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| 20090134684 | ACTIVE HEADREST ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE - An active headrest assembly for a vehicle includes a headrest supported by a seat back frame. An active plate is connected to the headrest and has guide slots defined therein. Guide pins are inserted through the guide slots to slide along the guide slots. A lumbar unit has a support wire secured to the guide pins and is rotatably connected to the lower end of the seat back frame. A returning unit elastically connects the active plate and the lumbar unit with each other. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090152433 | HEIGHT ADJUSTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE SEATS - A height adjusting apparatus for vehicle seats may include seat side frames provided on both side ends of a seat part of a seat, each of the seat side frames connected to the seat bracket via a front link and a rear link, the support rod coupling the seat side frames to each other, the pinion gear provided on a seat side frame, the rack gear link having on one end thereof a rack gear which engages with an upper end of the pinion gear, and coupled at the other end thereof to a hinge of the front link placed on the seat bracket, so that, when the pinion gear is driven, the rack gear link pulls the seat side frame forwards to lift it up, and the support pin provided on the seat side frame in such a way as to be placed above the rack gear. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090152928 | Seatback Frame for Vehicles - A seatback frame for vehicles has a lower cross member that prevents a back pad and a recliner hinge shaft from interfering with each other. The seatback frame includes a back frame and a lower cross member. The lower cross member includes a reinforcing part and a hinge-shaft cover. The back frame is hinged to a seat frame via a recliner hinge shaft. The lower cross member couples both sides of the lower end of the back frame to each other. The reinforcing part has the shape of an embossment which extends in a longitudinal direction of the lower cross member. The hinge-shaft cover is provided on the lower portion of the lower cross member, and is bent to surround the recliner hinge shaft. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090261636 | Reinforcement for Rear Seat Backs - A reinforcement for rear seat backs is disclosed herein. The rear seat back reinforcement of the present invention includes a luggage bar, which is provided between a rear package tray and a floor panel and has a holding member and a mounting member, and a wire frame, which is held by the holding member of the luggage bar and is fastened at the lower end thereof to the floor panel by the mounting member. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100026068 | APPARATUS FOR TILTING VEHICLE SEAT CUSHION - An apparatus for tilting a vehicle seat cushion raises the front end to be higher than the rear end of the seat cushion in order to enhance a supporting force for an occupant seated in a vehicle seat, thereby preventing the occupant from being pushed forwards in the event of sudden braking. The apparatus includes a cushion tilting unit installed in the seat cushion, wherein the cushion tilting unit raises a front end of a seat cushion to be higher than a rear end of the seat cushion without adjusting an angle of the seat back. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100127540 | Active Headrest Apparatus for Vehicle and Actuator Thereof - An actuator of an active headrest apparatus for a vehicle, which is operably connected to a headrest assembly and selectively allows a headrest of the headrest assembly to pop out forwards when a vehicle collision occurs, may include a housing installed on a seatback frame and formed with a guide groove, an operating plate elastically supported over the housing, an operating bracket arranged between the housing and the operating plate and having a guide projection slidably inserted into the guide groove of the housing, and an operating wire unit connecting the operating bracket with the headrest assembly, wherein the operating wire unit includes an operating wire and an operating wire retainer to slidably receive the operating wire therein. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100133082 | Switch Apparatus for Adjusting Power Seat in Vehicle - A switch apparatus for adjusting a power seat in a vehicle, may include a body, a plurality of switches installed on the body including a first switch manipulated in a horizontal direction, and a second switch spaced apart from the first switch and manipulated in a vertical direction, and a guide bracket, a first end portion of which is integrally coupled to the first switch and a second end portion of which is placed around the second switch and selectively coupled to the second switch according to a horizontal movement of the first switch, wherein the second switch is movable in the vertical direction while the first switch is in a neutral position, while the first switch is out of the neutral position, and wherein the second end portion of the guide bracket is interfered with the second switch while the second switch is out of a neutral position. | 06-03-2010 |
