Patents by Inventor Lee

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: 9873791
    Abstract: A long carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin composition for foam injection and a molded article manufactured using the same are provided. More particularly, the thermoplastic resin composition and the manufactured molded article may be capable of improving component assembly and stability by minimizing deformation after foam injection molding. Such composition and molded article can be utilized as a component for a vehicle structure such as a panoramic sunroof frame. Also provided herein is a low-density polyamide-6 polymer comprising a long carbon fiber reinforcing agent, a thermoplastic elastomer, a silane-based coupling agent and a sodium phosphate nucleating. The polymer is suitable for foam injection. The thermoplastic resin composition and molded article made of said composition are light weight and economic feasibility as well as having high stiffness, durability, dimensional stability, and a desirable injection appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, GS CALTEX
    Inventors: Sang Sun Park, Ji Hyun Jung, Jong Tae Seo, Hyung Tak Lee, Woong Jae Boo
  • Patent number: 9876363
    Abstract: A non-contact type power transmitting apparatus may include a rectifying unit rectifying alternating current (AC) power, a power converting unit converting the power rectified by the rectifying unit into direct current (DC) power through a single power converting operation and switching and transmitting the DC power, and a power transmitting coil transmitting transmission power transmitted from the power converting unit externally in a non-contact scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Min Lee, Tae Won Heo, Sang Ho Cho, Heung Gyoon Choi
  • Patent number: 9874789
    Abstract: A thin film transistor according to the present inventive concept includes: a first and a second pixel electrodes that are electrically connected to the drain electrode through the contact hole and disposed to be adjacent to each other in a column direction, wherein the first pixel electrode includes a first sub-pixel electrode and a second sub-pixel electrode that include a vertical stem part, a horizontal stem part, and a plurality of minute branches, the second pixel electrode includes a third sub-pixel electrode and a fourth sub-pixel electrode that include a vertical stem part, a horizontal stem part, and a plurality of minute branches, and the plurality of minute branches of the second sub-pixel electrode and the plurality of minute branches of the third sub-pixel electrode that are adjacent to each other to each other in the column direction form an angle of 45° or more to 135° or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu Su Ahn, Hee Hwan Lee, Kyung Ho Kim, Kee Bum Park
  • Patent number: 9875717
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: a substrate; a first gate line; a first data line and a second data line to which data voltages with different polarities are applied; a first pixel electrode connected to the first gate line and the first data line; a liquid crystal layer formed on the first pixel electrode; and a first common electrode and a second common electrode disposed on the liquid crystal layer, in which the first pixel electrode includes a first subpixel electrode overlapping with the first common electrode and a second subpixel electrode overlapping with the second common electrode. A first voltage and A second voltage are alternatingly applied to the first common electrode and the second common electrode every two or more frames, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang Mi Kang, Kwang-Chul Jung, Cheol-Gon Lee, Mee Hye Jung
  • Patent number: 9873899
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an isolated Pediococcus acidilactici 05B0111 capable of producing an exopolysaccharide. The Pediococcus acidilactici 05B0111 is deposited in Biosource Collection and Research Center (BCRC) of Food Industry Research and Development Institute (FIRDI) under an accession number BCRC 910420 and deposited in Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen and Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ) under an accession number DSM 22345. A method of producing an exopolysaccharide is also disclosed. The method involves cultivating an isolated Pediococcus acidilactici in a suitable medium under condition such that the exopolysaccharide is formed. A pharmaceutical composition including the aforementioned Pediococcus acidilactici 05B0111 and a food product including the aforementioned Pediococcus acidilactici 05B0111 are disclosed as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Food Industry Research and Development Institute
    Inventors: Tsung-Chen Huang, Hing-Yuen Chan, Shy-Yunn Wann, Fu-Mei Lin, Fwu-Ling Lee, Chii-Cherng Liao
  • Patent number: 9875847
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a plurality of dielectric layers; and internal electrodes disposed on the dielectric layers and containing an additive. The additive contains lithium (Li) and a dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Gi Sin, Kum Jin Park, Jong Hoon Yoo, Chi Hwa Lee, Chang Hak Choi
