Patents by Inventor Won-Chul Sim

Won-Chul Sim 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: 20110169895
    Abstract: There is provided an inkjet print head including an ink head and a chipping prevention portion. The ink head includes a nozzle for ejecting ink to the outside by a driving force of a piezoelectric actuator mounted on a surface of the ink head. The chipping prevention portion includes a cutting portion disposed at a side of the ink head and being cut so as to have a height lower than that of the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hun Kim, Yun Sung Kang, Won Chul Sim, Ju Hwan Yang
  • Patent number: 7950150
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an inkjet head discharging ink. The method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include: heating the inkjet head to a temperature over a melting point of a filler; filling the inkjet head with the filler such that a gap inside the inkjet head is filled with the filler; and discharging the filler out of the inkjet head such that the filler in the gap of the inkjet head remains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Seuck Yoo, Jae-Woo Joung, Sang-Jin Kim, Won-Chul Sim, Chang-Sung Park
  • Publication number: 20110122207
    Abstract: An ink-jet head is disclosed. The ink-jet head in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention is equipped with a plurality of jetting cells, each of which ejects ink. Each of the plurality of jetting cells is connected to a common reservoir supplying the ink, and a pillar is formed inside the common reservoir, in which the pillar supports an upper surface of the common reservoir by being extended from a lower surface to the upper surface of the common reservoir and the pillar disperses a pressure wave transferred inside the common reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Hyun-Ho SHIN, Chung-Mo Yang, Yoon-Sok Park, Suk-Ho Song, Chang-Sung Park, Won-Chul Sim
  • Publication number: 20110122197
    Abstract: An inkjet head and an inkjet printer having the inkjet head are disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the inkjet head includes a chamber housing ink and a nozzle, which discharges the ink housed in the chamber. Here, a plurality of inner wall grooves are formed on an inner wall of the nozzle, in which the plurality of inner wall grooves extends in a lengthwise direction of the nozzle. Thus, the inkjet head can discharge big ink droplets at a high frequency by quickly filling the ink in the nozzle after relatively big ink is discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventors: Hyun-Ho SHIN, Jae-Woo Joung, Chang-Sung Kim, Yoon-Sok Park, Ji-Han Kwon, Won-Chul Sim, Jae-Sang Lee
  • Publication number: 20110102520
    Abstract: There is provided an inkjet print head. The inkjet print head includes a pressure chamber storing ink drawn from a reservoir in order to be ejected through a nozzle, a restrictor provided as a path between the reservoir and the pressure chamber, and a stepped part provided inside the pressure chamber and creating variations in ink flow inside the pressure chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changsung Sean Kim, Won Chul Sim, Jae Sang Lee, Hyun Ho Shin
  • Publication number: 20110088262
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an inkjet head is disclosed. The method for manufacturing an inkjet head can include preparing a head body including a vibrating membrane, which is located in an upper portion of the head body, coating a lower electrode over the vibrating membrane, patterning a resist such that an open area is formed over the vibrating membrane, filling a piezoelectric material in the open area, selectively coating an upper electrode over the piezoelectric material, and removing the resist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Chung-Mo YANG, Jae-Woo Joung, Won-Chul Sim, Seuck-Young Yoo
  • Publication number: 20110063368
    Abstract: There is provided a multi inkjet head package. The multi inkjet head package may include: a plurality of inkjet head assemblies each having a head plate in which an inkjet head discharging ink is housed; a rack in which the head plate is housed so as to expose the inkjet head; and a preliminary fixation portion that is installed on the rack and allows the head plate to be preliminarily fixed to the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Sik Kim, Jae Woo Joung, Kwan Soo Yun, Won Chul Sim, Pil Joong Kang
  • Publication number: 20110041336
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a nozzle plate, that includes: forming a nozzle by selectively etching one side of a plate substrate; forming a straight portion connecting with the nozzle by selectively etching the other side of the plate substrate; and forming a hydrophobic layer on the one side of the plate substrate, wherein the hydrophobic layer has a window formed therein, the window opening the nozzle by a circumference greater than a circumference of an end of the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Chul Sim, Jae-Woo Joung, Young-Jae Kim
