Yong-su Kim
85Patents
8h-index
93Co-inventors
81Inventor score
Filing activity: Sep 12, 1996 → Apr 17, 2023
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US9097450B2 | Refrigerator and ice maker with optical sensor to detect ice level | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 17 | Active |
| US7770408B2 | Ice supplier | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 16 | Active |
| US7902579B2 | Magnetic memory devices using magnetic domain dragging | Electricity | 14 | Active |
| US7796360B2 | Perpendicular magnetic recording head and method of manufacturing the same | Physics | 13 | Active |
| US8635877B2 | Ice detecting apparatus of ice maker for refrigerator and ice detecting method thereof | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 13 | Active |
| US8011202B2 | Auger in ice bin and refrigerating machine having the same | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 12 | Active |
| US6459871B2 | Photosensitive belt cartridge of electrophotographic image forming apparatus and photosensitive belt installation device and method employing same | Physics | 8 | Expired |
| US8959939B2 | Refrigerator and ice maker with optical sensor to detect ice level | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 8 | Active |
| US7075199B2 | Reciprocating motor and reciprocating compressor having the same | Electricity | 6 | Expired |
| US10110378B2 | Apparatus and method for stablizing quantum cryptography system | Electricity | 6 | Active |
| US8616013B2 | Ice detecting method and apparatus for a refrigerator | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 6 | Active |
| US7379276B2 | Magnetic recording head having a plurality of shield layers | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US8459055B2 | Auger in ice bin and refrigerating machine having the same | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Active |
| US9409816B2 | High strength and aesthetic lithium disilicate crystalline glass-ceramics containing cristobalite crystal and preparation method thereof | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 5 | Active |
| US7684233B2 | Multi-bit magnetic memory device using spin-polarized current and methods of manufacturing and operating the same | Electricity | 5 | Active |
| US7817461B2 | Data storage device using magnetic domain wall movement and method of operating the same | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US7639454B2 | Perpendicular magnetic recording head comprising gap shield | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US6766130B2 | Liquid developer imaging system | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US7372757B2 | Magnetic memory device with moving magnetic domain walls | Physics | 5 | Active |
| US8393164B2 | Ice amount detecting method of ice detecting apparatus of ice maker for refrigerator | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 5 | Active |
| US8233236B2 | Magnetic write head with side shield and gap layer | Physics | 4 | Active |
| US9926223B2 | Dental glass-ceramics block bonded with abutment and preparation method thereof | Chemistry; Metallurgy | 3 | Active |
| US7903372B2 | Magnetic recording head and method of manufacturing the same | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 3 | Active |
| US6683748B2 | Vertical writing type magnetic head | Physics | 3 | Expired |
| US7948707B2 | Magnetic recording medium, method of recording servo pattern on magnetic recording medium, and magnetic head | Physics | 3 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.