Patents by Inventor Ji W. Kim

Ji W. 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).

  • Patent number: 5623322
    Abstract: A pull-down member is pivotably and ratchetly attached to the distal end of the end-piece of each eyeglass temple. Each pull-down member is pivotably displaceable to the end-piece at a series of angles, and thereby provides a snug fit of the eyeglasses on the user's face. In one embodiment, the pull-down member comprises a disk-shaped core having an edge on which is attached an elongated appendage which is the portion of the pull-down member abutting against the user's ear. The edge of the core also includes a series of notches which are biased by a ball and spring mechanism to provide the pivotable and ratchetable displacement of the pull-down member relative to the end-piece of the eyeglass temple. In another embodiment of the pull-down member, the core has a central opening defined by a series of teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignee: Hudson Optical Corporation
    Inventors: Jason Hirschman, Chul W. Shin, Chang W. Kang, Ji W. Kim
  • Patent number: 5283410
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for automatic cooking in a microwave oven capable of an automatic cooking operation even in case of consecutive cooking by discriminating whether the operation mode is an initial operation mode or a consecutive operation mode by receiving an inflow air temperature and an outflow air temperature in the initial operating stage, selecting the initial operation mode or the consecutive operation mode, executing a cooking operation by driving a magnetron and a cooling fan after calculating an arbitrary initial heating time, calculating a difference between the current outflow air temperature and the previous outflow air temperature when the initial heating time has been elapsed, giving a fuzzy membership function and rule for the selected initial operation mode or the consecutive operation mode by the outflow air temperature difference and a weight conversion value, calculating a cooking time by executing a fuzzy operation, calculating an additional heating time by subtracting the initial heati
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Goldstar Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji W. Kim