  • Publication number: 20110025793
    Abstract: An inkjet head according to an aspect of the invention may include: a flow path plate having a plurality of ink chambers therein; a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzles connected to the ink chambers in order to eject ink in the ink chambers to the outside; and air traps provided inside the flow path plate and the nozzle plate to prevent crosstalk in which vibrations for driving the ink chambers affect another adjacent ink chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chang Sung Park, Jae Woo Joung, Young Seuck Yoo, Won Chul Sim, Yoon Sok Park
  • Patent number: 7841698
    Abstract: A nozzle plate, inkjet head a manufacturing method of the same are disclosed. By using a method of manufacturing a nozzle plate which includes: forming a nozzle by selectively etching one side of a plate substrate, forming a straight portion connecting with the nozzle by selectively etching the other side of the plate substrate, and forming a hydrophobic layer on the one side of the plate substrate, where a window is formed in the hydrophobic layer that opens the nozzle by a circumference greater than a circumference of an end of the nozzle, the meniscus of ink can be formed to a greater size around the nozzle exit, thereby preventing degradations in ink ejection performance due to the vaporization of the solvent, and preventing blockage in the nozzles due to the clogging of particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Chul Sim, Jae-Woo Joung, Young-Jae Kim
  • Publication number: 20100283820
    Abstract: There is provided an inkjet head assembly. The inkjet head assembly includes an ink tank including a first storage part receiving ink, and a second storage part communicating with the first storage part through at least one through hole and maintaining a full ink level upon receiving ink from the first storage part, and an inkjet head connected to the second storage part by an ink supply path and ejecting ink upon receiving ink from the second storage part. The inkjet head assembly includes the ink tank supplying ink to the inkjet head and storing ink separately in the first storage part and the second storage part thereof, and the second storage part maintains a full ink level therein. Accordingly, deterioration in print quality can be minimized due to the second storage part attenuating pressure variations caused by ink movement when the inkjet assembly moves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Chul SIM, Jae Woo JOUNG, Young Seuck Yoo
  • Publication number: 20100212128
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an inkjet printer head, the method including: forming a nozzle part and a restrictor in a lower board and forming an ink chamber and an ink inlet in an upper board; joining the lower board onto an upper portion of the lower board; and joining a piezoelectric element onto a membrane of the upper board, wherein the membrane is formed, after a portion of the upper board is removed to form the ink chamber, by the remaining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon-Young Kim, Jae-Woo Joung, Won-Chul Sim
  • Patent number: 7686432
    Abstract: An inkjet printer head and fabricating method thereof are disclosed. An inkjet printer head, which includes: a lower board, in which a nozzle part and a restrictor are formed; an upper board attached to an upper portion of the lower board, in which an ink chamber and an ink inlet are formed; and a piezoelectric element joined to a membrane of the upper board, where the membrane is formed by the portions remaining after portions of the upper board are removed to form the ink chamber, is formed by attaching two boards by an attachment method that does not use a separate adhesion material, such as anodic bonding, for a simple and easy attachment, and for a strong head structure in which there are no chemical or physical reactions that may occur in adhesion layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Young Kim, Jae-Woo Joung, Won-Chul Sim
  • Publication number: 20100060699
    Abstract: Disclosed is an inkjet printer. The inkjet printer in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a supply channel coupled to a plurality of inkjet heads; a first main reservoir and a second main reservoir being coupled to either side of the supply channel; and a first press and a second press applying pressure to the inside of the first main reservoir and the second main reservoir, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Yoon-Sok PARK, Jae-Woo Joung, Young-Seuck Yoo, Suk-Ho Song, Won-Chul Sim
  • Publication number: 20100050436
