Patents by Inventor Kyoung-tae Kim

Kyoung-tae 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).

  • Patent number: 10172658
    Abstract: Provided are a medical insertion apparatus including a screw body to be inserted into a body, and a conductive portion provided in the screw body and including an externally exposed portion, wherein the conductive portion may extend in a longitudinal direction of the screw body and form a single closed loop, and a medical insertion apparatus including a screw body to be inserted into a body, a driver to engage with the screw body to be used to fasten or loosen the screw body, and a conductive portion provided in the screw body and the driver and including an externally exposed portion on one side of the screw body, wherein a portion of the conductive portion disposed in the screw body and another portion of the conductive portion disposed in the driver may be electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventor: Kyoung Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20180374660
    Abstract: Various examples are provided for hydrothermally grown BaTiO3, SrTiO3, and BaxSr1-xTiO3 on TiO2 nanotube layers, which can be used in ultra-high charge density capacitors. In one example, a method includes forming a first anodized titanium oxide (ATO) layer on a layer of titanium by anodization, the first ATO layer having a nanotubular morphology; removing the first ATO layer from the layer of titanium; forming a second ATO layer having a nanotubular morphology on the layer of titanium by anodization; and hydrothermally growing a layer of MTiO3 on a surface of the second ATO layer, where M is Ba, Sr, or BaxSr1-x. In another example, an ultra-high density charge capacitor includes a first electrode layer; an ATO layer disposed on the first electrode layer; a layer of MTiO3 on a surface of the ATO layer; and a second electrode layer disposed on the layer of MTiO3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Kyoung Tae Kim, Yong-Kyu Yoon, Dongsu Kim
  • Publication number: 20180360502
    Abstract: A rod connector used in screw fixation to connect different rods includes a latch element including a latch section which is fitted to a first rod and a pass-through section having a through-hole, a support element including an up/down movement section which moves up and down through the through-hole and a support section which is a head part of the up/down movement section and has a support groove to support a second rod, and a fixing screw which approaches the up/down movement section through a screw hole formed in oblique direction within the latch element and presses the up/down movement section directly or indirectly, to fix the support element at a predetermined height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventor: Kyoung Tae KIM
  • Patent number: 10154866
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical insertion apparatus includes a screw nail body inserted into a human body and an electrode which is provided in the screw nail body and includes an externally exposed portion. Here, a through hole may be formed in the screw nail body or the electrode. According to one embodiment, a medical insertion apparatus includes a screw nail body inserted into a human body and an electrode which is provided in the screw nail body and exposed outside the screw nail body. Here, the screw nail body and the electrode may be provided as a combinable or separable structure. According to one embodiment, a medical insertion apparatus includes a screw nail body inserted into a human body, a driver engaged with the screw nail body to tighten or loosen the screw nail body, and a conductor portion which may be provided in the screw nail body or the driver and may include an externally exposed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventor: Kyoung Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20180020556
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a bending area that is bendable along an axis extending in a first direction, and a panel support portion that supports the display panel in the bending area. The panel support portion includes a plurality of joint members, a plurality of rotational angle limiting members, and a plurality of connecting members. The joint members are sequentially arranged and support the display panel. Each joint member is rotatable about two rotation axes. The rotational angle limiting members are coupled to the joint members and limit rotational angles of the joint members. Each connecting member is coupled to a pair of the rotational angle limiting members disposed at a pair of adjacent joint members. The rotational angle limiting members included in the pair of rotational angle limiting members contact each other and are fixed to an inner portion of the corresponding connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: JEONG EUN SEO, KYOUNG TAE KIM, HYE-RYOUNG PARK, YOUNG JIN LEE
  • Publication number: 20170364122
