Patents by Inventor Kwang-Min Kim

Kwang-Min 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: 20210351245
    Abstract: A display device may include a display panel including a substrate that includes a display area and a pad area adjacent to the display area, and a first pad and a second pad on the pad area of the substrate, and a chip-on-film package over the pad area of the substrate with the first pad and the second pad in between, the chip-on-film package including an insulation layer, a first wiring on an upper surface of the insulation layer and electrically connected to the first pad, and a second wiring on a lower surface of the insulation layer and electrically connected to the second pad. A first signal having alternating voltage levels may be applied to the first wiring, and a second signal having a constant voltage level may be applied to the second wiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Cheolhwan EOM, Kwang-Min KIM, Hyeaweon SHIN, Sang Joon RYU, Hyungjun AN, Minji LEE, Yul Kyu LEE, Jeahyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20210344056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for measuring the thermal characteristics of a pouch-type battery cell, specifically, the thermal conductivity of the battery cell, and a thermal conductivity measurement method using the same. When the battery cell thermal conductivity measurement device of the present invention is used, the thermal conductivity of a pouch-type battery cell exhibiting anisotropic thermal conductivity characteristics can be separated along each direction and measured, and thereby stability according to the thermal characteristics of a product, which uses a battery cell for a rechargeable battery, can be efficiently evaluated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Min KIM, Woo Young SONG
  • Publication number: 20210287597
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display device including the display substrate are disclosed. In one aspect, the display substrate includes a plurality of pixels formed in a substantially circular pixel area and a driving circuit formed in a peripheral area surrounding the pixel area and configured to drive the pixels. A boundary is formed between the pixel area and the peripheral area, and the boundary is substantially concentric with respect to an arc defining the substantially circular pixel area. The driving circuit comprises a conductive pattern having a first side which extends in a peripheral direction crossing the boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Hye-Jin SHIN, Won-Kyu KWAK, Kwang-Min KIM
  • Publication number: 20210269920
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a stainless steel with excellent contact resistance for a polymer fuel cell separator. The method of manufacturing a stainless steel with excellent contact resistance for a polymer fuel cell separator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: electrolyzing to remove a first passivation film formed on a cold-rolled thin sheet of a stainless steel comprising, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: greater than 0 to 0.1%, N: greater than 0 to 0.02%, Si: greater than 0 to 0.25%, Mn: greater than 0 to 0.2%, P: greater than 0 to 0.04%, S: greater than 0 to 0.02%, Cr: 22 to 34%, Ti: greater than 0 to 0.5%, Nb: greater than 0 to 0.5%, the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities; and immersing in a mixed acid solution of nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid to form a second passivation film on the stainless cold-rolled thin sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jong Hee Kim, Kwang-Min Kim, Bo-Sung Seo
  • Patent number: 11101329
    Abstract: A display device may include a display panel including a substrate that includes a display area and a pad area adjacent to the display area, and a first pad and a second pad on the pad area of the substrate, and a chip-on-film package over the pad area of the substrate with the first pad and the second pad in between, the chip-on-film package including an insulation layer, a first wiring on an upper surface of the insulation layer and electrically connected to the first pad, and a second wiring on a lower surface of the insulation layer and electrically connected to the second pad. A first signal having alternating voltage levels may be applied to the first wiring, and a second signal having a constant voltage level may be applied to the second wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Inventors: Cheolhwan Eom, Kwang-Min Kim, Hyeaweon Shin, Sang Joon Ryu, Hyungjun An, Minji Lee, Yul Kyu Lee, Jeahyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20210254203
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to austenitic stainless steel with excellent electrical conductivity in which metal copper is formed in a non-conductive passivation film formed on the surface of stainless steel, and a method of manufacturing the same. The austenitic stainless steel with excellent electrical conductivity according to an embodiment of present disclosure includes: a stainless steel base material comprising, in percent (%) by weight of the entire composition, C: 0.1% or less, Si: 0.1 to 1.0% or less, Mn: 0.1 to 2.0% or less, Cr: 15 to 24% or less, Ni: 6 to 12% or less, Cu: 0.5 to 3% or less, the remainder of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities; and a passivation film formed on the stainless steel base material, and the passivation film has a thickness of more than 0 and less than or equal to 5 nm, the Cu weight % content in the thickness region between 2 to 3 nm from the surface of the passivation film is 1.5 or more compared to the Cu weight % content of the stainless steel base material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Kwang-Min Kim, Mi-Nam Park, Bo-Sung Seo
  • Patent number: 11087689
    Abstract: A display includes a plurality of pixels in a non-quadrangular display area and a plurality of first driving circuits and a plurality of second driving circuits in a peripheral area of the display area. Each of the pixels is connected to a first signal line in a first direction and a second signal line in a second direction crossing the first direction. Each of the first driving circuits outputs a first signal to the first signal line of a corresponding one of the pixels. Each of the second driving circuits outputs a second signal to the second signal line of a corresponding one of the pixels. The number of second driving circuits between neighboring first driving circuits is different depending on a position in the peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Kyu Lee, Kwang-Min Kim, Byoung Sun Kim