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing an inkjet head discharging ink. The method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include: heating the inkjet head to a temperature over a melting point of a filler; filling the inkjet head with the filler such that a gap inside the inkjet head is filled with the filler; and discharging the filler out of the inkjet head such that the filler in the gap of the inkjet head remains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Inventors: Young-Seuck YOO, Jae-Woo Joung, Sang-Jin Kim, Won-Chul Sim, Chang-Sung Park
  • Publication number: 20100020134
    Abstract: An ink-jet head is disclosed. The ink-jet head in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a body, a plurality of chambers, which are formed inside the body such that the plurality of chamber accommodate ink, a plurality of actuators, which are coupled to one side of the body such that pressure is supplied to each of the plurality of chambers, a holding groove, which is formed on one side of the body, and a common electrode, which is interposed between the actuators and the body and in which a part of the common electrode is formed on in the holding groove such that the plurality of actuators are electrically connected to one another. The ink-jet head can prevent defective signal transduction of an actuator and crosstalk between chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventors: Won-Chul SIM, Jae-Woo Joung, Chang-Sung Park, Suk-Ho Song, Young-Seuck Yoo
  • Publication number: 20100018948
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of a nozzle for an inkjet head. With the nozzle for an inkjet head, including a first board in which a nozzle hole is perforated, a middle layer stacked on the first board and perforated in an area corresponding to the nozzle hole, and a second board stacked on the middle layer and perforated in an area corresponding to the nozzle hole, where a hydrophobic layer is joined onto the inner perimeter of the nozzle hole and onto the first board around the nozzle hole, the uniformity and reproduction quality may be improved of nozzles treated for hydrophobicity, as the depth of the hydrophobic layer may be controlled to be uniform and the deposition of the hydrophobic layer may be prevented at the back surface of the nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Chul Sim, Soon-Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20090087548
    Abstract: A method of forming a circuit pattern is disclosed. The method of forming a circuit pattern may include providing a substrate that has a porous layer formed on one side, ejecting a thermosetting metal ink using an inkjet head into the porous layer in correspondence to a circuit pattern, and applying heat to the ink and the porous layer to cure the ink and remove the porous layer. With this method, a fine-line circuit pattern can be implemented, and a desired thickness of the circuit pattern can be obtained, by using a porous layer in printing and by applying heat to cure the ink and remove the coating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Jae Kim, Jae-Woo Joung, Young-Seuck Yoo, Chang-Sung Park, Won-Chul Sim
  • Publication number: 20090085972
    Abstract: A nozzle plate, inkjet head a manufacturing method of the same are disclosed. By using a method of manufacturing a nozzle plate which includes: forming a nozzle by selectively etching one side of a plate substrate, forming a straight portion connecting with the nozzle by selectively etching the other side of the plate substrate, and forming a hydrophobic layer on the one side of the plate substrate, where a window is formed in the hydrophobic layer that opens the nozzle by a circumference greater than a circumference of an end of the nozzle, the meniscus of ink can be formed to a greater size around the nozzle exit, thereby preventing degradations in ink ejection performance due to the vaporization of the solvent, and preventing blockage in the nozzles due to the clogging of particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Chul Sim, Jae-Woo Joung, Young-Jae Kim
  • Publication number: 20090085982
    Abstract: An inkjet head and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. A method of manufacturing an inkjet head, which is configured to eject ink through a nozzle using pressure provided to a pressure chamber, that includes: processing a board to form the pressure chamber and the nozzle; stacking a protective cover on a lower surface of the board, where a recess is formed in the protective cover in a portion corresponding to a position of the nozzle; coupling a piezoelectric component onto an upper surface of the board; and perforating the protective cover by removing the portion where the recess is formed, can be used to efficiently prevent the contamination of the nozzles, to improve the manufacturing yield of the inkjet head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Jae Kim, Jae-Woo Joung, Young-Seuck Yoo, Chang-Sung Park, Won-Chul Sim