  • Patent number: 9872473
    Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08K238 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X08K238 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08K238 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08K238, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08K238. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08K238.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Everton Alen Brenner, Travis J Lee, Andrew Jon Ross, Brandon Michael Wardyn
  • Patent number: 9875990
    Abstract: A semiconductor package may be provided. A semiconductor package may include a substrate. The semiconductor package may include a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip which are disposed adjacent to each other over a first surface of the substrate. The semiconductor package may include first bonding wires which electrically couple the first semiconductor chip and the substrate. The semiconductor package may include an insulation adhesive which is interposed between the second semiconductor chip and the substrate. The first bonding wires may be disposed to pass through the insulation adhesive and electrically couple the first semiconductor chip and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hyung Ju Choi, Ki Yong Lee, Jong Hyun Kim, Hyoung Min Im
  • Patent number: 9876493
    Abstract: A decode switch and a method for controlling a decode switch are provided. The decode switch includes a power source providing a first voltage, a source capacitance coupled to the power source, and a target capacitance coupled to the power source. The power source charges the source capacitance to the first voltage. The source capacitance is connected to the target capacitance and the source capacitance charges the target capacitance to a second voltage. The power source charges the target capacitance from the second voltage to the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: MACRONIX International Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Fan Chang, Chun-Yi Lee, Ken-Hui Chen, Kuen-Long Chang, Chun-Hsiung Hung
  • Patent number: 9876591
    Abstract: A transceiver and a method operating the transceiver are provided. The transceiver includes a first communication module configured to receive a first signal based on a first communication scheme; a second communication module configured to receive a second signal based on a second communication scheme; a reception module having a low-power circuit configured to detect a signal in a frequency band which can be used by the first communication module and the second communication module; and a controller configured to establish channels for the first communication module or the second communication module based on a strength of the signal detected by the reception module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hui-Jung Kim, Hyeong-Seok Jeong, Soo-Yong Kim, Jeong-Yeol Bae, Dong-Han Lee
  • Patent number: 9873693
    Abstract: The present invention provides pyridinonyl PDK1 inhibitors and methods of treating cancer using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignees: Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Egnard Lind, Kathy Cao, Edward Yin-shiang Lin, Thinh Ba Nguyen, Bradley T. Tangonan, Daniel A. Erlanson, Kevin Guckian, Robert Lowell Simmons, Wen-cherng Lee, Lihong Sun, Stig Hansen, Nuzhat Pathan, Lei Zhang
  • Patent number: 9877364
    Abstract: A backlight unit which significantly reduces overshoot of a light source driving current and audible noise includes a light source driven by a light source driving voltage, a light source controller controlling the light source driving voltage, and a soft starter generating a first soft start voltage by receiving a charge signal from the light source controller and outputting the first soft start voltage to the light source controller, and generating a second soft start voltage when the charge signal is not applied thereto and outputting the second soft start voltage to the light source controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jintaek Hong, Jinwon Jang, Daesik Lee
  • Patent number: 9875545
    Abstract: Provided is a camera pose estimation apparatus that estimates an initial camera pose using one of an input depth image and an input color image, and refines the initial camera pose using the other image. When the initial camera pose is estimated using the input depth image, the radius of a first area, in which color information is matched for refinement, can be adaptively set according to the distribution of the depth value of at least one first point that is subject to matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon Min Rhee, Hyong Euk Lee, Yong Beom Lee
  • Patent number: 9874969
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a display configured to display a character which is inputted by a user. A touch unit has a concave shape and configured to receive a command for deleting the inputted character. A controller is configured to determine a delete unit of the inputted character according to the number of touch gesture input to the touch unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Jungsang Min, Gi Beom Hong
