Patents by Inventor Sung-Ku YEO

Sung-Ku YEO 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: 20240140191
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sealing device and an in-wheel motor including the sealing device. The in-wheel motor includes a stator, a rotor rotatably disposed with respect to the stator, an annular inner seal connected to the stator and spaced apart from the rotor by a predetermined gap so as to be disposed between the stator and the rotor, and an annular slinger coupled to an end portion of the rotor, wherein the annular inner seal seals between the slinger and the in-wheel motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Tack Lim, Jae Young Jeun, Jeong Uk An, Kyung Ku Yeo, Kam Chun Lee, Yong Gyu Lee, Sung Min Hong, Hong Wook Lee, Kyung Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11689030
    Abstract: A method of a charging apparatus for controlling wireless charging is provided. The method includes detecting an electronic device, determining a charging method corresponding to the detected electronic device, and wirelessly charging the electronic device by selecting a coil corresponding to the determined charging method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Zo Kim, Do-Won Kim, Jae-Hyun Park, Sung-Ku Yeo, Sung-Bum Park, Young-Ho Ryu
  • Patent number: 11637455
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus according to various embodiments may comprise a plurality of patch antennas, a communication circuit, and a processor. The processor may be configured to perform a control to form an RF wave of a first beam width via the plurality of patch antennas, receive, from an electronic apparatus, via the communication circuit, sensing data for at least one of a movement of the electronic apparatus or an orientation of the electronic apparatus, and adjust a beam width of the RF wave formed by the plurality of patch antennas from the first beam width to a second beam width at least on the basis of the received sensing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Ku Yeo, Sung Bum Park, Young Ho Ryu, Chong Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11489368
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a controller to receive a signal from an external electronic device, and, based at least in part on the received signal, identify a wireless power scheme among at least two wireless power schemes. During the transmission mode, the controller controls the full bridge circuit to convert DC power to AC power based on a wireless power frequency corresponding to the identified wireless power scheme by controlling at least one transistor of the full bridge circuit, and controls to wirelessly transmit power based on the AC power to the external electronic device. During the reception mode, the controller controls to receive power from the external electronic device, controls the full bridge circuit to convert the received power to DC power by controlling transistors of the full bridge circuit, and controls to provide the converted DC power for the battery of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Ku Yeo, Dong-Zo Kim, Bong-Chul Kim, Yu-Su Kim
  • Patent number: 11462948
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus includes patch antennas which form an RF wave; a memory storing electromagnetic wave distribution maps corresponding to transmission conditions for transmitting the RF wave; and a processor configured to determine a position of an electronic device and a position of a living body, determine a transmission condition which transmits the RF wave which causes an electromagnetic wave having a size not exceeding a first threshold value to be applied to a position of the living body while being beam-formed at a position of the electronic device, using at least a portion of the electromagnetic wave distribution maps, and generate the RF wave with the determined transmission condition using the patch antennas, each electromagnetic wave distribution map indicating the size of electromagnetic waves at one or more points around the wireless power transmission apparatus when the RF wave is formed by each of the transmission conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Seok Park, Chong-Min Lee, Sung-Ku Yeo, Jae-Hyuck Shin, Young-Ho Ryu
  • Publication number: 20220149672
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus according to various embodiments may comprise a plurality of patch antennas, a communication circuit, and a processor. The processor may be configured to perform a control to form an RF wave of a first beam width via the plurality of patch antennas, receive, from an electronic apparatus, via the communication circuit, sensing data for at least one of a movement of the electronic apparatus or an orientation of the electronic apparatus, and adjust a beam width of the RF wave formed by the plurality of patch antennas from the first beam width to a second beam width at least on the basis of the received sensing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Ku YEO, Sung Bum PARK, Young Ho RYU, Chong Min LEE
  • Patent number: 11264840
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission device radiating electromagnetic waves is disclosed. The wireless power transmission device can comprise: a first circuit board; a first conductive member mounted on a first surface of the first circuit board; a first ground member mounted on a second surface facing opposite from the first surface; and an electrical circuit disposed on a position, on the second surface of the first circuit board, which does not overlap the first ground member and for controlling the radiation of electromagnetic waves from the first circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun Park, Jae-Seok Park, Young-Ho Ryu, Sung-Ku Yeo, Chong-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11233426
