Patents by Inventor Hyung Gyu Lim

Hyung Gyu Lim 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: 20220275567
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus which can facilitate clothes drying, deodorizing, crumple-removing and sterilizing, thereby preventing the clothes from damage and providing them with improved thermal insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hye Yong PARK, Hyung Gyu Lim
  • Publication number: 20220275566
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus which can facilitate clothes drying, deodorizing, crumple-removing and sterilizing, thereby preventing the clothes from damage and providing them with improved thermal insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hye Yong PARK, Hyung Gyu LIM
  • Publication number: 20220275568
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus which can facilitate clothes drying, deodorizing, crumple-removing and sterilizing, thereby preventing the clothes from damage and providing them with improved thermal insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hye Yong Park, Hyung Gyu Lim
  • Publication number: 20210372031
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus which can facilitate clothes drying, deodorizing, crumple-removing and sterilizing, thereby preventing the clothes from damage and providing them with improved thermal insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Hye Yong PARK, Hyung Gyu LIM
  • Publication number: 20210348320
    Abstract: An air inlet assembly for circulating air in a receiving space for receiving laundry, and a laundry treatment apparatus including the same are provided. An air inlet assembly according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a cover mounted on an air suction part, wherein the air suction part includes a through-hole formed in a portion thereof. The cover includes a base plate configured to cover the air suction part when viewed in a plan view, by forming a portion corresponding to the through-hole as an opened plate shape, an outer wall configured to continuously protrude along the periphery of the base plate, and a rib configured to protrude from an inner portion spaced apart from the outer wall so as to form a water discharge channel in a space between the outer wall and the rib, wherein the water discharge channel extends to the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Sung Hoo PARK, Hyung Gyu LIM, Jae Hyung KIM, Minsu WOO
  • Patent number: 11064303
    Abstract: A hearing aid having a bellows vibration body is disclosed. The hearing aid comprises: an external unit having a microphone for converting an external voice into an electrical signal; an internal unit which can be implanted under the skin and is for communicating with the external unit; a bellows vibration body which can be connected to the auditory ossicles and comprises a non-magnetic body; and an audio transmission tube for transmitting an acoustic signal, which is output from the internal unit, to the bellows vibration body, wherein the bellows vibration body vibrates in accordance with the acoustic signal transmitted by means of the audio transmission tube and thus transmits the vibration to the auditory ossicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jin-ho Cho, Hyung Gyu Lim, Dong Ho Shin, Ki Woong Seong
  • Patent number: 10631111
    Abstract: Provided are a vibration transducer and an implantable hearing aid device. In one embodiment, the implantable hearing aid device includes a signal processing part implantable in a subject, the signal processing part processing a signal from a microphone to output a sound signal, a sound transmission tube configured for transmitting the sound signal to a round window of the subject, and a bellows member disposed at an end side of the sound transmission tube to transmit vibration due to the sound signal to the round window. In other embodiment, the implantable hearing aid device includes a signal processing part implantable in a subject, the signal processing part processing a signal from a microphone to output an electrical signal, a vibration generation part configured for receiving the electrical signal to generate vibration, and a bellows member disposed at an end side of the vibration generation part to transmit the vibration to a round window of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC CO
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Cho, Ki Woong Seong, Jyung Hyun Lee, Hyung Gyu Lim, Dong Ho Shin
  • Publication number: 20200021926
    Abstract: A hearing aid having a bellows vibration body is disclosed. The hearing aid comprises: an external unit having a microphone for converting an external voice into an electrical signal; an internal unit which can be implanted under the skin and is for communicating with the external unit; a bellows vibration body which can be connected to the auditory ossicles and comprises a non-magnetic body; and an audio transmission tube for transmitting an acoustic signal, which is output from the internal unit, to the bellows vibration body, wherein the bellows vibration body vibrates in accordance with the acoustic signal transmitted by means of the audio transmission tube and thus transmits the vibration to the auditory ossicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jin-ho CHO, Hyung Gyu LIM, Dong Ho SHIN, Ki Woong SEONG
  • Publication number: 20190376225
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus which can facilitate clothes drying, deodorizing, crumple-removing and sterilizing, thereby preventing the clothes from damage and providing them with improved thermal insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Hye Yong Park, Hyung Gyu Lim
  • Patent number: 10400384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus which can facilitate clothes drying, deodorizing, crumple-removing and sterilizing, thereby preventing the clothes from damage and providing them with improved thermal insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hye Yong Park, Hyung Gyu Lim
  • Publication number: 20180324533
    Abstract: Provided are a vibration transducer and an implantable hearing aid device. In one embodiment, the implantable hearing aid device includes a signal processing part implantable in a subject, the signal processing part processing a signal from a microphone to output a sound signal, a sound transmission tube configured for transmitting the sound signal to a round window of the subject, and a bellows member disposed at an end side of the sound transmission tube to transmit vibration due to the sound signal to the round window. In other embodiment, the implantable hearing aid device includes a signal processing part implantable in a subject, the signal processing part processing a signal from a microphone to output an electrical signal, a vibration generation part configured for receiving the electrical signal to generate vibration, and a bellows member disposed at an end side of the vibration generation part to transmit the vibration to a round window of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Cho, Ki Woong Seong, Jyung Hyun Lee, Hyung Gyu Lim, Dong Ho Shin
  • Patent number: 10057696
