Patents Examined by Samba N M N Gaye
  • Patent number: 11933533
    Abstract: A blower configured to circulate cold air inside a body of a refrigerator. The blower includes a casing, an impeller accommodated in the casing, and a support member configured to support the impeller against the casing. The impeller includes a disk-shaped base plate rotatably supported by the support member. The casing includes an inner circumferential surface extending so as to gradually move away from an outer circumference of the base plate toward a rotational direction of the impeller at a predetermined position around the outer circumference of the base plate, and a first case flow path between the inner circumferential surface and the outer circumference. An introduction port configured to introduce the cold air to a second case flow path branched from the first case flow path is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Matsuno, Tomoharu Iwamoto, Makoto Shibuya, Tatsuya Seo, Hitoshi Takase
  • Patent number: 11859886
    Abstract: An ice making assembly includes a conductive ice mold, an insulator ice mold, and an external insulator jacket. The conductive ice mold extends along a vertical direction between a top conductive mold end and a bottom conductive mold end. The conductive ice mold defines a mold cavity having a vertical opening at the top conductive mold end. The insulator ice mold is selectively received on the conductive ice mold and covers the vertical opening. The insulator ice mold defines an internal water passage extending above the mold cavity in fluid communication with the mold cavity. The external insulator jacket is selectively received on the insulator ice mold and covers the internal water passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Culley
  • Patent number: 11808516
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a display module that is movable upward and downward and rotatable. The refrigerator includes a main body forming a storage compartment, a door configured to open and close the storage compartment, a display module coupled to the door, and a sliding plate disposed between the door and display module and coupled to be slidable in upper side and lower side directions with respect to the door and configured to allow the display module to be rotatably coupled thereto. The display module is provided to, when the sliding plate slides in the upper side and lower side directions, slide in the upper side and lower side directions with respect to the door together with the sliding plate, and rotate with respect to the door as the display module rotates with respect to the sliding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Honguk Lee, Simon Ireland, Anthony O'Sullivan
  • Patent number: 11774158
    Abstract: An ice making assembly includes: an ice maker configured to make ice, an ice bin that has a portion disposed below the ice maker and that is configured to receive the ice from the ice maker, a detection lever that is disposed below the ice maker and that is configured to rotate to thereby detect a volume of the ice in the ice bin, and a driver configured to rotate the ice maker along a moving path between (i) an ice making position at which ice making is performed and (ii) an ice separating position at which ice separation is performed. The detection lever is configured to detect the volume of the ice in the ice bin being full before and after the ice is separated from the ice maker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sangjun Kang, Seunggeun Lee
  • Patent number: 11428453
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a thawing function includes: a freezer chamber having a thawing chamber; an evaporator configured to generate a cold air through a heat exchange; a circulation fan configured to transmit, to the freezer chamber, the cold air generated by the evaporator; a high frequency wave generator provided at one side of the thawing chamber to generate high frequency waves in order to thaw a material to be thawed accommodated in the thawing chamber; a heat absorber configured to come in thermal contact with the high frequency wave generator to absorb heat from the high frequency wave generator; and a heat conduction member connected between the heat absorber and the evaporator to transfer heat from the heat absorber to the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Moongyo Jung, Youngheon Kim