Patents by Inventor Young-Chan Kim

Young-Chan 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).

  • Patent number: 11383550
    Abstract: Disclosed are a composite rim of a vehicle wheel and a method of manufacturing the same, which is reduced in weight through the use of a continuous fiber composite. The rim of a vehicle wheel may be formed by stacking composite sheets, each prepared by impregnating fibers with a resin to form a sheet. The composite sheets may be stacked in multiple layers such that end portions of the respective composite sheets may contact each other in a circumferential direction of the wheel, and discontinuous interfaces, formed at the contacting end portions of the respective composite sheets along an axial direction of the wheel, may not be aligned with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeong Min Cho, Chi Hoon Choi, Young Chan Kim
  • Publication number: 20220199672
    Abstract: An image sensor, which stores electric charge overflowing from a photoelectric conversion layer, includes: (1) a substrate including a first surface and a second surface, which is opposite to the first surface and upon which light is incident, (2) a photoelectric conversion layer in the substrate, (3) an isolation film disposed on the substrate, along the photoelectric conversion layer, (4) a storage conductive pattern disposed in the isolation film, (5) a transfer gate disposed on a first surface of the substrate, (6) a first impurity-injected area disposed between the photoelectric conversion layer and the isolation film, and (7) a second impurity-injected area disposed on the first surface of the substrate and connected to the transfer gate. The first and second impurity-injected areas are electrically connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: YOUNG GU JIN, YOUNG CHAN KIM
  • Publication number: 20220187972
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of pixels. A gate line extends in a first direction and is connected to each of the plurality of pixels. A common electrode is disposed above the gate line and extends across the plurality of pixels. A touch sensing unit is disposed above the common electrode and includes a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes. A display driver drives the plurality of pixels. A first fan-out line is connected to the display driver. A touch driver drives the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes. A second fan-out line is connected to the touch driver. A first switching element selectively connects one of the first fan-out line and the second fan-out line to the gate line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Seung Jae SUNG, Young Chan KIM
  • Publication number: 20220169109
    Abstract: Provided is a cooling module for a vehicle, and more particularly, a cooling module placed on a side of the vehicle with three-row mounting parts, in which components are mounted, to maximize cooling efficiency and space utilization inside the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Young Chan KIM, Jung Sam GU, Hyuk KIM
  • Patent number: 11342368
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate including a first surface and a second surface and further includes a well region and a first floating diffusion region that are each adjacent to the first surface. The image sensor includes a first vertical transmission gate and a second vertical transmission gate isolated from direct contact with each other and each extend from the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and in a thickness direction of the semiconductor substrate through at least a portion of the well region. The image sensor includes a first storage gate between the first vertical transmission gate and the first floating diffusion region and on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate. The image sensor includes a first tap transmission gate between the first storage gate and the first floating diffusion region and on the first surface of the semiconductor substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-gu Jin, Young-chan Kim
  • Publication number: 20220083005
    Abstract: A display device includes a light source part including a first light source and a second light source, a collimation lens that collimates light incident from the light source part, a wave guide that guides and diffracts the light incident from the collimation lens, a spatial light modulator that modulates the light passing through the wave guide so as to form a holographic pattern for reproducing a holographic image, a focusing optical system that focuses the holographic image on a space, and a light separating plate disposed between the light source part and the collimation lens, the light separating plate separating light of the first light source and light of the second light source from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Won LEE, Jae Joong KWON, Young Chan KIM, Jae Ho YOU
  • Publication number: 20220082673