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus according to various embodiments may comprise a plurality of patch antennas, a communication circuit, and a processor. The processor can be configured to perform a control to form an RF wave of a first beam width via the plurality of patch antennas, receive, from an electronic apparatus, via the communication circuit, sensing data for at least one of a movement of the electronic apparatus or an orientation of the electronic apparatus, and adjust a beam width of the RF wave formed by the plurality of patch antennas from the first beam width to a second beam width at least on the basis of the received sensing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Ku Yeo, Sung Bum Park, Young Ho Ryu, Chong Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11192460
    Abstract: A method and power transmitter for efficiently controlling power transmission to one or more power receivers in a wireless multi-power transmission system are provided. The method includes performing, when a predetermined measurement cycle arrives, a load measurement; comparing a current load measurement value with a previous load measurement value; determining whether the current load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as a first predetermined threshold; gradually increasing, when the load measurement value is increased over the previous load measurement value by at least as much as the first threshold, a transmission power value until a request for a subscription to a wireless multi-power transmission network from a power reception target within a predetermined time limit; and stopping, when the request for the subscription is not received before the time limit is exceeded, power transmission to the power reception target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kang-Ho Byun, Kyung-Woo Lee, Young-Min Lee, Se-Ho Park, Yu-Su Kim, Sung-Ku Yeo
  • Publication number: 20210376664
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission apparatus includes patch antennas which form an RF wave; a memory storing electromagnetic wave distribution maps corresponding to transmission conditions for transmitting the RF wave; and a processor configured to determine a position of an electronic device and a position of a living body, determine a transmission condition which transmits the RF wave which causes an electromagnetic wave having a size not exceeding a first threshold value to be applied to a position of the living body while being beam-formed at a position of the electronic device, using at least a portion of the electromagnetic wave distribution maps, and generate the RF wave with the determined transmission condition using the patch antennas, each electromagnetic wave distribution map indicating the size of electromagnetic waves at one or more points around the wireless power transmission apparatus when the RF wave is formed by each of the transmission conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Seok PARK, Chong-Min LEE, Sung-Ku YEO, Jae-Hyuck SHIN, Young-Ho RYU
  • Patent number: 11183882
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitter according to various embodiments of the present invention can comprise a plurality of patch antennas, a coil, and a processor. The processor can control such that an electronic device is detected, the plurality of patch antennas and/or the coil is selected as a power transmission circuit for transmitting power for charging the electronic device, and power is transmitted by means of the plurality of patch antennas and/or the coil in accordance with the selection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Ku Yeo, Chang-Yeong Kim, Joon-Hyun Lee, Sang-Wook Kwon, Sung-Bum Park, Jae-Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 11171519
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for wireless power transmission by a power transmitting apparatus is provided. The method includes transmitting detection power towards a power receiving apparatus, detecting an impedance change made by the power receiving apparatus, transmitting driving power for communication with the power receiving apparatus towards the power receiving apparatus, receiving a search signal from the power receiving apparatus within a preset time, and determining whether the impedance change is within a first acceptable range based on the received search signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Kang-Ho Byun, Kyung-Woo Lee, Young-Min Lee, Se-Ho Park, Yu-Su Kim, Sung-Ku Yeo
  • Patent number: 11133706
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitter is disclosed. The wireless power transmitter may include a first coil for generating a first magnetic field of a first direction in order to charge a first wireless power receiver which is disposed in a first posture on the wireless power transmitter, and a second coil for generating a second magnetic field of a second direction in order to charge a second wireless power receiver which is disposed in a second posture on the wireless power transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keum-Su Song, Do-Won Kim, Jae-Hyun Park, Sung-Ku Yeo, Young-Ho Ryu
  • Patent number: 11133783
    Abstract: A power amplifier may comprise: an element for amplifying an electrical signal received through an input terminal, and outputting the amplified electrical signal through an output terminal; a first impedance adjustment circuit connected to the input terminal of the element and adjusting impedance with respect to a frequency of a fundamental component at the input terminal; a second impedance adjustment circuit connected to the input terminal of the element and adjusting impedance with respect to a frequency of a multiplied harmonic component at the input terminal; a third impedance adjustment circuit connected to the output terminal of the element and adjusting impedance with respect to the frequency of the fundamental component at the output terminal; a fourth impedance adjustment circuit connected to the output terminal of the element and adjusting impedance with respect to the frequency of the multiplied harmonic component at the output terminal; a first frequency separation circuit which prevents an imped