  • Patent number: 9874102
    Abstract: A cooling system (10) positioned within a turbine airfoil (12) and having film cooling channels (16) positioned within inner and outer endwalls (18, 20) of the turbine airfoil (12), with cooling fluids supplied to the cooling channels (16) other than from an aft cooling chamber (22) to prevent blockages from developing within the film cooling channels (16) from debris that typically collects with the aft cooling chamber (22) during steady state operation of the turbine engine is disclosed. The cooling system (10) may include one or more midchord cooling channels (24) extending from a midchord cooling chamber (26) and including an outlet (28) positioned closer to a downstream edge (30) of the inner endwall (18) than an upstream wall (32) forming the aft cooling chamber (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Gm Salam Azad, Ching-Pang Lee, Alan A. Thrift, Daniel Joo, Johan K. Westin, Caleb Myers
  • Patent number: 9875696
    Abstract: A method of displaying a three-dimensional image includes outputting a converted left image generated based on a left image to a pixel of a display panel during a first period, where the converted left image has a grayscale value less than a grayscale value of the left image, outputting the left image to the pixel of the display panel during a second period, outputting a converted right image generated based on a right image to the pixel of the display panel during a third period, where the converted right image has a grayscale value less than a grayscale value of the right image, and outputting the right image to the pixel of the display panel during a fourth period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Pyo Lee, Hyun-Sik Yoon, Hak-Mo Choi, Jae-Hyoung Park, Byung-Kil Jeon
  • Patent number: 9875931
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor pattern on a semiconductor substrate, a three-dimensional memory array on the semiconductor pattern, and a peripheral interconnection structure between the semiconductor pattern and the semiconductor substrate. The peripheral interconnection structure includes an upper interconnection structure on a lower interconnection structure. The upper interconnection structure includes an upper interconnection and an upper barrier layer. The lower interconnection structure includes a lower interconnection and a lower barrier layer. The upper barrier layer is under a bottom surface of the upper interconnection and does not cover side surfaces of the upper interconnection. The lower barrier layer is under a bottom surface of the lower interconnection and covers side surfaces of the lower interconnection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dohyun Lee, Youngwoo Park, Junghoon Park, Jaeduk Lee
  • Patent number: 9877049
    Abstract: Provided are entropy encoding and entropy decoding for video encoding and decoding. The video entropy decoding method includes: determining a bin string and a bin index for a maximum coding unit that is obtained from a bitstream; determining a value of a syntax element by comparing the determined bin string with bin strings that is assignable to the syntax element in the bin index; storing context variables for the maximum coding unit when the syntax element is a last syntax element in the maximum coding unit, a dependent slice segment is includable in a picture in which the maximum coding unit is included, and the maximum coding unit is a last maximum coding unit in a slice segment; and restoring symbols of the maximum coding unit by using the determined value of the syntax element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tammy Lee, Byeong-doo Choi
  • Patent number: 9873943
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a semiconductor fabrication apparatus in accordance with one embodiment. The apparatus includes a processing chamber; a wafer stage configured in the processing chamber, the wafer stage is operable to secure and rotate a plurality of wafers around an axis; a first chemical delivery mechanism configured in the processing chamber to provide a first chemical to a first reaction zone in the processing chamber; and a second chemical delivery mechanism configured in the processing chamber to provide a second chemical to a second reaction zone in the processing chamber. The second chemical delivery mechanism includes an edge chemical injector and a first radial chemical injector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Anthony Lin, Ching-Lun Lai, Pei-Ren Jeng, Tze-Liang Lee
  • Patent number: 9874335
    Abstract: Provided is a printed circuit board including: a support substrate including a first area in which a light emitting device is mounted, and a second area extending from the first area; a bending part which is configured such that a part between the first area and the second area is bent; a through hole passing through the bending part; a connection wiring connected to the light emitting device and disposed on the bending part; and a wiring connected to the connection wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Kwon Hong, Hyun Gyu Park, In Hee Cho, Hyuk Soo Lee