Patents by Inventor Jae Man Kim

Jae Man 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).

  • Publication number: 20250102230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manifold fluid module. A manifold fluid module according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a manifold plate comprising a fluid passage formed internally, and a heat exchanger coupled to the manifold plate, configured to exchange heat between a first fluid and a second fluid, and comprising a first inlet port for inlet of the first fluid, a first outlet port for outlet of the first fluid, a second inlet port for inlet of the second fluid, and a second outlet port for outlet of the second fluid, wherein the first inlet port and the first outlet port of the heat exchanger may connected to communicate with the fluid passage, one of the first inlet port or the outlet port being directly connected to the manifold plate, the other being connected to a fluid pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Kyeong Cheol LEE, In Keun KANG, Young Man KIM, In Hyeok KIM, Jae Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20250085023
    Abstract: A hot water tank assembly is disclosed. A hot water tank assembly according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a hot water tank and a heating heater, the heating heater includes a plurality of straight lines, bent lines, and a connection line, and at least one intersecting portion, in which the straight line, the bent line, or the connection line intersects any one line of the straight line, the bent line, and the connection line, which are parallel and adjacent to each other, at an alternate angle, may be formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Applicant: COWAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Man KIM
  • Publication number: 20250059510
    Abstract: A method for producing natural killer cells is disclosed. The method comprises isolating peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from a blood sample; isolating at least one of CD56+ cells and/or CD3?/CD56+ cells from the PBMCs; and co-culturing the at least one of CD56+ cells and/or CD3?/CD56+ cells with a combination of feeder cells in the presence of a cytokine. A composition for treating cancer is also disclosed. The composition comprises the CD56+ natural killer cells produced by the disclosed method and a cytokine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Sang Woo Park, Yong Man Kim, Jae Seob Jung, Yong-Hee Rhee
  • Publication number: 20250052828
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a tab guide, a tab guide device including the tab guide, and a battery cell pressing short circuit device using the tab guide device. More specifically, the present technology provides a tab guide configured to increase a width of an inlet into which a battery cell lead is inserted, using extending members of a flexible material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Man Kim
  • Patent number: 12221820
    Abstract: An embodiment vehicle hinge driving apparatus for driving a vehicle hinge mounted between a door component and a vehicle body includes an actuator, a housing connected to the actuator, an output shaft having an axis aligned with an axis of the housing, and a transmission mechanism configured to vary a torque generated by the actuator and to transmit the torque to the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, PHA Co., Ltd., Keyang Electric Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duck Young Kim, Jae Man Cho, Byung Ju Kang, Seung Yup Lee, Kwang Hun Hong
  • Publication number: 20250002322
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cold water tank. In the cold water tank, an accommodation space for accommodating a fluid is partitioned by means of partition walls alternately disposed in the transverse direction such that the fluid flows straight along the partition walls, and an evaporator having m evaporation pipes forming an offset and m?1 connection pipes connecting the m evaporation pipes is disposed in the accommodation space opposite to the partition walls so as to be heat-exchanged with the fluid. Therefore, the cold water tank has increased contact surface area heat-exchanged with the fluid and prevents excessive ice formation, and thus provides an enhanced cold water dispensing performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: COWAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae Man KIM
  • Publication number: 20240318888
    Abstract: An ice making apparatus comprises: a frame assembly includes a support frame and a rotation frame rotatably connected to the support frame; and one or more ice making cells that produce ice. The ice making cell includes an upper ice making cell that covers a portion of the ice and is supported on the support frame, and a lower ice making cell that covers another portion of the ice and is supported on the rotation frame. The rotation frame includes a water to melt ice flowing portion having a water to melt ice flow path through which water to melt ice at a higher temperature than the ice in the lower ice making cell flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: COWAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woong JUNG, Hyun Suk MOON, Min Su SONG, Jae Man KIM
  • Publication number: 20240053056