    Abstract: A rollable display apparatus including a main body portion extending in a length direction and including a metallic material. The rollable display apparatus further includes a flexible display panel protruding from an outer surface of the main body portion. A portion of the flexible display panel is connected to the main body portion. The rollable display apparatus additionally includes a support portion. The flexible display panel is attached to a first surface of the support portion, and the support portion includes an extension portion extending from the support portion and beyond an edge of the flexible display panel, and the extension portion includes a magnet that attaches the flexible display panel to the main body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: KYOUNG TAE KIM, Young Jin Lee, Sung Su Hong
  • Publication number: 20170354442
    Abstract: A screw anchor assembly used in pedicle screw fixation is provided. The screw anchor assembly includes a screw having screw threads defined on a circumferential surface, and a screw anchor having a first end and a second end, an accommodating part defined by anchor screw threads on an inner surface of the screw anchor and having one end to receive the screw, and a locking step extended in a circumferential direction from the first end of the screw anchor. The accommodating part flexibly extends when the screw is screw-coupled to the screw anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventor: Kyoung Tae KIM
  • Publication number: 20170275178
    Abstract: Various examples are provided for multiferroic thin films. In one example, a multiferroic thin film device includes a thin film of multiferroic material and an electrode disposed on a side of the thin film of multiferroic material. The multiferroic material can be (Fex,Sr1-x)TiO3 In another example, a method for producing a multiferroic thin film includes forming a multiferroic pre-cursor; disposing the multiferroic precursor on a substrate to form a multiferroic coating; pre-baking the multiferroic coating on the substrate to form a pre-baked multiferroic thin film; and annealing the pre-baked multiferroic thin film under an oxygen atmosphere to form a crystalized multiferroic thin film. One or more electrodes can be formed on the crystalized multiferroic thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: KYOUNG TAE KIM, YONG KYU YOON
  • Publication number: 20170238888
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a C-arm head cover. The C-arm head cover according to the present invention comprises: a fixed unit which includes a fixing means, and is capable of being fixed to a predetermined object; a first cover which extends from the fixed unit, and has a foldable structure; and a second cover which extends from the first cover, and is bent downward, wherein when the C-arm head rotates 180 degrees from an upright position around a C-arm table for supporting a person to be processed with radiography, the foldable structure of the first cover is unfolded, and then only the first cover or both the first cover and the second cover covers the C-arm head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: Kyoung Tae KIM
  • Patent number: 9658495
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display, a pretilt value provided by an upper alignment layer or a lower alignment layer is gradually changed in one domain, such that liquid crystal molecules have various arrangements in which azimuth angles of aligned liquid crystal molecules are gradually changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Tae Kim, Kyoung Ju Shin, Jun Woo Lee, Suk Hoon Kang, Baek Kyun Jeon, Young-Gu Kim
  • Publication number: 20170100177
    Abstract: A screw fixing apparatus includes a screw inserted into a human body, and a screw anchor having an insertion hole that receives the screw. The screw anchor is inserted into the human body and the screw is inserted into the human body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Kyoung Tae KIM
  • Publication number: 20160199112
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a medical insertion apparatus includes a screw nail body inserted into a human body and an electrode which is provided in the screw nail body and includes an externally exposed portion. Here, a through hole may be formed in the screw nail body or the electrode. According to one embodiment, a medical insertion apparatus includes a screw nail body inserted into a human body and an electrode which is provided in the screw nail body and exposed outside the screw nail body. Here, the screw nail body and the electrode may be provided as a combinable or separable structure. According to one embodiment, a medical insertion apparatus includes a screw nail body inserted into a human body, a driver engaged with the screw nail body to tighten or loosen the screw nail body, and a conductor portion which may be provided in the screw nail body or the driver and may include an externally exposed portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventor: Kyoung Tae KIM
  • Patent number: 9348073
