Patents by Inventor On Kim

On 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: 10538141
    Abstract: An apparatus for a vehicle includes a cooling fan installed in an engine compartment of the vehicle. A fan motor is connected with the cooling fan to drive the cooling fan. A state detector is configured to detect state data, and a controller is configured to control the cooling fan based on the state data when an intake temperature is within a predetermined range, to determine whether the state data satisfies a decision reference condition, and to lock the fan motor according to a change rate of air conditioner refrigerant pressure during a measurement time when the state data satisfies the decision reference condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yeong Jun Kim, Taewan Kim
  • Patent number: 10538142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air conditioner for a vehicle, which includes a dome-type temperature-adjusting door and a dome-type face door rotatably mounted in a mixing chamber of an air-conditioning case, such that a curved surface of the inner face of the temperature-adjusting door and a curved surface of the inner face of the face door can smoothly guide air toward vents according to air discharge modes so as to reduce flow resistance and increase air volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Seung Sik Won, Seok Kim, Yong Sik Kim, Boo Yong Um
  • Patent number: 10541295
    Abstract: A display device may include an organic layer, a first metal layer on the organic layer, the first metal layer including a first metal, and a first oxidation resistant layer between the organic layer and the first metal layer, the first oxidation resistant layer including a nitride of the first metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyuneok Shin, Gyungmin Baek, Juhyun Lee, Kyeongsu Ko, Sanggab Kim
  • Patent number: 10541583
    Abstract: A motor includes a housing that has a bottom with a first bearing accommodation and a cylindrical side surface portion which extends from the bottom; a rotor assembly with a rotation shaft, and a rotor mounted on the rotation shaft and accommodated inside the housing; a stator assembly accommodated inside the housing and surrounding the rotor; a housing cover coupled to an upper end of the housing and having a second bearing accommodation; a flow guide on the housing cover; an impeller connected to the rotation shaft over the flow guide; an impeller cover; a first bearing accommodated in the first bearing accommodation and receiving the rotation shaft; and a second bearing accommodated in the second bearing accommodation and receiving the rotation shaft, the housing cover having a cover body with an opening, connection arms between the second bearing accommodation and the opening portion, and a guide rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seongguk Kim, Hosuk Kim, Heewoon Kim, Youngjin Ji
  • Patent number: 10542554
    Abstract: A communication method and a terminal and a base station adapted to the method are provided. The communication method of a terminal includes: receiving a message containing information regarding a semi-persistent scheduling (SRS) configuration from a base station; determining whether a sub-frame configured with a non-adaptive re-transmission is identical to a sub-frame configured with an uplink grant according to the SPS configuration; and when: a sub-frame configured with a non-adaptive re-transmission is identical to a sub-frame configured with an uplink grant according to the SPS configuration; and the terminal does not have data to be first transmitted via the sub-frame configured with an uplink grant according to the SPS configuration, performing the non-adaptive re-transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangbum Kim, Soenghun Kim, Jaehyuk Jang, Gert-Jan Van Lieshout, Himke Van Der Velde
  • Patent number: 10539671
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Doppler distribution measurement method comprising: receiving a plurality of receive signals that arrive via different RE sets in different paths; measuring CFO values of the plurality of receive signals; selecting the two receive signals in which the difference in value between the CFO values are the greatest, from among the plurality of receive signals; and determining a Doppler shift difference between the selected two receive signals a an effective Doppler distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kilbom Lee, Jiwon Kang, Kitae Kim, Kungmin Park, Heejin Kim
  • Patent number: 10538510
    Abstract: Disclosed are a compound for an organic optoelectronic device represented by Chemical Formula 1, a composition for an organic optoelectronic device, an organic optoelectronic device including the same, and a display device. Details of Chemical Formula 1 are the same as defined in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hanill Lee, Jun Seok Kim, Chang Ju Shin, Dongkyu Ryu, Eun Sun Yu, Sung-Hyun Jung, Sujin Han
  • Patent number: 10538846
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an etching solution composition for a tungsten layer including N-methylmorpholine N-oxide and water, which is effective in selectively etching only a tungsten-based metal without etching a titanium nitride-based metal or a titanium aluminum carbide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Dongwoo Fine-Chem Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Min Kim, Yong-Jun Cho, Kyong-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 10541727
    Abstract: In a disclosed embodiment, a power line communication (PLC) transmitter includes a forward error correction (FEC) encoder that receives payload data and adds parity information to the data to create an encoded output, a fragmenter that receives the encoded output from the FEC encoder and segments the encoded output into a plurality of fragments, a fragment repetition encoder that receives the plurality of fragments from the fragmenter and copies each of the fragments a selected number of times, and an interleaver that receives the copies of the plurality of fragments from the fragment repetition encoder and interleaves the copies of the plurality of fragments for transmission on a power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Badri N Varadarajan, Anand Dabak, Il Han Kim
  • Patent number: 10540973
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho Jun Jaygarl, Jin Woong Kim, Jae Gun No, Jae Young Yang
  • Patent number: 10542548