    Abstract: A hot water generation apparatus and a water purifier including the same includes: a collection space inside a case member that is disposed above a receiving space in which raw water is accommodated, and has an inclination surface having a predetermined angle of inclination, and a steam outlet through which steam can be discharged is disposed above the collection space, separately from a hot water outlet, so that steam is removed in advance through the steam outlet along the inclination surface before hot water is discharged to the outside. Therefore, since hot water free of steam is discharged and a regular flow of hot water is formed in a straight line along the direction of gravity, user safety is enhanced, aesthetics are improved, and the best user experience can be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: COWAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Man KIM, Jong Min KIM, Byung Hyo YE, Young Jae LEE
  • Publication number: 20240053078
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a running-water-type evaporator, and an ice-making device and a water purification device comprising the same, and to a running-water-type evaporator, and an ice-making device and a water purification device comprising the same, the evaporator uniformly transferring, to ice, heat supplied through high-temperature fluid during ice separation, so as to enable the ice to be easily separated without using separate ice-separating water, and thus minimizes melting of the ice during ice separation, and circulating ice-making water in a state where the ice-making water flows only toward the outer sides of a pair of outer plate members, and thus a degradation in the cleanliness of the ice-making water can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: COWAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyeong Min LEE, Gyeong Jong KIM, Hyun Woo LEE, In Du CHOI, Jae Man KIM, Jung Chul PARK, Min Chul YONG, Sung Hwan HEO, Byung Hyo YE, Chung Rae KIM, Jae Wook CHO
  • Publication number: 20230265570
    Abstract: An embodiment electrochemical device includes a first separator including a first channel and a first land disposed in a first direction, a second separator including a second channel and a second land disposed in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the second separator being stacked on the first separator, and contact patterns provided on the first separator and disposed on the first channel so as to be in contact with the second separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Jung Han Yu, Chung Ho Suh, Joo Young Kim, Kwi Seong Jeong, Young Jae Do, Sang Muk Park, Jae Man Kim, June Bak
  • Publication number: 20230251043
    Abstract: Provided is a thermoelectric cooling device comprising: a thermoelectric module; a heat sink having a body, which has on one side a contact surface coming into contact with a heating side of the thermoelectric module, and a plurality of heat dissipation fins, and emitting the heat transferred from the heating side of the thermoelectric module; a heat pipe coupled to a mounting groove which is formed on the contact surface of the heat sink, and for transferring heat by means of a working fluid stored therein; and a cooling fan for forming the airflow to the heat sink, wherein the heat pipe comprises a plurality of corner-extension heat pipes extending to a corner area of the heat sink from the central part of the heat sink on which the thermoelectric module is installed, and the shape of the mounting groove corresponds to the shape of the corner-extension heat pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: COWAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Hyo YE, Jung-Hwan LEE, Jae-Man KIM, Min-Chul YONG, Chung-Lae KIM, Jin-Hyeok JANG, Young-Kwang CHOI, Jin-Woo CHOI, Seong-Min PARK, Young-Jae LEE, Sang-Jin YOUN
  • Patent number: 11493253
    Abstract: An evaporator for an ice maker includes an evaporator body having a refrigerant flow path formed therein; a dipping member connected to the evaporator body, for a refrigerant having a temperature lower than a freezing point of water to flow in the refrigerant flow path to generate ice in a state in which at least a portion of the dipping member is submerged in water; a heater having at least a portion inserted into the refrigerant flow path, and directly or indirectly heating at least one of the refrigerant in the refrigerant flow path, the evaporator body, and the dipping member to separate the ice generated on the dipping member from the dipping member; and a connection member connecting the evaporator body and the refrigerant flow path to be connected to a refrigeration cycle, and inserting the at least a portion of the heater into the refrigerant flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: COWAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyeong-Min Lee, Jung-Hwan Lee, Kyu-Jun Kim, Doo-Youl Jeon, Myeong-Hoon Kang, Jin-Woo Choi, Kwon-Jae Lee, Jae-Man Kim
  • Publication number: 20220034571
    Abstract: An evaporator for an ice maker includes an evaporator body having a refrigerant flow path formed therein; a dipping member connected to the evaporator body, for a refrigerant having a temperature lower than a freezing point of water to flow in the refrigerant flow path to generate ice in a state in which at least a portion of the dipping member is submerged in water; a heater having at least a portion inserted into the refrigerant flow path, and directly or indirectly heating at least one of the refrigerant in the refrigerant flow path, the evaporator body, and the dipping member to separate the ice generated on the dipping member from the dipping member; and a connection member connecting the evaporator body and the refrigerant flow path to be connected to a refrigeration cycle, and inserting the at least a portion of the heater into the refrigerant flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: WOONGJIN COWAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyeong-Min LEE, Jung-Hwan LEE, Kyu-Jun KIM, Doo-Youl JEON, Myeong-Hoon KANG, Jin-Woo CHOI, Kwon-Jae LEE, Jae-Man KIM
