Patents by Inventor Kyung-Hwan Kim

Kyung-Hwan 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: 20110116953
    Abstract: An electric water pump may include a stator generating a magnetic field, a rotor rotated by the magnetic field, a pump cover, a body having a volute chamber with the pump chamber, a stator chamber and a rotor chamber, the stator being mounted in the stator chamber and the rotor being mounted in the rotor chamber, a shaft fixed to the rotor, an impeller fixed to the shaft in the volute chamber, a driver case mounted at a rear end of the body and having a rear surface opened backward and formed of a driver chamber therein, and a driver mounted in the driver chamber and applying a control signal to the stator, wherein the case surface is provided with an insert portion protruded forward from an external circumference thereof and inserted in a rear end portion of the body, and a fixing groove in which the insert portion is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD., AMOTECH CO., LTD., KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeawoong Yi, Seung Yong Lee, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20110116948
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator for an electric water pump may be used for manufacturing the stator used in the electric water pump. In the electric water pump which includes stator assembly for an electric water pump, wherein the stator assembly including a plurality of core-insulator assemblies generates a magnetic field according to a control signal and a rotor is rotated by the magnetic field generated at the stator assembly to pressurize coolant, the method for manufacturing the stator assembly may include a) stacking a plurality of pieces made of a magnetic material to form a core stack, b) molding an insulator to the core stack, c) coiling a coil to the insulator to form a core-insulator assembly so as to form a magnetic path, and d) connecting the respective core-insulator assembly in an annular shape in sequence to form the stator assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, AMOTECH CO., LTD., MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD., KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeawoong YI, Seung Yong Lee, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20110116954
    Abstract: An electric water pump apparatus may include a body, a stator disposed in the body, a rotor in the stator, a pump cover having an inlet and an outlet, wherein a front surface of the body and the pump cover form a volute chamber, wherein a stator chamber is formed at an outer portion in the body in a radial direction and the stator is mounted in the stator chamber, and wherein a rotor chamber is formed at an inner portion in the body and the rotor is mounted in the rotor chamber, a shaft rotatably coupled to the front surface and fixed into the rotor, and an impeller fixed to a front portion of the shaft, wherein the shaft includes a first shaft connecting the impeller and a front end portion of the rotor and a second shaft connected to a rear end portion of the rotor along the central axis of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD., AMOTECH CO., LTD., KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soon Il HONG, Seung Yong Lee, Yong Sun Park, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20110115313
    Abstract: An electric water pump may include a stator generating a magnetic field according to a control signal and a rotor rotated by the magnetic field generated at the stator and pressurizing coolant. According to the electric water pump, the stator may include, a stator core formed by stacking a plurality of pieces made of a magnetic material, an insulator connecting pieces of the stator core to each other, a coil coiling the stator core so as to form a magnetic path, a Hall sensor detecting a position of the rotor, a Hall sensor board controlling the control signal supplied to the stator according to the position of the rotor detected by the Hall sensor, and a stator case wrapping and sealing the stator core, the insulator, the coil, the Hall sensor, and the Hall sensor board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, AMOTECH CO., LTD., MYUNGHWA IND. CO., LTD., KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Yong Lee, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Bong Sang Lee, Tae-Sung Ho, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20110116952
    Abstract: An electric water pump apparatus may include a body having a stator chamber and a rotor chamber therein, a stator having a hollow cylindrical shape and being disposed in the stator chamber and generating a magnetic field, wherein the stator fluidly insulates the stator chamber and the rotor chamber, a rotor disposed in the rotor chamber and enclosed by the stator, wherein the rotor is rotated by the magnetic field, and a pump cover connected to the body and forming a volute chamber therein, wherein the volute chamber and the rotor chamber are fluidly-communicated through a connecting hole formed to the body and a coolant is supplied to the rotor chamber through the connection hole, wherein the stator includes a stator groove formed in an inner circumference therein and the stator groove is fluid-connected to the rotor chamber and the volute chamber through the connection hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd., Amotech Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeawoong Yi, Seung Yong Lee, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20110116921
    Abstract: A water pump that is equipped with a bearing, may include a drive shaft, at least two bearings of an arc type that are mounted around the exterior circumference of the drive shaft and being engaged with each other, a housing that fixes the at least two bearings of the art type therein such that the drive shaft can rotate in the at least two bearings of the arc type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Myunghwa Ind. Co., Ltd., Amotech Co., Ltd., Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Yong Lee, Gyuhwan Kim, Yun Seok Kim, Yong Sun Park, Bong Sang Lee, Tae-Sung Oh, Kyung-Hwan Kim, Jong-Hoon Lee, Kwang-Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20110091251
