Patents by Inventor Kanghee Min

Kanghee 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: 11956587
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing, a user input unit configured to detect touch input and push input, and a carrier, on which the user input unit is seated and which is inserted into the housing, wherein the user input unit includes a first input unit, closely disposed on an inner surface of the housing so as to detect touch input, and a second input unit, disposed inside the first input unit in the state of overlapping the first input unit so as to detect push input, the second input unit including a metal spring that changes in shape in response to the push input. The portable electronic device is capable of detecting two types of input and thus of ensuring that is possible to input a sufficient number of user instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangkuk Jeon, Kanghee Min
  • Publication number: 20230171530
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing, a user input unit configured to detect touch input and push input, and a carrier, on which the user input unit is seated and which is inserted into the housing, wherein the user input unit includes a first input unit, closely disposed on an inner surface of the housing so as to detect touch input, and a second input unit, disposed inside the first input unit in the state of overlapping the first input unit so as to detect push input, the second input unit including a metal spring that changes in shape in response to the push input. The portable electronic device is capable of detecting two types of input and thus of ensuring that is possible to input a sufficient number of user instructions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sangkuk JEON, Kanghee MIN
  • Publication number: 20120327327
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a frame having a hollow portion, a liquid crystal panel received in the hollow portion, the liquid crystal panel forming an image thereon, a backlight unit disposed at the rear of the liquid crystal panel to emit light toward the liquid crystal panel, a reflection sheet disposed at the rear of the backlight unit and fixed to the frame to obscure the hollow portion, the reflection sheet reflecting light leaked to a lower side of the backlight unit, a supporting member forming a space to receive the frame therein, the supporting member supporting the frame, and a contact restricting unit to space the reflection sheet apart from the supporting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: Wonseok Joo, Hyunseok Oh, Kanghee Min