Patents by Inventor Tae-An Seo

Tae-An Seo 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: 10721816
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes a rollable structure including a plurality of unit structures, the rollable structure being configured to be rolled and unrolled based on the unit structures, and a display panel structure attached to the rollable structure, wherein respective widths of the unit structures increase in a first direction from a first side of the rollable structure to an opposite second side of the rollable structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Hwan Choi, Min-Sung Kim, Tae-An Seo, Jung-Hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20200212325
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a bending portion. A support structure supports the bending portion. The support structure includes a tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventor: TAE AN SEO
  • Patent number: 10698447
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes a rollable display and a first protection film disposed on a first surface of the rollable display. The first protection film extends beyond a first display edge of the rollable display. The rollable display device further includes a second protection film disposed on a second surface of the rollable display facing the first surface of the rollable display. The second protection film extends beyond the first display edge of the rollable display. The rollable display device additionally includes a first adhesive layer disposed between the rollable display and the first protection film. The rollable display device further includes second adhesive layer disposed between the rollable display and the second protection film, and a first adhesion part disposed adjacent to the first display edge of the rollable display and between the first protection film and the second protection film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae An Seo, Min-Sung Kim, Jung Hun Lee, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 10687418
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes a rollable structure including a plurality of unit structures, the rollable structure being configured to be rolled and unrolled based on the unit structures, and a display panel structure attached to the rollable structure, wherein respective widths of the unit structures increase in a first direction from a first side of the rollable structure to an opposite second side of the rollable structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Hwan Choi, Min-Sung Kim, Tae-An Seo, Jung-Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 10680610
    Abstract: A capacitive switch according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a switch structure having a first electrode pattern; a substrate having a second electrode pattern and an integrated circuit unit; and an elastic body interposed between the switch structure and the substrate, wherein the integrated circuit unit generates a first output signal by detecting a change in capacitance caused by a user touch input operation through the first electrode pattern, the elastic body, and the second electrode pattern, and generates a second output signal by detecting a change in capacitance caused by a user push input operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: SAMBO MOTORS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Kyu Kim, Tae In Seo, Yong Hee Lee
  • Publication number: 20200152095
    Abstract: A flexible display panel of an expandable display device includes a first side with a display unit, and a second side opposite to the first side. A bending guide includes an external guide that faces part of the first side and has a first curved side, and an internal guide that faces part of the second side and has a second curved side. A slider that slides on the bending guide is attached to one end portion of the flexible display panel. A radius of the first curved side is greater than a radius of the second curved side. When the slider moves toward the bending guide, the first side contacts the first curved side and is bent by the first curved side, and when the slider moves away from the bending guide, the second side contacts the second curved side and is bent by the second curved side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: JUNG HUN LEE, Sun Ho Kim, Young-Seok Seo, Tae An Seo, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 10653005
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes a rollable structure including a plurality of unit structures, the rollable structure being configured to be rolled and unrolled based on the unit structures, and a display panel structure attached to the rollable structure, wherein respective widths of the unit structures increase in a first direction from a first side of the rollable structure to an opposite second side of the rollable structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Hwan Choi, Min-Sung Kim, Tae-An Seo, Jung-Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 10636565
    Abstract: A signal transmitting/receiving device faces a conductor and communicates with another transmitting/receiving device. A signal transmitting/receiving device communicating with a counterpart device in an electromagnetic induction scheme via an adjacent conductive object, for example, comprises: a first layer which is formed of a conductive material, and comprises at least one opening facing the object; a second layer which is adjacent to the first layer on the side opposite the object, and is formed of a conductive material; and a third layer which is arranged between the first layer and the second layer, and exchanges an electromagnetic field comprising a signal with the object through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY)
    Inventors: Franklin Don Bien, Saikiran Oruganti, Sang Hyun Heo, Hyung Gun Ma, Seok Tae Seo
  • Patent number: 10627165
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat exchanger, and more particularly to a heat exchanger having an improved refrigerant flow structure. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of tubes arranged in a first row and a second row, a first header connected to one end of the plurality of the first row tubes and a second header connected to one end of the plurality of the second row tubes, a first baffle dividing an inside of the first header into a first channel and a second channel in a vertical direction and dividing an inside of the second header into a third channel and a fourth channel in a vertical direction, an inlet pipe connected to the second channel to allow the refrigerant to flow therein, and an outlet pipe connected to the third channel to discharge the refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang Tae Seo, Jeung Ku Choi, Young Min Kim, Yong-Hwa Choi, Hayase Gaku
  • Patent number: 10599378
