Patents by Inventor Min-Chul Kim

Min-Chul 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: 10048433
    Abstract: A flat panel lighting apparatus, which makes it easy to replace a circuit board with LEDs thereon, is provided. The flat panel lighting apparatus includes a backplate, a driving unit, a light guide plate, a frame, a bracket, a circuit board, a connector and a cable connecting the driving unit and the circuit board. The frame with an opening portion is disposed at an outer periphery of the backplate and the light guide plate. The bracket is detachably coupled to the opening portion of the frame. The circuit board with light sources, is disposed in a space between the frame and the light guide plate, and is replaceable in a sliding type through the opening portion of the frame when the bracket is decoupled from the frame. The connector has a female terminal attached to the circuit board and a male terminal detachably coupled to the female terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: R.F.TECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Min Chul Kim, Jung Hoon Kim, Dong Pil Choi, Min Wook Kwon, Hyun Joong Kim, Jun Jea Park, Jun Young Ko
  • Patent number: 9948042
    Abstract: Connector inserts having retention features with good reliability and holding force. These connector inserts may include ground contacts that provide an insertion portion having a reduced length. These connector inserts may be reliable, have an attractive appearance, and be readily manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan N. Ng, Zheng Gao, Mahmoud R. Amini, Min Chul Kim, Colin J. Abraham
  • Publication number: 20180090867
    Abstract: Spring-loaded contacts having an improved reliability. One example may provide spring-loaded contacts having a reduced likelihood of entanglement between a spring and a plunger. For example, a piston may be placed between a plunger and a spring. The piston may have a head portion that is wider than the diameter of the spring and located between the spring and the plunger to isolate the spring and the plunger. In these and other examples, an additional object, such as a sphere, may be placed between the plunger and spring. In another example, two additional objects, such as two spheres, may be placed between a plunger and piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Min Chul Kim, John C. DiFonzo
  • Patent number: 9923323
    Abstract: Cable assemblies, systems, and methods for making the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Min Chul Kim, Unhyi Yang, Robert V. Weber, Sean Thomas McIntosh, Colin J. Abraham
  • Patent number: 9923301
    Abstract: Power cables that include plug housings having an improved appearance as well as employ a halogen-free cable while providing adequate fire resistance. One example provides a power cable having cable plug with a substantially unitary body. Another example provides a power cable that is formed using halogen-free materials. To provide adequate fire protection, a strain relief formed using multiple materials is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Gao, John C. DiFonzo, Joshua Banko, Min Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20180074988
    Abstract: Systems for presenting electrically supported devices and methods for assembling the same are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: Clayton R. Woosley, Aditya Rao, Bo Feng, David S. Kumka, Joseph I. Briskey, Min Chul Kim, Paul Z. Yuan, Yufan Liao, George Tziviskos, Charles A. Schwalbach, Eric H. Wong, David B. Kosecoff, Steven C. Michalske, Ariadne G. Smith
  • Patent number: 9889189
    Abstract: Disclosed are universal influenza A vaccines capable of providing broader crossprotection. The vaccine contains a fusion protein comprising tandem repeats of heterologous M2e epitope sequences that have been molecularly and genetically designed to provide broad cross-protection. The fusion protein may be incorporated into virus-like particles (VLPs) or a replicating live attenuated influenza virus vaccine, and administered alone or in combination with other influenza vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Georgia State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Sang-Moo Kang, Min-Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 9876318
    Abstract: Connector inserts having a high signal integrity and low insertion loss by shielding signal contacts. One example may provide one or more ground contacts between a front opening and signal pins of a connector insert. These ground contacts may have sufficient lever arm to provide a good contact to a corresponding contact in a connector receptacle. To avoid excessive length in the connector insert, embodiments of the present invention may stack a portion of the ground contact above the signal contacts in the connector insert. To reduce excessive capacitance that would otherwise reduce signal impedance, one or more openings may be formed in the ground contacts. To prevent signal contacts from shorting to a shield through this opening, the opening may be covered by tape. The ground contacts may be positioned to avoid encountering power contacts in the receptacle when the insert is inserted into the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Gao, Mahmoud R. Amini, Nathan N. Ng, Min Chul Kim
