Patents by Inventor Seong Min Lee

Seong Min 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).

  • Patent number: 12292617
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device, and more particularly, to a lens driving device capable of reducing a focus alignment time of a lens by feeding back an amount of displacement in an optical axis direction of a lens while improving spatial efficiency of a bobbin. Specifically, the present embodiment includes a housing having a hollow column shape for supporting a driving magnet; At least one lens is installed inside, the outer peripheral surface is provided with a coil disposed inside the driving magnet, parallel to the optical axis inside the housing by electromagnetic interaction between the driving magnet and the coil a bobbin moving in a first direction; It relates to a lens driving device comprising a; displacement sensing unit for determining a first displacement value of the bobbin in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Min Lee, Sang Ok Park, Hyune O Yoo, Byung Wook Son, Jun Taek Lee
  • Patent number: 12259636
    Abstract: A camera module including a first camera module and a second camera module including a second side that faces a first side of the first camera module, wherein the first camera module includes a housing; a bobbin disposed inside the housing; a coil disposed on the bobbin; and a magnet arranged at a side of the housing and facing the coil, wherein the magnet is disposed biased toward a center line of the side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Guk Lee, Seong Min Lee, Sang Jun Min, Tae Jin Jung
  • Publication number: 20250093614
    Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, the lens driving device including: a housing; a bobbin disposed at an inner side of the housing; a first driving part disposed on the bobbin; a second driving part disposed on the housing and facing the first driving part; a first mounting part disposed on the bobbin; a second mounting part disposed on the bobbin and disposed at an opposite side of the first mounting part based on a center of the bobbin; a first magnet disposed on the first mounting part; a sensor part sensing a position of the first magnet; and a second magnet disposed on the second mounting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jun Taek LEE, Sang Ok PARK, Byung Wook SON, Seong Min LEE
  • Patent number: 12253794
    Abstract: A VCM is disclosed, the VCM including a rotor having a first driving unit and arranged therein with a lens, a stator having a second driving unit wrapping the first driving unit and being opposite to the first driving unit, a base supporting the stator and having an opening formed at a position corresponding to that of the lens, a connection terminal including a pair of first and second connection terminals arranged at an upper surface of the base, and an elastic member including a first elastic member coupled to the rotor and electrically connected the first connection terminal and a second elastic member coupled to the rotor and electrically connected the second connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Min Lee, Sang Ok Park, Jun Taek Lee
  • Patent number: 12242131
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module, in which a first lens driving device is spaced apart from and arranged in parallel with a second lens driving device, a first Hall sensor of the first lens driving device is disposed is disposed at a corner portion which is spaced most apart from a second sensing magnet of the second lens driving device, among a plurality of corner portions of a first housing; and a second Hall sensor of the second lens driving device is disposed at a corner portion which is spaced most apart from the first Hall sensor, among a plurality of corner portions of a second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Seong Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20250048589
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a power module including a plurality of cooling modules provided to be in contact with each of both surfaces of the power module, in which the cooling module includes a manifold cover provided with a plurality of guide walls extending in a first direction in a state of being spaced apart from each other and a pin plate having one surface being in contact with the power module and having a plurality of pins extending in a second direction crossing the first direction formed on the other surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, CHUNG ANG University industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Sang Hun LEE, Se Heun KWON, Seong Min LEE, Je Hwan LEE, Hyong Joon PARK, Yun Seo KIM, Geon Hee LEE, Dae Young KONG, Min Soo KANG, Hyoung Soon LEE
  • Patent number: 12216258
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a prism actuator comprising: a housing; a holder having at least a part spaced apart from the housing; a prism disposed on the holder; a shape memory alloy member for connecting the housing and the holder to each other; and an elastic member for connecting the housing and the holder to each other, wherein the shape memory alloy member comprises first and second shape memory alloy members disposed on one side of the prism, the first shape memory alloy member connects an upper part of the holder and a lower part of the housing to each other, and the second shape memory alloy member connects a lower part of the holder and an upper part of the housing to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Seong Min Lee
  • Patent number: 12189207
    Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, the lens driving device including: a housing; a bobbin disposed at an inner side of the housing; a first driving part disposed on the bobbin; a second driving part disposed on the housing and facing the first driving part; a first mounting part disposed on the bobbin; a second mounting part disposed on the bobbin and disposed at an opposite side of the first mounting part based on a center of the bobbin; a first magnet disposed on the first mounting part; a sensor part sensing a position of the first magnet; and a second magnet disposed on the second mounting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Taek Lee, Sang Ok Park, Byung Wook Son, Seong Min Lee
  • Patent number: 12169322
    Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, including: a cover member; a bobbin installed with at least one lens and having a coil unit arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin; a magnet arranged at a positon corresponding to that of the coil unit; first and second elastic members, where one end of each of the first and second elastic members may be respectively coupled to an upper surface and a lower surface of the bobbin and supporting movement of the bobbin in an optical axis direction; a detection unit configured to detect movement of the bobbin in a direction parallel to the optical axis direction; a damping member arranged at a connecting portion between the bobbin and the first elastic member; and a support unit provided at at least one of the bobbin and the first elastic member and maintaining an arranged position of the damping member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Seong Min Lee, Jun Taek Lee, Byung Wook Son, Sang Jun Min, Kyoung Ho Yoo
