the ejector pump. The housing has two separate compressed air supply lines one of which is a vacuum creation line extending to the inlet port of the ejector pump via a first supply line and the other of which is a vacuum release line extending to a gap between the ejector pump and the air filter via a second supply line. The vacuum pump is of a coaxial arrangement type and has a vacuum release function and a filter cleaning function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: VTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-Young Cho
  • Patent number: 10456928
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum gripper unit. The unit has a first mounting container and a second mounting container of cylindrical shapes formed in an H-type when seen from the outside, including a main body for providing a common vacuum chamber. A vacuum pump is inserted into the first mounting container, while the vacuum pump or a release valve is selectively mounted in the second mounting container. In addition, a front insertion hole of each of the first mounting container and the second mounting container is provided with a finishing material which supports each of the release valve and the vacuum pump that are mounted to thereby prevent the valve and pump from being separated. It is preferable that the finishing material of at least the first mounting container is a silencer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: VTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-Young Cho
  • Patent number: 10400796
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an ejector assembly and a vacuum pump, the ejector assembly including a typical cylindrical vacuum ejector and a support part. The support part includes a first support having a supply line extending outwards from a hole in which a first end of the ejector is mounted, and a second support having a discharge line extending outwards from a hole in which a second end of the ejector is mounted. Further, the first and second supports facing each other are configured such that the outer circumferential surfaces thereof are in contact with the inner circumferential surface of a pipe member so as to form a space between the first and second supports, the space communicating with through holes. In the vacuum pump using the ejector assembly, the pipe member is a housing, and the space is a vacuum chamber formed in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: VMECA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-Young Cho
  • Patent number: 10371174
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum pump and, more specifically, to a vacuum pump that is designed to change the direction of an intake port formed on a side wall of a housing, according to necessity. The vacuum pump includes: a housing; an ejector part embedded in the housing; and a pressing means provided on the outside of the housing. Particularly, the housing includes two or more parts, including a main part that has the intake port, which are disposed in a line, wherein a stopping member is formed along a contact surface there between. This structure enables the main part to rotate, and thus the direction of the intake port can be changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: VMECA CO., LTD
    Inventor: Ho-Young Cho
  • Publication number: 20190203738
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum pump using a profile. The vacuum pump according to the present invention comprises: a hollow profile having a longitudinal mounting hole and a vacuum chamber formed adjacent to each other; an ejector pump arranged inside the mounting hole in the longitudinal direction; and end caps provided in both openings of the profile, respectively, so as to have a through-hole formed therein so as to correspond to the inflow opening or the discharge opening. Particularly, the first cap near the inflow opening is designed to have a passage through which the vacuum chamber and the mounting hole communicate with each other. The vacuum pump structure according to the present invention is considered to be a vacuum pump structure using at least a so-called “profile” best designed to make fabrication of the vacuum pump convenient and to improve vacuum characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Ho-Young CHO
  • Publication number: 20190168153
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compact vacuum pump including a housing having an internal vacuum chamber, an ejector pump axially mounted in the vacuum chamber, and an air filter coaxially mounted on the ejector pump. The housing has two separate compressed air supply lines one of which is a vacuum creation line extending to the inlet port of the ejector pump via a first supply line and the other of which is a vacuum release line extending to a gap between the ejector pump and the air filter via a second supply line. The vacuum pump is of a coaxial arrangement type and has a vacuum release function and a filter cleaning function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventor: Ho-Young CHO
  • Publication number: 20190054635
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vacuum gripper unit. The unit has a first mounting container and a second mounting container of cylindrical shapes formed in an H-type when seen from the outside, including a main body for providing a common vacuum chamber. A vacuum pump is inserted into the first mounting container, while the vacuum pump or a release valve is selectively mounted in the second mounting container. In addition, a front insertion hole of each of the first mounting container and the second mounting container is provided with a finishing material which supports each of the release valve and the vacuum pump that are mounted to thereby prevent the valve and pump from being separated. It is preferable that the finishing material of at least the first mounting container is a silencer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventor: Ho-Young CHO
  • Patent number: 9927039
    Abstract: Disclosed is a check-valve assembly for use in a vacuum system. The check-valve assembly of the present invention comprises a body having a plurality of through-holes formed therein while having different space characteristics. As a valve member rotates with a shaft fixed to the body, intake holes of the valve member selectively communicate with the through-holes. Accordingly, the check-valve assembly of the present invention can more quickly respond to vacuum characteristics required on site, which is advantageous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA PNEUMATIC SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-Young Cho
  • Patent number: 9764479
    Abstract: A quick-release vacuum pump which is mainly applied to a vacuum transport system. The vacuum pump has a mechanism in which part of compressed air supplied for generating a vacuum state is stored firstly in a chamber, and then the vacuum state within the chamber is released when transportation is completed. When the vacuum state is released, a check valve is moved by the pressure of air that flows backward. The range of movement of the check valve is adjusted by a control means. An air filter is disposed at the lower end of the check valve. The release of the vacuum state is quick and controllable. Also, the filter is naturally filtered and cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA PNEUMATIC SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-Young Cho
  • Patent number: 9765801
    Abstract: A device for locking a rod member is provided. The device includes a body section having a vertical hole therein, and a ring-type locking unit and a piston serially arranged along the hole, wherein the rod member is disposed in the hole to be axially movable through the locking unit and the piston. The locking unit may be a lock block including an outer ring having an inclined surface on one side thereof, thereby defining a wedge-type space, an inner ring coaxially disposed in one side of the outer ring and accommodating a pressurizing member interacting with the inclined surface, and a spring disposed in the other side of the outer ring so as to elastically connect the outer ring and the inner ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA PNEUMATIC SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-Young Cho