    Abstract: A 3D image sensor include a depth pixel and at least two polarization pixels adjacent to the depth pixel. The depth pixel includes a charge generation region in a substrate. The depth pixel is configured to generate depth information associated with a depth of an object from the 3D image sensor in a 3D scene based on detecting light reflected from the object. Each polarization pixel includes a photodiode in the substrate and a polarizer on the substrate in a light-incident direction. The polarization pixel is configured to generate shape information associated with a shape of a surface of the object in the 3D scene based on detecting light reflected from the object. The polarization pixels and the depth pixel collectively define a unit pixel. The respective polarizers are associated with different polarization directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-gu JIN, Young-chan KIM, Chang-rok MOON, Yong-hun KWON, Tae-sub JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220084812
    Abstract: A wafer cleaning method is provided. The wafer cleaning method includes providing a wafer on a stage that is inside of a chamber. The wafer is fixed to the stage by moving a grip pin connected to an edge of the stage. First ultrapure water is supplied onto the wafer while the wafer is rotating at a first rotation speed. The grip pin is released from the wafer by moving the grip pin. A development process is performed by supplying liquid chemical onto the wafer while the wafer is rotating at a second rotation speed that is less than the first rotation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Sung Hyun Park, Seo Hyun Kim, Seung Ho Kim, Young Chan Kim, Young-Hoo Kim, Tae-Hong Kim, Hyun Woo Nho, Seung Min Shin, Kun Tack Lee, Hun Jae Jang
  • Patent number: 11274218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermosetting resin composition for coating a metal film having high flowability and pattern-filling property and a metal laminate using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Minhyuk Yun, Young Chan Kim, Hyunsung Min, Changbo Shim, Hee Yong Shim
  • Patent number: 11265498
    Abstract: A Time-of-Flight (ToF)-based three-dimensional (3D) image sensor includes at least two first photogates symmetrically arranged in a central portion of a pixel, at least two first gates configured to remove an overflow charge generated in the at least two first photogates, and a first gate group. The at least two first gates are arranged symmetrically in an outer portion of the pixel. The first gate group includes a plurality of gates configured to store and transmit charges generated in the at least two first photogates. The first gate group is arranged in the outer portion of the pixel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Gu Jin, Young-Chan Kim, Sung-Ho Choi
  • Publication number: 20220043268
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display unit including a plurality of display panels which displays images of different colors, a lens unit on the display unit, an optical path controller on the lens unit, where the optical path controller generates a composite image by superimposing the images displayed by the plurality of display panels with each other, and an output unit through which the composite image is displayed. The optical path controller controls optical paths of light incident on a first surface of the optical path controller facing the lens unit and light incident on a second surface of the optical path controller, which is opposite to the first surface, and provides the composite image to the output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Young Chan KIM, Jae Ho YOU
  • Publication number: 20220025261
    Abstract: An etchant composition and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the composition including an inorganic acid; about 0.01 parts by weight to about 0.5 parts by weight of colloidal silica; about 0.01 parts by weight to about 30 parts by weight of an ammonium-based additive; and about 20 parts by weight to about 50 parts by weight of a solvent, all parts by weight being based on 100 parts by weight of the inorganic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Soulbrain Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-ah KIM, Young-chan KIM, Hyo-san LEE, Hoon HAN, Jin-uk LEE, Jung-hun LIM, Ik-hee KIM
  • Patent number: 11214677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition having a high flow property, low thermal expansion characteristics, and excellent mechanical properties, and a prepreg and a metal clad laminate formed from the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Bo Shim, Hee Yong Shim, Hyun Sung Min, Young Chan Kim, Seung Hyun Song
  • Publication number: 20210403730
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of producing an electrochromic composition capable of diversifying colors, an electrochromic composition produced thereby, and an electrochromic device including the electrochromic composition. The electrochromic composition may be produced through a solution direct reaction using an electro-spray machine including two nozzles symmetrically inclined toward a central axis. The method may include preparing, respectively, a first coating composition comprising a first electrochromic compound and a second coating composition comprising a second electrochromic compound; loading, respectively, the first coating composition and the second composition into an electro-spray machine; spraying the first coating composition and the second coating composition under application of a voltage to the electro-spray device; and forming a electrochromic composition by reacting the first electrochromic compound with the second electrochromic compound during spraying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Byung Hong Lee, Tae Ho Jeong, Young Chan Kim
