Patents by Inventor Wonyoung KO

Wonyoung KO 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: 20250160435
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol generating device using capacitive touch sensing. The aerosol generating device using capacitive touch sensing comprises a housing, an aerosol outlet, a cartridge, a heater, a controller, and a touch sensor, wherein the touch sensor transmits contact area information to the controller, and the controller may adjust a power value applied to the heater on the basis of the contact area information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyung Jin BAE, Wonyoung KO, Giho SON
  • Publication number: 20250127237
    Abstract: One embodiment monitors the temperature of a space in which an aerosol-forming substrate is located, in order to heat the aerosol-forming substrate and, when the heating of a second aerosol-forming substrate newly inserted in the space begins, a current compensation value is calculated on the basis of a change in the temperature of the space, a compensation current profile is generated by adjusting an initial current profile on the basis of the current compensation value, and a current supplied to a heating part may be controlled on the basis of the compensation current profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyung Jin BAE, Wonyoung KO, Giho SON
  • Publication number: 20240397998
    Abstract: The present invention provides a smoking product filter and a smoking product comprising same, the filter comprising at least two filter parts, wherein at least one of two or more filter parts includes 2-4 holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: KT & G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sooho KIM, Hyeon Tae KIM, Chang Jin PARK, Ki-jin AHN, Wonyoung KO, Sungmin MOON
  • Publication number: 20240373930
    Abstract: In order to heat an aerosol generating substrate, an eddy current is generated in a susceptor of the aerosol generating substrate by generating a synthesized alternating current (AC) having different frequencies and supplying the synthesized AC to a coil wound around the aerosol generating substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyung Jin BAE, Wonyoung KO, Giho SON
  • Publication number: 20240365847
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a non-heating type smoking article comprising: a semi-solid medium part; a paper tube part; and a filter part, wherein the semi-solid medium part is a semi-solid phase which contains nicotine and an aerosol-generating material and is formed through a semi-solidifying agent, and an aerosol-generating system comprising the same. The non-heating type smoking article can effectively migrate nicotine without loss of nicotine by comprising the semi-solid medium part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: KT & G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Giho SON, Wonyoung KO, Hyung Jin BAE
  • Publication number: 20240365848
    Abstract: A medium segment may be a medium segment for an aerosol generating article and may include a medium, an exothermic wrapper including a heat source and surrounding the medium, and a thermal insulating wrapper surrounding the exothermic wrapper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wonyoung KO, Hyung Jin BAE, Giho SON
  • Publication number: 20240268450
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to cigarette paper for a cigar wrapping a smoking article, the cigarette paper including 50 wt % or more of a cigar leaf, in which the smoking article is a heating type smoking article, a smoking article including the cigarette paper for a cigar, and a manufacturing method thereof. The cigarette paper for a cigar has a tensile strength of 120 cN/mm or more so as to be applicable to a heating type smoking article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Jin AHN, Wonyoung KO, Sungmin MOON, Soo Ho KIM, Hyeon Tae KIM, Chang Jin PARK
  • Publication number: 20240196963
    Abstract: A filter segment may include an outer portion including a filter, and an inner portion disposed inside the outer portion and including an airflow barrier surrounded by the filter and configured to retard or block airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: KT & G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wonyoung KO, Hyung Jin BAE, Giho SON