  • Publication number: 20180013876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for executing a desired application on any screen of a mobile device by a simple operation without switching a screen. The apparatus for executing an application for a mobile device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a text input unit; an application recognition unit for recognizing an application to be executed; a message recognition unit for recognizing an operation message to be performed in the application to be executed on the basis of the text which is inputted through the text input unit; a transmission instruction sensing unit for sensing an operation message transmission instruction of a user; a message transfer unit for transferring the operation message to the application when the transmission instruction sensing unit senses the operation message transmission instruction; and an application execution unit for executing the operation message transferred by the message transfer unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: NAVER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Chul Kim, Hyun Geun Jo
  • Publication number: 20170368165
    Abstract: Disclosed are recombinant chimeric influenza virus vaccines and live attenuated influenza virus (LAIV) vaccines expressing foreign (RSV) neutralizing epitopes or conserved M2e epitopes that are capable of providing broader cross-protection against influenza virus and/or protecting against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) without vaccine-enhanced RSV disease (ERD).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: SANG-MOO KANG, YU-NA LEE, MIN-CHUL KIM
  • Patent number: 9852067
    Abstract: A data storage device includes a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory units; and a controller suitable for acquiring a temperature information for a current temperature, and for selectively adding a position information of a memory unit to a management list according to the temperature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SK Hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Min Chul Kim
  • Patent number: 9843131
    Abstract: A cable connector and methods for the assembly thereof are disclosed. The cable connector eliminates potential for short events during plug insertion, provides good contact resistance, and can support high speed data transactions. The cable connector further includes a rotating lock design that provides a secure connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Min Chul Kim, Paul Z. Yuan, Xuan Liu
  • Patent number: 9818596
    Abstract: An arc lamp includes an arc tube configured to receive a reaction gas therein, and an anode and a cathode disposed opposite one another within the arc tube and configured to generate an electrical arc. The anode includes an anode head portion extending inwardly from an end portion of the arc tube, and an anode tip portion bonded to the anode head portion and comprising a trench extending in a top surface along a peripheral region of the anode tip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gon-Su Kang, Sung-Ho Kang, Min-Chul Kim, Sun-Ho Ryu, Kwang-jun Lee, Yong-Hun Lee, Ju-Hong Lee, Sun-Hong Choi, Sang-Cheol Ha
  • Patent number: 9813881
    Abstract: There is provided a messaging automatic response service (ARS) server for transceiving an ARS text message with a mobile device. The messaging ARS server includes: a receiver configured to receive an ARS request text message sent by the mobile device from a message service center server; an ARS text message generator configured to analyze the received ARS request text message and generate an ARS response text message including at least one automatic response menu text; a transmitter configured to transmit the generated ARS response text message to the message service center server; a state information generator configured to generate state information corresponding to one or more of the received ARS request text message and the generated ARS response text message; and a state information transmitter configured to transmit the generated state information to a first apparatus of a voice ARS system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hak-jun Kim, Min-chul Kim, Kyu-ho Lee, Sang-hoon Yeo
  • Patent number: D812624
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Chul Kim, Jong Kyu Kim
  • Patent number: D815199
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyong-Hwan Kim, Naoto Fukasawa, Isogai Yoshitaka, Min-Chul Kim, Seung-Wook Jeong
  • Patent number: D816154
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Chul Kim, Seung Wook Jeong, Tae Kung Park
  • Patent number: D816764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Chul Kim, Seung Wook Jeong, Tae Kung Park
  • Patent number: D816765
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Chul Kim, Seung Wook Jeong, Tae Kung Park
  • Patent number: D823382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: S-Printing Solution Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Chul Kim, Seung Wook Jeong, Tae Kung Park