Patents by Inventor Sang Jong Lee

Sang Jong 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).

  • Publication number: 20230156333
    Abstract: A sensor shifting module is provided. The module includes a fixed body, a movable body movably disposed inside the fixed body and including an image sensor having an imaging plane oriented in a first direction, and a driving unit moving the movable body in a direction, perpendicular to the first direction, with respect to the fixed body, and rotating the movable body about an axis parallel to the first direction. The driving unit includes a driving coil coupled to one of the fixed body and the movable body, and a driving yoke coupled to the other of the fixed body and the movable body, the driving yoke faces the driving coil in a direction perpendicular to the first direction. When a current is applied to the driving coil, the movable body moves in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, or rotates about an axis parallel to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Bong JANG, Sang Jong LEE, Hee Soo YOON, Tae Ho YUN, Seung Jae SONG
  • Publication number: 20230156328
    Abstract: A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a housing; a carrier, disposed in the housing, and configured to move in a first direction; an image sensor movably disposed in the carrier and having an imaging plane oriented in the first direction; and an autofocusing driver including an autofocusing actuator configured to move the carrier in the first direction with respect to the housing and a ball member disposed between the carrier and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Bong JANG, Sang Jong LEE, Hee Soo YOON, Tae Ho YUN
  • Publication number: 20230156329
    Abstract: A sensor shifting module includes a fixed body; a first movable body, movably disposed in the fixed body, comprising an image sensor having an imaging plane opposite to a first direction; and a driver, configured to move the first movable body in a direction orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the fixed body, comprising a driving coil coupled to one of the fixed body and the first movable body, and a driving yoke coupled to another of the fixed body and the first movable body. The driving yoke is disposed to oppose the driving coil in the direction orthogonal to the first direction. When current is applied to the driving coil, the first movable body is configured to move in the direction orthogonal to the first direction by electromagnetic interaction between the driving coil and the driving yoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Bong JANG, Sang Jong LEE, Hee Soo YOON, Tae Ho YUN
  • Publication number: 20230156310
    Abstract: A sensor shifting module includes a fixed body; a movable body movably, disposed in the fixed body, comprising an image sensor having an imaging plane oriented in a first direction; a substrate configured to deform based on a movement of the movable body with respect to the fixed body; and a driver, configured to move the movable body in a direction orthogonal to the first direction, comprising a driving coil coupled to one of the fixed body and the movable body, and a driving yoke coupled to another of the fixed body and the movable body. The driving yoke is disposed to oppose the driving coil in the direction orthogonal to the first direction. When current is applied to the driving coil, the movable body is configured to move in the direction orthogonal to the first direction by electromagnetic interaction between the driving coil and the driving yoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Bong JANG, Sang Jong LEE, Hee Soo YOON, Tae Ho YUN, Ju Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20230156335
    Abstract: A sensor shifting module includes a fixed body, a first body movably disposed in the fixed body, a second body movably disposed in the first body and coupled to an image sensor having an imaging plane facing a first direction, a first driver configured to move the second body in a direction orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the first body, a second driver configured to rotate the second body about an axis parallel to the first direction with respect to the first body; and a third driver configured to rotate the first body about an axis orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the fixed body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Bong JANG, Sang Jong LEE, Hee Soo YOON, Tae Ho YUN
  • Publication number: 20230156334
    Abstract: A sensor shifting module includes a fixed body, a first movable body movably disposed on the fixed body and coupled to an image sensor having an imaging plane oriented in a first direction, and a first driver configured to rotate the first movable body about an axis orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the fixed body, wherein the first driver includes a tilt guide ball disposed between the fixed body and the first movable body to provide a tilt center for the first movable body with respect to the fixed body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Bong JANG, Sang Jong LEE, Hee Soo YOON, Tae Ho YUN, Seung Jae SONG
  • Patent number: 11495391
    Abstract: An inductor includes a body including a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of coil patterns are disposed on each of the plurality of insulating layers, and first and second external electrodes disposed on an external surface of the body. The plurality of coil patterns are connected to each other by coil connecting portions and both end portions thereof are electrically connected to the first and second external electrodes through coil lead portions, respectively, to form a coil. The plurality of coil patterns include coil patterns disposed on an outer portion of the body and coil patterns disposed on an inner portion of the body, the coil patterns disposed on the inner portion of the body include first coil patterns electrically connected in parallel, and at least one of the first coil patterns includes an internal side portion having a shape different from shapes of remaining coil patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Jae Song, Sang Jong Lee, Su Bong Jang, Seung Hee Hong, Min Ki Jung
