Patents by Inventor Young-Man Kim

Young-Man 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: 12369537
    Abstract: A low impact development plant box built on a road and/or residential area, comprising a plurality of segment boxes each having any one of curved, straight line, and slanted shapes in such a way as to provide a structure with a given shape when coupled to one another and an accommodation space formed therein to accommodate planting soil in which a plant is planted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: KCTL Laboratory Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Young Man Kim, Eui Ju Kim, Joon Ho Park
  • Patent number: 12345452
    Abstract: Provided is a combination valve unit having an improved structure and capable of performing both a pressure relief function for cooling and a pressure relief function for dehumidification. In addition, disclosed is a vehicle heat pump system capable of improving dehumidification performance by actively controlling the refrigerant flow distribution. The combination valve unit serves as a refrigerant throttling means in a vehicle heat pump system, and forms the inlet for a cooling pressure relief unit for performing indoor cooling and the inlet for a dehumidification pressure relief unit for performing indoor dehumidification, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Jae Min Lee, Young Man Kim, In Hyeok Kim, Kyeong Cheol Lee
  • Publication number: 20250196581
    Abstract: A vehicular heat management system includes a heat pump type refrigerant circulation line configured to operate in an air conditioner mode or a heat pump mode to cool and heat a passenger room, a cooling water circulation line configured to allow a cooling water to circulate toward an electric component module, the refrigerant circulation line including a water-cooled heat exchanger configured to allow a refrigerant to exchange heat with the cooling water in the cooling water circulation line to recover waste heat of the electric component module absorbed by the cooling water to the refrigerant in the refrigerant circulation line and an air-cooled outdoor heat exchanger installed on the downstream side of the water-cooled heat exchanger, and a refrigerant flow control part configured to control a refrigerant flow path in the refrigerant circulation line to the water-cooled heat exchanger and the air-cooled outdoor heat exchanger in the heat pump mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Jae Min Lee, In Keun Kang, Young Man Kim, In Hyeok Kim, Jae Kyun Kim, Kyeong Cheol Lee
  • Publication number: 20250102230
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a manifold fluid module. A manifold fluid module according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a manifold plate comprising a fluid passage formed internally, and a heat exchanger coupled to the manifold plate, configured to exchange heat between a first fluid and a second fluid, and comprising a first inlet port for inlet of the first fluid, a first outlet port for outlet of the first fluid, a second inlet port for inlet of the second fluid, and a second outlet port for outlet of the second fluid, wherein the first inlet port and the first outlet port of the heat exchanger may connected to communicate with the fluid passage, one of the first inlet port or the outlet port being directly connected to the manifold plate, the other being connected to a fluid pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Kyeong Cheol LEE, In Keun KANG, Young Man KIM, In Hyeok KIM, Jae Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20240258600
    Abstract: The battery cell assembly includes an assembly housing, and a battery cell, a first busbar member and a second busbar member accommodated in the assembly housing. The first busbar member is connected to a first electrode lead of the battery cell and the second busbar member is connected to a second electrode lead of the battery cell. The battery cell assembly also includes first and second terminal units connected to the first and second busbar members, respectively. At least portions of the first terminal unit and the second terminal unit extend toward a first surface of the assembly housing and disposed outside of the assembly housing. The assembly housing includes an accommodation space in which the battery cell is accommodated and an open slot formed by opening a second surface of the assembly housing to connect the accommodation space to the outside of the accommodation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Hyun Seok KIM, Young Man KIM
  • Publication number: 20240227509
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to a thermal management fluid module for a vehicle using a circulating fluid such as a refrigerant or a coolant, the thermal management fluid module including a manifold plate in which a plurality of fluid flow channels are formed, and a thermal interference avoidance unit which is coupled to the manifold plate and in which fluid flow channels having a relatively high temperature or low temperature are formed to be separated and spaced apart from other fluid flow channels among the fluid flow channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: In Keun KANG, Young Man KIM, Kyeong Cheol LEE, Jae Min LEE, Chan Jin LEE
  • Publication number: 20240224892
    Abstract: A low impact development plant box built on a road and/or residential area, comprising a plurality of segment boxes each having any one of curved, straight line, and slanted shapes in such a way as to provide a structure with a given shape when coupled to one another and an accommodation space formed therein to accommodate planting soil in which a plant is planted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Young Man KIM, Eui Ju KIM, Joon Ho PARK
  • Publication number: 20240190203
    Abstract: A thermal management fluid module for a vehicle according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a manifold plate, in which a fluid passage is formed in one surface of the manifold plate and the fluid passage is formed along one passage layer, and a valve which is coupled to another surface of the manifold plate and expands a fluid or controls a flow direction of the fluid, wherein the valve is disposed on a layer different from the passage layer of the fluid passage and can communicate with the fluid passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: In Keun KANG, Young Man KIM, Kyeong Cheol LEE, Jae Min LEE, Chan Jin LEE
  • Publication number: 20240130304
    Abstract: A low impact development plant box built on a road and/or residential area, comprising a plurality of segment boxes each having any one of curved, straight line, and slanted shapes in such a way as to provide a structure with a given shape when coupled to one another and an accommodation space formed therein to accommodate planting soil in which a plant is planted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Young Man KIM, Eui Ju KIM, Joon Ho PARK
  • Publication number: 20240131903
