Patents by Inventor Won Kim

Won Kim 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: 20240133642
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated connector and a heat exchanger including the same, in which a connector main body is formed by pressing one pipe, a cap is press-fitted into the connector main body, such that the integrated connector is formed so that an interior of the connector main body is blocked by the cap. Therefore, the number of components used to manufacture a connector, which connects and securely couples a header tank and a gas-liquid separator, may be reduced, the integrated connector may be easily manufactured, and a brazing defect may be reduced at portions where the integrated connector is joined to the header tank and the gas-liquid separator of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Seung Hark SHIN, Woon Sik KIM, Dae Sung NOH, Hyunwoo CHO, Min Won SEO, Sung Hong SHIN, Jong Du LEE, Jung Hyun CHO, Uk HUH
  • Publication number: 20240136664
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode, the second electrode and the separator being wound around a winding axis to define a core and an outer peripheral surface. The first electrode and the second electrode include a first uncoated region and a second uncoated region along a winding direction, respectively, and an active material layer coating is absent in the first uncoated region and the second uncoated region. The battery further includes a housing receiving the electrode assembly through an opening formed at a bottom, a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and disposed within the housing, a cap covering the opening, a spacer interposed between the cap and the electrode assembly to fix the electrode assembly and seal the housing, and a terminal electrically connected to the second uncoated region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Ki JO, Bo-Hyun KANG, Do-Gyun KIM, Su-Ji CHOI, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Hae-Jin LIM, Jae-Won LIM, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Ji-Min JUNG, Geon-Woo MIN, Jae-Woong KIM
  • Publication number: 20240134292
    Abstract: A substrate treatment apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a support plate that supports a substrate and is provided with a heater member for heating the substrate; and a cooling unit for forcedly cooling the support plate, wherein the cooling unit includes: a cooling housing to provide a cooling space; a plurality of gas feed nozzles that is arranged in the cooling housing and supplies cooling gas toward the heater member; and a plurality of gas feed lines that is directly connected to the gas feed nozzles and supplies the cooling gas transferred from the outside to the gas feed nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: SEMES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Minhee CHO, Hee Man AHN, Gyeong Won SONG, Jumi LEE, Chun Woo PARK, Byung Hwi KIM
  • Publication number: 20240130950
    Abstract: Provided a liquid crystal composition including ceramide, a method of preparing the same, and a cosmetic composition including the same. According to a liquid crystal composition including various types of ceramide of an aspect and a method of preparing the same, the liquid crystal composition not only has high liquid crystal stability that liquid crystal is maintained even after 4 weeks at a high temperature, but also activities of increasing an amount of ceramide, increasing an expression level of aquaporin 3, increasing an amount of filaggrin, increasing an expression level of hyaluronic acid, increasing an expression level of loricrin, increasing an expression level of involucrin, and increasing a thickness of the skin, resulting in effects usefully available for amelioration of the skin conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Croda Korea Ltd
    Inventors: Ji Hye HAN, Sang Chul KIM, Mi Kyung SUNG, So Jung LIM, Seung Won PARK
  • Publication number: 20240136674
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Sik PARK, Jae-Won LIM, Yu-Sung CHOE, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Jae-Eun LEE, Pil-Kyu PARK, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Hae-Jin LIM, Min-Ki JO, Su-Ji CHOI, Bo-Hyun KANG, Jae-Woong KIM, Ji-Min JUNG, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240137255
    Abstract: A method of transmitting a Physical Layer Convergence Procedure (PLCP) frame in a Very High Throughput (VHT) Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) system includes generating a MAC Protocol Data Unit (MPDU) to be transmitted to a destination station (STA), generating a PLCP Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) by adding a PLCP header, including an L-SIG field containing control information for a legacy STA and a VHT-SIG field containing control information for a VHT STA, to the MPDU, and transmitting the PPDU to the destination STA. A constellation applied to some of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex (OFDM) symbols of the VHT-SIG field is obtained by rotating a constellation applied to an OFDM symbol of the L-SIGfield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Dae Won Lee, Dong Wook Roh, Byeong Woo Kang, Yong Ho Seok, Yu Jin Noh, Bong Hoe Kim
  • Publication number: 20240136311
