Patents by Inventor Ki Jong Lee

Ki Jong Lee 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: 11803436
    Abstract: A storage device and a storage system including the same are provided. The storage device includes a nonvolatile memory with a valid page and a free page; a temperature sensor configured to sense a temperature of the nonvolatile memory; and a storage controller configured to implement: a patrol read module configured to read valid data stored in the valid page and identify a number of errors in the read valid data according to a set time period, and a retention module configured to, based on the temperature or the number of errors, read the valid data stored in the valid page, and write the valid data to the free page while controlling a threshold voltage distribution width corresponding to a value of the valid data written to the free page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chul Ho Lee, Ki Jong Nam, Won-Gi Hong
  • Publication number: 20230345635
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes: a substrate; and a circuit pattern disposed on the substrate, wherein the substrate includes a chip mounting region, and the circuit pattern includes a wiring portion and a pad portion, wherein the circuit pattern includes: a first circuit pattern including a first-first pad portion disposed inside the chip mounting region, a first-second pad portion disposed outside the chip mounting region, and a first wiring portion that connects the first-first pad portion and the first-second pad portion, and extending in a first direction based on the chip mounting region; a second circuit pattern including a second-first pad portion disposed inside the chip mounting region, a second-second pad portion disposed outside the chip mounting region, and a second wiring portion that connects the second-first pad portion and the second-second pad portion, and extending in a second direction; and a third circuit pattern including a plurality of third pad portions disposed inside the ch
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Eon Jong Lee, Dong Chan Kim, Ki Tae Park
  • Patent number: 11772505
    Abstract: A charging system using a motor driving system includes: a battery, an inverter having connection terminals including a positive terminal and a negative terminal, and a plurality of motor connection terminals, and a plurality of switching elements forming an electrical connection relationship between the DC connection terminals and the connection terminals; a motor including a plurality of coils that has first ends respectively connected to the motor connection terminals, and second ends connected to each other to form a neutral point; a plurality of switches to form an electrical connection between the battery and the inverter, and to form an electrical connection between the battery and the neutral point, and to connect or disconnect a charging current to the DC connection terminals; and a controller controlling operation of the switches and the inverter based on a magnitude of a charging voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seong Min Lee, Sang Cheol Shin, Young Seul Lim, Ki Jong Lee, Je Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11758659
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes: a substrate; and a circuit pattern disposed on the substrate, wherein the substrate includes a chip mounting region, and the circuit pattern includes a wiring portion and a pad portion, wherein the circuit pattern includes: a first circuit pattern including a first-first pad portion disposed inside the chip mounting region, a first-second pad portion disposed outside the chip mounting region, and a first wiring portion that connects the first-first pad portion and the first-second pad portion, and extending in a first direction based on the chip mounting region; a second circuit pattern including a second-first pad portion disposed inside the chip mounting region, a second-second pad portion disposed outside the chip mounting region, and a second wiring portion that connects the second-first pad portion and the second-second pad portion, and extending in a second direction; and a third circuit pattern including a plurality of third pad portions disposed inside the ch
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eon Jong Lee, Dong Chan Kim, Ki Tae Park
  • Patent number: 11712414
    Abstract: Disclosed is an oral pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating dry eye syndrome, which comprises rebamipide or a prodrug thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as an active ingredient. The compounds can treat dry eye syndrome via oral route, and can be thus employed safely and conveniently compared to conventional eye drops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: SAMJIN PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD., ASTECH. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eui Hwan Cho, Sung Ju Choi, Sung Woo Lee, Hee Jong Shin, Jong Bae Yoon, Ki Seok Park, Ho Tae Nam
  • Publication number: 20230234828
    Abstract: An ice-making water purifier includes a water tank unit, an instantaneous heating device, an extraction member, an ice-maker, a supply pump, an ice-making water inlet passage, an ice-making water supply valve, a flow rate sensor, and a controller configured to control driving of the supply pump and the opening and closing of the ice-making water supply valve such that purified water corresponding to a predetermined supply amount of ice-making water is supplied to the ice-maker on the basis of a flow rate value measured by the flow rate sensor. The controller controls the opening and closing of the channel such that purified water is preferentially supplied to the instantaneous heating device among the instantaneous heating device and the ice-maker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: COWAY CO., Ltd
