Patents by Inventor Woo Shim

Woo Shim 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: 20230050455
    Abstract: Provided is a display device comprising a first substrate, a thin film transistor layer disposed on the first substrate and including a plurality of thin film transistors, a pixel defining layer disposed on the thin film transistor layer and defining a plurality of emission areas, a pixel electrode disposed in each of the emission areas on the thin film transistor layer, a plurality of spacers disposed on the pixel defining layer and distinguished from the pixel defining layer and the pixel electrode with respect to light of a specific wavelength, a touch electrode disposed on the plurality of spacers and configured to receive an input from an outside, and a code pattern having position information determined by a planar shape of each of the plurality of spacers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Chang Woo SHIM, Ju Yeon KIM, Won Sang PARK, Gi Na YOO, Seong Jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20230051888
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed that includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of code pixels. The pixels include light-emitting elements, which display an image. The code pixels are disposed in the same layer as the pixels and are adjacent to a reference point disposed between the pixels. The code pixels include infrared light-emitting elements, which emit infrared light. At least one of the code pixels, disposed in a particular direction from the reference point, emit the infrared light to provide a code pattern having position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Gi Na YOO, Ju Yeon KIM, Won Sang PARK, Chang Woo SHIM, Seong Jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20230045827
    Abstract: A display device includes a thin-film transistor layer disposed on a substrate, the thin-film transistor layer including a thin-film transistor, a light emitting element layer disposed on the thin-film transistor layer, the light emitting element layer including a pixel defining layer defining emission areas, and a pixel electrode disposed in each of the emission areas, a touch electrode disposed on the light emitting element layer, the touch electrode overlapping the pixel defining layer and sensing a touch, and a code pattern defined by a planar shape of the pixel defining layer that is distinguished from the pixel electrode and the touch electrode, the code pattern having position information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Gi Na YOO, Won Sang PARK, Chang Woo SHIM, Seong Jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20230023671
    Abstract: A display device includes a display layer, a plurality of touch electrodes, a light shield, and a code pattern. The display layer includes a plurality of light emission areas for emitting light. The plurality of touch electrodes are disposed on the display layer to sense a touch and surround the plurality of light emission areas. The light-shield is disposed on a portion of the plurality of touch electrodes. The code pattern is determined by a planar shape of the light-shield to have position information. The light-shield absorbs light of a specific wavelength, and another portion of the touch electrodes, which is not overlapped with the light-shield, reflects light of the specific wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Chang Woo Shim, Won Sang Park, Gi Na Yoo, Seong Jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20230015262
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of emission areas emitting light and a light blocking area at least partially surrounding the plurality of emission areas, a plurality of touch electrodes disposed in the light blocking area on the display panel to sense a touch, a wavelength absorption layer disposed on the plurality of touch electrodes to absorb light of a specific wavelength, a bridge electrode disposed on the wavelength absorption layer to connect adjacent touch electrodes among the plurality of touch electrodes to each other, and a code pattern having position information determined by a planar shape of the bridge electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Chang Woo Shim, Won Sang Park, Gi Na Yoo, Seong Jun Lee
  • Publication number: 20230008103
    Abstract: An embodiment hook assembly for a door curtain to be installed on a door panel of a vehicle, the hook assembly includes a hook body installed to penetrate a through hole formed in the door panel, and a hook pin having an upper end hinge-connected to an upper portion of the hook body, wherein in a state in which an upper portion of the hook pin is completely inserted into the hook body, a part of the hook body is in an opened state and the hook body is locked to a circumference of the through hole such that the hook body is fastened to the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Min-Jung Kim, Jong-Woo Shim, Do-Won Kim, Yoo-Sung Doh
  • Patent number: 11479143
    Abstract: A variable body vehicle may include a drive module having drive the vehicle wheels provided at a lower portion of the drive module; a body module coupled to an external side of the drive module and forming an internal space of the vehicle; and a battery-mounting portion formed in the drive module or the body module to mount a battery therein, providing electric power to the battery when the battery is mounted, and determining a driving mode of the vehicle by allowing the battery to be selectively mounted in the drive module, wherein a body of the vehicle is variable by a combination between the drive module and the body module according to a purpose of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun Cha, Wan Jae Shin, Jin Ho Hwang, Ju Hoon Park, Seo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Byung Woo Kim, Chang Woo Shim