  • Patent number: 11488942
    Abstract: A package structure includes a first package including a first substrate and a first molded portion disposed on the first substrate; and a rigid-flexible substrate disposed on at least a portion of the first package and having a rigid region and a flexible region. The first molded portion is disposed between the first substrate and the rigid-flexible substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi Hyeon Jeong, Seong Hwan Lee, Sang Jong Lee, Hyun Sang Kwak
  • Patent number: 11456107
    Abstract: An inductor includes a body including a plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of coil patterns are disposed on each of the plurality of insulating layers, and first and second external electrodes disposed on an external surface of the body. The plurality of coil patterns are connected to each other by coil connecting portions and both end portions thereof are electrically connected to the first and second external electrodes through coil lead portions, respectively, to form a coil. The plurality of coil patterns include coil patterns disposed on an outer portion of the body and coil patterns disposed on an inner portion of the body, the coil patterns disposed on the inner portion of the body include first coil patterns electrically connected in parallel, and at least one of the first coil patterns includes an internal side portion having a shape different from shapes of remaining coil patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Jae Song, Sang Jong Lee, Su Bong Jang, Seung Hee Hong, Min Ki Jung
  • Patent number: 11431097
    Abstract: A chip antenna module includes: a chip antenna including a body portion, a radiating portion, and a grounding portion, wherein the body portion is formed of a dielectric substance, and wherein the radiating portion and the grounding portion are disposed on different surfaces of the body portion from each other; and a substrate having a plurality of layers and including feeding pads bonded to the radiating portion, grounding pads bonded to the grounding portion, and dummy wiring layers disposed on at least one layer among the plurality of layers, below the feeding pads, wherein a resonance frequency of the chip antenna is determined by a number of the dummy wiring layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Hee Choi, Sang Jong Lee
  • Publication number: 20220247897
    Abstract: A camera module includes: a lens module including one or more lenses disposed along an optical axis; a driving magnet disposed on the lens module and extending along the optical axis; and a driving coil configured to receive the driving magnet therein, and to interact with the driving magnet to drive the lens module in an optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Ho YUN, Sang Jong LEE
  • Patent number: 11380478
    Abstract: A coil component includes: a body having a first surface and a second surface opposing each other in one direction and including a core extending in the one direction; a coil portion embedded in the body and having at least one turn around the core; and an external electrode disposed at least on the first surface of the body and connected to the coil portion. A first distance from the coil portion to a third surface of the body is greater than a second distance from the coil portion to a fourth surface of the body. The third and fourth surfaces oppose each other and have the core disposed therebetween. Turns of the coil portion disposed between the third surface of the body and the core are more than those of the coil portion disposed between the fourth of the body and the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Bong Jang, Hee Soo Yoon, Sang Jong Lee, Min Ki Jung
  • Publication number: 20220192014
    Abstract: A printed circuit board, includes: a first insulating layer on which a wiring line is disposed; a second insulating layer covering an upper portion of the wiring line; a first conductive shield wall spaced apart from two opposing sides of the wiring line in a width direction of the wiring line, and extending in a length direction of the wiring line; and a second conductive shield wall spaced apart from two opposing ends of the first conductive shield wall in the length direction, and extending the a width direction. At least one of the first conductive shield wall or the second conductive shield wall includes a plurality of via walls each extending in a thickness direction of the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer and having a gap is disposed therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Chul Mun Kang, Sang Jong Lee, Hyun Sang Kwak, Chi Hyeon Jeong, Seong Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11355287
    Abstract: A multilayer capacitor and a board on which the multilayer capacitor is mounted provide increased capacitor effective area. The multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body having first and second dielectric layers each with first and second internal electrodes, first and second external electrodes disposed on a surface of the capacitor body, a first via electrode connecting the first internal electrodes to the first external electrode, and a second via electrode connecting the second internal electrodes to the second external electrode. The first and second dielectric layers are alternately stacked in the first direction such that the first internal electrode of the first dielectric layer overlaps the second internal electrode of the second dielectric layer in a first direction, and the second internal electrode of the first dielectric layer overlaps the first internal electrode of the second dielectric layer in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jong Lee, Su Bong Jang, Hee Soo Yoon