    Inventors: Min-Suk CHANG, Yong-Yeon NOH, Woo-Jin JOO, Myeong-Hoon KANG, Ki-Hong MIN, Jin-Woo CHOI, Young-Jae LEE, Dong-Hui KIM, Sang-Jin YOUN, Gyeong-Jong KIM
  • Patent number: 11699951
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes: a first capacitor; a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element, and a fourth switching element sequentially connected to one another in series between both ends of the first capacitor; a second capacitor having both ends connected at a connection node of the first switching element and the second switching element and a connection node of the third switching element and the fourth switching element, respectively; and a controller configured to determine whether an overvoltage is applied to both ends of the first to fourth switching elements, respectively, based on a first sensed voltage obtained by sensing a voltage applied to the first capacitor and a second sensed voltage obtained by sensing a voltage applied to the second capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yoo Jong Lee, Ji Woong Jang, Ki Jong Lee, Sang Cheol Shin
  • Publication number: 20230207200
    Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes an active portion including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes stacked with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween in a first direction, a first external electrode covering the active portion and connected to the first internal electrode, a connection electrode covering the active portion and connected to the second internal electrode, a side margin portion covering the connection electrodes on the active portion, and a second external electrode covering the side margin portions and connected to the connection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Su SON, Ki Pyo HONG, Eun Jong LEE
  • Publication number: 20230191329
    Abstract: Provided is a water purifier comprising: a filter unit which has a reverse osmosis membrane filter; a supply valve; an instantaneous heating device which is provided with an inflow port, and an outflow port, and which heats and purified water entering through the inflow port and flowing to the outflow port, so that hot water is discharged through the outflow port; an extraction member; a supply pump; a domestic water drain line; a hot water drain line; a hot water drain valve; and a control unit which controls the opening/closing of respective flow channels of the hot water drain line and the domestic water drain line so that, among a hot water draining process through the hot water drain line, and a domestic water draining process through the domestic water drain line, the hot water draining process is carried out first.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: COWAY Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Suk CHANG, Yong-Yeon NOH, Woo-Jin JOO, Myeong-Hoon KANG, Ki-Hong MIN, Jin-Woo CHOI, Young-Jae LEE, Dong-Hui KIM, Sang-Jin YOUN, Gyeong-Jong KIM
  • Patent number: 11673122
    Abstract: A member for a metal oxide nanofiber based gas sensor can include a metal nanoparticle catalyst and can be formed to be functionalized by binding the metal nanoparticle catalyst and an alkali or alkaline earth metal through electrospinning and heat treatment processes. The member can detect a trace amount of a gas with high selectivity and ultra-high sensitivity by uniformly binding the alkali or alkaline earth metal and the metal nanoparticle catalyst through electrospinning and high-temperature heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Won Jong Jung, Il Doo Kim, Kak Namkoong, Dong Ha Kim, Yeol Ho Lee, Joon Hyung Lee, Ki Young Chang, Ji Soo Jang, Ha Min Shin, Yoon Hwa Kim
  • Publication number: 20230172618
    Abstract: A surgical handpiece comprises, in the form of a magazine, electronic components composed of a printed circuit board mounted on a hand grip part of the handpiece and various sensor modules provided on the printed circuit board, and the surgical handpiece is easy to maintain since the repair thereof is completed by replacing a magazine. The surgical handpiece comprises a pistol-shaped housing composed of the hand grip and a motor housing integrally formed on the top of the hand grip, wherein the hand grip comprises a grip body and a magazine groove which is formed inside the grip body and into which the magazine-type electronic component module is inserted and mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Jung CHON, Heon Hang LIM, Duck Jong KIM, Jae Hong JEON, Ku Young JEON, Jae Chul LEE
  • Publication number: 20230006596
    Abstract: Charging system and method using a motor driving system are proposed. The charging system includes a battery, an inverter to which D.C. power stored in the battery is applied, including a plurality of legs each including two switching elements, a motor including a plurality of coils of which first ends are respectively connected to connection nodes of the switching elements of each of the plurality of legs, and second ends are connected to each other to form a neutral point, and an inverter driving part configured to control switching of the switching elements, so that switching speeds of the switching elements are different for each mode of a motor driving mode and a charging mode so as to change magnitude of charging voltage supplied to the neutral point of the motor and to output the charging voltage to the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Woong JANG, Sang Cheol SHIN, Yoo Jong LEE, Ki Jong LEE, Ho Tae CHUN
  • Patent number: 11380676
