Patents by Inventor Kyoungho Yoo

Kyoungho Yoo 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: 20240027725
    Abstract: A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a housing disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Seongmin Lee, Sangok Park, Sangjun Min, Kyoungho Yoo, Taejin Jung, Taemin Ha, Seungki Kim
  • Patent number: 11809014
    Abstract: A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a housing disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongmin Lee, Sangok Park, Sangjun Min, Kyoungho Yoo, Taejin Jung, Taemin Ha, Seungki Kim
  • Publication number: 20210109310
    Abstract: A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a housing disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Seongmin Lee, Sangok Park, Sangjun Min, Kyoungho Yoo, Taejin Jung, Taemin Ha, Seungki Kim
  • Patent number: 10914914
    Abstract: A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a housing disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongmin Lee, Sangok Park, Sangjun Min, Kyoungho Yoo, Taejin Jung, Taemin Ha, Seungki Kim
  • Publication number: 20190154951
    Abstract: A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a housing disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: SEONGMIN LEE, SANGOK PARK, SANGJUN MIN, KYOUNGHO YOO, TAEJIN JUNG, TAEMIN HA, SEUNGKI KIM
  • Patent number: 10185117
    Abstract: A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a housing disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongmin Lee, Sangok Park, Sangjun Min, Kyoungho Yoo, Taejin Jung, Taemin Ha, Seungki Kim
  • Publication number: 20170115464
    Abstract: A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a housing disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: Seongmin Lee, Sangok Park, Sangjun Min, Kyoungho Yoo, Taejin Jung, Taemin Ha, Seungki Kim
  • Patent number: 9575283
    Abstract: A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a housing disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongmin Lee, Sangok Park, Sangjun Min, Kyoungho Yoo, Taejin Jung, Taemin Ha, Seungki Kim
  • Patent number: 9515542
    Abstract: Disclosed is a voice coil motor, the motor including a rotor having a cylindrical bobbin that has a support block protruding from an upper end of an outer circumference thereof and a coil block that is coupled to the outer circumference of the bobbin in a direction from a lower surface to an upper surface of the bobbin and is supported by the support block, a stator having a magnet facing the coil block and a yoke holding the magnet, elastic members coupled to upper and lower surfaces of the bobbin, respectively, a base supporting the stator and the elastic members, and a foreign substance inflow-prevention portion formed on an upper surface of the base in such a way as to protrude around an opening formed in a central portion of the base in a shape of a closed loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungki Kim, Kyoungho Yoo
  • Publication number: 20160033736
    Abstract: A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a housing disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Seongmin Lee, Sangok Park, Sangjun Min, Kyoungho Yoo, Taejin Jung, Taemin Ha, Seungki Kim
  • Patent number: 9190891
    Abstract: A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a housing disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seongmin Lee, Sangok Park, Sangjun Min, Kyoungho Yoo, Taejin Jung, Taemin Ha, Seungki Kim
  • Publication number: 20150061415
    Abstract: Disclosed is a voice coil motor, the motor including a rotor having a cylindrical bobbin that has a support block protruding from an upper end of an outer circumference thereof and a coil block that is coupled to the outer circumference of the bobbin in a direction from a lower surface to an upper surface of the bobbin and is supported by the support block, a stator having a magnet facing the coil block and a yoke holding the magnet, elastic members coupled to upper and lower surfaces of the bobbin, respectively, a base supporting the stator and the elastic members, and a foreign substance inflow-prevention portion formed on an upper surface of the base in such a way as to protrude around an opening formed in a central portion of the base in a shape of a closed loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Seungki Kim, Kyoungho Yoo
  • Patent number: 8912690
    Abstract: Disclosed is a voice coil motor, the motor including a rotor having a cylindrical bobbin that has a support block protruding from an upper end of an outer circumference thereof and a coil block that is coupled to the outer circumference of the bobbin in a direction from a lower surface to an upper surface of the bobbin and is supported by the support block, a stator having a magnet facing the coil block and a yoke holding the magnet, elastic members coupled to upper and lower surfaces of the bobbin, respectively, a base supporting the stator and the elastic members, and a foreign substance inflow-prevention portion formed on an upper surface of the base in such a way as to protrude around an opening formed in a central portion of the base in a shape of a closed loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungki Kim, Kyoungho Yoo