  • Publication number: 20210201785
    Abstract: Provided are a display device. The display device comprises: a display unit defined by a display area and a non-display area located outside the display area, and including pixels arranged in the display area, first sensing wirings electrically connected to the pixels, and auxiliary voltage wirings electrically separated from the pixels; and a sensing unit electrically connected to the first sensing wirings, wherein the first sensing wirings and the auxiliary voltage wirings extend in a first direction and are sequentially arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction at first intervals, the first sensing wirings are spaced apart from each other along the second direction at second intervals greater than the first intervals and are electrically separated from each other, and the auxiliary voltage wirings are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Ki Wook KIM, Kwang Min KIM, Yang Wan KIM, Ji Su NA, Min Woo BYUN
  • Patent number: 11024216
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display device including the display substrate are disclosed. In one aspect, the display substrate includes a plurality of pixels formed in a substantially circular pixel area and a driving circuit formed in a peripheral area surrounding the pixel area and configured to drive the pixels. A boundary is formed between the pixel area and the peripheral area, and the boundary is substantially concentric with respect to an arc defining the substantially circular pixel area. The driving circuit comprises a conductive pattern having a first side which extends in a peripheral direction crossing the boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hye-Jin Shin, Won-Kyu Kwak, Kwang-Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11004926
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode (“OLED”) display device includes a substrate having a display region having a light emitting region and a peripheral region surrounding the light emitting region, a pad region at a first side of the display region, and a trench at a second side of the display region, a plurality of light emitting structures on the light emitting region of the substrate, an active pattern along a profile of the trench on the peripheral region of the substrate, the active pattern being adjacent to the trench and including a pattern protrusion, and an upper gate wiring on and overlapping the active pattern, the upper gate wiring having a wiring protrusion adjacent to the pattern protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jisu Na, Seung-Kyu Lee, Kwang-Min Kim
  • Patent number: 11001503
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of preparing an MFI zeolite with a microporous and mesoporous hierarchical structure in which a non-benzene-based first structure-directing agent, which provides ordered microporous pore sizes and a framework of MFI zeolite seed crystals, and a second structure-directing agent containing one benzene ring and an ammonium ion, which functions as a mesopore-directing agent without interfering with the function of the first structure-directing agent, are simultaneously used; an MFI zeolite with a microporous and mesoporous hierarchical structure, which is prepared by the method, and a catalyst use thereof for a reaction of converting acetylene into an aromatic compound; and a method of preparing an aromatic compound from acetylene using the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Sogang University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Kyoung-Su Ha, Kwang Min Kim, Jong Hyun Jeon, Choongik Kim, Daegak Kim
  • Publication number: 20210132725
    Abstract: Provided is an input sensing unit. The input sensing unit includes a plurality of first electrodes which are arranged in a first direction and each of which extends in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of row electrode each of which includes a second electrode and a third electrode, a plurality of first sensing lines respectively connected to the first electrodes, a plurality of second sensing lines respectively connected to the second electrodes, and a third sensing line connected to each of the third electrodes. Each of the row electrodes includes one side and the other side, which are opposed to each other in the first direction, and the one side is connected to one of one second sensing line and one third sensing line of the second sensing lines, and the other side is connected to the other of the second sensing lien and the third sensing line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Jisu NA, Kwang-min Kim, Kiwook Kim, Yangwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20210126058
    Abstract: An OLED device includes a substrate including a display region including a pixel region and a peripheral region surrounding the pixel region. A pad region is spaced apart from the display region, and a bending region is disposed between the display region and the pad region. A plurality of pixel structures are disposed in the pixel region on the substrate. A touch screen structure is disposed on the pixel structures. A plurality of touch screen wirings are disposed in the bending region on the substrate. The touch screen wirings are electrically connected the touch screen structure. A connection structure is in the pad region. The connection structure electrically connects touch screen wirings to each other. A same touch sensing signal is applied to touch screen wirings that are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: KIWOOK KIM, WONKYU KWAK, KWANG-MIN KIM, JOONG-SOO MOON
  • Patent number: 10991954