    Abstract: A semiconductor system includes a control device, and a semiconductor apparatus coupled with the control device through a first line and a second line. A loading of the second line is greater than a loading of the first line, wherein the semiconductor apparatus includes a first receiving circuit which is electrically coupled with the first line and a second receiving circuit which is electrically coupled with the second line. Further a loading between the first line and the first receiving circuit is greater than a loading between the second line and the second receiving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Joong-Ho Kim, Hyun Woo Kwack, Ki Jong Lee, Doo Bock Lee
  • Patent number: 11345249
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus for multi-voltage charging is provided. The power conversion apparatus includes a housing, a motor connecting terminal disposed at one side of the housing, a relay having a first end electrically connected to the motor connecting terminal, and a capacitor having a first terminal electrically connected to a second end of the relay, and second and third terminals respectively connected to positive and negative terminals of an external battery, wherein the motor connecting terminal, the relay, and the first, second and third terminals are disposed within the housing along an outer edge of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Jong Lee, Sang Cheol Shin, Young Seul Lim, Ji Woong Jang, Yoo Jong Lee, Jun Hwan Kim, Seong Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20220149733
    Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes: a first capacitor; a first switching element, a second switching element, a third switching element, and a fourth switching element sequentially connected to one another in series between both ends of the first capacitor; a second capacitor having both ends connected at a connection node of the first switching element and the second switching element and a connection node of the third switching element and the fourth switching element, respectively; and a controller configured to determine whether an overvoltage is applied to both ends of the first to fourth switching elements, respectively, based on a first sensed voltage obtained by sensing a voltage applied to the first capacitor and a second sensed voltage obtained by sensing a voltage applied to the second capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoo Jong LEE, Ji Woong JANG, Ki Jong LEE, Sang Cheol SHIN
  • Patent number: 11277124
    Abstract: An overcurrent detection reference compensation system of a switching element for an inverter and an overcurrent detection system using the same can correct an overcurrent detection reference used to detect an overcurrent of a switching element according to a temperature of the switching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoo Jong Lee, Ji Woong Jang, Ki Jong Lee, Sang Cheol Shin
  • Publication number: 20220073051
    Abstract: A vehicle for supplying a constant current to a motor without changing a gate voltage even at high temperatures is provided. The vehicle includes at least one switching element that supplies a current to a motor; a temperature sensor that detects temperature information of at least one transistor; at least one processor that transmits a clock signal corresponding to driving of the motor; and a driver that receives the clock signal, and transmits a driving signal to the transistor. A converter then determines a duty of the driving signal based on the temperature information received from the temperature sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jiwoong Jang, Sangcheol Shin, Youngseul Lim, YooJong Lee, Ki Jong Lee, Kangho Jeong
  • Publication number: 20210178920
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus for multi-voltage charging is provided. The power conversion apparatus includes a housing, a motor connecting terminal disposed at one side of the housing, a relay having a first end electrically connected to the motor connecting terminal, and a capacitor having a first terminal electrically connected to a second end of the relay, and second and third terminals respectively connected to positive and negative terminals of an external battery, wherein the motor connecting terminal, the relay, and the first, second and third terminals are disposed within the housing along an outer edge of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Ki Jong Lee, Sang Cheol Shin, Young Seul Lim, Ji Woong Jang, Yoo Jong Lee, Jun Hwan Kim, Seong Min Lee
  • Patent number: 10962423
    Abstract: A method includes: detecting, by a motor controller, an interlock failure of a connector for connecting between a gate driver and the motor controller, the connector being connected to an inverter for driving a motor in an eco-friendly vehicle; and determining, by the motor controller, that the interlock failure of the connector has occurred when an output value of a signal processor provided in the motor controller so that a sensing signal is inputted from the gate driver through the connector is detected as a value beyond a predetermined normal sensing range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gun Soo Kang, Ki Jong Lee, Kang Ho Jeong
  • Publication number: 20210082909
    Abstract: A semiconductor system includes a control device, and a semiconductor apparatus coupled with the control device through a first line and a second line. A loading of the second line is greater than a loading of the first line, wherein the semiconductor apparatus includes a first receiving circuit which is electrically coupled with the first line and a second receiving circuit which is electrically coupled with the second line. Further a loading between the first line and the first receiving circuit is greater than a loading between the second line and the second receiving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Joong-Ho KIM, Hyun Woo KWACK, Ki Jong LEE, Doo Bock LEE