Patents by Inventor Hwi-kyeong AN
Hwi-kyeong AN 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).
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Patent number: 12364280Abstract: An aerosol generating source support assembly includes: an inner cylinder which is hollow, having a support space, and arranged to surround and support at least a portion of an aerosol generating source; and an outer cylinder connected to the inner cylinder and arranged to movably support the inner cylinder such that the inner cylinder moves between a coupling position in which the outer cylinder is coupled with the inner cylinder and a separation position in which at least a portion of the inner cylinder is separated from the outer cylinder.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2022Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventor: Hwi Kyeong An
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Patent number: 12329204Abstract: A heater assembly includes a heating body that generates heat and includes a first portion and a second portion having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first portion, a first fixing portion that supports the heating body and includes an insertion hole into which the second portion of the heating body is inserted, and a second fixing portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the heating body to form an accommodation space in which a cigarette is accommodated and engaging with the first fixing portion at one side of the second fixing portion, wherein the diameter of the second portion is larger than a diameter of the insertion hole of the first fixing portion before the heating body is inserted into the first fixing portion by interference fit.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2024Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventor: Hwi Kyeong An
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Patent number: 12295422Abstract: A cleaning kit for an aerosol generating device includes a blade portion formed at one side of the cleaning kit, and configured to separate residual materials adhered to at least one of a heater and an accommodation portion of the aerosol generating device; and a brush portion formed at another side of the cleaning kit, and configured to remove the separated residual materials from the aerosol generating device.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Hwi Kyeong An, Jong Myung Kim, Seok Sun Yoon, Jong Ik Lee, Seung Peel Yim
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Patent number: 12161170Abstract: An aerosol generation device may include a case: a carrier coupled to the case; and a plurality of terminals coupled to the carrier and including one end in contact with a power source external to the case and the other end extending and protruding from the one end to an inside of the case.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2022Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventor: Hwi Kyeong An
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Publication number: 20240373941Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes an accommodation space into which an aerosol generating article is inserted, a heater configured to heat the aerosol generating article, an insertion detection sensor configured to detect whether the aerosol generating article has been inserted into the accommodation space, and a controller configured to provide a user with a notification through an output unit when it is detected that the aerosol generating article inserted into the accommodation space has been moved from the accommodation space through the insertion detection sensor during a heating operation of the heater. The heater maintains the heating operation of heating the aerosol generating article even while the notification is being provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Yong Hwan KIM, Hwi Kyeong An
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Patent number: 12120755Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device for heating a cigarette to generate aerosol, the aerosol generating device includes an inner wall configured to form an accommodating space for accommodating at least a portion of the cigarette; a coil provided outside the inner wall, surrounding at least a portion of the accommodating space, and configured to generate an induced magnetic field; a heating body provided in the accommodating space and comprising a ferromagnetic substance that generates heat by the induced magnetic field; and a supporting portion configured to support the heating body and integrally molded with the heating body, wherein the inner wall supports the supporting portion and is integrally molded with the supporting portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Hwi Kyeong An, Sang Kyu Park, Seung Won Lee
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Patent number: 12070062Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a cover portion including an opening into which the aerosol generating article is to be inserted; a main body including an accommodation portion for accommodating the aerosol generating article inserted through the opening; a heater configured to heat the aerosol generating article accommodated in the accommodation portion; an extractor integrally formed with the cover portion such that the extract moves together with the cover portion, and configured to extract the aerosol generating article from the accommodation portion; a driver configured to move the cover portion with respect to the main body; and a processor configured to control the driver such the cover portion is moved after power supply to the heater is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventor: Hwi Kyeong An
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Patent number: 12048328Abstract: An optical module includes a light-emitting portion for emitting light and a display including a first surface having a first transmission region through which at least a portion of the light emitted from the light-emitting portion is transmitted and a first blocking region which is surface-treated to block transmission of the light, and a second surface which the light transmitted through the first transmission region reaches to deliver an image to a user, wherein the first transmission region may include a path changing member for changing a propagation path of the transmitted light.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 30, 2024Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventor: Hwi Kyeong An
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Publication number: 20240206544Abstract: An aerosol generating device for generating an aerosol by heating an aerosol generating article includes: a case; a heater disposed in the case and configured to generate heat; a support disposed in the case and including a cavity for accommodating an aerosol generating article; a rib formed on an inner surface of the support and extending along a circumferential direction of the cavity such that an outer circumferential surface of the aerosol generating article accommodated in the cavity is surrounded by the rib; and an air flow path formed between the case and the support such that air is introduced into the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: June 27, 2024Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Hwi Kyeong AN, Sung Ho JU
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Patent number: 12016382Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes an accommodating portion accommodating an aerosol generating article through an opening formed in an upper housing, a cover portion configured to open and close the opening, and an extracting portion mounted in the accommodating portion, contacting with the aerosol generating article, and configured to extract the aerosol generating article by moving from a first position to a second position in an longitudinal direction of the accommodating portion when the cover portion opens the opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventor: Hwi Kyeong An