    Abstract: Provided are a vibration transducer and an implantable hearing aid device. In one embodiment, the implantable hearing aid device includes a signal processing part implantable in a subject, the signal processing part processing a signal from a microphone to output a sound signal, a sound transmission tube configured for transmitting the sound signal to a round window of the subject, and a bellows member disposed at an end side of the sound transmission tube to transmit vibration due to the sound signal to the round window. In other embodiment, the implantable hearing aid device includes a signal processing part implantable in a subject, the signal processing part processing a signal from a microphone to output an electrical signal, a vibration generation part configured for receiving the electrical signal to generate vibration, and a bellows member disposed at an end side of the vibration generation part to transmit the vibration to a round window of the subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Cho, Ki Woong Seong, Jyung Hyun Lee, Hyung Gyu Lim, Dong Ho Shin
  • Patent number: 9584923
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a three-coil type round window driving vibrator, which includes a permanent magnet having the same magnetic poles adjoining each other and is designed to allow electric current flowing through coils to run in opposite directions in order to increase driving force without being affected by an external magnetic field. The round window driving vibrator includes a permanent magnet having three poles of SNS or NSN, a coil member wound around an outer periphery of the permanent magnet, and a vibration member connected to one end of the permanent magnet. Here, the coil member includes a first coil wound around a middle section of the permanent magnet and second and third coils wound around upper and lower sections of the permanent magnet, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Cho, Hyung-Gyu Lim, Ki-Woong Seong, Jyung-Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 9344818
    Abstract: A microphone for an implantable hearing aid includes a body part having a cylindrical housing installed to pass through a tympanum and a microphone controller installed within the cylindrical housing to convert an acoustic signal into an electrical signal, an acoustic collection part that provides a passage for transmitting external sounds into the body part, the acoustic collection part being disposed on one end of the body part in a direction of an external auditory meatus, and a wire connection part connecting the microphone controller to the hearing aid, the wire connection part being disposed on the other end of the body part in a direction of a middle ear cavity. The microphone is easily installed on the tympanum in a noninvasive manner, and attenuation in sensibility of the microphone is prevented. Thus, the microphone may be significantly utilized for the implantable hearing aid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Cho, Kyu-Yup Lee, Hyung Gyu Lim, Ki-Woong Seong, Jyung Hyun Lee, Seong Tak Woo
  • Publication number: 20150264494
    Abstract: Provided are a vibration transducer and an implantable hearing aid device. In one embodiment, the implantable hearing aid device includes a signal processing part implantable in a subject, the signal processing part processing a signal from a microphone to output a sound signal, a sound transmission tube configured for transmitting the sound signal to a round window of the subject, and a bellows member disposed at an end side of the sound transmission tube to transmit vibration due to the sound signal to the round window. In other embodiment, the implantable hearing aid device includes a signal processing part implantable in a subject, the signal processing part processing a signal from a microphone to output an electrical signal, a vibration generation part configured for receiving the electrical signal to generate vibration, and a bellows member disposed at an end side of the vibration generation part to transmit the vibration to a round window of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Cho, Ki Woong Seong, Jyung Hyun Lee, Hyung Gyu Lim, Dong Ho Shin
  • Patent number: 9127395
    Abstract: A washing machine is disclosed. A washing machine includes a tub holding wash water, a drum rotatable within the tub to hold laundry, a first cabinet defining a first space to wash laundry together with the tub and the drum, a second cabinet defining a second space for an additional function, the second cabinet formed as one body with the first cabinet, and a single partition provided between the first and second cabinets to partition off the second space from the first space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Bo Yeon Kim, Hyung Gyu Lim, In Ho Cho
  • Publication number: 20140314262
    Abstract: A microphone for an implantable hearing aid includes a body part having a cylindrical housing installed to pass through a tympanum and a microphone controller installed within the cylindrical housing to convert an acoustic signal into an electrical signal, an acoustic collection part that provides a passage for transmitting external sounds into the body part, the acoustic collection part being disposed on one end of the body part in a direction of an external auditory meatus, and a wire connection part connecting the microphone controller to the hearing aid, the wire connection part being disposed on the other end of the body part in a direction of a middle ear cavity. The microphone is easily installed on the tympanum in a noninvasive manner, and attenuation in sensibility of the microphone is prevented. Thus, the microphone may be significantly utilized for the implantable hearing aid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Jin-Ho Cho, Kyu-Yup Lee, Hyung Gyu Lim, Ki-Woong Seong, Jyung Hyun Lee, Seong Tak Woo
  • Patent number: 8341981
    Abstract: A washing machine is disclosed. A washing machine includes a tub holding wash water, a drum rotatable within the tub to hold laundry, a first cabinet forming a first space provided with the tub and the drum to wash laundry, a second cabinet forming a second space for additional function, the second cabinet formed as one body with the first cabinet, and a single partition wall provided between the first and second cabinets to partition off the second space from the first space, wherein the second cabinet comprises a first frame and a second frame provided in both opposite portions out of front and rear portions and side portions of the second cabinet, the first and second frames having a rectangular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Bo Yeon Kim, Hyung Gyu Lim, In Ho Cho
  • Publication number: 20120323066
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a three-coil type round window driving vibrator, which includes a permanent magnet having the same magnetic poles adjoining each other and is designed to allow electric current flowing through coils to run in opposite directions in order to increase driving force without being affected by an external magnetic field. The round window driving vibrator includes a permanent magnet having three poles of SNS or NSN, a coil member wound around an outer periphery of the permanent magnet, and a vibration member connected to one end of the permanent magnet. Here, the coil member includes a first coil wound around a middle section of the permanent magnet and second and third coils wound around upper and lower sections of the permanent magnet, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Jin-Ho CHO, Hyung-Gyu LIM, Ki-Woong SEONG, Jyung-Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20120240425
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a laundry treating apparatus which can make clothes drying, deodoring, crumple removal and sterilization easily, thereby preventing the clothes from damaging and having improved thermal insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hye Yong Park, Hyung Gyu Lim