  • Publication number: 20140347556
    Abstract: A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a magnet fixing member disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Seongmin Lee, Sangok Park, Sangjun Min, Kyoungho Yoo, Taejin Jung, Taemin Ha, Seungki Kim
  • Patent number: 8836177
    Abstract: A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a magnet fixing member disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seongmin Lee, Sangok Park, Sangjun Min, Kyoungho Yoo, Taejin Jung, Taemin Ha, Seungki Kim
  • Patent number: 8360665
    Abstract: A camera shutter device and an optical apparatus having the same are disclosed. The camera shutter device includes a pair of cores, each wrapped by a coil and having a distal end facing the other, wherein each coil is formed at the distal end with an electromagnetic force line generating unit. A magnet comprising a first magnet and a second magnet is interposed between the pair of cores. The magnet linearly and reciprocally moves in a direction perpendicular to the electromagnetic force line generating unit, and a slider opens and shuts a shutter blade as the magnet linearly and reciprocally moves, whereby miniaturization and thinning of the shutter device can be realized, and an opening/shutting operation can be stably performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinsuk Han, Kyoungho Yoo, Seungki Kim
  • Publication number: 20120146432
    Abstract: Disclosed is a voice coil motor, the motor including a rotor having a cylindrical bobbin that has a support block protruding from an upper end of an outer circumference thereof and a coil block that is coupled to the outer circumference of the bobbin in a direction from a lower surface to an upper surface of the bobbin and is supported by the support block, a stator having a magnet facing the coil block and a yoke holding the magnet, elastic members coupled to upper and lower surfaces of the bobbin, respectively, a base supporting the stator and the elastic members, and a foreign substance inflow-prevention portion formed on an upper surface of the base in such a way as to protrude around an opening formed in a central portion of the base in a shape of a closed loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2011
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seungki Kim, Kyoungho Yoo
  • Publication number: 20120025633
    Abstract: A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed with a lens-exposing opening, a plurality of magnets disposed inside the yoke and opposite to the coil block, and a magnet fixing member disposed inside the yoke to fix the plurality of magnets; and an elastic member elastically supporting the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seongmin Lee, Sangok Park, Sangjun Min, Kyoungho Yoo, Taejin Jung, Taemin Ha, Seungki Kim
  • Publication number: 20110206365
    Abstract: A camera shutter device and an optical apparatus having the same are disclosed, wherein the device includes a core including a first rod and a second rod, each arranged in parallel with the other, and one of which is wrapped by a coil, a first distal end formed at the first rod to generate an electromagnetic force line, and a second distal end formed at the second rod to generate an electromagnetic force line, a magnet arranged in opposition to the first and second distal ends to linearly and reciprocally move between the first and second distal ends, a slider for opening and closing a shutter blade in a case the magnet linearly and reciprocally moves between the first and second distal ends, wherein each area of the first and second distal ends is larger than each cross-sectional area of the first and second rods, such that miniaturization and thinning of the shutter device can be realized, and generation of trembling phenomenon can be prevented during an opening/shutting operation of the shutter blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoungho Yoo, Seungki Kim, Taehwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20110206363
    Abstract: A camera shutter device and an optical apparatus having the same are disclosed. The camera shutter device includes a pair of cores, each wrapped by a coil and having a distal end facing the other, wherein each coil is formed at the distal end with an electromagnetic force line generating unit. A magnet comprising a first magnet and a second magnet is interposed between the pair of cores. The magnet linearly and reciprocally moves in a direction perpendicular to the electromagnetic force line generating unit, and a slider opens and shuts a shutter blade as the magnet linearly and reciprocally moves, whereby miniaturization and thinning of the shutter device can be realized, and an opening/shutting operation can be stably performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinsuk Han, Kyoungho Yoo, Seungki Kim