Patents Examined by Jason Y. Ko
  • Patent number: 11905635
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus includes a first treating apparatus, a second treating apparatus, and a control panel disposed signally connected to the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus, and the first treating apparatus includes a lower frame disposed rearward of the control panel and coupled to the control panel to fix the control panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daehan Kwon, Donghyun Jin, Youngho Jung
  • Patent number: 11898290
    Abstract: The laundry treating appliance according to the present disclosure may comprise a drum that receives laundry and is capable of rotating, a motor rotating the drum, a current detector detecting a current of the motor and a controller controlling the motor to accelerate rotation of the drum and obtaining a function of current change based on the current detected by the current detector during the acceleration of the drum, and determining a first motion speed based on decreasing of a first derivative of the function of current change, wherein the controller controls the motor to stop and then controls the motor to rotate in the first motion speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Myunghun Im, Hwanjin Jung, Jaehyun Kim, Kyungchul Woo
  • Patent number: 11898289
    Abstract: A laundry washing machine and method adapt the operation of a laundry washing machine for a particular installation environment using a calibration process that may be performed at installation and/or at various times thereafter to determine one or more operational settings used to control the operation of the laundry washing machine. A calibration process, for example, may determine one or more of an ambient light characteristic, a water supply pressure, and an empty wash tub weight to generate one or more operational settings used by a controller of a laundry washing machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Phillip C. Hombroek, Andrew Perry, Abubakar Abukar
  • Patent number: 11883857
    Abstract: A cleaning solution detection device includes a transfer part configured to unload and transfer a substrate having a surface to which a cleaning solution is applied when a cleaning process is completed, a detector configured to detect the cleaning solution that falls from the surface of the substrate in a process in which the substrate is unloaded and transferred by the transfer part, and a controller configured to determine whether a dangerous situation occurs due to a fall of the cleaning solution based on information detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: KCTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Chul Kim, You Sun Jung
  • Patent number: 11873555
    Abstract: Described herein is a technique capable of stabilizing a supply flow rate of a vaporized gas. According to one aspect of the technique, there is provided a vaporizer including: a liquid vessel in which a liquid source is stored; a first heater capable of heating the liquid source by immersion into the liquid source stored in the liquid vessel; a second heater capable of heating the liquid vessel; a first temperature sensor capable of measuring a temperature of the liquid source by immersion into the liquid source; a second temperature sensor capable of measuring a temperature of the liquid vessel; and a controller capable of controlling the first heater based on the temperature measured by the first temperature sensor and controlling the second heater based on the temperature measured by the second temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Kokusai Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Gen Li, Hirohisa Yamazaki, Kenichi Suzaki
  • Patent number: 11873601
    Abstract: Provided is a laundry treating apparatus comprising a drum including: a drum body defining a space to store laundry therein, a front cover, a rear cover, and a drum introduction opening defined at the front cover and configured to communicate with an inside of the drum body; a drying unit configured to supply heated air to the drum body; a fixing panel; a power transmission unit including: a housing, an input shaft, an output shaft, and a gear unit disposed in the housing and configured to transmit rotational motion of the input shaft to the output shaft; a motor comprising including: a stator, and a rotor; and a heat insulation part made of a material having heat conductivity lower than heat conductivity of the housing and configured to reduce an amount of heat that is transferred from the outside of the housing to an inside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yongjun An, Seongno Yoon
  • Patent number: 11866878
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a tub, a drum, a storage including a storage frame having a detergent storage space defined therein for storing detergent to be supplied to the tub therein, where the storage is retracted into or extended out of the cabinet through a detergent opening, and a fixing assembly disposed inside the cabinet to face the storage, where the fixing assembly includes a fastening elastic portion protruding toward the storage. The storage frame includes a frame outer wall for forming an outer wall of the storage frame and surrounding the detergent storage space, and a frame partition wall disposed in the storage frame to partition the detergent storage space. The frame partition wall includes a fastening protrusion protruding toward the fixing assembly, and the fastening elastic portion is pressurized and elastically deformed by the fastening protrusion during the retraction and the extension of the storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sungwoon Jung, Hyehyun Sim, Hunjun Jang
