Patents by Inventor In Kwon Kim

In Kwon 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).

  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
    Publication number: 20230031542
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a substrate; an active pattern and a field insulating layer surrounding a sidewall of the active pattern on the substrate; first and second gate electrodes on the active pattern and extending in a direction different from that of the active pattern; an interlayer insulating layer surrounding a sidewall of each of the first and second gate electrodes; a gate spacer on opposing sidewalls of each of the first and second gate electrodes that includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall in the first horizontal direction, each of which contacts the interlayer insulating layer; and a first gate cut dividing the second gate electrode into two portions, wherein the first gate cut includes a same material as the gate spacer; and wherein a first width of the first gate cut is smaller than a second width of the gate spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hyun Ho Jung, Dong Kwon Kim, Cheol Kim
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESSLY TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SAFETY INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20230018915
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for transmitting and receiving safety information, which generates first safety information about a control target and second safety information representing the occurrence or not of an error in the control target by using one microcontroller. The system includes a first slave controller generating first safety information and second safety information by using sensing data obtained from a control target and a master controller receiving the first safety information and the second safety information from the first slave controller through a wireless channel. When an error occurs in the first slave controller, the first slave controller transmits the second safety information to a second slave controller, and the second slave controller transmits the second safety information, received from the first slave controller, to the master controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Myoung Su SONG, Jae Wan KIM, Il Kwon KIM
  • ANTI-TM4SF4 ANTIBODY AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230002485
    Abstract: The present invention relates to novel antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to TransMembrane 4 Superfamily Member 4 (TM4SF4). These antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof exhibit proliferation inhibitory activity of cancer cells so as to effectively prevent or treat cancer, and reduce the self-renewal ability of cancer stem cells to be usefully used even in the treatments of cancer with a poor prognosis in conventional anticancer treatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: In Gyu KIM, Rae Kwon KIM, Jai Ha LEE, Chang Kyu HEO, Yeon Jee KAHM, Byung Chul SHIN, Eun Wie CHO, Chun Jeih RYU, Min Kyu KIM, Mun Ju CHOI
  • COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220416878
    Abstract: Provided are a method of operating a communication system, the method comprises mapping some antennas selected from among a plurality of antennas of each of a plurality of first communication nodes and reception ports of a second communication node, combining uplink signals mapped to an identical reception port of the second communication node from among uplink signals received through the plurality of antennas, and transmitting the combined signals to the mapped reception ports of the second communication node, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: SOLiD, INC.
    Inventors: Woosik MOON, Hoony HONG, Kwon KIM, Hyunchae KIM
  • COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING GROWTH OF CANCER STEM CELLS, CONTAINING WDR34 INHIBITOR, AND USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20220403395
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for inhibiting the growth of cancer stem cells, and a use thereof. A WDR34 inhibitor of the present invention inhibits the conversion of cancer cells into cancer stem cells and exhibits activity of inhibiting self-renewal, invasion, and migration of cancer stem cells, and thus can be effectively used as a cancer cell growth or metastasis inhibitor or a cancer stem cell growth inhibitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Rae Kwon KIM, In Gyu Kim, Yeon Jee Kahm
  • Carbon-based noble metal-transition metal catalyst enabling high selective conversion and production method therefor
    Patent number: 11517880
    Abstract: Provided are a carbon-based noble metal-transition metal composite catalyst enabling high selective conversion of a carboxylic acid functional group into an alcohol functional group by pre-treating a carbon carrier including a predetermined ratio or more of mesopores, and a production method therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sun Woo Yook, Jeong Kwon Kim, Wan Jae Myeong, Bong Sik Jeon
  • Light emitting device
    Patent number: 11515451
    Abstract: A light emitting diode chip having improved light extraction efficiency is provided. The light emitting diode chip includes a substrate, a first conductivity type semiconductor layer, a mesa, a side coating layer, and a reflection structure. The first conductivity type semiconductor layer is disposed on the substrate. The mesa includes an active layer and a second conductivity type semiconductor layer. The mesa is disposed on a partial region of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer to expose an upper surface of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer along an edge of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer. The side coating layer(s) covers a side surface of the mesa. The reflection structure is spaced apart from the side coating layer(s) and disposed on the exposed first conductivity type semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Hee Oh, Jae Kwon Kim, Jong Kyu Kim, Hyun A Kim, Joon Sup Lee