  • Publication number: 20210405370
    Abstract: A head mounted display device includes a lens assembly which changes a path of light; a main display module which outputs a main image and is positioned in front of the lens assembly; a main optical block which shields at least a portion of a light representing the main image such that the light representing the main image faces the lens assembly; a sub-display module disposed on a side of the main optical block and which outputs a sub-image; a sub-optical block positioned on the side of the main optical block and which shields at least a portion of a light representing the sub-image; and a light path converter positioned in the sub-optical block and which changes a path of the light representing the sub-image such that the light representing the sub-image faces the lens assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Cheon Myeong LEE, Young Chan KIM, Jae Ho YOU, Min Gyeong JO, Joo Woan CHO
  • Patent number: 11204415
    Abstract: A 3D image sensor include a depth pixel and at least two polarization pixels adjacent to the depth pixel. The depth pixel includes a charge generation region in a substrate. The depth pixel is configured to generate depth information associated with a depth of an object from the 3D image sensor in a 3D scene based on detecting light reflected from the object. Each polarization pixel includes a photodiode in the substrate and a polarizer on the substrate in a light-incident direction. The polarization pixel is configured to generate shape information associated with a shape of a surface of the object in the 3D scene based on detecting light reflected from the object. The polarization pixels and the depth pixel collectively define a unit pixel. The respective polarizers are associated with different polarization directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-gu Jin, Young-chan Kim, Chang-rok Moon, Yong-hun Kwon, Tae-sub Jung
  • Publication number: 20210370715
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a vehicle wheel includes: a casting process of manufacturing the wheel in a one-piece body having a forming end and a temporary flange protruding at inner and outer sides of the wheel, respectively, wherein the one-piece body further includes a resonance chamber forming groove; a primary shape machining process of forming a stepped part at an outer circumferential side of the resonance chamber forming groove; a flow forming process of bending the forming end to be seated on the stepped part; a friction stir welding process of integrally bonding a portion where the forming end and the stepped part are in close contact with each other; a fine machining process of removing the temporary flange; and a sound-absorbing hole machining process of forming a sound-absorbing hole for communicating between the resonance chamber and an interior space of a tire in the forming end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jun Min LEE, Young Chan KIM, Min Soo KIM, Young Rae JO, Young Il KIM, Sang Bum PARK, Chang Hak YOO
  • Publication number: 20210326591
    Abstract: A method for controlling a mobile communication device using a user's distance specifying algorithm, the method comprises a first process of receiving an input image from a camera to generate first data; a second process of determining whether there is a candidate group that can be determined as a face using the first data and second data including a user's distance information; a third process of extracting, if there is a candidate group that can be determined as a face, from a plurality of third data including location information of the candidate group, fourth data having a minimum distance between a center of the first data and a center of the third data; and a fourth process of comparing the fourth data with a predetermined user's distance to determine whether it has a value within a tolerance range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Min Gyeong JO, Young Chan KIM, Gang IL LEE, Jung Ho JEON, Byung Cheol SONG
  • Patent number: 11142694
    Abstract: An etchant composition and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device, the composition including an inorganic acid; about 0.01 parts by weight to about 0.5 parts by weight of colloidal silica; about 0.01 parts by weight to about 30 parts by weight of an ammonium-based additive; and about 20 parts by weight to about 50 parts by weight of a solvent, all parts by weight being based on 100 parts by weight of the inorganic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Soulbrain Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-ah Kim, Young-chan Kim, Hyo-san Lee, Hoon Han, Jin-uk Lee, Jung-hun Lim, Ik-hee Kim
  • Patent number: 11091630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a resin composition having high miscibility between internal components, low thermal expansion characteristics, and excellent mechanical properties, and a prepreg and a metal clad laminate formed from the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD
    Inventors: Chang Bo Shim, Hee Yong Shim, Hyun Sung Min, Young Chan Kim, Seung Hyun Song