Patents by Inventor Jun Min

Jun Min 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: 12034177
    Abstract: A battery pack includes at least two battery modules arranged in one direction; and a fire extinguisher having a linear temperature sensor partially extending linearly along the at least two battery modules and configured to sense whether at least one of the at least two battery modules has a temperature over a predetermined temperature, a fire extinguishing tank configured to accommodate a fire extinguishing agent therein, a pipe connected to the fire extinguishing tank to supply the fire extinguishing agent from the fire extinguishing tank to each of the at least two battery modules, and a valve opened to supply the fire extinguishing agent from the fire extinguishing tank to the battery module over the predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Kyu Lee, Goan-Su Jung, Jun-Min Lee, Gyong-Jin Oh
  • Publication number: 20240220625
    Abstract: A method of updating software of an Electronic Control Unit (ECU) includes: downloading a boot loader to a boot area of a second memory bank in an inactive state, and downloading a firmware or data to a normal area, when a first memory bank is in an active state; setting the second memory bank, which is in the inactive state, as a memory bank to operate in the active state after a reset of the ECU; and resetting the ECU to cause the second memory bank to operate in the active state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jun Min YI, Jun Sung YANG
  • Publication number: 20240210791
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a camera actuator comprising: a housing; a first lens assembly and a second lens assembly which are moved in an optical axis direction on the basis of the housing; and a driving unit which moves the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly, wherein the driving unit comprises: a driving coil; and a driving magnet facing the driving coil. The driving coil comprises: a first sub-coil; a second sub-coil; and a third sub-coil arranged between the first sub-coil and the second sub-coil, wherein the first sub-coil, the third sub-coil, and the second sub-coil are sequentially arranged along the optical axis, and the length of the third sub-coil in the optical axis direction is different from the length of at least one of the first sub-coil and the second sub-coil in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Jun MIN, Tae jin JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240201564
    Abstract: Disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention is a camera actuator comprising: a housing; a first lens assembly and a second lens assembly, moving in an optical axis direction with respect to the housing; and a driver unit for moving the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly, wherein the driver unit comprises: a driver coil; and a driver magnet facing the driver coil, and the driver coil comprises: a first pattern area; and a second pattern area arranged in a direction perpendicular to the first pattern area, wherein a width of the first pattern area differs from a width of the second pattern area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Jun MIN, Tae Jin JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240176098
    Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing comprising side parts, a first corner part, a second corner part, a third corner part, and a fourth corner part, in which each of the first corner part, the second corner part, the third corner part and the fourth corner is disposed between two adjacent side parts; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a first coil disposed on an outer surface of the bobbin; first magnets disposed on the side parts of the housing; a first circuit board disposed on the first corner part and comprising a first pad, a second pad, a third pad, a fourth pad, a fifth pad and a sixth pad; a first location sensor disposed on the first circuit board and electrically connected to the first pad, the second pad, the third pad, the fourth pad, the fifth pad and the sixth pad; first, second, third and fourth upper springs disposed apart from each other on the housing; and first and second lower springs coupled to a lower portion of the housing, electrically connected with the first coil, and coupled to the fi
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Byung Wook Son
  • Patent number: 11994693
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a bobbin in which a lens is mounted, a first coil and a magnet configured to electromagnetically interact with each other so as to move the bobbin, a housing configured to accommodate the bobbin therein, an elastic member including an inner frame coupled to the bobbin, an outer frame coupled to the housing, and a frame connection portion configured to connect the inner frame and the outer frame to each other, and a support member connected to the elastic member and configured to support the housing, and the outer frame includes a first coupling portion coupled to the housing, a second coupling portion coupled to the support member, the second coupling portion being spaced apart from the first coupling portion, and a single connection portion configured to connect the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min
  • Patent number: 11988892
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a bobbin including a first coil disposed on an outer circumferential surface thereof, a housing provided with first and second magnets for moving the bobbin by interaction with the first coil, upper and lower elastic members each coupled to both the bobbin and the housing, and a first position sensor for detecting a sum of intensities of magnetic fields of the first and second magnets, wherein the first position sensor is disposed in a space between the first magnet and the second magnet when the bobbin is disposed at an initial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Jun Taek Lee, Byung Wook Son, Sang Jun Min, Kyoung Ho Yoo
  • Patent number: 11982869