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for receiving a device-to-device signal of a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting frequency division duplex (FDD) band and time division duplex (TDD) band-based carrier aggregation. Particularly, the present invention comprises a step for receiving a D2D signal on an uplink cell of the FDD band according to whether a wide area network (WAN) signal of the TDD band is transmitted and received on a specific sub-frame in which the WAN signal is received on a downlink cell of the FDD band, wherein the D2D signal is received when the TDD band transmits the WAN signal and a reception circuit (RX chain) for the TDD band is reconfigured for the uplink cell of the FDD band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungmin Lee, Hanbyul Seo, Byounghoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10540979
    Abstract: A device includes a memory, a receiver, a processor, and a display. The memory is configured to store a speaker model. The receiver is configured to receive an input audio signal. The processor is configured to determine a first confidence level associated with a first portion of the input audio signal based on the speaker model. The processor is also configured to determine a second confidence level associated with a second portion of the input audio signal based on the speaker model. The display is configured to present a graphical user interface associated with the first confidence level or associated with the second confidence level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
    Inventors: Erik Visser, Lae-Hoon Kim, Minho Jin, Yinyi Guo
  • Patent number: 10538128
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modifier useful for modifying a polymer, a method for preparing a modified and conjugated diene-based polymer using the same, and a modified and conjugated diene-based polymer prepared thereby. In the modified and conjugated diene-based polymer, a hydroxyl group and a silyl group are combined, and the affinity thereof with a silica-based filler may be excellent. Accordingly, a rubber composition including the modified and conjugated diene-based polymer may have excellent processability, and as a result, molded articles (for example, tires) manufactured from the rubber composition may have excellent tensile strength, abrasion resistance, and viscoelasticity properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: He Seung Lee, No Ma Kim, Hae Sung Sohn
  • Patent number: 10541329
    Abstract: Techniques related to a boosted vertical field effect transistor and method of fabricating the same are provided. A logic device can comprise a vertical field effect transistor comprising a substrate, a first epitaxial layer and a second epitaxial layer. A bottom source/drain contact can be between a top surface and the first epitaxial layer and a top source/drain contact can be between the top surface and the second epitaxial layer at respective first portions of one or more vertical fins. The logic device can also comprise a boosted bipolar junction transistor. A bipolar junction transistor contact can be between the top surface and the second epitaxial layer at respective second portions of the one or more vertical fins. The respective first portions and the respective second portions can be opposite portions of the one or more vertical fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Injo Ok, Choonghyun Lee, Soon-Cheon Seo, Seyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 10541669
    Abstract: A bulk acoustic resonator may include a substrate; a resonating portion including a first electrode layer, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode layer which are sequentially stacked on the substrate, and partitioned into an active region and a non-active region; and a frame electrode layer including frame electrodes disposed within the active region to be spaced apart from each other along an outer circumference portion of the active region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyung Lee, Hwa Sun Lee, Hyun Min Hwang, Moon Chul Lee, Sung Sun Kim, Tae Yoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10541670
    Abstract: Provided are micromechanical resonators and resonator systems including the micromechanical resonators. The micromechanical resonators may each include a supporting beam including a fixed end fixed on a supporting member and a loose end configured to vibrate, and a lumped mass arranged on the loose end, wherein the loose end has a width greater than a width of the fixed end, and a width of the lumped mass is greater than that the width of the fixed end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongseop Yoon, Sungchan Kang, Cheheung Kim, Sangha Park, Choongho Rhee, Hyeokki Hong
  • Patent number: 10539469
    Abstract: A temperature sensor, a processor including the same, and a method of operating the same are provided. The temperature sensor includes: a reference circuit configured to receive a supply voltage provided from outside the processor and utilized by a logic block of the processor for operation of the logic block, and generate, using the supply voltage, at least one temperature information signal that varies according to a temperature of the logic block and at least one reference signal that is substantially constant relative to the temperature of the logic block; and a digital temperature generator configured to receive the at least one temperature information signal and the at least one reference signal generated by the reference circuit, and generate a digital temperature information signal indicative of the temperature of the logic block based on the at least one temperature information signal and the at least one reference signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Cho, Hyung Jong Ko, Kyung Soo Park, Seoung Jae Yoo, Sang Ho Kim, Ho Jin Park
  • Patent number: 10541277
    Abstract: Disclosed is an organic light emitting display device which is capable of maximizing a luminance improvement by an appropriate arrangement of a white pixel in a pixel, wherein the organic light emitting display device comprises a plurality of pixels, wherein each pixel includes a first subpixel for emitting first-color light, a second subpixel for emitting second-color light, a third subpixel for emitting third-color light, and a fourth subpixel for emitting fourth-color light, wherein the fourth subpixel for each pixel is disposed between the first and second subpixels, and between the first and third subpixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-Jin Kim, Jong Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 10538839
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a metal or metal oxide porous thin film having a three-dimensional open-network structure by controlling its pore size through a dry process is provided. The film can be used in a gas sensor, a biosensor, a battery capacitor, a fuel cell, a solar cell, a chemical catalyst, or an antibacterial filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
    Inventors: Ho Nyun Lee, Hyun Jong Kim
  • Patent number: D873256
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoungshin Park, Seungho Jang, Dongkyun Kim, Seonkeun Park, Yunjin Kim