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Publication number: 20240196980Abstract: A heater assembly includes a heating body that generates heat and includes a first portion and a second portion having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first portion, a first fixing portion that supports the heating body and includes an insertion hole into which the second portion of the heating body is inserted, and a second fixing portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the heating body to form an accommodation space in which a cigarette is accommodated and engaging with the first fixing portion at one side of the second fixing portion, wherein the diameter of the second portion is larger than a diameter of the insertion hole of the first fixing portion before the heating body is inserted into the first fixing portion by interference fit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2024Publication date: June 20, 2024Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventor: Hwi Kyeong AN
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Patent number: 12008925Abstract: An optical module includes a transmitter configured to pass light from a light source; an emitter integrally formed with the transmitter, and configured to emit light that has passed through the transmitter to outside of the optical module; and a converter covering at least a portion of the emitter, and configured to change a wavelength of light that has passed through the transmitter such that light emitted from the converter and light emitted from the emitter have different wavelengths.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventor: Hwi Kyeong An
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Patent number: 11998064Abstract: A cleaning kit for an aerosol generating device includes a power supplier; a cleaner configured to clean the aerosol generating device by moving while contacting at least one of an accommodation unit and a heater of the aerosol generating device, and a driver configured to operate the cleaner according to power from the power supplier, and including a gear unit for changing an operating torque of the cleaner.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Hwi Kyeong An, Jong Myung Kim, Seok Sun Yoon, Jong Ik Lee, Seung Peel Yim
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Patent number: 11998052Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes an accommodation space in a cylindrical shape for accommodating a cigarette, an induction coil wound along an outer surface of the accommodation space, a power supply for supplying electric power to the induction coil, a controller for controlling electric power supplied to the induction coil, and a shield film including a ferromagnetic material for shielding electromagnetic interference from electromagnetic waves emitted from the induction coil. The shield film surrounds only a portion of an outer surface of the induction coil to shield the electromagnetic interference from the electromagnetic waves having a frequency that does not exceed 500 kHz.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Jae Min Lee, Sang Kyu Park, Hwi Kyeong An, Seung Won Lee, Soung Ho Ju
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Patent number: 11957176Abstract: A heater assembly includes a heating body that generates heat and includes a first portion and a second portion having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the first portion, a first fixing portion that supports the heating body and includes an insertion hole into which the second portion of the heating body is inserted, and a second fixing portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the heating body to form an accommodation space in which a cigarette is accommodated and engaging with the first fixing portion at one side of the second fixing portion, wherein the diameter of the second portion is larger than a diameter of the insertion hole of the first fixing portion before the heating body is inserted into the first fixing portion by interference fit.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventor: Hwi Kyeong An
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Patent number: 11950628Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device including a case in which a heater for heating a cigarette is installed, a bracket for supporting components installed inside the case, a fastening member for fastening the case and the bracket, and a cap that is installed on an outer surface of the case in an inseparable manner to conceal the fastening member in the case.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Hwi Kyeong An, Kyung Moon Ji, In Seoung Chun, Won Hui Shin
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Patent number: 11944129Abstract: An optical module includes: an infrared light emitter configured to emit infrared light; an infrared light receiver configured to receive the infrared light emitted from the infrared light emitter and generate a signal based on an amount of the received infrared light; a touch interface arranged between the infrared light emitter and the infrared light receiver, and configured to reflect the infrared light emitted from the infrared light emitter toward the infrared light receiver, and change an amount of the reflected infrared light as a touch input occurs; and a visible light emitter configured to emit visible light toward the touch interface such that the visible light is emitted outside the optical module by passing through the touch interface.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventor: Hwi Kyeong An
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Patent number: 11856978Abstract: An aerosol-generating article may be fabricated in the form of a bead. For example, the aerosol-generating article may be fabricated in the form of a sphere having a predetermined diameter. Alternatively, the aerosol-generating article may be fabricated in an oval shape, a droplet shape, etc. Also, the aerosol-generating article may be fabricated in various sizes.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Min Kyu Kim, Sung Jong Ki, Han Joo Chung, Yong Sook Jin, Dae Nam Han, Jung Ho Han, Tae Hun Kim, Sang Kyu Park, Hwi Kyeong An, Jae Min Lee, Jong Sub Lee, Hun Il Lim
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Patent number: 11839236Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generation device including a first housing, a plurality of shutters, and a second housing. The first housing includes a first aperture into which a cigarette is inserted. The plurality of shutters are provided on the first housing to be rotatable about a virtual line extending in a lengthwise direction of the cigarette, and open and close the first aperture. The second housing includes a second aperture that communicates with the first aperture, surrounds an outer circumferential surface of the first housing to be rotatable with respect to the first housing, and slidably contacts the plurality of shutters and rotates the plurality of shutters according to a rotating manipulation by a user.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventor: Hwi Kyeong An
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Patent number: 11805815Abstract: A heater assembly includes a heater extending to correspond to at least a part of a length of a cigarette and comprising one end to be inserted into the cigarette and configured to generate heat when electricity is applied; a first cover coupled to the heater to maintain a position with respect to the heater and comprising one surface that faces toward the end of the heater and extends outward from the heater; and a second cover coupled to another end of the heater and supporting another surface of the first cover facing toward the other end of the heater.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Jong Sub Lee, Hwi Kyeong An