Patents by Inventor Seong Hoon Lee

Seong Hoon 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: 12655953
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes a lamp housing, an aiming bracket coupled to a light source module and rotatably disposed about a pivot point inside the lamp housing, and a support structure coupled inside the lamp housing and configured to rotatably support the aiming bracket. The aiming bracket includes a pivot component having a contact surface that may be spherical in shape, and the pivot component contacts a support surface of the support structure corresponding to the contact surface and forming the pivot point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Seong Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 12631811
    Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus are disclosed. A polarizing plate includes a polarizer and a stack of retardation layers on a surface of the polarizer, and the stack of retardation layers includes a second retardation layer and a first retardation layer stacked on the polarizer in sequence from the surface of the polarizer, the second retardation layer being a non-liquid crystal layer, and the stack of retardation layers has an out-of-plane retardation of ?40 nm or more to less than 0 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm and satisfies Relation 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Wuxi Hengxin Optoelectronic Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Mo Koo, Seong Hoon Lee, Dae Seob Shim, Seon Gyeong Jeong, Boem Deok Lee, Hyoung Tae Lim, Seung Mi Shin, Kyung Min Cho, Ki Beom Kim, Sang Hum Lee, Jung Hun You, Dong Ho Wee
  • Patent number: 12510701
    Abstract: Disclosed are an optical laminate and an optical display apparatus including the same. The optical laminate includes: a polarizer; and a retardation layer stacked on a light incidence surface of the polarizer, wherein the retardation layer includes a positive C layer, the positive C layer having an in-plane retardation of 0 nm to 30 nm and an out-of-plane retardation of ?50 nm to ?15 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm, and the in-plane retardation of the positive C layer at a wavelength of 550 nm and an absolute value of a tilted angle of a slow axis of the positive C layer with respect to a light absorption axis of the polarizer satisfy Relation 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Mi Shin, Wan Taek Hong, Seong Hoon Lee, Seon Gyeong Jeong, Boem Deok Lee, Bong Choon Kim
  • Publication number: 20250389402
    Abstract: A lamp for a vehicle includes a lamp housing, an aiming bracket coupled to a light source module and rotatably disposed about a pivot point inside the lamp housing, and a support structure coupled inside the lamp housing and configured to rotatably support the aiming bracket. The aiming bracket includes a pivot component having a contact surface that may be spherical in shape, and the pivot component contacts a support surface of the support structure corresponding to the contact surface and forming the pivot point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventor: Seong Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 12461411
    Abstract: Provided are an optical display device module and an optical display device including same, the optical display device module comprising an optical display device panel, and a first polarizing plate arranged on at least one surface of the optical display device panel, wherein the first polarizing plate includes a first polarizer and a first phase difference layer arranged between the first polarizer and the optical display device panel, the first phase difference layer includes at least a positive C layer, the optical display device panel includes a second phase difference layer therein, and the second phase difference layer and the first phase difference layer satisfy formula 1 and formula 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wan Taek Hong, Jun Mo Koo, Bong Choon Kim, Seung Mi Shin, Beom Deok Lee, Seong Hoon Lee, Seon Gyeong Jeong, A Ra Jo
  • Patent number: 12436332
    Abstract: An optical laminate and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. An optical laminate includes: a polarizer; and a first protective layer and a retardation layer stacked on a light incidence surface of the polarizer, the retardation layer including at least a positive C layer, and a laminate of the first protective layer and the retardation layer having a photoelastic coefficient of about 2×10?13 cm2/dyne or less and a modulus of about 2,000 MPa to about 4,000 MPa, as measured in an absorption axis direction of the polarizer in the optical laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Mi Shin, Beom Deok Lee, Seong Hoon Lee, Seon Gyeong Jeong, A Ra Jo, Wan Taek Hong
  • Publication number: 20250138232
    Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus are disclosed. The polarizing plate includes a polarizer; and a retardation layer stack formed on one surface of the polarizer, wherein the retardation layer stack includes a second retardation layer, a first adhesive layer, and a first retardation layer sequentially stacked from the one surface of the polarizer, the first adhesive layer has a modulus of 1×105 Pa to 1×106 Pa at 25° C., and the second retardation layer and the first adhesive layer satisfy Relation 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Seon Gyeong JEONG, Seong Hoon LEE, Hyoung Tae LIM, Kyung Jun MIN, Se Hyun PARK, Jun Mo KOO, Beom Deok LEE
  • Patent number: 12204074
    Abstract: A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; a pattern layer on one surface of the polarizer, the pattern layer including a first refractive index layer having at least one engraved pattern and a second refractive index layer having a filling pattern filling at least a portion of the engraved pattern, the first refractive index layer having a higher refractive index than the second refractive index layer; and a first protective layer. The polarizing plate has a structure in which the polarizer, the second refractive index layer, the first refractive index layer and the first protective layer are sequentially stacked in that order, or in which the polarizer, the first protective layer, the second refractive index layer and the first refractive index layer are sequentially stacked in that order. The first protective layer includes a base film including at least one resin of triacetylcellulose, polyethylene terephthalate, cyclic olefin polymer, and acrylic resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Hoon Lee, Young Oh, Jeong Ho Lee, Young Hyun Ju
  • Publication number: 20250020846
    Abstract: A polarizing plate for an optical display apparatus includes: a polarizer; and a retardation layer laminated on one surface of the polarizer, wherein the retardation layer includes a retardation film satisfying nx>nz>ny at a wavelength of 550 nm (Here, nx, ny, and nz refer to a refractive index of the retardation film in a slow axis direction, a refractive index of the retardation film in a fast axis direction, and a refractive index of the retardation film in a thickness direction at a wavelength of 550 nm.), an orientation direction of a main chain of a resin contained in the retardation film is about ?5° to about +5° relative to a light absorption axis of the polarizer, and the retardation film has a degree of biaxiality of about 0.3 to about 0.7 at a wavelength of 550 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Jung Hun YOU, Bong Choon KIM, Seong Hoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20240411077
    Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display device are disclosed. A polarizing plate includes a polarizer, and a retardation layer laminated on a surface of the polarizer, the retardation layer includes a retardation film that satisfies a relationship of nx>nz>ny, where nx, ny, and nz are indexes of refraction of the retardation film in a slow axis direction, a fast axis direction, and a thickness direction of the retardation film, respectively, at a wavelength of 550 nm, an alignment direction of a main chain of a resin contained in the retardation film with respect to a light transmission axis of the polarizer is in a range from ?5° to +5°, and the retardation film has a degree of biaxiality of 0.2 to 0.6 at the wavelength of 550 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Jung Hun YOU, Bong Choon KIM, Seong Hoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20240369880
    Abstract: An optical display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel and a viewer-side polarizing plate stacked on a surface of the liquid crystal panel, and the liquid crystal panel includes a liquid crystal layer having a pre-tilt angle of 2° to 5°, and the viewer-side polarizing plate includes a first retardation layer including a positive A layer, a second retardation layer including a positive C layer, and a polarizer sequentially stacked from the liquid crystal panel, and satisfies Equation 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kyoung Min CHO, Bong Choon KIM, Jung Hun YOU, Seon Gyeong JEONG, Seong Hoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20240302582
    Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus are disclosed. A polarizing plate includes a polarizer and a stack of retardation layers on a surface of the polarizer, and the stack of retardation layers includes a second retardation layer and a first retardation layer stacked on the polarizer in sequence from the surface of the polarizer, the second retardation layer being a non-liquid crystal layer, and the stack of retardation layers has an out-of-plane retardation of ?40 nm or more to less than 0 nm at a wavelength of 550 nm and satisfies Relation 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Jun Mo KOO, Seong Hoon LEE, Dae Seob SHIM, Seon Gyeong JEONG, Boem Deok LEE, Hyoung Tae LIM, Seung Mi SHIN, Kyung Min CHO, Ki Beom KIM, Sang Hum LEE, Jung Hun YOU, Dong Ho WEE