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220376046
    Abstract: A semiconductor device is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Cheol Kim, Jeong Yeon Seo, Dong Kwon Kim, Hyun Ho Jung
  • Method for sensing damage of bearing of engine using vibration signal
    Patent number: 11506570
    Abstract: A method for sensing damage of bearing of engine using a vibration signal may include separating a vibration signal of an engine sensed by a vibration sensor installed at one side of the engine of a vehicle into a vibration signal by combustion knocking and a vibration signal of a bearing installed between a crank pin and a connecting rod; extracting, by a signal processing filter, a signal of a predetermined natural frequency band from the vibration signal of the bearing; determining whether the vibration signal of the bearing is higher than a predetermined bearing damage threshold, in a predetermined engine state condition in order to sense breakage of the bearing during operation of the engine; and confirming that the bearing has been damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyuk Im, Dong-Chune Hong, Jin-Kwon Kim, Dae-Woon Kim, Jun-ho Park, Il-Joong Hwang, Hong-Wook Lee, Hyun-Jun Lim
  • STEAM GENERATION APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220364721
    Abstract: Steam generation apparatus and method in which liquid is regulated in thermal catalytic reaction below a specific temperature and accelerated in thermal catalytic reaction above that temperature, including a vaporizer housing, axial ends of the housing being opened, and collars formed at axial ends of a cylindrical part of the housing; upper and lower flanges joined to housing collars; a vaporizer with a spiral channel in between; an exothermic member disposed such that the vaporizer inside is heated to a predetermined temperature; an injection nozzle at a center of the upper flange with an intake for liquid to be treated; a steam socket attached to the lower flange for guiding steam to the spiral channel, the steam socket including an inlet port connected to an inside of the vaporizer, outlet port connected to the spiral channel, and a steam channel connecting the inlet port and the outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: Yoshiaki MIYAZATO, WINSTAR DEVELOPMENT GROUP, THE BIZSER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki MIYAZATO, Dae Ki PARK, Young Kwon KIM
  • Wearable device, virtual content providing device, and virtual content providing method
    Patent number: 11501576
    Abstract: A virtual content providing device includes: a communication circuit capable of communicating with a wearable device worn by a user; and a processor functionally connected to the communication circuit. The processor is configured to: display virtual training content on the wearable device through the communication circuit; generate training situation information and user condition information associated with the virtual training content through the wearable device; determine a intervention time point for the virtual training content based on the training situation information and the user condition information; generate virtual intervention content associated with the intervention time point; and display the virtual intervention content in synchronization with the virtual training content through the wearable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hee Sook Shin, Sung Jin Hong, Youn Hee Gil, Hee Kwon Kim, Seong Min Baek, Cho Rong Yu
  • Secondary battery and device including the same
    Patent number: 11495847
    Abstract: A secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a negative electrode sheet, a positive electrode sheet, and a separation membrane; and a heat radiation tape disposed at an external circumferential surface of the electrode assembly. The heat radiation tape includes a heat diffusion layer, and the heat diffusion layer includes at least one of graphite and a metal foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoung Kwon Kim, Jeeeun Kim, Hayoung Heo, Duk Hyun Ryu, Pil Kyu Park, Namwon Kim
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220344461
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first active pattern that includes a first side wall and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall in a second horizontal direction, a first insulating structure in a first trench extending in the first horizontal direction on the first side wall of the first active pattern, a second insulating structure in a second trench extending in the first horizontal direction on the second side of the first active pattern, and includes a first insulating layer on side walls and a bottom surface of the second trench, and a second insulating layer in the second trench on the first insulating layer, a gate-cut extending in the first horizontal direction on the first insulating structure, and a gate electrode extending in the second horizontal direction on the first active pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Hae Geon JUNG, Dong Kwon KIM, Cheol KIM
  • System and method for wirelessly transmitting and receiving safety information
    Patent number: 11480936
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for transmitting and receiving safety information, which generates first safety information about a control target and second safety information representing the occurrence or not of an error in the control target by using one microcontroller. The system includes a first slave controller generating first safety information and second safety information by using sensing data obtained from a control target and a master controller receiving the first safety information and the second safety information from the first slave controller through a wireless channel. When an error occurs in the first slave controller, the first slave controller transmits the second safety information to a second slave controller, and the second slave controller transmits the second safety information, received from the first slave controller, to the master controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myoung Su Song, Jae Wan Kim, Il Kwon Kim
