Patents by Inventor Nam-Jin Kim

Nam-Jin 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: 20250143140
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate comprising a display area in which emission areas are arranged and a non-display area around the display area; a circuit layer on the substrate; and an element layer on the circuit layer, wherein the non-display area includes: a dam area where at least one dam portion surrounding the display area is arranged and spaced apart from the display area; and a junction area between an edge of the substrate and the dam area, wherein the circuit layer includes: a barrier layer on the substrate; a buffer layer on the barrier layer; and two or more inorganic insulating layers on the buffer layer and containing an inorganic insulating material, the display device further comprising a groove in a part of the junction area, spaced apart from the dam area and the edge of the substrate, and penetrating the barrier layer and the buffer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Nam Jin KIM, Yeon Ju SEO, Ki Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20250107322
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode device can have an enhanced thin film encapsulation layer for preventing moisture from permeating from the outside. The thin film encapsulation layer can have a multilayered structure in which one or more inorganic layers and one or more organic layers are alternately laminated. A barrier can be formed outside of a portion of the substrate on which the organic light emitting diode is formed. The organic layers of the thin film encapsulation layer can be formed inside an area defined by the barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Nam-Jin Kim, Chul-Hwan Park
  • Publication number: 20250062154
    Abstract: A wafer cleaning apparatus of the present invention includes a vacuum chuck unit on which a wafer is mounted, a ring cover unit facing a retainer ring portion of the wafer, an expander module installed to move the ring cover unit and configured to press the retainer ring portion toward the vacuum chuck unit such that a gap between dies of the wafer widens, and a chucking module installed in the vacuum chuck unit to restrain the ring cover unit pressed by the expander module to the vacuum chuck unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: ZEUS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Dae BAEK, Kuem Dong HEO, Sung Yup KIM, Jae Hwan SON, Nam Jin KIM, Jun Goo PARK
  • Patent number: 12167623
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode device can have an enhanced thin film encapsulation layer for preventing moisture from permeating from the outside. The thin film encapsulation layer can have a multilayered structure in which one or more inorganic layers and one or more organic layers are alternately laminated. A barrier can be formed outside of a portion of the substrate on which the organic light emitting diode is formed. The organic layers of the thin film encapsulation layer can be formed inside an area defined by the barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam-Jin Kim, Chul-Hwan Park
  • Patent number: 12154819
    Abstract: A wafer cleaning apparatus of the present invention includes a vacuum chuck unit on which a wafer is mounted, a ring cover unit facing a retainer ring portion of the wafer, an expander module installed to move the ring cover unit and configured to press the retainer ring portion toward the vacuum chuck unit such that a gap between dies of the wafer widens, and a chucking module installed in the vacuum chuck unit to restrain the ring cover unit pressed by the expander module to the vacuum chuck unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: ZEUS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Dae Baek, Kuem Dong Heo, Sung Yup Kim, Jae Hwan Son, Nam Jin Kim, Jun Goo Park
  • Publication number: 20240341129
    Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate including a display area, a non-display area, and a sub-region, a circuit layer, a light emitting element layer, an encapsulation layer, and a polarization layer. The non-display area includes a dam area apart from the display area and in which at least one dam portion surrounding the display area is arranged, and a junction area surrounding the dam area. The circuit layer includes a semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a second insulating layer, a second conductive layer, a third insulating layer, a third conductive layer, a fourth insulating layer, and a fourth conductive layer. In the junction area, the encapsulation layer is disposed on the third insulating layer. A thickness of the third insulating layer at a central point of the junction area is substantially the same as a thickness of the third insulating layer in the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Yeon Ju SEO, Won Jang KI, Nam Jin KIM, Deok Young CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240165829
    Abstract: A vacuum suction head may include a holder including a through hole formed therein, a suction pad surrounding at least a portion of a side surface of the holder, and a packing pad on a lower surface of the holder. The suction pad may protrude below a lower surface of the holder. The packing pad may include a cutout part. The cutout part may allow a space between the suction pad and the packing pad such that the space and the through hole may be in fluid communication with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Min CHOI, Min-Su KANG, Nam Jin KIM, Dong Gun KIM, Han Byul SHIN, Hyun Seok YOON
  • Publication number: 20240080993
    Abstract: A method for forming through-via metal wiring is disclosed. According to the method, through-via metal wiring can be formed with excellent plating quality without an expensive sputtering process by bonding a metal foil to one side of a substrate having a through-via formed therein and using the foil as a metal seed layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: EXTOLCO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Woong KIM, Wook Hwan, Nam-jin Kim, Yong-chae NA
  • Publication number: 20230320127
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode device can have an enhanced thin film encapsulation layer for preventing moisture from permeating from the outside. The thin film encapsulation layer can have a multilayered structure in which one or more inorganic layers and one or more organic layers are alternately laminated. A barrier can be formed outside of a portion of the substrate on which the organic light emitting diode is formed. The organic layers of the thin film encapsulation layer can be formed inside an area defined by the barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Nam-Jin Kim, Chul-Hwan Park
  • Patent number: 11696462
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode device can have an enhanced thin film encapsulation layer for preventing moisture from permeating from the outside. The thin film encapsulation layer can have a multilayered structure in which one or more inorganic layers and one or more organic layers are alternately laminated. A barrier can be formed outside of a portion of the substrate on which the organic light emitting diode is formed. The organic layers of the thin film encapsulation layer can be formed inside an area defined by the barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam-Jin Kim, Chul-Hwan Park