  • Publication number: 20240241301
    Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display apparatus including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a stack of retardation layers on at least one surface of the polarizer, and the stack of retardation layers includes a second retardation layer, a primer layer, and a first retardation layer stacked in sequence on the polarizer, and the primer layer has a glass transition temperature of 60° C. to 150° C. and is a (meth)acrylate-based primer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jung Hun YOU, Sang Hum LEE, Jun Mo KOO, Seong Hoon LEE, Seon Gyeong JEONG, Dong Ho WEE
  • Patent number: 11988811
    Abstract: A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; a pattern layer on one surface of the polarizer, the pattern layer including a first refractive index layer having at least one engraved pattern and a second refractive index layer having a filling pattern filling at least a portion of the engraved pattern, the first refractive index layer having a higher refractive index than the second refractive index layer; and a first protective layer. The polarizing plate has a structure in which the polarizer, the second refractive index layer, the first refractive index layer and the first protective layer are sequentially stacked in that order, or in which the polarizer, the first protective layer, the second refractive index layer and the first refractive index layer are sequentially stacked in that order. The first protective layer includes a base film including at least one resin of triacetylcellulose, polyethylene terephthalate, cyclic olefin polymer, and acrylic resins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Hoon Lee, Young Oh, Jeong Ho Lee, Young Hyun Ju
  • Publication number: 20240094454
    Abstract: A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; a pattern layer on one surface of the polarizer, the pattern layer including a first refractive index layer having at least one engraved pattern and a second refractive index layer having a filling pattern filling at least a portion of the engraved pattern, the first refractive index layer having a higher refractive index than the second refractive index layer; and a first protective layer. The polarizing plate has a structure in which the polarizer, the second refractive index layer, the first refractive index layer and the first protective layer are sequentially stacked in that order, or in which the polarizer, the first protective layer, the second refractive index layer and the first refractive index layer are sequentially stacked in that order. The first protective layer includes a base film including at least one resin of triacetylcellulose, polyethylene terephthalate, cyclic olefin polymer, and acrylic resins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Seong Hoon Lee, Young Oh, Jeong Ho Lee, Young Hyun Ju
  • Patent number: 11921309
    Abstract: A polarizing plate and an optical display including the same are provided. A polarizing plate includes: a polarizer; and a first protective layer and a second protective layer sequentially stacked on a surface of the polarizer, and the second protective layer includes a positive C retardation layer, the positive C retardation layer having a thickness of about 10 ?m or less, an index of refraction of about 1.50 to about 1.55, and a glass transition temperature (Tg) of about 150° C. to about 250° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: A Ra Jo, Beom Deok Lee, Seon Gyeong Jeong, Seong Hoon Lee, Seung Mi Shin, Wan Taek Hong
  • Publication number: 20230408860
    Abstract: Provided are an optical display device module and an optical display device including same, the optical display device module comprising an optical display device panel, and a first polarizing plate arranged on at least one surface of the optical display device panel, wherein the first polarizing plate includes a first polarizer and a first phase difference layer arranged between the first polarizer and the optical display device panel, the first phase difference layer includes at least a positive C layer, the optical display device panel includes a second phase difference layer therein, and the second phase difference layer and the first phase difference layer satisfy formula 1 and formula 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Wan Taek HONG, Jun Mo KOO, Bong Choon KIM, Seung Mi SHIN, Beom Deok LEE, Seong Hoon LEE, Seon Gyeong JEONG, A Ra JO
  • Patent number: D1107279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Inventors: Jae Min Choi, Woo Hyun Lee, Seong Hoon Lee, Kwang Duck Han
  • Patent number: D1108678
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Inventors: Jae Min Choi, Woo Hyun Lee, Seong Hoon Lee, Kwang Duck Han
  • Patent number: D1108679
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Inventors: Jae Min Choi, Woo Hyun Lee, Seong Hoon Lee, Kwang Duck Han