    Abstract: A heating roller including a resistive heating layer and a fusing device including the heating roller. By separately disposing a plurality of electrodes in an axis direction of the heating roller, and by independently controlling each electrode, the heating roller may correspond to various papers having different sizes. Accordingly, the temperature of the heating roller may be stably controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jin-han KIM, Byung-sang Yun, Kyung-hwan Kim, Jun-o Kim, Young-dae Ko
  • Patent number: 7852104
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device and a testing method thereof is disclosed, which is suitable for improving reliability on testing process, the liquid crystal display device comprising an image display unit divided into a plurality of blocks; a plurality of test pad groups corresponding to the plurality of blocks, respectively; and a plurality of test transistor groups to supply test signals supplied to the plurality of test pad groups to a plurality of liquid crystal cells, wherein the plurality of test transistor groups are formed of a test transistor to independently switch the corresponding liquid crystal cells divided for realizing the same color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20100312919
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the mobile terminal to be used through a host device are disclosed. The method for controlling the mobile terminal to be used through the host device includes transmitting a virtualization engine and driver programs of user modes of the mobile terminal to the host device; selecting one of the user modes; and transmitting information of the selected one user mode to the host device, wherein the transmitted virtualization engine is recognized as a part of an operating system (OS) of the host device, and is programmed to drive a driver program corresponding to each of the user modes within the host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Uee Song LEE, Seung Won Lee, Ju Ho Ha, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jong Pil Won, Jung Su Lee
  • Patent number: 7835657
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus capable of varying a transferring force according to an amount of developer, thereby improving transfer quality, and a control method thereof. The image forming apparatus includes a plurality of photoconductive media on which electrostatic latent images are formed, a transfer unit onto which color developer images respectively developed on the plurality of photoconductive media are transferred and superimposed in sequence, and a controller to control in a manner that electric potential differences between image areas and non-image areas of the electrostatic latent images vary in an order in which the color developer images are transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Myung-ho Kyung, Kyung-hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 7697868
    Abstract: A color image forming apparatus and an image forming unit thereof, the color image forming apparatus including: photosensitive bodies; a transfer drum to rotate while contacting the photosensitive bodies; a transfer device to transfer visible images overlapped on the transfer drum from the photosensitive bodies onto a printing medium; a photosensitive body driving gear to rotate with the transfer drum, and having a radius smaller than the transfer drum and having a same rotational center as the transfer drum; and photosensitive body gears coupled to the respective photosensitive bodies to be engaged with the photosensitive body driving gear, each of the photosensitive body gears having a radius larger than that of the photosensitive bodies. Accordingly, a size of each of the photosensitive body gears can be larger than that of each of the photosensitive bodies, and thus the photosensitive bodies can rotate stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20100082846
    Abstract: A method for connecting a universal serial bus (USB) device to a USB host is disclosed. The method for connecting the USB device to a USB host includes detecting a connection to the USB host; controlling the USB host not to recognize the connection of the USB device; selecting one of USB modes provided by the USB device; and controlling the connection so as to allow the USB host to recognize the selected USB mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Kyung Hwan KIM, Won Bin Jang, Jung Su Lee, Ju Ho Ha, Uee Song Lee, Jong Pil Won
  • Patent number: 7651256
    Abstract: A ventilation/illumination duct is disclosed which can not only ventilate an indoor space, but also can illuminate the indoor space. A ventilation/illumination system using the ventilation/illumination duct, and a control method for the ventilation/illumination system are also disclosed. The ventilation/illumination system includes a ventilation device for blowing air, a light supplying device for supplying light, a ventilation/illumination duct for not only guiding the air blown by the ventilation device, to ventilate an indoor space, but also totally reflecting the light, to illuminate an indoor space, and a cleaner arranged in the ventilation/illumination duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ju Youn Lee, Kyung Hwan Kim, Ho Jung Kim, Kwan ho Yum, Ho Seon Choi
  • Publication number: 20090307380