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| 20110048691 | FAIL-SAFE AIR FLAP CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A fail-safe air flap control apparatus for a vehicle includes a coolant temperature sensor, a control unit, an actuator, a movable unit, a flap unit, an elastic member and a solenoid unit. The coolant temperature sensor measures the temperature of a coolant. The control unit compares a value measured by the sensor to a reference value and generates a corresponding control signal. The actuator has a rotator which rotates in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction depending on the control signal. The movable unit linearly moves under rotational force of the rotator. The flap unit includes a flap housing having an air flow slot, a flap door mounted to the flap housing to openably close the air flow slot, and a connecting rod connected to the movable unit. The elastic member applies elastic force to the movable unit in a direction in which the flap door opens. The solenoid unit is controlled by the control signal of the control unit so as to either restrain movement of the movable unit and so maintain the flap door in a closed state or to release the movable unit. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110121733 | ADAPTIVE FRONT LIGHTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided is an Adaptive Front Lighting System and a control method thereof, which includes a motor driver which controls a beam irradiation direction of a headlamp by operating a motor coupled to the headlamp according to a motor control signal, and generates a motor fault signal when fail occurs in the motor, a power supply unit which controls a magnitude of electric power supplied to the headlamp according to a power control signal, and a controller which selectively outputs the power control signal to the power supply unit according to the motor fault signal of the motor driver. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110125373 | ADAPTIVE FRONT LIGHTING SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING HIGHWAY AND URBAN DISTRICT MODES OF FRONT LIGHTING - An adaptive front lighting system for performing highway and urban district modes of front lights is provided, which includes a leveling actuator rotating a light source of front lights of a vehicle in upward and downward directions, and a control unit judging a driving state of the vehicle as either of a highway driving state and an urban district driving state in accordance with a driving condition of the vehicle and determining a degree of rotation of the light source performed by the leveling actuator in accordance with a result of judgment. The driving condition includes at least one of a vehicle speed, external illumination, and frequency of vehicle stops. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110128748 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING ADAPTIVE HEADLAMP - A method of controlling an adaptive head lamp including a control unit for detecting a driving signal of a vehicle to control an actuator which controls the head lamp in a horizontal or vertical direction in accordance with a control signal of the control unit, may include steps of, a) verifying whether an ignition of the vehicle is turned on or off, b) after the ignition of the vehicle is verified, driving the actuator to move the head lamp to a rightmost or leftmost position in the horizontal direction, or a lowermost or uppermost position in the vertical direction, c) driving the actuator by a predetermined number of pulses previously set in a micro stepping manner in a direction opposite to a driving direction of the headlamp at the step b), and d) setting a position of the head lamp determined at the step c) as an initial position. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110133647 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HIGH BEAM IN LED HEADLAMP - A method for selectively providing a low beam state and a high beam state of an LED headlamp, may include driving an engine of a vehicle, switching on a multi-function switch to turn on at least a second LED module to emit a high beam after driving the engine to perform the high beam state of the LED headlamp, and converting a low beam state of at least a first LED module into a high beam state to perform the high beam state of the LED headlamp. | 06-09-2011 |
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| 20090251962 | Three-Dimensional Memory Device and Driving Method Thereof - A driving method of a three-dimensional memory device having a plurality of layers is provided. One of the layers is selected. A well of the selected layer is biased with a first well voltage. A word line voltage is applied to a selected word line of the selected layer. A well of an unselected layer is biased with a second well voltage higher than the first well voltage. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20100012997 | 3-DIMENSIONAL FLASH MEMORY DEVICE, METHOD OF FABRICATION AND METHOD OF OPERATION - Disclosed are a flash memory device and method of operation. The flash memory device includes a bottom memory cell array and a top memory cell array disposed over the bottom memory cell array. The bottom memory cell array includes a bottom semiconductor layer, a bottom well, and a plurality of bottom memory cell units. The top memory cell array includes a top semiconductor layer, a top well, and a plurality of top memory cell units. A well bias line is disposed over the top memory cell array and includes a bottom well bias line and a top well bias line, The bottom well bias line is electrically connected to the bottom well, and the top well bias line is electrically connected to the top well. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100046294 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A non-volatile memory device includes first and second strings memory cell transistors, related first and second word lines respectively connected to gates of the first string memory cell transistors, wherein respective first and second word lines are connected to commonly receive a bias voltage. The non-volatile memory device also includes dummy cell transistors connected to the first and second strings, and first and second dummy word lines configured to receive different bias voltages. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100046304 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND ERASE METHOD - Provided is a non-volatile memory device including first and second, vertically stacked semiconductor substrates, a plurality of non-volatile memory cell transistors formed in a row on the first and second semiconductor substrates, and a plurality of word lines connected to gates of the plurality of non-volatile memory cell transistors. The plurality of non-volatile memory cell transistors are grouped into two or more memory cell blocks, such that a first voltage is applied to the first semiconductor substrate including a first memory cell block to be erased, and either (1) a second voltage less than the first voltage and greater than 0V is applied to the second semiconductor substrate not including the first memory cell block, or (2) the second semiconductor substrate not including the first memory cell block is allowed to electrically float. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100195395 | Non-volatile memory device having vertical structure and method of operating the same - A non-volatile memory device having a vertical structure includes a NAND string having a vertical structure. The NAND string includes a plurality of memory cells, and at least one pair of first selection transistors arranged to be adjacent to a first end of the plurality of memory cells. A plurality of word lines are coupled to the plurality of memory cells of the NAND string. A first selection line is commonly connected to the at least one pair of first selection transistors of the NAND string. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100248439 | Method of fabricating non-volatile memory device having vertical structure - A method of fabricating a non-volatile memory device according to an example embodiment may include etching a plurality of sacrificial films and insulation films to form a plurality of first openings that expose a plurality of first portions of a semiconductor substrate. A plurality of channel layers may be formed in the plurality of first openings so as to coat the plurality of first portions of the semiconductor substrate and side surfaces of the plurality of first openings. A plurality of insulation pillars may be formed on the plurality of channel layers so as to fill the plurality of first openings. The plurality of sacrificial films and insulation films may be further etched to form a plurality of second openings that expose a plurality of second portions of the semiconductor substrate. A plurality of side openings may be formed by removing the plurality of sacrificial films. A plurality of gate dielectric films may be formed on surfaces of the plurality of side openings. A plurality of gate electrodes may be formed on the plurality of gate dielectric films so as to fill the plurality of side openings. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20110018036 | VERTICAL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A vertical non-volatile memory device is structured/fabricated to include a substrate, groups of memory cell strings each having a plurality of memory transistors distributed vertically so that the memory throughout multiple layers on the substrate, integrated word lines coupled to sets of the memory transistors, respectively, and stacks of word select lines. The memory transistors of each set are those transistors, of one group of the memory cell strings, which are disposed in the same layer above the substrate. The word select lines are respectively connected to the integrated word lines. | 01-27-2011 |
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| 20090181569 | HARD DISK DRIVE APPARATUS - A hard disk drive (HDD) apparatus includes a connector combined with a side of a printed circuit board (PCB) and with a connection terminal of a flexible printed cable (FPC), a flip pivotably combined with the connector to lock the connection terminal into and unlock the connection terminal from the connector, and an area increasing and strength reinforcing portion formed at the flip to increase a handling area of the flip and reinforce strength of the flip. | 07-16-2009 |
| 20090190265 | HARD DISK DRIVE - A hard disk drive (HDD) includes a base including a voice coil motor (VCM) which drives an actuator, a cover combined with an upper surface of the base, and a magnetic leakage flux reducer adjacent to the VCM to reduce a magnetic leakage flux leaked from the VCM. Therefore, the HDD includes a simple structure to be made light and reduces the magnetic leakage flux which affects the VCM. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090251824 | RAMP TO PARK READ/WRITE HEAD AND HARD DISK DRIVE INCLUDING THE SAME - A ramp to park a read/write head includes a fixed portion fixed to a base member of the hard disk drive, and a supporting portion to contact and support the tip-tab of the suspension assembly and includes an inclined rail surface and a horizontal rail surface which extend in a moving direction of the tip-tab, wherein a rail boundary between the inclined rail surface and the horizontal rail surface is inclined with respect to a lengthwise axis of the tip-tab. The rail boundary can be a straight line inclined at an angle with respect to the lengthwise axis of the tip-tab, or can be curved toward the horizontal rail surface or the inclined rail surface. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20110194210 | ACTUATOR LATCH APPARATUS AND HARD DISK DRIVE HAVING THE SAME - Provided are an actuator latch apparatus and a hard disk drive (HDD) having the actuator latch apparatus. The HDD includes a spindle motor, a data storage disk which is installed on the spindle motor, an actuator which moves a read/write head to a desired position above the data storage disk, and the actuator latch apparatus which locks the actuator in a parking position. The actuator latch apparatus includes a notch which is formed at a rear end of a swing arm and a latch lever which is combined with and pivots on a pivot shaft installed on a base. A retractor member is installed on one of upper and lower surfaces of a counterbalance which is adjacent to a magnet, wherein the counterbalance is formed at a rear end of the latch lever. When the read/write head operates, the latch lever contacts an upper yoke or the base due to a vertical component force of a magnetic force working from the magnet to the retractor member, thereby liming a vertical vibration of the latch lever. | 08-11-2011 |