    Abstract: A display device includes first and second display panel having respective first and second display areas to display an image, a first support portion to support the first display panel, the first support portion having a curved first end portion and being rotatable based on a first rotation shaft, and a second support portion to support the second display panel, the second support portion having a curved second end portion facing the first end portion, and the second support portion being rotatable based on a second rotation shaft parallel to the first rotation shaft. The first display area covers at least some of an outer surface of the first end portion of the first support portion, and the second display area covers at least some of an outer surface of the second end portion of the second support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Hwan Choi, Bo Ik Park, Tae An Seo
  • Patent number: 10553135
    Abstract: A flexible display panel of an expandable display device includes a first side with a display unit, and a second side opposite to the first side. A bending guide includes an external guide that faces part of the first side and has a first curved side, and an internal guide that faces part of the second side and has a second curved side. A slider that slides on the bending guide is attached to one end portion of the flexible display panel. A radius of the first curved side is greater than a radius of the second curved side. When the slider moves toward the bending guide, the first side contacts the first curved side and is bent by the first curved side, and when the slider moves away from the bending guide, the second side contacts the second curved side and is bent by the second curved side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hun Lee, Sun Ho Kim, Young-Seok Seo, Tae An Seo, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Publication number: 20200029448
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel configured to display an image; and a winder configured to fix a first end portion of the display panel thereinto, wherein the winder includes a first fixing portion including a first external surface which is curved, and a second fixing portion that includes a second external surface which is curved and that faces the first external surface, wherein the first end portion of the display panel may be interposed between the first external surface and the second external surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: MIN-SUNG KIM, TAE AN SEO, JUNG HUN LEE, JIN HWAN CHOI
  • Patent number: 10473878
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stand equipped with a counterbalance unit, i.e., a stand consisting of links, joints, a front link, and a counterbalance unit. Therefore, even when various medical apparatuses including such as a microscope, etc. are used, a stable counterbalance can be maintained and the degree of freedom of movements of the medical apparatus can be easily adjusted according to the purpose of users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: KOHYOUNG TECHNOLOGY INC., INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
    Inventors: Byung-Ju Yi, Jong-Tae Seo
  • Patent number: 10455710
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel configured to display an image; and a winder configured to fix a first end portion of the display panel thereinto, wherein the winder includes a first fixing portion including a first external surface which is curved, and a second fixing portion that includes a second external surface which is curved and that faces the first external surface, wherein the first end portion of the display panel may be interposed between the first external surface and the second external surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Sung Kim, Tae An Seo, Jung Hun Lee, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 10448521
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes: a rollable display including a first end and a second end spaced apart from the first end; a first slider including a roller that supports the first end of the rollable display, the first slider being configured to roll the rollable display about the roller; and a second slider including a support that supports the second end of the rollable display while bending the second end of the rollable display, the second slider being slideable relative to the first slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae An Seo, Min-Sung Kim, Jung Hun Lee, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 10444613
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible display panel, a roller for winding the flexible display panel, an elastic holder fixed to an edge of the flexible display panel and having a side parallel to the edge of the flexible display panel, and a tension applier set disposed at opposite ends of the elastic holder for tensioning the elastic holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae An Seo, Jin Hwan Choi, Jung Hun Lee
  • Publication number: 20190312578
    Abstract: A capacitive switch according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a switch structure having a first electrode pattern; a substrate having a second electrode pattern and an integrated circuit unit; and an elastic body interposed between the switch structure and the substrate, wherein the integrated circuit unit generates a first output signal by detecting a change in capacitance caused by a user touch input operation through the first electrode pattern, the elastic body, and the second electrode pattern, and generates a second output signal by detecting a change in capacitance caused by a user push input operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: SAMBO MOTORS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Kyu KIM, Tae In SEO, Yong Hee LEE
  • Publication number: 20190258296
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes a rollable display and a first protection film disposed on a first surface of the rollable display. The first protection film extends beyond a first display edge of the rollable display. The rollable display device further includes a second protection film disposed on a second surface of the rollable display facing the first surface of the rollable display. The second protection film extends beyond the first display edge of the rollable display. The rollable display device additionally includes a first adhesive layer disposed between the rollable display and the first protection film. The rollable display device further includes second adhesive layer disposed between the rollable display and the second protection film, and a first adhesion part disposed adjacent to the first display edge of the rollable display and between the first protection film and the second protection film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: TAE AN SEO, MIN-SUNG KIM, JUNG HUN LEE, JIN HWAN CHOI
  • Patent number: D871397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae An Seo, Hyun Woo Koo, Kyu Young Kim, Tae Woong Kim, Yeon Gon Mo, Young-Seok Seo, Jung Hun Lee, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: D871398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae An Seo, Jung Hun Lee