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including an interface module configured to connect the mobile terminal to a personal computer; a communication unit configured to communicate with the personal computer via a first communication mode, a controller configured to selectively transmit a communication mode change program to the personal computer via the interface module, the communication mode change program instructing the personal computer to communicate with the mobile terminal via a second communication mode that is different than the first communication mode, and a receiving unit configured to receive a mode change instruction from the personal computer instructing the mobile terminal to communicate with the personal computer via the second communication mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Uee Song Lee, Won-Bin Jang, Jong Pil Won, Jung Su Lee, Ju Ho Ha, Kyung Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20090307679
    Abstract: A method of communicating between a mobile terminal and a personal computer. The method includes communicating between the personal computer and the mobile terminal using a first communication mode, transmitting an executable program from the mobile terminal to the personal computer, the executable program configured to be executed on the personal computer and to display on the personal computer at least one copy widget program respectively corresponding to at least one original widget program executing on the mobile terminal, receiving on the mobile terminal from the personal computer a modification control signal corresponding to a modification of the at least one copy widget program displayed on the personal computer, and modifying the at least one original widget program on the mobile terminal with modifications made to the at least one copy widget program displayed on the personal computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Uee Song LEE, Won-Bin Jang, Jong Pil Won, Jung Su Lee, Ju Ho Ha, Kyung Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 7572179
    Abstract: A ventilation system includes a ventilation module having a heat exchanger module, an IAQ module for improving quality of air passing through the ventilation module, and a case for guiding the air that consecutively passes through the ventilation module and the IAQ module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Hwan Choi, Kyung Hwan Kim, Nam Sik Yim, Ho Seon Choi, Keun Hyoung Choi
  • Patent number: 7563160
    Abstract: A ventilating apparatus is disclosed, by which an installation of the apparatus is conveniently facilitated. The present invention includes a blower device supplying an outdoor air to an indoor space and discharging an indoor air to an outdoor space, a heat exchange unit performing heat exchange between the outdoor air supplied to the indoor space and the indoor air discharged to the outdoor space, and a case having a first chamber receiving the heat exchange unit therein and a second chamber receiving the blower device therein to communicate with the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung Hwan Kim, Jeong Yong Kim, Ho Seon Choi, Gi Seop Lee
  • Patent number: 7547279
    Abstract: Disclosed is an emotion recognition apparatus and method thereof which enables perception of a user's emotional state by monitoring one or more of his or her physiological signals. The emotion recognition apparatus comprises a feature analyzer adapted to analyze features of the physiological signals acquired from a user and generate feature values, a subtractor adapted to obtain differences between the feature values generated by the feature analyzer and feature values used as a standard to perceive an emotional state of the user, and an emotion classifier adapted to analyze the differences obtained by the subtractor and classify an emotion into a plurality of emotional categories so as to perceive an emotional category exhibiting the greatest intensity to be the emotional state of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-hwan Kim, Seok-won Bang, Dong-geon Kong
  • Patent number: 7509069
    Abstract: An electrophotographic image forming apparatus for printing a photographic image and a photographic image printing method by using the same are provided. The electrophotographic image forming apparatus for printing a photographic image includes a photosensitive medium having a surface on which a color-image electrostatic latent image and a transparent-image electrostatic latent image are formed by exposure. At least one color developing unit contains a color glossy toner charged with a polarity and develops a color image on the surface of the photosensitive medium by applying the color glossy toner on the color-image electrostatic latent image. A transparent developing unit contains a transparent glossy toner charged with a polarity different from the polarity of the color glossy toner and develops a transparent image on the surface of the photosensitive medium by applying the transparent glossy toner on an external region of the transparent-image electrostatic latent image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyung-hwan Kim
  • Patent number: RE40732
    Abstract: Method for controlling washing during spinning in a tilt-type washing machine for attenuation of vibration, including (a) a main rotation step for exerting a centrifugal force to the laundry gathered to a center of the inner tub for spreading the laundry to an inside wall of the inner tub before the water discharging step, (b) a laundry disentangle alternately rotating step for alternately rotating the inner tub for a preset times to disentangle the laundry spread to the inside wall of the inner tub, and (c) a supplementary rotating step for rotating the inner tub at a preset RPM to keep the laundry in the tilted inner tub spread evenly during the water discharge step, or alternatively (a) a laundry disentangle alternately rotating step for alternately rotating the inner tub to eliminate the eccentricity of the laundry in the inner tub before the water discharge step, and (b) a determining step either for carrying out a control pattern to eliminate the eccentricity of the laundry if the eccentricity of the la
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Si Moon Jeon, Young Hwan Park, Oh Hun Kwon, Kyung Hwan Kim, Dong Won Kim, Tae Hee Lee