Patents by Inventor Byoung-mok Kim
Byoung-mok 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).
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Publication number: 20150192353Abstract: Provided are a guard assembly that is rotatably installed at a rear side of a door of a refrigerator and the refrigerator including the same. The guard assembly in accordance with an embodiment, is installed at a rear side of a door of a refrigerator. The guard assembly includes a body portion which is placed at the rear side of the door and to which a supporting tray is coupled, and a rotation unit that causes the body portion to be rotatably coupled to the door. The rotation unit includes a guide member having a coupling hole and coupled to one side of the rear side of the door, and a hinge member having one side coupled to the body portion and another side rotatably coupled to the coupling hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2015Publication date: July 9, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Youl LEE, Byoung Mok KIM, Hyo Sik KANG, Dae Young KIM, Jong Sun PARK
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Publication number: 20140239790Abstract: A refrigerator capable of varying the positions of a plurality of door guards provided at an opening of a refrigerating door, in which when an outer door configured to open and close the opening is closed in a state that a door guard is withdrawn, the door guard comes into contact with the outer door and thus is automatically inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2013Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Woo Yeol YOO, Hyun Sang YOO, Byoung Mok KIM, Seong Woo KIM
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Publication number: 20140232250Abstract: A refrigerator is disclosed. The disclosed refrigerator includes a body having a storage chamber, a first door pivotably provided at a front side of the body, to open or close the storage chamber, the first door having an opening, and at least one door pocket provided at the opening, a second door pivotably provided at a front side of the first door, to open or close the opening, the second door pivoting in the same direction as the first door, a first upper hinge and a first lower hinge respectively coupled to upper and lower surfaces of the body, to pivotably support the first door, and a second upper hinge and a second lower hinge respectively coupled to upper and lower surfaces of the first door, to pivotably support the second door.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seong Woo Kim, Byoung Mok Kim, Seung Yong Yang
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Publication number: 20140232251Abstract: A refrigerator includes a first door that is rotatably provided so as to open/close a storage compartment, a second door that is rotatably provided in the front of the first door so as to open/close the first door, and a door anti-opening unit that prevents or allows opening of the second door depending on whether the first door is opened or closed. The door anti-opening unit prevents the second door from being unintentionally opened when the first door is opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byoung Mok KIM, Seong Woo KIM, Jae Hak KIM, Seung Yong YANG
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Publication number: 20140203698Abstract: A refrigerator preventing a door thereof from drooping downward and allow the door to be automatically closed. The refrigerator includes a body, a storage compartment provided in the body, a front thereof being open, a door rotatably coupled to the body to open and close the storage compartment, a support unit coupled to a center of a lower portion of the body, the support unit including at least one rotating member arranged to protrude from a front of the body to correspond to a position of the lower portion of the door, and at least one droop prevention unit coupled to the lower portion of the door at a position corresponding to the rotating member, and supported by the rotating member to prevent the door from drooping downward, the droop prevention unit cooperating with the rotating member to support the door in an upward direction when the door is closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byoung Mok KIM, Seong Woo Kim, Yong Bum Seo, Seung Yong Yang
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Publication number: 20140132142Abstract: A refrigerator provided with an inner panel molded through injection molding while an accommodation groove in which an installation member is accommodated is formed at the inner panel, and as a gasket is installed at an installation groove of the installation member, the use of a complex mold such as a slide core is minimized while making it easy to install the gasket at the inner panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byoung Mok KIM, DU SIC KONG, YOUNG JAE SONG, SEUNG YONG YANG
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Publication number: 20140132143Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage compartment, an inner door including an opening having a size corresponding to the size of the storage compartment, a plurality of door guards disposed in the opening, and an outer door that opens or closes the opening, wherein the inner door includes inner sidewalls that are disposed at both sides of the opening and are flat from an inlet of the opening to an outlet of the opening without any curve.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byoung Mok KIM, Yong Man Seo, Young Jae Song, Jae Hyun Lee
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Publication number: 20140132144Abstract: A refrigerator in which an opening having a size corresponding to the size of a refrigerator compartment is provided in a refrigerator compartment door and an outer door to open/close the opening is rotatably coupled to the refrigerator compartment door so that a plurality of door guards provided in a space corresponding to the size of the refrigerator compartment may be used by only opening/closing the outer door, and the refrigerator compartment door and the outer door may be rotated on one hinge shaft and the outer door has an auto closing structure so that the outer door may be automatically closed when a predetermined portion of the outer door is opened.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byoung Mok KIM, Young Jae SONG, Seung Yong YANG, Gang U LEE
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Publication number: 20140132146Abstract: A refrigerator including a storage compartment, an inner door having an opening in a size corresponding to the storage compartment, a plurality of door guards provided at the opening, and an outer door to open/close the opening, the refrigerator further including a plurality of reinforcing members to prevent the inner door having the opening from being distorted.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Byoung Mok Kim, hyo Sik Kang, Hyun Sang Yoo, Young Jae Song, Seung Yong Yang
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Patent number: 7165415Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator comprising: a main body having a storage compartment to store a container; a lift provided on a lower part of the storage compartment; a rotator of a pipe shape and having a pair of threaded parts with opposite threads facing to each other along a longitudinal direction; a driver to rotate the rotator; and a pair of rotation links that has a first end formed with a female screw engaged with each of the threaded parts, approaches to or separates from each other according to a rotation of the rotator, and comprises hinge connectors hingedly connected to the lifting part to be separately rotated. Thus, the present invention provides the refrigerator in which the container may be lifted as the necessary of the user with ease.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2004Date of Patent: January 23, 2007Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeong-man Nam, Byoung-mok Kim
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Publication number: 20050150245Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator comprising: a main body having a storage compartment to store a container; a lift provided on a lower part of the storage compartment; a rotator of a pipe shape and having a pair of threaded parts with opposite threads facing to each other along a longitudinal direction; a driver to rotate the rotator; and a pair of rotation links that has a first end formed with a female screw engaged with each of the threaded parts, approaches to or separates from each other according to a rotation of the rotator, and comprises hinge connectors hingedly connected to the lifting part to be separately rotated. Thus, the present invention provides the refrigerator in which the container may be lifted as the necessary of the user with ease.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2004Publication date: July 14, 2005Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jeong-man Nam, Byoung-mok Kim