  • Publication number: 20220344194
    Abstract: A wafer cleaning apparatus of the present invention includes a vacuum chuck unit on which a wafer is mounted, a ring cover unit facing a retainer ring portion of the wafer, an expander module installed to move the ring cover unit and configured to press the retainer ring portion toward the vacuum chuck unit such that a gap between dies of the wafer widens, and a chucking module installed in the vacuum chuck unit to restrain the ring cover unit pressed by the expander module to the vacuum chuck unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: ZEUS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Dae BAEK, Kuem Dong HEO, Sung Yup KIM, Jae Hwan SON, Nam Jin KIM, Jun Goo PARK
  • Publication number: 20220344195
    Abstract: A wafer cleaning apparatus of the present invention includes a vacuum chuck unit on which a wafer is mounted, and an ultrasonic cleaning module configured to spray a cleaning solution onto the wafer and apply ultrasonic waves to the cleaning solution to ultrasonically vibrate the cleaning solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: ZEUS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Dae BAEK, Sung Yup KIM, Nam Jin KIM
  • Patent number: 11422955
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a circuit board, a memory part comprising a plurality of first memory chips mounted on the circuit board, a socket part comprising a plurality of terminals electrically connected to a memory module which comprises a plurality of second memory chips, a memory controller for controlling the operation of the plurality of first memory chips and, when the memory module is connected to the socket part, controlling the operation of the plurality of first memory chips and the plurality of second memory chips, a conductive pattern comprising a control line which sequentially connects, from the memory controller, one or more of the plurality of terminals on the socket part and the plurality of first memory chips, and a capacitive element connected to the control line at a preset position between the one or more terminals on the socket part and the memory controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Seung-hun Park, Seob Cho, Keon-young Seo, Nam-jin Kim, Kwang-Rae Jo, Jung-Soo Park, Youn-Jae Kim, Jeong-Nam Cheon
  • Publication number: 20220223821
    Abstract: A flexible display and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. In one aspect, the flexible display includes a flexible substrate including a bending area, an insulating layer disposed on the flexible substrate, and at least one groove in the insulating layer within the bending area. The flexible display also includes a stress relaxation layer disposed on the at least one groove and a plurality of wires formed over the insulating layer and the stress relaxation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventor: Nam Jin KIM
  • Patent number: 11289680
    Abstract: A flexible display and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. In one aspect, the flexible display includes a flexible substrate including a bending area, an insulating layer disposed on the flexible substrate, and at least one groove in the insulating layer within the bending area. The flexible display also includes a stress relaxation layer disposed on the at least one groove and a plurality of wires formed over the insulating layer and the stress relaxation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nam Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11249329
    Abstract: Provided are a display device, a method of fabricating the same, and a polarizing film for a display device. The display device comprises a display panel, and an optical film attached to the display panel, wherein the optical film comprises a plurality of edges, and a side surface of at least one edge of the plurality of edges of the optical film is an acutely inclined surface that has an acute inclination angle with respect to a lower surface of the optical film and an asymmetric shape in a thickness direction of the optical film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nam Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 11092718
    Abstract: A functional polarizing film includes a polarizing layer, at least one moisture-binding layer on a first surface of the polarizing layer, and at least one moisture-blocking layer disposed on a first surface of the moisture-binding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Jin Kim, Chul Hwan Park, Sang Woo Kim, Mi Kyung Kim
  • Publication number: 20210210714
    Abstract: An organic light emitting diode device can have an enhanced thin film encapsulation layer for preventing moisture from permeating from the outside. The thin film encapsulation layer can have a multilayered structure in which one or more inorganic layers and one or more organic layers are alternately laminated. A barrier can be formed outside of a portion of the substrate on which the organic light emitting diode is formed. The organic layers of the thin film encapsulation layer can be formed inside an area defined by the barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Nam-Jin Kim, Chul-Hwan Park
  • Patent number: 11025817
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The disclosed electronic device comprises at least one camera module, a memory, and a processor electrically connected to the camera module and the memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to store a first frame, which is generated using an image inputted through the camera module, as a first image in the memory, and if a degree of similarity between a second frame and a third frame, which are generated using the image inputted through the camera module, is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, cause the processor to generate a second image by synthesizing at least one frame comprising the second frame and the third frame and store the second image in the memory. Other various embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Nam-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: RE50074
    Abstract: A method and electronic device are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display, a communication unit, a processor and a memory storing instructions. The process executes the instructions to implement the method, including establishing wireless communication with one or more IoT devices, displaying a user interface for managing IoT devices, receiving a user input selecting a group of IoT devices, transmitting first information including user account data to an external server, transmitting second information to another device, the first information also indicating a selected group of IoT devices, and the second information causing the other device to communicatively connect with the first external server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Jin Kim, Tae Jun Kim, Hae Na Kim, Yoe Chan Song, Jung Hwan Song, Sung Yeon Woo, Joon Hwan Lee, Pyo Je Cho, Han Jib Kim, Gyu Cheol Choi, Bo Kun Choi