  • Patent number: 11431253
    Abstract: A Low-voltage DC-DC Converter (LDC) includes a new bidirectional isolated LDC, in which two converters with different power circuit topologies operate in parallel in order to enable both buck mode and boost mode. The two applied converters are a phase-shift full-bridge converter with full-bridge synchronous rectification and an active-clamp forward converter. According to the present invention, it is possible to achieve the advantages of both a phase-shifted full-bridge converter with full-bridge synchronous rectification applied and an active clamping forward converter. Thus, it is possible to minimize output voltage and current ripples, thereby improving the quality of the LDC output power while minimizing electromagnetic waves generated while a product is operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Gon Kim, Deok Kwan Choi, Kang Min Kim, Min Heo, A Ra Lee, Tae Ho Bang, Hyun Woo Shim, Du Ho Kim, Soo Min Jeon, Ji Hoon Park
  • Publication number: 20220200454
    Abstract: Provided is a new LDC to satisfy the recent requirements for a bidirectional large-capacity isolated LDC (DC-DC converter). The present disclosure provides a new bidirectional isolated LDC, in which two converters with different power circuit topologies operate in parallel in order to enable both buck mode and boost mode. The two applied converters are a phase-shift full-bridge converter with full-bridge synchronous rectification and an active-clamp forward converter. According to the present invention, it is possible to achieve the advantages of both a phase-shifted full-bridge converter with full-bridge synchronous rectification applied and an active clamping forward converter. Thus, it is to possible to minimize output voltage and current ripples, thereby improving the quality of the LDC output power while minimizing electromagnetic waves generated while a product is operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Won Gon Kim, Deok Kwan Choi, Kang Min Kim, Min Heo, A Ra Lee, Tae Ho Bang, Hyun Woo Shim, Du Ho Kim, Soo Min Jeon, Ji Hoon Park
  • Publication number: 20220190734
    Abstract: The bidirectional insulating DC-DC converter shares high/low voltage terminals, a cooling passage, a housing, and a control board, and two independent step-down circuit (10) and step-up circuit (20) are formed in parallel to perform a bidirectional DC power conversion. A high voltage applied from a high voltage battery HV is stepped down through the step-down circuit (10) and output to a low voltage battery LV. On the other hand, a low voltage applied from the low voltage battery LV is stepped up through the step-up circuit (20) and output to the high voltage battery HV. The step-down circuit (10) is formed as an active clamp forward converter circuit, and the step-up circuit (20) is formed as an active clamp flyback converter circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Du Ho Kim, Deok Kwan Choi, Min Heo, Kang Min Kim, Soo Min Jeon, A Ra Lee, Won Gon Kim, Ji Hoon Park, Hyun Woo Shim, Tae Ho Bang
  • Publication number: 20220166310
    Abstract: Provided is an electro-magnetic compatibility (EMC) filter including a lower bobbin having a U-shaped cross-sectional shape, a lower core including a magnetic material having a U-shaped cross-sectional shape and disposed on the lower bobbin, a bus bar disposed on the lower core, an upper bobbin having a hollow inside, having a hexahedral shape with one side open, and configured to cover an upper portion of the lower bobbin, and an upper core including a magnetic material having a plate-like shape, disposed in an internal space of the upper bobbin, and disposed on the lower core (U core) to cover the bus bar with a gap maintained by the bus bar between the upper and lower cores when the lower bobbin and the upper bobbin are coupled to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Ho BANG, Ji Hoon PARK, Hyun Woo SHIM, Du Ho KIM, Soo Min JEON, Deok Kwan CHOI, Won Gon KIM, Min HEO, Kang Min KIM, A Ra LEE
  • Publication number: 20220161672
    Abstract: The present disclosure is for minimizing the parasitic resistance of an output capacitor of a low-voltage DC-DC converter (LDC) proposed to improve a lifespan of a battery and increase efficiency of the DC-DC converter through reduction of an equivalent series resistance (ESR) of an output capacitor in an N-phase interleaving type vehicle DC-DC converter. According to the present disclosure, the LDC includes: an N-phase power circuit configured by connection of N DC-DC converters in parallel between a high-voltage (HV) battery and a low-voltage (LV) battery; and one output capacitor commonly connected to an output of each phase DC-DC converter, wherein each phase of the N-phase power circuit is controlled in an interleaving manner which delays a phase by 360°/N. Here, each N-phase power circuit is controlled by switching at a frequency of [(a frequency at which the parasitic resistance (equivalent series resistance (ESR)) of the output capacitor is minimized)/N].