    Abstract: The present embodiment of the present invention relates to a lens driving device, comprising: a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a first coil disposed on the bobbin; a magnet which is disposed on the housing and faces the first coil; a base disposed under the housing; a substrate which is disposed on an upper surface of the base and comprises a circuit member including a second coil facing the magnet; an upper elastic member disposed on an upper portion of the bobbin and coupled to the bobbin and the housing; a support member coupled to the upper elastic member; and a terminal member elastically connecting the support member with the substrate, wherein the terminal member comprises; a first connector coupled to the substrate; and a second connector coupled to the support member; and wherein the second connector is disposed at a position lower than the first connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Jin Jung, Seung Taek Shin, Kap Jin Lee, Jin Suk Han, Sang Jun Min
  • Patent number: 11982820
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a bobbin including a first coil disposed therearound, a first magnet disposed to face the first coil, a housing for supporting the first magnet, upper and lower elastic members each coupled to both the bobbin and the housing, a base disposed to be spaced apart from the housing by a predetermined distance, a second coil disposed to face the first magnet, a printed circuit board on which the second coil is mounted, a plurality of support members, which support the housing such that the housing is movable in second and/or third directions and which connect at least one of the upper and lower elastic members to the printed circuit board, and a conductive member for conductively connecting the upper and lower elastic members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min
  • Publication number: 20240134146
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lens driving apparatus. The lens driving apparatus includes a base formed at a center thereof with a first opening; a housing coupled with the base and having a second opening corresponding to the first opening; a yoke installed on the base and including a horizontal plate having a third opening corresponding to the first opening and a vertical plate protruding upward from the horizontal plate; a bobbin movably installed in the yoke and coupled with a lens module; a coil fixedly disposed around the bobbin; a plurality of magnets provided at the vertical plate of the yoke to face the coil; and a spring installed on at least one of upper and lower portions of the yoke to return the bobbin, which has moved up due to interaction between the magnet and the coil, to its initial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Ok PARK, Sang Jun MIN, Sang Hee LEE
  • Publication number: 20240123760
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vehicle wheel includes: a casting process of manufacturing the wheel in a one-piece body having a forming end and a temporary flange protruding at inner and outer sides of the wheel, respectively, wherein the one-piece body further includes a resonance chamber forming groove; a primary shape machining process of forming a stepped part at an outer circumferential side of the resonance chamber forming groove; a flow forming process of bending the forming end to be seated on the stepped part; a friction stir welding process of integrally bonding a portion where the forming end and the stepped part are in close contact with each other; a fine machining process of removing the temporary flange; and a sound-absorbing hole machining process of forming a sound-absorbing hole for communicating between the resonance chamber and an interior space of a tire in the forming end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION, Hyundai Sungwoo Casting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Min LEE, Young Chan KIM, Min Soo KIM, Young Rae JO, Young Il KIM, Sang Bum PARK, Chang Hak YOO
  • Publication number: 20240123793
    Abstract: A vehicular air conditioning system includes a compressor configured to compress a gaseous refrigerant to have a high temperature and a high pressure while an output rotation speed thereof is variably controlled according to a cooling load in a vehicle interior, and a compressor performance deterioration determination part configured to determine whether or not the performance of the compressor has deteriorated according to the magnitude of a difference between an amount of work (W) of the compressor and an amount of power consumption (kW) of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jun Min LEE, Yong Sik KIM, Chan Young LEE, Joong Man HAN
  • Patent number: 11947183
    Abstract: An embodiment includes: a housing including an upper surface, a lower surface, an inner surface, and an outer surface located at the side opposite to the inner surface; a bobbin accommodated in the housing; a first coil disposed at an outer surface of the bobbin; a first magnet disposed at the outer surface of the housing; a second magnet disposed in the housing so as to be spaced apart from the first magnet; and a first position sensor disposed at the outer surface of the bobbin, wherein a first part of the housing is positioned between the second magnet and the inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Kyoung Ho Yoo, Hyune O Yoo
  • Patent number: 11940665
    Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, the lens driving device includes: a housing; a bobbin disposed inside of the housing; a support member coupled to the bobbin and the housing; and a sensor sensing a position of at least one of the bobbin and the housing, wherein the support member may include a first support unit, and a second support unit disposed not parallel to the first support unit, wherein the sensor may be disposed more adjacent to the first support unit than to the second support unit, and wherein an elastic modulus of the first support unit may be lower than an elastic modulus of the second support unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Jun Taek Lee