  • Communication method between master controller and slave controller, slave controller for the same, and battery management system using the same
    Patent number: 11474491
    Abstract: Disclosed are a communication method between a master controller and slave controllers, a slave controller for the communication method, and a battery management system using the communication method and the slave controller, in which the master controller receives safety information about battery cells through a plurality of channels even when each of a plurality of slave controllers includes only one micro controller unit, thereby minimizing the increase in the cost and enhancing the safety of the battery management system. The communication method includes performing bidirectional communication between a master controller and first to Nth (where N is an integer equal to or more than two) slave controllers through a first communication channel, and receiving, by the master controller, an indication signal through a second communication signal via the first to Nth slave controllers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: SILICON WORKS CO., LTD., LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Myoung Su Song, Jae Wan Kim, Jin Yong Jeon, Ki Suk Cho, Il Kwon Kim, Seung Jun Choi, Kyu Ho Kim, Kyoung Choon Min, Ki Young Lee, Won Gon Kim
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACTIVE AIR FLAP
    Publication number: 20220325656
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an active air flap (AAF) of a vehicle may include a plurality of sensors configured to detect status information of the vehicle; an opening degree controller configured to control an opening degree of the AAF; and a processor configured to determine a target flow and a target opening degree of the AAF based on the status information, calculate an initial speed of a wake generated by a preceding vehicle based on vehicle information of the preceding vehicle, obtain a speed of the wake when the wake arrives the vehicle based on a speed of the vehicle, an inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle, and the initial speed of the wake, correct the target opening degree based on the speed of the wake, and adjust the opening degree of the AAF corresponding to the corrected target opening degree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Young Kwon KIM
  • Apparatus and method for controlling active air flap
    Patent number: 11459934
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an active air flap (AAF) of a vehicle may include a plurality of sensors configured to detect status information of the vehicle; an opening degree controller configured to control an opening degree of the AAF; and a processor configured to determine a target flow and a target opening degree of the AAF based on the status information, calculate an initial speed of a wake generated by a preceding vehicle based on vehicle information of the preceding vehicle, obtain a speed of the wake when the wake arrives the vehicle based on a speed of the vehicle, an inter-vehicle distance between the vehicle and the preceding vehicle, and the initial speed of the wake, correct the target opening degree based on the speed of the wake, and adjust the opening degree of the AAF corresponding to the corrected target opening degree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Young Kwon Kim
  • Refrigerator
    Patent number: 11454388
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator with an improved lighting structure. The refrigerator includes a main body in which a storage compartment is formed, a light source provided on an inner surface of the storage compartment to provide light, and a lighting cover provided to cover the light source, wherein the lighting cover includes a first opening formed to irradiate light in a direction perpendicular to the inner surface of the storage compartment, and a second opening formed to be inclined with respect to the inner surface so that light is irradiated to the front of the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun Seong Kim, Byoung Woo Ko, Jung Kwon Kim, Gwang Jin Jung, Jeong Su Han
  • MULTI-BAND OPTICAL FILTERING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20220303508
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-band optical filtering method and apparatus and to a multi-band optical filtering method and apparatus capable of filtering wavelengths of two or more bands in order to create a multi-wavelength image of a subject. In the present invention, the optical filtering apparatus for creating a multi-wavelength image of a subject comprises a filter unit having a plurality of sub filter units comprising a first sub filter unit through which a first wavelength band passes and a second sub filter unit through which a second wavelength band, which is different from the first wavelength band, passes, wherein while the light generated in a light source passes through the filter unit, the filter unit filters the light such that an intensity of the first wavelength band is dominant in a first region, and an intensity of the second wavelength band is dominant in a second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventor: Sun Kwon KIM
  • SUPERJUNCTION SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220271120
    Abstract: A superjunction semiconductor device is disclosed. The superjunction semiconductor device includes a gate pad and first conductive type pillars in a ring region adjacent to the gate pad and crossing a gate pad region to a cell region, thereby securing a sufficient depletion region within a relatively short time and directing or guiding excess carriers below the gate pad and in the adjacent ring region toward a source end through or along the pillars during reverse recovery (RR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Young Kwon KIM, Jae Hyun KIM, Ji Eun LEE, Jong Min KIM