    Abstract: Stainless steel with improved hydrophilicity and contact resistance for a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) separator, and a method of manufacturing the stainless steel Stainless steel are disclosed. Stainless steel for a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) separator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: by weight percent, 0 to 0.02% of C (excluding 0), 0 to 0.02% of N (excluding 0), 0 to 0.25% of Si (excluding 0), 0 to 0.2% of Mn (excluding 0), 0 to 0.04% of P (excluding 0), 0 to 0.02% of S (excluding 0), 20 to 34% of Cr, 0 to 0.6% of V (excluding 0), 0 to 0.5% of Ti (excluding 0), 0 to 0.5% of Nb (excluding 0), and the remainder comprising iron (Fe) and other unavoidable impurities, wherein a plurality of patterns may be formed on a surface of the stainless steel in a direction that is inclined with respect to a rolling direction, and the plurality of patterns are arranged repeatedly in the rolling direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: POSCO
    Inventors: Jong Hee Kim, Kwang Min Kim, Jae Hwa Lee, Yang Jin Chung, Ki Hoon Jo, Bo Sung Seo
  • Publication number: 20210118344
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate includes a display area having a plurality of pixels, a pad area including a plurality of input pads, and a circuit area positioned between the pad area and the display area; a crack sensor having a first end and a second end, the first end being connected to a first input pad of the plurality of input pads; a first shorting element extending through the pad area, the first shorting element being connected to the second end and extending to an edge of the substrate; a plurality of data lines connected to the plurality of pixels; and a crack sensing circuit including a first switching element having an input terminal connected to the first end and an output terminal connected to a first data line of the plurality of data lines, and a second switching element having an input terminal connected to the second end and an output terminal connected to a second data line of the plurality of data lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kwang-Min KIM, Won Kyun KWAK, Seung-Kyu LEE
  • Publication number: 20210111234
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a first region in which an image is displayed, a second region in which an image is not displayed, and a bending region connecting the first region and the second region. The bending region is configured to bend along a bending axis which extends in a first direction. A plurality of pad terminals is disposed within the second region. A first width of the bending region, measured along the first direction, is narrower than a second width of the second region, measured along the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: TAE HOON KWON, WON KYU KWAK, KWANG-MIN KIM, HEY JIN SHIN, SEUNG-KYU LEE
  • Publication number: 20210090488
    Abstract: Provided are a display apparatus and a controlling method thereof for implementing a local dimming function. A display apparatus including a plurality of display modules includes: a receiver configured to receive image data; a controller configured to calculate a local dimming value based on the received image data, and extract the image data corresponding to the display module from the image data to which the local dimming value is applied; and an output configured to output the extracted image data to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Tai JEONG, Kwang Min KIM
  • Patent number: 10950174
    Abstract: Provided are a display device. The display device comprises: a display unit defined by a display area and a non-display area located outside the display area, and including pixels arranged in the display area, first sensing wirings electrically connected to the pixels, and auxiliary voltage wirings electrically separated from the pixels; and a sensing unit electrically connected to the first sensing wirings, wherein the first sensing wirings and the auxiliary voltage wirings extend in a first direction and are sequentially arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction at first intervals, the first sensing wirings are spaced apart from each other along the second direction at second intervals greater than the first intervals and are electrically separated from each other, and the auxiliary voltage wirings are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Ki Wook Kim, Kwang Min Kim, Yang Wan Kim, Ji Su Na, Min Woo Byun
  • Patent number: 10937842
    Abstract: An OLED device includes a substrate including a display region including a pixel region and a peripheral region surrounding the pixel region. A pad region is spaced apart from the display region, and a bending region is disposed between the display region and the pad region. A plurality of pixel structures are disposed in the pixel region on the substrate. A touch screen structure is disposed on the pixel structures. A plurality of touch screen wirings are disposed in the bending region on the substrate. The touch screen wirings are electrically connected the touch screen structure. A connection structure is in the pad region. The connection structure electrically connects touch screen wirings to each other. A same touch sensing signal is applied to touch screen wirings that are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiwook Kim, Wonkyu Kwak, Kwang-Min Kim, Joong-Soo Moon
  • Patent number: 10903289
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a substrate having a display area, and a peripheral area outside the display area including a first peripheral area adjacent to the display area, a first bending area extending from the first peripheral area, and a second peripheral area extending from the first bending area, and overlapping the first peripheral area, a display member at the display area, and including a first display area, and a second display area around the first display area, and a plurality of align keys on the substrate, wherein the first peripheral area includes a flat peripheral area corresponding to an area between the first display area and the first bending area, and a second bending area between the second display area and an end of the substrate, and wherein the plurality of align keys include a first align key at the flat peripheral area, and a second align key at the second peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ki Wook Kim, Won Kyu Kwak, Kwang-Min Kim, Dong Soo Kim, Joong-Soo Moon, Hyun Ae Park, Ji-Eun Lee, Chang Kyu Jin