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventors: Sung-Ku Yeo, Bum-Man Kim, Yun-Sik Park, Sang-Wook Kwon, Dong-Gyu Min, Sung-Bum Park
  • Patent number: 11133711
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are provided for wirelessly receiving power. The electronic device includes a first core including a first portion extending in a first direction and a second portion extending in a second direction different from the first direction, a first coil wound around the first portion and extending in the first direction, a second coil wound around the second portion and extending in the second direction, and a power processing circuit configured to process power wirelessly received, from a wireless power transmitter, through at least one of the first coil or the second coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventors: Sung-Ku Yeo, Dae-Hyun Kim, Young-Joon Kim, Kang-Ho Byun, Hyo-Seok Han, Ki-Young Kim, Ji-Hoon Jung, Jae-Hyun Park, Eun-Song Um
  • Patent number: 11101695
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a receiving circuit configured to wirelessly receive power and output AC power, a rectifying circuit configured to rectify the AC power from the receiving circuit, wherein the rectifying circuit may include a first P-MOSFET configured to transfer a positive amplitude of power to an output terminal of the rectifying circuit while the AC power has the positive amplitude and to prevent transferring a negative amplitude of power to the output terminal of the rectifying circuit while the AC power has the negative amplitude, and a forward loss compensating circuit connected with the first P-MOSFET configured to reduce a threshold voltage of the first P-MOSFET while the AC power has the positive amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., RESEARCH & BUSINESS FOUNDATION SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Sung-Ku Yeo, Sang-Yun Kim, Jae-Seok Park, Young-Ho Ryu, Kang-Yoon Lee, Hamed Abbasizadeh, Sang-Wook Kwon, Thi Kim Nga Truong, Dong-In Kim, Sung-Bum Park, Dong-Soo Lee, Seung Il Huh
  • Patent number: 11043856
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electronic device including a charging circuit is provided. The method includes receiving power wirelessly from a power transmitting device; rectifying the received power; based on a voltage of the rectified power being greater than or equal to an allowable voltage of the charging circuit, controlling to convert the rectified power through a converting circuit of the electronic device and to output the converted power to the charging circuit for charging a battery of the electronic device, wherein the allowable voltage relates to a maximum voltage or a preferable voltage to be applied to the charging circuit; and based on the voltage of the rectified power being less than the allowable voltage of the charging circuit, controlling to stop converting the rectified power and to output the rectified power to the charging circuit by connecting the rectifying circuit to the charging circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Su Kim, Se-Ho Park, Sung-Ku Yeo, Kang-Ho Byun, Kyung-Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11025101
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitter for charging a wireless power receiver is provided. The wireless power transmitter includes a power transmission unit configured to transmit power for charging the wireless power receiver, by using a current applied to the power transmission unit, a communication module configured to receive out-of-band communication signal from the wireless power receiver and a controller configured to apply the current to the power transmission unit to transmit power in response to receiving the out-of-band communication signal from the wireless power receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung-Koo Chung, Sung-Ku Yeo, Ki-Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20210006100
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electronic device including a charging circuit is provided. The method includes receiving power wirelessly from a power transmitting device; rectifying the received power; based on a voltage of the rectified power being greater than or equal to an allowable voltage of the charging circuit, controlling to convert the rectified power through a converting circuit of the electronic device and to output the converted power to the charging circuit for charging a battery of the electronic device, wherein the allowable voltage relates to a maximum voltage or a preferable voltage to be applied to the charging circuit; and based on the voltage of the rectified power being less than the allowable voltage of the charging circuit, controlling to stop converting the rectified power and to output the rectified power to the charging circuit by connecting the rectifying circuit to the charging circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Yu-Su KIM, Se-Ho PARK, Sung-Ku YEO, Kang-Ho BYUN, Kyung-Woo LEE
  • Publication number: 20200381941
    Abstract: A method of a charging apparatus for controlling wireless charging is provided. The method includes detecting an electronic device, determining a charging method corresponding to the detected electronic device, and wirelessly charging the electronic device by selecting a coil corresponding to the determined charging method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Dong-Zo KIM, Do-Won KIM, Jae-Hyun PARK, Sung-Ku YEO, Sung-Bum PARK, Young-Ho RYU