Patents by Inventor Sang-Whee Kim

Sang-Whee 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: 11649020
    Abstract: A fender davit device is disclosed. The fender davit device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a fender and a davit comprising a hauling line holding the fender and a winch configured to move the fender by winding or unwinding the hauling line. The fender davit device also includes a hauling line tension maintaining part configured to maintain a tension of the hauling line holding the fender to prevent the hauling line from breaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG HEAVY IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang-Whee Kim
  • Publication number: 20200339233
    Abstract: A fender davit device is disclosed. The fender davit device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a fender and a davit comprising a hauling line holding the fender and a winch configured to move the fender by winding or unwinding the hauling line. The fender davit device also includes a hauling line tension maintaining part configured to maintain a tension of the hauling line holding the fender to prevent the hauling line from breaking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventor: Sang-Whee KIM
  • Patent number: 8616529
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a winch and an autonomous mobile apparatus including the winch. The winch can include: a driving motor; a drum driving axle configured to be rotated the driving motor; a wire drum configured to be rotated by the drum driving axle; a roller driving axle arranged to be parallel to the drum driving axle and configured to be rotated in different direction from that of the drum driving axle by the driving motor; a roller connected with the roller driving axle and configured to support a wire wound on or unwound from the wire drum; and a one way clutch installed in the roller driving axle in such a way that a driving force transferred to the roller by the roller driving axle is cut off when the wire drum rotates in a direction of winding the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Heavy Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Whee Kim, Seong Ho Cho, Hyun Goo Kim, Young Jun Park, Ki Soo Cho
  • Publication number: 20120118208
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a winch and an autonomous mobile apparatus including the winch. The winch can include: a driving motor; a driving axle configured to rotate by having a driving force transferred from the driving motor; a wire drum installed on the driving axle in such a way that the wire drum is rotated by the driving axle and can move along the driving axle, a first screw part formed on an external circumferential surface of lengthwise end thereof; and a guide part arranged to be parallel to the driving axle and having a second screw part formed on a lateral side that faces the driving axle, the second screw part being extended in a lengthwise direction of the driving axle and engaged with the first screw part. The wire drum can move along the guide part in such a way that the length of a wire being wound or unwound for one rotation of the wire drum is constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Applicant: Samsung Heavy Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Whee Kim, Seong Ho Kim, Hyun Goo Kim, Young Jun Park, Ki Soo Cho
  • Publication number: 20120048152
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a winch and an autonomous mobile apparatus including the winch. The winch can include: a driving motor; a drum driving axle configured to be rotated the driving motor; a wire drum configured to be rotated by the drum driving axle; a roller driving axle arranged to be parallel to the drum driving axle and configured to be rotated in different direction from that of the drum driving axle by the driving motor; a roller connected with the roller driving axle and configured to support a wire wound on or unwound from the wire drum; and a one way clutch installed in the roller driving axle in such a way that a driving force transferred to the roller by the roller driving axle is cut off when the wire drum rotates in a direction of winding the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG HEAVY IND. CO. LTD
    Inventors: Sang-Whee Kim, Seong Ho Cho, Hyun Goo Kim, Young Jun Park, Ki Soo Cho
  • Publication number: 20120043162
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a tendon controlled mobile platform configured to move within a work space defined by a structure. The tendon controlled mobile platform of the present invention, which includes: a mobile platform including a main frame, a plurality of upper winches coupled to an upper part of the main frame, and a plurality of lower winches coupled to a lower part of the main framed, the mobile platform being placed with the work space; a plurality of first wires having respective one ends coupled to lower sides of the structure and respective the other ends coupled to the upper winches, the lengths of the first wires being adjustable; and a plurality of second wires having respective one ends coupled to upper sides of the structure and respective the other ends coupled to the lower winches, the lengths of the second wires being adjustable, can expand the movement range of the mobile platform, thereby expanding the work area, and can easily move the work equipment to an adjacent work area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG HEAVY IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Whee Kim, Yun-Seo Choi, Jae-Hoon Kim, Young-Jun Park