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| 20090077391 | Method and apparatus for protecting data during storage/retrieval - For protecting data during transmission between a host device and a data storage device, the host device encrypts command-related information and sends the encrypted command-related information to the data storage device. The data storage device decrypts the encrypted command-related information, interprets the decrypted command-related information to generate interpreted commands, and executes the interpreted commands. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090190246 | METHOD OF READING DATA STORED IN A DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND DATA STORAGE DEVICE THAT PERFORMS A DATA READ RETRY OPERATION - A disk drive includes a disk having a track that includes a data sector divided by a servo sector so that a first data sector portion is on a first side of the servo sector, and a second data sector portion is on a second side of the servo sector. The disk drive reads data by: positioning the head at a first offset position with respect to the track and reading data from the data sector. When a read error occurs between the first and second data sector portions, the disk drive: stores the data from the first data sector portion in memory, moves the head to a second offset position with respect to the track, reads data from the second data sector portion with the head at the second offset position, and stores the data read from the second data sector portion in the memory. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090252012 | DEFECT INSPECTION METHOD AND DISK DRIVE USING SAME - Provided are a disk defect inspection method and apparatus. The defect inspection method includes; determining an independent recording density value for disk defect detection in relation to disk drive component factors excepting a disk of the disk drive, and performing a disk defect inspection using the independent recording density value for disk defect detection. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20110113284 | READ RETRY METHOD AND APPARATUSES CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE READ RETRY METHOD - A read retry method performed in a hard disk drive, the read retry method may include performing a read operation; and ignoring a read error flag generated when a read error is generated, and continuing to perform the read operation. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110188147 | METHOD ADJUSTING GAIN OF VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER AND APPARATUS USING SAME - A method of adjusting gain of a variable gain amplifier of a read/write channel circuit includes loading a first VGA gain value that is read channel optimized, in a first register, loading a second VGA gain value that is adapted, in a second register, calculating a third VGA gain value according to a result of operation of the first VGA gain value and the second VGA gain value, and overwriting the third VGA gain value to the first register. | 08-04-2011 |
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| 20090184239 | Boost circuit capable of controlling inrush current and image sensor using the boost circuit - In one embodiment, the boost circuit includes a boost unit configured to perform a charge pumping operation based on a control signal. A controller is configured to control the boost unit such that the boost unit performs a lesser charge pumping operation from an initial time when power is supplied to the boost circuit until a desired time than after the desired time. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090190011 | Image sensor having high speed operation - An image sensor includes a data formatter and a transformer. The data formatter divides N-bit data into K-bit units with N and K being natural numbers and with K| 07-30-2009 | |
| 20100060765 | Data bus control scheme for and image sensor and image sensor including the same - A memory system including a plurality of memory cells configured to receive digital signals includes an address decoder, a data bus, and a sense amplifier configured to receive data output from memory cells activated by addresses from the address decoder. The pre-charging the data bus and evaluating previous data by the sense amplifier occurs substantially simultaneously during a first period. The data bus and the sense amplifier are isolated from each other during the first period. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20110254592 | SAMPLING CIRCUIT AND IMAGE SIGNAL AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT EACH INCLUDING FEEDBACK CLAMP BLOCK AND IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE IMAGE SIGNAL AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT - A sampling circuit samples an input signal by using at least one switch, at least one capacitor, an amplifier, and a clamp block connected between an output terminal and a negative input terminal of the amplifier. The clamp block prevents a difference between a voltage level of the output terminal of the amplifier and a voltage level of the negative input terminal of the amplifier during sampling from exceeding a maximum voltage difference. | 10-20-2011 |