  • Patent number: 11866869
    Abstract: A method of operating a washing machine appliance may include obtaining one or more images of an external basket spaced apart from the washing machine appliance from a camera assembly and analyzing an obtained image of the one or more images using an image recognition process to estimate a fill level of a load of clothes within the external basket. The method may further include matching the estimated fill level to an estimated load size and directing a wash cycle within the washing machine appliance based on the estimated load size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Je Kwon Yoon, Hyeonsoo Moon, Myunggeon Chung, Suzy Kwak, Khalid Jamal Mashal
  • Patent number: 11864711
    Abstract: A dishwasher having a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber has a chassis supporting the tub. The chassis has a base and defines a space below the tub, and a terminal box having at least one enclosure wall defining an interior is located within the space. A wire connection box is located within the interior of the terminal box. The wire connection box includes a housing and multiple terminals, and is configured to receive and couple the electrical connection for the dishwasher and the electrical mains power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Lawrence Kretz, Harry Wayne Dickson
  • Patent number: 11866882
    Abstract: A drain system for a laundry appliance is provided. The laundry appliance may be configured as a clothes dryer having a heat exchanger to cool and condense moisture-laden air received from the laundry drum. The drain system utilizes a drain structure to catch condensate from the heat exchanger and evacuate the condensate to a sump area. A blower and blower channel moves the dry air from the heat exchanger back to the drum. To prevent negative pressure in the blower channel from moving the condensate to the sump area, an air channel between the blower channel and sump area provides air flow communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel A. Schurr, Michael Jon Vriezema
  • Patent number: 11866880
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus incudes a first treating apparatus, a second treating apparatus that is disposed vertically below the first treating apparatus and supports the first treating apparatus, and an insulating portion that connects the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus to each other. The first treating apparatus includes a first cabinet that defines an external appearance of the first treating apparatus, and a first drum disposed inside the first cabinet and configured to accommodate laundry therein. The second treating apparatus includes a second cabinet that defines an external appearance of the second treating apparatus, and a second drum disposed inside the second cabinet and configured to accommodate laundry therein. The insulating portion includes an insulating material and electrically insulates the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daehan Kwon, Sanghee Yoo, Jaeseok Kim, Donghyun Jin, Youngho Jung, Sangho Cho
  • Patent number: 11866872
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a laundry treating apparatus including a drum, which includes a drum body, a front cover, a rear cover, and a drum introduction opening, a fixing panel, a housing, which includes a housing body having an accommodation space formed therein and a housing cover, an input shaft having an end located outside the accommodation space and an opposite end located in the accommodation space, an output shaft having an end secured to the rear cover and an opposite end located in the accommodation space, a gear unit for transmitting the rotational motion of the input shaft to the output shaft, a motor, which includes a stator and a rotor, a coupling body connecting the input shaft to the rotor, and a first heat dissipation part for forming an airflow between the housing body and the rotor during rotation of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Yongjun An, Myungjun Song
  • Patent number: 11859330
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a drain pump driving apparatus and a laundry treatment machine including the same. A drain pump driving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a converter; a voltage dropper to drop the DC voltage from the converter; an inverter module to operate based on a first voltage from the voltage dropper and to output AC voltage converted by a switching operation to a drain pump motor; a controller to operate based on a second voltage from the voltage dropper and to control the inverter module; and a voltage adjuster to adjust the level of voltage information of the motor outputted from the inverter module and to output the adjusted voltage information to the controller. Accordingly, it is possible to stably drive the drain motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jeongbin Rew, Junho Lee, Chungill Lee
  • Patent number: 11859326