  • Publication number: 20240390548
    Abstract: An air purifier includes a case having an air inlet and an air outlet, a fan disposed adjacent the air inlet, a UV LED unit and a filter unit arranged over the fan along a flow path of air, and a fluid control structure disposed between the fan and the filter unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jae Seon YI, Young Hwan SON, Seong Min LEE, Jong Rack KIM, Ik Hwan KO
  • Patent number: 12150273
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus for a power module including a plurality of cooling modules provided to be in contact with each of both surfaces of the power module, in which the cooling module includes a manifold cover provided with a plurality of guide walls extending in a first direction in a state of being spaced apart from each other and a pin plate having one surface being in contact with the power module and having a plurality of pins extending in a second direction crossing the first direction formed on the other surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, CHUNG ANG UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Sang Hun Lee, Se Heun Kwon, Seong Min Lee, Je Hwan Lee, Hyong Joon Park, Yun Seo Kim, Geon Hee Lee, Dae Young Kong, Min Soo Kang, Hyoung Soon Lee
  • Patent number: 12130540
    Abstract: A VCM is disclosed, the motor including a stator including a first driving unit, a rotor arranged inside the stator, including a second driving unit responding to the first driving unit and mounted therein with a lens, a base fixing the stator, and an elastic member coupled to the rotor to float the rotor from the base in a case a driving signal for driving the first and second driving units is not applied to the first and second driving units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Seong Min Lee
  • Patent number: 12124054
    Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing including a hole; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a first coil disposed in the bobbin; a magnet disposed in the housing; an upper elastic member coupled to an upper portion of the housing; a support member coupled to the upper elastic member through the hole; and a base disposed under the housing, wherein the housing comprises: a first surface to which the upper elastic member is coupled; a second surface which is disposed at a position higher than a bottom surface of the housing and lower than the first surface; and a sloped surface which is adjacent to the second surface and has a predetermined angle with respect to the second surface, and wherein the hole is formed in the area of at least one of the second surface and the sloped surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Guk Lee, Byung Wook Son, Seong Min Lee
  • Patent number: 12076466
    Abstract: An air purifier includes a case having an air inlet and an air outlet, a fan disposed adjacent the air inlet, a UV LED unit and a filter unit arranged over the fan along a flow path of air, and a fluid control structure disposed between the fan and the filter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Seon Yi, Young Hwan Son, Seong Min Lee, Jong Rack Kim, Ik Hwan Ko
  • Publication number: 20240284026
    Abstract: A camera actuator includes a housing; a prism unit disposed in the housing; and a driving unit for tilting the prism unit. A ball bearing and a pulling magnet for generating attractive force to each other are disposed in the prism unit and the housing. The prism unit is supported to the housing by the attractive force between the ball bearing and the pulling magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Bae JANG, Seong Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20240255726
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus is disclosed. The lens moving apparatus includes a bobbin equipped with at least one lens, a coil and a driving magnet arranged opposite to each other for moving the bobbin in an optical axis direction of the lens through interaction therebetween, a first circuit board for supplying electric current required by the coil, and a cover can and a base coupled to, contacted to, supported at, fixed to, or temporarily fixed to each other for forming a space in which the bobbin, the driving magnet, and the first circuit board are received, wherein the cover can is connected to a second circuit board having an image sensor mounted thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Ok PARK, Seong Min LEE, Jun Taek LEE
  • Patent number: 12032223
    Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin disposed in the hosing; a first coil disposed in the bobbin; a magnet disposed opposite to the first coil in the housing; a base disposed under the housing; a lower elastic member comprising a first elastic member and a second elastic member coupled to the bobbin and disposed on the base; a second coil disposed in the base so as to generate an inductive voltage by interaction with the first coil; and a first terminal and a second terminal arranged in the base and spaced apart from the first and second elastic members, wherein one end of the first coil is coupled to the first elastic member, the other end of the first coil is coupled to the second elastic member, one end of the second coil is coupled to the first terminal, and the other end of the second coil is coupled to the second terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Kim, Byung Wook Son, Sang Jun Min, Sang Ok Park, Seong Min Lee, Tae Jin Jung
  • Publication number: 20240196076
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a first magnet, a housing, a bobbin, around which a coil is wound and which moves in a first direction in the housing, an upper elastic member disposed on upper surfaces of the bobbin and the housing, a lower elastic member disposed under lower surfaces of the bobbin and the housing, and a damping member disposed between the upper or lower elastic member and the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Seong Min Lee, Jun Taek Lee, Byung Wook Son
  • Patent number: 12005149
    Abstract: A sterilizer is provided to include: a first pipe having an inner wall with a light reflecting property; a second pipe disposed in the first pipe so as to pass fluid therethrough and formed of a light transmitting material; and a plurality of UV LEDs arranged on the inner wall of the first pipe and configured to irradiate sterilization UV light onto the fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Min Lee, Young Hwan Son, Jae Seon Yi, Jong Rack Kim, Ik Hwan Ko
  • Patent number: 12007621
    Abstract: One embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin arranged in the housing; a coil arranged in the bobbin; a first magnet arranged at a first lateral part of the housing; a second magnet arranged at a second lateral part of the housing facing the first lateral part of the housing; a circuit board arranged at a third lateral part of the housing; a location sensor which is arranged at the third lateral part of the housing and which is electrically connected with the circuit board; and a first capacitor arranged at a first corner part of the housing, which is arranged between the third lateral part of the housing and the second lateral part of the housing, and electrically connected with the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Seong Min Lee, Jun Taek Lee