    Abstract: One exemplary embodiment of the present invention relates to a thermal management fluid module for a vehicle using a circulating fluid such as a refrigerant or a coolant, the thermal management fluid module including a manifold plate in which a plurality of fluid flow channels are formed, and a thermal interference avoidance unit which is coupled to the manifold plate and in which fluid flow channels having a relatively high temperature or low temperature are formed to be separated and spaced apart from other fluid flow channels among the fluid flow channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: In Keun KANG, Young Man KIM, Kyeong Cheol LEE, Jae Min LEE, Chan Jin LEE
  • Publication number: 20240116330
    Abstract: A vehicular air conditioning system includes: an intake part including an intake door configured to open an outdoor air inlet to introduce an outdoor air in an outdoor air mode, open an indoor air inlet to introduce an indoor air in an indoor air mode, and control an opening degree of the outdoor air inlet or the indoor air inlet, and a blower configured to suck the indoor air or the outdoor air through the indoor air inlet or the outdoor air inlet and blow the indoor air or the outdoor air into a vehicle interior; and a control part configured to control a rotational speed of the blower according to an air flow rate level of the air conditioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: In Hyeok KIM, Young Man KIM, Jae Kyun KIM, Kyeong Cheol LEE, Jae Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20230173885
    Abstract: A vehicular thermal management system includes: a refrigerant circulation line including a compressor, a high-pressure heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger, a plurality of expansion valves and a low-pressure heat exchanger; an air conditioning mode branch line configured to allow a refrigerant passing through the compressor and the high-pressure heat exchanger to circulate in the order of the outdoor heat exchanger and the low-pressure heat exchanger in an air conditioning mode; a heat pump mode branch line configured to allow the refrigerant passing through the compressor and the high-pressure heat exchanger to circulate by bypassing the outdoor heat exchanger and the low-pressure heat exchanger in a heat pump mode; and a refrigerant/oil recovery part configured to, when one of the branch lines is used, recover the refrigerant and oil in the other unused branch line to the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Min LEE, Young Man KIM, Young Chul KIM, In Hyeok KIM, Kyeong Cheol LEE
  • Publication number: 20230048724
    Abstract: Provided is a combination valve unit having an improved structure and capable of performing both a pressure relief function for cooling and a pressure relief function for dehumidification. In addition, disclosed is a vehicle heat pump system capable of improving dehumidification performance by actively controlling the refrigerant flow distribution. The combination valve unit serves as a refrigerant throttling means in a vehicle heat pump system, and forms the inlet for a cooling pressure relief unit for performing indoor cooling and the inlet for a dehumidification pressure relief unit for performing indoor dehumidification, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Min LEE, Young Man KIM, In Hyeok KIM, Kyeong Cheol LEE
  • Patent number: 11500244
    Abstract: Disclosed is a backlight unit using a mini light-emitting diode (LED) or a micro LED as a light source according to various embodiments of the present invention. The backlight unit may comprise: a color conversion sheet for converting the color of light emitted from the mini LED or the micro LED; a first diffusion lens sheet disposed on one side of the color conversion sheet and having a plurality of first lenses having a triangular pyramid shape formed to be arranged in a first direction on one surface thereof; and a second diffusion lens sheet disposed on one side of the first diffusion lens sheet, and having a plurality of second lenses having a triangular pyramid shape formed to be arranged in a second direction on one surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: LMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Hwan Kim, Hyuck Yi Kwon, Young Man Kim
  • Publication number: 20220078910
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes: a first insulating layer; a first circuit layer disposed on one surface of the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and covering at least a portion of the first circuit layer; a via conductor passing through the second insulating layer and connected to the first circuit layer; a via land connected to the via conductor in an upper portion of the via conductor; and a second circuit layer disposed on the second insulating layer and connected to the via land. The via conductor and the via land have a first interface where the via conductor and the via land are in contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Byeung Kyu PARK, Ha Il KIM, Young Man KIM, Bong Ki SONG, Eun Hee KIM, Jong Hoe PARK, Sun Young CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210405449
    Abstract: Disclosed is a backlight unit using a mini light-emitting diode (LED) or a micro LED as a light source according to various embodiments of the present invention. The backlight unit may comprise: a color conversion sheet for converting the color of light emitted from the mini LED or the micro LED; a first diffusion lens sheet disposed on one side of the color conversion sheet and having a plurality of first lenses having a triangular pyramid shape formed to be arranged in a first direction on one surface thereof; and a second diffusion lens sheet disposed on one side of the first diffusion lens sheet, and having a plurality of second lenses having a triangular pyramid shape formed to be arranged in a second direction on one surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: LMS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Hwan KIM, Hyuck Yi KWON, Young Man KIM
  • Patent number: 10778929
    Abstract: Disclosed are a volume adjusting device and an adjusting method thereof for enabling an electronic device such as a TV to perform a volume adjustment operation among operations executable by the electronic device according to a prediction model stored through machine learning based on communication with surrounding devices in a 5G communication environment. According to the present disclosure, when information indicating adjustment of the volume of an electronic device by a user is generated, volume adjustment information may be learned, and the volume may be automatically adjusted to a volume preferred by the user on the basis of the learned information when the user views a video on the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Young Man Kim, Sang Jun Oh, Kyu Ho Lee, Jae Woong Jeong, Seung Hyun Hwang
  • Patent number: D932567
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventor: Young-Man Kim
  • Patent number: D969238
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Inventor: Young-Man Kim
  • Patent number: D994795
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventor: Young-Man Kim