    Abstract: Disclosed is a semiconductor package comprising lower and upper structure. The lower structure includes a first semiconductor substrate, first through vias vertically penetrating the first semiconductor substrate, first signal pads connected to the first through vias, first dummy pads between the first signal pads and electrically separated from the first through vias, and a first dielectric layer surrounding the first signal pads and the first dummy pads. The upper structure includes a second semiconductor substrate, second signal pads and second dummy pads, and a second dielectric layer surrounding the second signal pads and the second dummy pads. The first signal pad is in contact with one of the second signal pads. The first dummy pad is in contact with one of the second dummy pads. A first interval between the first dummy pads is 0.5 to 1.5 times a second interval between the first signal pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: GWANGJAE JEON, MINKI KIM, Hyungchul SHIN, WON IL LEE, HYUEKJAE LEE, Enbin JO
  • Publication number: 20240136510
    Abstract: A positive electrode active material including a first lithium composite oxide particle including a secondary particle formed by aggregation of one or more primary particles, and a coating oxide occupying at least a part of at least one of surfaces of the secondary particle, grain boundaries between the primary particles, or surfaces of the primary particles, the positive electrode active material satisfying an equation of 1.3?a/b?3.0, wherein a represents a max peak intensity at 2theta=44.75° to 44.80° and b represents a max peak intensity at 2theta=45.3° to 45.6° in X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis using Cu K? radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Yu Gyeong CHUN, Moon Ho CHOI, Yoon Young CHOI, Jong Seung SHIN, Yong Hwan GWON, Jin Ho BAE, Ji Won KIM, Sang Hyeok KIM
  • Publication number: 20240137503
    Abstract: An image encoding/decoding method is disclosed. A method of decoding an image, the method comprising, deriving an intra prediction mode for a current block, decoding at least one original sample that is present in a rightmost column and a bottommost row (a bottom row) of the current block, constructing a reference sample by using the at least one decoded original sample and performing intra prediction on the current block by using the constructed reference sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Hyun Suk KO, Jin Ho LEE, Sung Chang LIM, Jung Won KANG, Ha Hyun LEE, Dong San JUN, Hui Yong KIM
  • Patent number: 11966097
    Abstract: The embodiment relates to a camera actuator and a camera module including the same. The camera actuator according to the embodiment includes a base, a lens housing disposed on the base, a guide pin disposed on the base, a ball disposed between the guide pin and the lens housing, and a first yoke disposed on the lens housing, a magnet coupled to an inside of the first yoke, and a coil unit facing the magnet surrounding a part of the first yoke and fixed to the magnet. The embodiment may include a second yoke disposed under the first yoke to form a closed loop together with the first yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Yeon Kim, Kyung Won Kim
  • Patent number: 11968312
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for processing vehicle data security based on a cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sang-Woo Lee, Dae-Won Kim, Jin-Yong Lee, Boo-Sun Jeon, Bo-Heung Chung, Hong-Il Ju, Joong-Yong Choi
  • Patent number: 11967492
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thin film manufacturing apparatus including a chamber having an inner process space of a substrate, a substrate support unit connected to the chamber to support the substrate in the chamber, a heat source unit connected to the chamber and disposed opposite to the substrate support unit, a plasma generation unit connected to one side of the chamber to supply radicals between the substrate support unit and the heat source unit, and a baffle connected to the chamber and including a movement passage of the radicals therein and a plurality of first exhaust holes communicating with the movement passage, which are formed in a top surface thereof. The thin film manufacturing apparatus may improve uniformity of the thin film formed on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AP SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Byoung Il Lee, Chang Kyo Kim, Chang Min Kwon, Seung Won Yu
  • Patent number: 11964044
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a phase transfer cosmetic composition. According to the present disclosure, there can be provided a cosmetic composition which contains a wax having a melting point of 40 to 60° C. and an inulin-based surfactant, wherein the composition maintains a liquid state before applied to the skin and rubbed, and changes to a solid state when applied to the skin, can solve the problems in terms of hygiene and use because it is not used by scooping it by hand, and further, changes its phase to a solid state when applied to the skin and then rubbed, and thus, can solve the problem of dripping when applied to face or skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Amorepacific Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Wan Ha, Yu Jung Kim, Dong Won Choi, Yoon Kyun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11968371
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of predicting a block vector in a multi-view image, the method including allowing an encoder to determine a reference block of a reference image for a specific block of a depth image or a specific-view image among multi-view images, allowing the encoder to determine block vector information for intra block copy (IBC) of the specific block on the basis of a block vector of the reference block when the reference block is encoded using the IBC, and allowing the encoder to encode the block vector information of the specific block. The reference image of the specific view is an image of another view, and the reference image of the depth image is a texture image corresponding to the depth image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Je Won Kang, Eun Yeo, Yong Hwan Kim, Ji Eon Kim