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hoon PARK, Deok Kwan CHOI, Won Gon KIM, Kang Min KIM, Min HEO, Tae Ho BANG, Du Ho KIM, Hyun Woo SHIM, Soo Min JEON, A Ra LEE
  • Publication number: 20220165490
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a bus bar as a winding in a core of a transformer includes multiple sub-bars arranged horizontally and connected in parallel so as to minimize an AC current in the transformer, and the sub-bars have different widths and thus resistances or impedances with respect to a current flowing through the sub-bars are the same. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of designing a bus bar for resistance or impedance matching between multiple sub-bars included in the bus bar to share a current to minimize an AC current in the transformer. Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a transformer, for a DC-DC converter for use in a vehicle, which is manufactured by the method of designing a bus bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Ho BANG, Deok Kwan CHOI, Won Gon KIM, Min HEO, Ji Hoon PARK, Kang Min KIM, A Ra LEE, Hyun Woo SHIM, Du Ho KIM, Soo Min JEON
  • Publication number: 20220166332
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a new bidirectional low voltage DC-DC converter (LDC), that is, a DC-DC converter capable of satisfying a safety level required for an eco-friendly vehicle and an autonomous vehicle and improving power conversion performance, and a method and an apparatus for controlling the same. The LDC proposed in the present disclosure is a new concept bidirectional LDC in which a plurality of converters having the same power circuit topology are subjected to a parallel interleaving operation so as to enable both a buck operation and a boost operation, satisfy a high safety level, and improve power conversion performance. To this end, a plurality of bidirectional active-clamp flyback converters (for example, two or more bidirectional active-clamp flyback converters) are connected in parallel and are interleaved and controlled by a controller (for example, a microcomputer).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Woo SHIM, Deok Kwan CHOI, Won Gon KIM, Min HEO, Kang Min KIM, A Ra LEE, Tae Ho BANG, Ji Hoon PARK, Du Ho KIM, Soo Min JEON
  • Patent number: 11329570
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a high electric power density bidirectional isolated low voltage DC-DC converter (LDC) assembly, in which a large-capacity bidirectional isolated LDC circuit is packaged in consideration of a flow of electric power so as to use components in common and minimize an internal dead space, and a cooling structure thereof. LDC assembly includes a power board subassembly (100) including the high voltage stage, a part of the buck circuit, and the boost circuit; a transformer subassembly (200) including a transformer of the buck circuit; an output power board subassembly (300) including a part of the buck circuit; and an EMC filter subassembly (400) including an EMC filter included in the low voltage stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Heo, Ji Hoon Park, Du Ho Kim, Soo Min Jeon, Deok Kwan Choi, Won Gon Kim, Kang Min Kim, A Ra Lee, Tae Ho Bang, Hyun Woo Shim
  • Patent number: 11312280
    Abstract: A vehicle carpet and mat fixing device may include an upper mat fastener part; a lower mat fastener part coupled to the upper mat fastener part; an upper carpet fastener part coupled to the lower mat fastener part by an upper carpet fastener protrusion protruding toward the lower mat fastener part; and a lower carpet fastener part coupled to the upper carpet fastener part, wherein the upper mat fastener part is hooked to the lower mat fastener part by an upper mat fastener hook circumferentially formed in the upper mat fastener part to fix a mat, and the lower carpet fastener part is coupled to the upper carpet fastener part by a male hook of the lower carpet fastener part to fix a carpet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: You-Jin Park, Jong-Woo Shim, Sang-Jun Park, Chang-Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20220081779
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a treating method of a metal surface, and a coating method thereof using the same. A treating method of a metal surface may include grinding solid carbon dioxide and then spraying the ground solid carbon dioxide onto a metal surface. After spraying the ground solid carbon dioxide, irradiating short-wavelength ultraviolet rays on the metal surface, thereby removing foreign substances attached to the metal surface, reforming the metal surface into a hydrophilic surface and improving wettability of a coating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sangheon SONG, Jin Woo Shim, Jong Hun Lim, Younghyun Park
  • Publication number: 20220055603
    Abstract: A method of controlling an electric oil pump configured for a vehicle, may include a step of determining whether a vehicle has entered a sloped road, a step of determining whether a drive motor of the vehicle is in one or more overheatable conditions when it is determined that the vehicle has entered a sloped road, a step of determining whether the overheatable condition is maintained over a preset reference time when it is determined that the vehicle is in the over-heatable condition; and a step of supplying a pulse to an RPM input for the electric oil pump when it is determined that the duration of the over-heatable condition exceeds the preset reference time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Hyeon Lee, Jae Woo Shim, Ji Wan Cha
  • Publication number: 20220025916
    Abstract: A fastener assembly includes a head unit, a fastening part allowing a lower end of the head unit to be coupled thereto, and a fixing part allowing an upper end of the head unit to be inserted thereinto. The head unit includes a head part inserted into an insertion hole of the fixing part, and a guide part configured to be inserted into a longitudinal hole formed in the fastening part and to be in contact with a rear surface of the fastening part, the guide part being configured to be inserted into the longitudinal hole and be rotated such that the head unit is coupled to the fastening part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jong Woo Shim, Se Min Moon, Kyoung Ho Lee, Kwang Ok Jeon, Sun Joo Kim
  • Publication number: 20210323440
    Abstract: A variable body vehicle may include a drive module having drive the vehicle wheels provided at a lower portion of the drive module; a body module coupled to an external side of the drive module and forming an internal space of the vehicle; and a battery-mounting portion formed in the drive module or the body module to mount a battery therein, providing electric power to the battery when the battery is mounted, and determining a driving mode of the vehicle by allowing the battery to be selectively mounted in the drive module, wherein a body of the vehicle is variable by a combination between the drive module and the body module according to a purpose of use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Eun CHA, Wan Jae Shin, Jin Ho Hwang, Ju Hoon Park, Seo Young Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Byung Woo Kim, Chang Woo Shim