  • Publication number: 20210268440
    Abstract: A direct water purifier comprises: a first filter for filtering water flowing in through a first flow path; a second filter receiving, through a second flow path, and filtering the water filtered by the first filter; a first valve, provided on the second flow path; a pump, provided on the second flow path, for supplying, to the second filter, water at a water pressure equal to or greater than a preset water pressure; a third filter receiving, through a third flow path, and filtering the water filtered by the second filter; a second valve, provided on the third flow path, for decreasing a pressure in the flow path; a third valve, provided at a rear end of the second valve, for preventing a backflow of the water; and a heating unit receiving the water filtered by the third filter and heating the water to a preset temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: WOONGJIN COWAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyoung-Min MOON, Chul-Ho KIM, Hyun-Seok MOON, Hyun-Soo SHIN, Byung-Sun MO, Byoung-Phil LEE, Min-Chul YONG, Jae-Man KIM, Sung-Kon CHO
  • Patent number: 10898837
    Abstract: A sterilization water discharge device is disclosed. A sterilization water discharge device includes: a tray part, which is movably disposed under a discharge member for discharging water and allows sterilization water discharged from the discharge member to be received therein and discharged; and a movement driving part for moving the tray part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Jae-Man Kim, In-Du Choi, Woo-Jin Kang, Do-Han Kim, Jin-Woo Choi, Byung-Hyo Ye
  • Patent number: 10425609
    Abstract: A method of displaying an image and an image display apparatus are provided. The method includes a method of displaying an image, the method including displaying an image of a current channel among channels, receiving a first input to change the current channel to a next channel after the current channel, or a second input to change the current channel to a previous channel before the current channel, and dividing a display into areas in response to the receiving the first input or the second input. The method further includes displaying images of next channels after the current channel in the areas, in response to the receiving the first input, and displaying images of previous channels before the current channel in the areas, in response to the receiving the second input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-man Kim, Joo-heon Lee, Shane Cho
  • Patent number: 10302171
    Abstract: A dual mode tuning dynamic damper may include a hollow main bridge extending in an axial direction of a damper housing in a position exterior to a damper mass filled in the damper housing and forming a dual concentric circle with the damper housing, and an auxiliary bridge disposed at a connection section of the dual concentric circle for side portions of the damper mass to be supported by the main bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Jae-Man Kim
  • Publication number: 20190118123
    Abstract: A sterilization water discharge device is disclosed. A sterilization water discharge device includes: a tray part, which is movably disposed under a discharge member for discharging water and allows sterilization water discharged from the discharge member to be received therein and discharged; and a movement driving part for moving the tray part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jae-Man KIM, In-Du CHOI, Woo-Jin KANG, Do-Han KIM, Jin-Woo CHOI, Byung-Hyo YE
  • Patent number: 10055408
    Abstract: A method of extracting an important keyword by an important keyword extracting server, the method includes receiving a set of one or more documents from a network, receiving one or more user defined keywords from a user terminal, calculating, by the server, a relative importance value for each of words detected in the set of documents, determining, by the server, a weight for each of the words based on the one or more user defined keywords, applying, by the server, the weight for each of the words to the relative importance value for each of the words, determining, by the server, at least one of the words to be the important keyword based on the relative importance value to which the weight is applied and transmitting, by the server, the important keyword to the user terminal. Therefore, the method may effectively detect a user defined keyword from at least one document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: LG CNS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seen Tae Lee, Hyun Pyo Kim, Jae Man Kim, Sun Min Yun, Cho Rong Yoon, Yoo Jin Chang, In Chul Jung, Tae Chang Jee
  • Publication number: 20180031270
    Abstract: An instantaneous heating apparatus is disclosed. The instantaneous heating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a water inlet part into which water flows from the outside; a flow part in which the water, flowing into the water inlet part, flows; a heating part for heating the water flowing in the flow part; and a water outlet part for discharging, to the outside, the water heated by the heating part, wherein the flow part can comprise: a passage forming member disposed inside the heating part; and a close-pressing part for bringing the passage forming member into close contact with the heating part such that a heating passage is formed between the heating part and the passage forming member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Coway Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Man KIM, In-Du CHOI