  • Publication number: 20220163870
    Abstract: A camera module includes: a lens module including a lens and movably disposed in a housing; a first displacement identification layer disposed on the lens module, configured to move according to movement of the lens module, and having a width varying according to coordinates in one direction in the lens module; and a second displacement identification layer disposed on the lens module, configured to move according to the movement of the lens module, and having a width varying according to the coordinates in the one direction in the lens module. The first and second displacement identification layers are arranged such that a coordinate, among the coordinates in the one direction, corresponding to a maximum width of the first displacement identification layer is different from a coordinate, among the coordinates in the one direction in the lens module, corresponding to a maximum width of the second displacement identification layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Bong JANG, Sang Jong LEE, Hee Soo YOON, Tae Ho YUN
  • Publication number: 20220157794
    Abstract: A package structure includes a first package including a first substrate and a first molded portion disposed on the first substrate; and a rigid-flexible substrate disposed on at least a portion of the first package and having a rigid region and a flexible region. The first molded portion is disposed between the first substrate and the rigid-flexible substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Chi Hyeon Jeong, Seong Hwan Lee, Sang Jong Lee, Hyun Sang Kwak
  • Patent number: 11328867
    Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including first and second dielectric layers, a plurality of internal electrodes, and a plurality of second internal electrodes, and first and second external electrodes. First and second internal electrodes are disposed in one of the first dielectric layers to be spaced apart from each other. The first and second internal electrodes are disposed in one of the second dielectric layers to be spaced apart from each other. The first and second dielectric layers are alternately laminated in the first direction, such that the first internal electrode of the first dielectric layer and the second internal electrode of the second dielectric layer overlap each other in the first direction and the second internal electrode of the first dielectric layer and the first internal electrode of the second dielectric layer overlap each other in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jong Lee, Su Bong Jang, Hee Soo Yoon
  • Patent number: 11322285
    Abstract: An inductor includes a body including a coil and a dummy electrode, spaced apart from the coil, and having a first side surface and a second side surface disposed to oppose each other in a first direction, a top surface and a bottom surface disposed to oppose each other in a second direction, and a first end surface and a second end surface disposed to oppose each other in a third direction, and external electrodes including a first external electrode, disposed on an external surface of the body, extending from the first end surface to a portion of the bottom surface and a second external electrode, disposed on an external surface of the body, extending from the second end surface to a portion of the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hee Hong, Seung Jae Song, Jae Woon Park, Sang Jong Lee
  • Patent number: 11315735
    Abstract: Provided is a multilayer capacitor and a board on which the multilayer capacitor is mounted. The multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including first to six surfaces, first and second dielectric layers, and first and second internal electrodes; first and second external electrodes disposed on the first surface of the capacitor body; the first and second dielectric layers are alternately layered in a first direction such that the first internal electrode of the first dielectric layer overlaps the second internal electrode of the second dielectric layer in the first direction, and the second internal electrode of the first dielectric layer overlaps the first internal electrode of the second dielectric layer in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jong Lee, Su Bong Jang, Hee Soo Yoon
  • Publication number: 20220113165
    Abstract: A rotor apparatus includes: a rotor configured to rotate around a rotational axis; a first angular position identification layer surrounding the rotational axis, configured to rotate with the rotor, and having a varying width; and a second angular position identification layer surrounding the rotational axis, configured to rotate with the rotor, and having a varying width. An angular position of the rotor corresponding to a maximum width of the first angular position identification layer is different from an angular position of the rotor corresponding to a maximum width of the second angular position identification layer. The maximum width of the first angular position identification layer is less than or equal to 1.2 times a maximum width of a corresponding first inductor. The maximum width of the second angular position identification layer is less than or equal to 1.2 times a maximum width of a corresponding second inductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Su Bong JANG, Hee Soo YOON, Sang Jong LEE