    Abstract: A laundry treating apparatus is disclosed. The laundry treating apparatus includes a first treating apparatus having a first front panel disposed on a front face thereof, a second treating apparatus disposed beneath the first treating apparatus to support the first treating apparatus, wherein the second treating apparatus has a second front panel disposed on a front face thereof, and a control panel disposed between the first front panel and the second front panel, wherein the control panel is signally connected to the first treating apparatus and the second treating apparatus, wherein the control panel has a top face facing toward the first front panel. A drain passage extending along a lateral direction is defined in the top face, so that water delivered to the top face flows in the lateral direction along the drain passage and is drained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Youngho Jung, Donghyun Jin, Daehan Kwon
  • Patent number: 11859388
    Abstract: The gutter-cleaning device is configured for use in removing debris from a gutter. The gutter-cleaning device discharges a flow of water into the gutter that washes away the debris. The gutter-cleaning device is an extension apparatus that extends the reach of a client such that the client can discharge the flow of water into the gutter while standing on the ground. The gutter-cleaning device comprises a plurality of pipes, a plurality of fittings, a hose, and a nozzle. The plurality of fittings interconnect the plurality of pipes to form a fluid network. The fluid network is a fluid series circuit that transports water received under pressure from the hose to the nozzle. The nozzle discharges the water into the gutter that washes away the debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Inventor: Tommie Lee Moore
  • Patent number: 11845160
    Abstract: A cleaning device arranged in a table which is driven. The cleaning device includes one or more cleaning through holes provided in the table and opened at positions facing a workpiece or a jig, a container unit provided in the table and including a storage space which receives cleaning fluid; a movable member that is arranged in the container unit, that defines the storage space, and that is supported movably in a direction intersecting a horizontal axis line; and a cleaning piping component connecting the storage space and the cleaning through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuta Ozawa, Yoshitake Furuya
  • Patent number: 11846062
    Abstract: A constant damping system includes a damping body having a cap and a stem extending from the cap, a suspension rod accepted through the damping body, a damping fluid provided between the suspension rod and the stem of the damping body, the damping fluid configured to provide a constant damping force between the suspension rod and the stem, wherein the damping fluid is one of a hydro-carbon base or a silicon base, and an axial spring having a first end attached to the suspension rod and a second end contacting the cap of the damping body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Rajendra Dattatraya Deshpande
  • Patent number: 11848630
    Abstract: A motor system can include a motor configured to be operated according to at least a portion of an operation cycle specifying at least one target speed for the motor and a controller configured to obtain an estimated winding resistance of the motor, wherein the estimated winding resistance is determined based at least in part on an estimator gain factor, and wherein the estimator gain factor is inversely dependent on a speed of the motor; wherein the at least one target speed comprises at least one low speed such that at least a portion of the operation cycle is a low speed portion of the operation cycle, the at least one low speed having a speed of less than about 10 percent of a maximum speed of the operation cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Wilson Latham, Meher Prasadu Kollipara
  • Patent number: 11833552
    Abstract: A formulation delivery system for use with an outdoor cleaning device is provided. The formulation delivery system has a composition containing chlorine, wherein the composition is in a form of a solid chemistry and the outdoor cleaning device is a spray wand containing the composition. The chlorine is selected from the group consisting of calcium hypochlorite; 1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione, 1,3-dichloro-, sodium salt, dihydrate (dichlor); 1,3,5-Trichloro-1,3,5-triazinane-2,4,6-trione (trichlor), chloramine-T hydrate, and a combination thereof. A spray wand having a refill cartridge for containing the composition in solid form is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: W.M. BARR & COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew Michael Petkus, Kevin Andrew Kavchok, Rachel Ann Farmer, Elizabeth Johnson, Alana Byrd
  • Patent number: 11833555
    Abstract: An apparatus for processing a substrate may include an upper chamber, a lower chamber being combined with the upper chamber and separated from the upper chamber, and at least one driving member for moving the lower chamber in an upward direction and a downward direction. The least one driving member may include a supporting element for supporting the lower chamber, a first driving element for moving the lower chamber and the supporting element, a second driving element for moving the lower chamber, the supporting element and the first driving element, the second driving element being disposed adjacent to the first driving element, and a connecting element for connecting the first driving element to the second driving element. A processing space may be provided between the upper chamber and the lower chamber when the lower chamber is combined with the upper chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Semes Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangmin Lee, Joojib Park, Euisang Lim