  • Patent number: 11968525
    Abstract: The vehicle digital key sharing service method according to one embodiment includes a digital registration step in which a management server generates a terminal digital key and a vehicle digital key after user authentication in response to a digital key registration request through a dedicated application of a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal stores the terminal digital key in a secure world that is separated from a normal world and a digital key using step in which an authentication token is generated using the terminal digital key stored in the secure world when the mobile terminal approaches or tags a vehicle and a vehicle device locks or unlocks a door of the vehicle by activating the vehicle digital key, which is registered from the management server, to validate the authentication token.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: KSMARTECH CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seong Won Kim, Jae Hyung Hwang
  • Patent number: 11966589
    Abstract: An operating method of a controller that controls a memory device, comprises: generating a data chunk including user data to be programmed in a page of the memory device and an internal parity generated by performing first ECC encoding on the user data, the internal parity being generated when a size of the user data is smaller than a size of a data area of the page, generating a page chunk including the data chunk, meta data of the user data and an external parity generated by performing second ECC encoding on the meta data and the data chunk, and controlling the memory device to program the page chunk into the page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Hyo Byung Han, Jin Woo Kim, Jin Won Jang, Young Wu Choi
  • Patent number: 11965254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing apparatus and method for customizing a H2/CO synthetic gas in a desired ratio by producing a synthetic gas in which H2 and CO are mixed through hydrolysis of both carbon dioxide and a nitrogen compound with low power. In a low-power electrochemical apparatus for producing a synthetic gas according to the present invention, by performing the reduction of the carbon dioxide at the cathode and the oxidation of the nitrogen compound at the anode at the same time, carbon dioxide conversion efficiency may be improved 30% or more compared to the conventional carbon dioxide conversion system, and a synthetic gas with a desired H2/CO ratio may be produced by controlling the H2/CO ratio of the produced synthetic gas, and by reducing a driving voltage, the corrosion problem of electrode materials may be inhibited and the durability of electrodes may be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jaeyoung Lee, Minjun Choi, Jin Won Kim, Sungyool Bong, Youjin Lee, Sunki Chung
  • Patent number: 11968915
    Abstract: A selector according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first electrode; a second electrode disposed opposite to the first electrode; an ion supply layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode to be on the side of the first electrode and doped with a metal, wherein the doped metal diffuses toward the second electrode; a switching layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode to be on the side of the second electrode, wherein the doped metal diffuses from the ion supply layer into the switching layer so that metal concentration distribution inside the switching layer is changed to generate metal filaments; and a diffusion control layer inserted between the ion supply layer and the switching layer, wherein the diffusion control layer serves to adjust electrical characteristics related to the generated metal filaments as the amount of the diffusing metal is adjusted in proportion to a thickness of the diffusion control layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)
    Inventors: Jea Gun Park, Soo Min Jin, Dong Won Kim, Hea Jee Kim, Dae Seong Woo, Sang Hong Park, Sung Mok Jung, Dong Eon Kim
  • Publication number: 20240130053
    Abstract: A storage device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) with attached semiconductor chips, each including a memory, and with at least one wire coupling the semiconductor chips. The storage device includes a case including a first case surrounding a top portion of the printed circuit board and a second case surrounding a bottom portion of the printed circuit board. A sidewall of the first case and a protrusion of the second case form a concavo-convex structure. The sidewall of the first case and the protrusion of the second case cover a side of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Jong Won KIM, Gi Taek KIM, Joon Ki PAEK, Jung Hee CHO, Dong Hae LEE, Kyoung Soo CHO
  • Publication number: 20240130127
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprises a substrate; a mold structure on the substrate; a plurality of channel structures extending in the mold structure; a source layer and a source sacrificial layer between the substrate and the mold structure, wherein the source sacrificial layer is spaced apart from the source layer; and a source support layer on the source layer and the source sacrificial layer, wherein the source support layer is between the source layer and the source sacrificial layer, wherein an upper surface of the source support layer includes first and second portions extending parallel to the substrate, and a third portion that connects the first and second portions, wherein a vertical distance from an upper surface of the source layer to the first portion is smaller than a vertical distance from an upper surface of the substrate to the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Beyong Hyun KOH, Ho Jin KIM, Geun Won LIM, Jung Ho LEE, Hyun Gun JANG