Patents by Inventor Sangmyung Kim

Sangmyung 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: 20240068735
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door opening/closing the cabinet and having an opening that is penetrated in a front/rear direction, a transparent panel assembly mounted to cover the opening and through which the inside of the refrigerant is seen, and a lighting member provided in the door or the cabinet to brighten a rear side of the transparent panel assembly. The transparent panel assembly includes a front panel defining an outer appearance of a front surface, a rear panel defining an outer appearance of a rear surface, a spacer made of a metal material and disposed between the front panel and the rear panel to define a periphery of the transparent panel assembly. A heater mounting part on which a heater is mounted is disposed on the spacer, and when the heater generates heat, one side of the front panel, which comes into contact with the spacer, is heated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Junghwan KIM, Chanuk KANG, Hyuk KWON, Sangmyung LEE, Ikkyu LEE
  • Patent number: 9901370
    Abstract: A tube insertion device which inserts a tube into a line path to perform an operation has an elongated hollow tube, an end effector connected to a front end of the tube such that the direction of the end effector is changed with respect to the tube, a plurality of wires connected to the end effector and extended into the tube and a tension controller controlling tensions of the plurality of wires. The tension controller controls tensions of a pair of wires facing each other in the opposite directions, in order to change the direction of the end effector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Keri Kim, Sung Chul Kang, Soojun Lee, Woosub Lee, Sangmyung Kim, Suhyeon Gim
  • Patent number: 9526582
    Abstract: An endoscope robot inserted into a duct to perform a predetermined work includes a flexible first tube body, a joint structure coupled to an end of the first tube body, and an end-effector connected to the joint structure so that location and direction of the end-effector are adjusted by the joint structure. The joint structure includes a fixed arm coupled to an end of the first tube body, and a plurality of pivotal arms arranged in order in a row from the fixed arm and pivotally connected to each other. The first tube body curves and linearly moves in the duct to move the end-effector to a working position. The plurality of pivotal arms is pivoted at the working position to adjust location and direction of the end-effector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Keri Kim, Sung Chul Kang, Woosub Lee, Sangmyung Kim, Soojun Lee
  • Publication number: 20150223895
    Abstract: An endoscope robot inserted into a duct to perform a predetermined work includes a flexible first tube body, a joint structure coupled to an end of the first tube body, and an end-effector connected to the joint structure so that location and direction of the end-effector are adjusted by the joint structure. The joint structure includes a fixed arm coupled to an end of the first tube body, and a plurality of pivotal arms arranged in order in a row from the fixed arm and pivotally connected to each other. The first tube body curves and linearly moves in the duct to move the end-effector to a working position. The plurality of pivotal arms is pivoted at the working position to adjust location and direction of the end-effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Keri Kim, Sung Chul Kang, Woosub Lee, Sangmyung Kim, Soojun Lee
  • Publication number: 20150032117
    Abstract: A tube insertion device which inserts a tube into a line path to perform an operation has an elongated hollow tube, an end effector connected to a front end of the tube such that the direction of the end effector is changed with respect to the tube, a plurality of wires connected to the end effector and extended into the tube and a tension controller controlling tensions of the plurality of wires. The tension controller controls tensions of a pair of wires facing each other in the opposite directions, in order to change the direction of the end effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Keri Kim, Sung Chul Kang, Soojun Lee, Woosub Lee, Sangmyung Kim, Suhyeon Gim
  • Patent number: 8404176
    Abstract: A hybrid method manufacturing apparatus for a torsion beam according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a pair of side punch molds where a semi-finished product material heated to approximately 880 to 800° C. is molded and a press mold where a cooling water circulation line decreasing the temperature of the processed finished product to approximately 750 to 450° C. while the semi-finished product material is molded to a processed finished product is installed, an advantage of high-temperature molding having high dimensional accuracy is maintained at the time of manufacturing the torsion beam and additional heat treatment such as tempering is selectively performed only when additional heat treatment such as tempering increases toughness because only a martensite structure is not formed in quenching treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Donghee Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byungju Kim, Sangmyung Kim, Sanggil Jang, Cheolhwan Cho
  • Publication number: 20110037207
    Abstract: A hybrid method manufacturing apparatus for a torsion beam according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a pair of side punch molds where a semi-finished product material heated to approximately 880 to 800° C. is molded and a press mold where a cooling water circulation line decreasing the temperature of the processed finished product to approximately 750 to 450° C. while the semi-finished product material is molded to a processed finished product is installed, an advantage of high-temperature molding having high dimensional accuracy is maintained at the time of manufacturing the torsion beam and additional heat treatment such as tempering is selectively performed only when additional heat treatment such as tempering increases toughness because only a martensite structure is not formed in quenching treatment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: DONGHEE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byungju KIM, Sangmyung KIM, Sanggil JANG, Cheolhwan CHO
  • Publication number: 20110036470
    Abstract: In a torsion beam manufacturing method using a hybrid method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, dimensional accuracy is increased by high-temperature molding of performing molding by heating an internal structure up to A3 transformation point (950° C.) temperature at which the internal structure is austenited and tempering treatment is optionally performed only when the tempering treatment increases toughness because a ferrite structure is formed at a structural ratio of approximately 5% or less together with a martensite structure and a bainite structure by preventing quick cooling performed in a quenching treatment by lowering temperature through an indirect cooling method during the high-temperature molding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: DONGHEE INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byungju KIM, Sangmyung KIM, Sanggil JANG, Cheolhwan CHO