Patents by Inventor Hwan Ock Choe

Hwan Ock Choe 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: 20240016200
    Abstract: An electrically heated smoking article includes a filter layer, a hollow tube layer stacked at a lower end of the filter layer, an aerosol-forming substrate layer stacked below the hollow tube layer and including a mixture of a solid moisture absorbent and a liquid aerosol-forming substrate capsule, and a wrapping portion surrounding the filter layer, the hollow tube layer, and the aerosol-forming substrate layer to maintain a stack structure. The liquid aerosol-forming substrate capsule includes a liquid aerosol-forming substrate at a center, a first emulsifier layer completely surrounding the liquid aerosol-forming substrate, and a first coating material layer covering a surface of the first emulsifier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hwan Ock Choe, Ji Hye Jang
  • Publication number: 20230371582
    Abstract: An electrically heated smoking article includes a filter rod, an aerosol medium rod stacked at a lower end of the filter rod and including an aerosol medium that generates an aerosol by heating and a moisture absorbent accommodating or absorbing the aerosol medium, and a wrapping portion surrounding and wrapping the filter rod and the aerosol medium rod to maintain a stack structure. The aerosol medium, including glycerin and a thickener, is maintained in a semi-solid or solid state in a first temperature range including room temperature and is in a liquefied state in a second temperature range higher than the first temperature range. The glycerin vaporizes in a third temperature range higher than the second temperature range to generate an aerosol. The thickener does not vaporize in the third temperature range but remains in the moisture absorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Seung Kiu Jeong, Joong Hak Kwon, Dong Wook Lim, Seung An Lee, Hwan Ock Choe, Ji Hye Jang
  • Patent number: 11478015
    Abstract: A vaporizer includes a liquid storage configured to store a liquid composition, an aerosol generator coupled to one end of the liquid storage, and including a wick configured to absorb the liquid composition from the liquid storage, a liquid heater configured to generate aerosol by heating the wick, an aerosol chamber surrounding the wick and the liquid heater, an inlet through which external air is introduced into the aerosol chamber, and an outlet through which the aerosol generated in the aerosol chamber is discharged, and an air supplier configured to supply the external air to the aerosol generator, and including a first opening connected to the inlet of the aerosol generator and a second opening that is opposite to the first opening and connected to the outside at a position spaced apart from the first opening along a direction from the one end to another end of the liquid storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Hun Kim, Jong Sun Park, Hwan Ock Choe
  • Patent number: 11445754
    Abstract: A vaporizer includes a liquid storage configured to store a liquid composition, an aerosol generator coupled to one end of the liquid storage, and including a wick configured to absorb the liquid composition from the liquid storage, a liquid heater configured to generate aerosol by heating the wick, an aerosol chamber surrounding the wick and the liquid heater, an inlet through which external air is introduced into the aerosol chamber, and an outlet through which the aerosol generated in the aerosol chamber is discharged, and an air supplier configured to supply the external air to the aerosol generator, and including a first opening connected to the inlet of the aerosol generator and a second opening that is opposite to the first opening and connected to the outside at a position spaced apart from the first opening along a direction from the one end to another end of the liquid storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Hun Kim, Jong Sun Park, Hwan Ock Choe
  • Patent number: 11178910
    Abstract: A vaporizer includes: a liquid storage for storing liquid composition; an upper cap portion coupled with the liquid storage and having a cavity for introducing the liquid composition of the liquid storage; a lower cap portion coupled with the upper cap portion to form an aerosol-generating space; a liquid delivery element positioned in the aerosol-generating space between the upper cap portion and the lower cap portion, and configured to absorb the liquid composition transferred from the liquid storage; a sealing portion having a coupling recess supporting at least one of end portions of the liquid delivery element, positioned between the upper cap portion and the lower cap portion, connected to the cavity, and configured to deliver the liquid composition from the liquid storage to the at least one of the end portions of the liquid delivery element; a heating element configured to heat the liquid delivery element to generate aerosol; and a leg portion extending from the upper cap portion to the lower cap port
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Hun Kim, Hwan Ock Choe
  • Publication number: 20210127742
    Abstract: A vaporizer includes: a liquid storage for storing liquid composition; an upper cap portion coupled with the liquid storage and having a cavity for introducing the liquid composition of the liquid storage; a lower cap portion coupled with the upper cap portion to form an aerosol-generating space; a liquid delivery element positioned in the aerosol-generating space between the upper cap portion and the lower cap portion, and configured to absorb the liquid composition transferred from the liquid storage; a sealing portion having a coupling recess supporting at least one of end portions of the liquid delivery element, positioned between the upper cap portion and the lower cap portion, connected to the cavity, and configured to deliver the liquid composition from the liquid storage to the at least one of the end portions of the liquid delivery element; a heating element configured to heat the liquid delivery element to generate aerosol; and a leg portion extending from the upper cap portion to the lower cap port
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Hun KIM, Hwan Ock CHOE
  • Publication number: 20200288778
    Abstract: A vaporizer includes a liquid storage configured to store a liquid composition, an aerosol generator coupled to one end of the liquid storage, and including a wick configured to absorb the liquid composition from the liquid storage, a liquid heater configured to generate aerosol by heating the wick, an aerosol chamber surrounding the wick and the liquid heater, an inlet through which external air is introduced into the aerosol chamber, and an outlet through which the aerosol generated in the aerosol chamber is discharged, and an air supplier configured to supply the external air to the aerosol generator, and including a first opening connected to the inlet of the aerosol generator and a second opening that is opposite to the first opening and connected to the outside at a position spaced apart from the first opening along a direction from the one end to another end of the liquid storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Hun KIM, Jong Sun PARK, Hwan Ock CHOE
  • Patent number: 10057678
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a microspeaker with enhanced low frequency characteristics, by arranging an adsorbent for adsorbing the air in a resonance space and defining a virtual back volume by the air adsorption of the adsorbent. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a microspeaker enclosure with an air adsorbent, including a microspeaker, an enclosure with the microspeaker provided therein, the enclosure defining a resonance space, and an air adsorbent applied to the resonance space of the enclosure, wherein an air adsorption mole ratio per unit volume of the air adsorbent based on a change in the unit pressure is 40.6 mol/m3·atm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: EM-TECH. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joong Hak Kwon, Ghi Yuun Kang, Hwan Ock Choe
  • Publication number: 20170195781
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a micro-speaker for use in a small electronic device, and more particularly, to a micro-speaker having an air adsorbent which can increase the lifespan by the improvements in structure. The micro-speaker according to the present invention improves sound pressure, sound quality and lifespan characteristics by preventing the air adsorbent from blocking vent holes, while enhancing low frequency characteristics by defining a virtual back volume by putting the air adsorbent into an enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Ghi Yuun Kang, Joong Hak Kwon, Hwan Ock Choe
  • Publication number: 20170188136
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a microspeaker with enhanced low frequency characteristics, by arranging an adsorbent for adsorbing the air in a resonance space and defining a virtual back volume by the air adsorption of the adsorbent. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a microspeaker enclosure with an air adsorbent, including a microspeaker, an enclosure with the microspeaker provided therein, the enclosure defining a resonance space, and an air adsorbent applied to the resonance space of the enclosure, wherein an air adsorption mole ratio per unit volume of the air adsorbent based on a change in the unit pressure is 40.6 mol/m3·atm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Joong Hak Kwon, Ghi Yuun Kang, Hwan Ock Choe