  • Publication number: 20240092148
    Abstract: Vehicular air conditioning system improving the ease of assembly and the maintainability of a photocatalyst module by structural improvement of an intake case and suppressing an air vortex generated at the air intake side during air intake process in a blower and a rumbling noise caused by the air vortex. The vehicular air conditioning system includes an intake part configured to suck indoor or outdoor air and blow air into a vehicle interior, a photocatalyst module purifying the air by emitting superoxide radicals toward the air blown into the vehicle interior from the intake part, which is installed on a downstream outer surface portion of a blower casing of the intake part, and an interference avoidance groove for avoiding interference with the photocatalyst module is formed on an outer surface portion of the intake case corresponding to the periphery of the photocatalyst module installed in the blower casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Chan Young LEE, Sung Jin KIM, Young In KIM, Jun Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20240082785
    Abstract: A heat storage body for a regenerative catalytic apparatus is provided, the heat storage body includes: a body unit including a ceramic sintered body containing aluminum oxide, silica, and magnesium oxide, the body unit having a plurality of channels connecting first and second surfaces, located opposite to each other. The heat storage body further including a protective film disposed on a surface of the body unit and inner surfaces of the plurality of channels. The protective film includes an oxide containing a first metal of aluminum and at least one second metal including at least one from among yttrium, zinc, zirconium, tungsten, zinc, and nickel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: CORE TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dooboem Kim, Jong San Kim, Young Hwan Moon, Deungki Yun, Eun Seo Park, Jun Min Yeom, Heon Jung, Sungwon Hong
  • Patent number: 11921347
    Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing comprising side parts, a first corner part, a second corner part, a third corner part, and a fourth corner part, in which each of the first corner part, the second corner part, the third corner part and the fourth corner is disposed between two adjacent side parts; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a first coil disposed on an outer surface of the bobbin; first magnets disposed on the side parts of the housing; a first circuit board disposed on the first corner part and comprising a first pad, a second pad, a third pad, a fourth pad, a fifth pad and a sixth pad; a first location sensor disposed on the first circuit board and electrically connected to the first pad, the second pad, the third pad, the fourth pad, the fifth pad and the sixth pad; first, second, third and fourth upper springs disposed apart from each other on the housing; and first and second lower springs coupled to a lower portion of the housing, electrically connected with the first coil, and coupled to the fi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Byung Wook Son
  • Patent number: 11906216
    Abstract: A vehicular heat management system is provided with a heat pump type refrigerant circulation line that cools and heats specific air conditioning regions by generating a hot air or a cold air depending on a flow direction of a refrigerant. The system includes a compressor configured to suck, compress and discharge the refrigerant, a high-pressure side heat exchanger configured to dissipate heat of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger configured to allow the refrigerant to exchange heat with an air outside the vehicle, an expansion valve configured to depressurize the refrigerant flowing out of the high-pressure side heat exchanger or the outdoor heat exchanger, and one or more low-pressure side heat exchangers configured to evaporate the depressurized refrigerant. The outdoor heat exchanger and the low-pressure side heat exchangers are connected in series or in parallel depending on an air conditioning mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Jun Min Lee, Yong Sik Kim, Chul Hee Kim, Byeong Ha Lee, Jae O Jung, Jin Jae Lee, Doo Hoon Kim, Kyung Ju An, Joong Man Han
  • Patent number: 11897285
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vehicle wheel includes: a casting process of manufacturing the wheel in a one-piece body having a forming end and a temporary flange protruding at inner and outer sides of the wheel, respectively, wherein the one-piece body further includes a resonance chamber forming groove; a primary shape machining process of forming a stepped part at an outer circumferential side of the resonance chamber forming groove; a flow forming process of bending the forming end to be seated on the stepped part; a friction stir welding process of integrally bonding a portion where the forming end and the stepped part are in close contact with each other; a fine machining process of removing the temporary flange; and a sound-absorbing hole machining process of forming a sound-absorbing hole for communicating between the resonance chamber and an interior space of a tire in the forming end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Sungwoo Casting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Min Lee, Young Chan Kim, Min Soo Kim, Young Rae Jo, Young Il Kim, Sang Bum Park, Chang Hak Yoo
  • Publication number: 20240040253
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device, comprising: a fixed portion; a mover which is disposed so as to be movable relative to the fixed portion and comprises a housing and a holder; and a driving unit for moving the mover, wherein the driving unit comprises a first driving unit for moving the holder and a second driving unit for moving the housing, and at least a part of the first driving unit and at least a part of the second driving unit are disposed on a first side of the fixed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jun MIN, Kyoung Ho YOO, Jun Taek LEE