    Abstract: A photoreactive material layer includes an upper portion and a lower portion each including a uniformly aligned crosslinked photoreactive material, wherein the upper portion includes a first portion of the crosslinked photoreactive material and a second portion of the crosslinked photoreactive material, wherein the first portion of the photoreactive material and the second portion of the crosslinked photoreactive material are crosslinked with each other and aligned in a first direction, and the lower portion includes a third portion of the crosslinked photoreactive material and a fourth portion of the crosslinked photoreactive material, wherein the third portion of the crosslinked photoreactive material and the fourth portion of the crosslinked photoreactive material are crosslinked with each other and aligned in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suk Hoon Kang, Jun Woo Lee, Kyoung Tae Kim, Soo-Ryun Cho, Mi Hwa Lee, Baek Kyun Jeon
  • Publication number: 20160135850
    Abstract: A fixing apparatus for cervical vertebrae in which in which a fixing plate is made to be in proximity with cervical vertebrae and screws are inserted into the cervical vertebrae through screw holes formed in the fixing plate, includes an opening and closing member that opens and closes the screw holes while being moved between a closing position for covering the screw holes and an opening position for opening the screw hole on the fixing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventor: Kyoung Tae KIM
  • Publication number: 20160128738
    Abstract: A fixing system for cervical vertebrae includes a fixing apparatus for cervical vertebrae in which a cervical vertebrae-fixing plate is made close contact with cervical vertebrae and a screw is inserted into the cervical vertebrae through a screw hole formed in the cervical vertebrae-fixing plate, and a driver that rotates the screw. Here, clips for holding the inserted screw are provided in the screw hole, a convex portion is positioned at the rear of a front end portion of the driver which is fitted in a groove on the screw, and the driver loosens the inserted screw while spreading the clips using the convex portion, when the inserted screw is loosened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventor: Kyoung Tae KIM
  • Patent number: 9337784
    Abstract: An apparatus of a power amplifier is provided. The apparatus includes an input boosting circuit configured to match a second harmonic input signal using a harmonic control circuit of an input stage to maximize an efficiency and an output power, a die cell configured to receive and amplify an output signal of the input boosting circuit, and an output boosting circuit configured to receive an output signal of the die cell and to match a second harmonic output signal of the output signal of the die cell using a harmonic control circuit of an output stage to maximize the efficiency and the output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Postech Academy—Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Il-Du Kim, Bumman Kim, Jung-Hwan Son, Kyoung-Tae Kim, Dong-Geun Lee
  • Patent number: 9304356
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a first alignment layer disposed on the first substrate, the first alignment layer including a vertical photo-alignment material, a second alignment layer disposed on the second substrate, the second alignment layer including a vertical alignment material, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suk Hoon Kang, Jun Woo Lee, Baek Kyun Jeon, Kyoung Tae Kim, Soo-Ryun Cho
  • Patent number: 9268085
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device including a liquid crystal panel in a display area and a non-display area; a plurality of optical sheets under the liquid crystal panel; a light guide plate under the optical sheets; a light source configured to apply light to the light guide plate; and a support main connected to the liquid crystal panel, the optical sheets and the light guide plate and including a first support guide in back of the liquid crystal panel; a second support guide in back of the optical sheets and extending from a side surface of the first support guide; and a third support guide extending from a side surface of the second support guide. An inside portion of the third support guide is narrower than an outside portion of the third support guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Im Huo, Sang Mo Yang, Kyoung Tae Kim, Dong Geun Lee
  • Patent number: 9229274
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an alignment substrate that includes a base substrate and an alignment layer arranged on the base substrate. A plurality of unit pixels is defined in the base substrate. The alignment layer includes at least two sub-alignment portions dividing the unit pixel into at least two domains. Each sub-alignment portion is arranged in a different domain of the at least two domains and is aligned to have a different pretilt direction from the other sub-alignment portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Hwan Shin, Baek-Kyun Jeon, Kyoung-Tae Kim, Bong-Sun Seo, Mee-Hye Jung, Young-Gu Kim, Min-Sik Jung, Byoung-Hun Sung, Jeong-Hye Choi, Sung-Yi Kim
  • Patent number: 9196996
    Abstract: Provided in a safe outlet further including a rotary type locking body in which the rotary type locking body falls down when a plug is not plugged into the outlet, to thereby make outlet terminals not opened, to thus prevent an electric shock accident in advance, and to thereby entirely block foreign substances such as dust from entering an earth terminal hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Inventors: Jong Il Kim, Kyoung Tae Kim