Patents by Inventor Gi-Yong Moon

Gi-Yong Moon 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).

  • Patent number: 8250880
    Abstract: A dispenser has a dispenser cover having an accommodating space with an open front surface, a tray slidably retracted in the dispenser cover, and a protrusion elastically contacted with one of the dispenser cover and the tray to thusly be relatively moved. Accordingly, the sliding of the tray can smoothly be performed, and an unexpected tray separation due to a small external force applied thereto upon opening/closing the refrigerator door can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Gi-Yong Moon
  • Publication number: 20110146331
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a cabinet, a refrigerator compartment door, a freezer compartment door, an ice compartment, a dispenser, a cabinet duct disposed in an inner wall of the refrigerator compartment. The cabinet duct allows cool air for making ice to flow therein, and has a cabinet duct opening that opens toward an inside of the refrigerator compartment and that is disposed longitudinally in a vertical direction. The refrigerator also includes an ice compartment duct having an ice compartment duct opening that is configured to communicate with the cabinet duct when the refrigerator compartment door is oriented in a closed position and that is defined longitudinally in a vertical direction. The ice compartment duct is disposed in a sidewall of the ice compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Gi Yong MOON, Dae Jin CHOI
  • Patent number: 7815268
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for tilting a door for a refrigerator. The apparatus includes: the door selectively opening and closing a storage chamber; a basket frame provided on a rear surface of the door and having a basket detachably installed on the basket frame; a tilting hinge connecting the door to the basket frame so that the door is tilted by a desired angle; and a tilting prevention pin having one end extending through a side of the tilting hinge and the other end supported by a side of the basket frame, for restricting and allowing the tilting of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chang Lim Lee, Young Nam Kim, Gi-Yong Moon
  • Publication number: 20090095010
    Abstract: Disclosed are a dispenser and a refrigerator having the same, the dispenser comprising a dispenser cover having an accommodating space with a front surface open, a trey slidably retracted in the dispenser cover, and a protrusion elastically contacted with one of the dispenser cover and the trey to thusly be relatively moved. Accordingly, the sliding of the trey can smoothly be performed, and an unexpected trey separation due to a small external force applied thereto upon opening/closing the refrigerator door can be prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Gi-Yong MOON
  • Publication number: 20070035222
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for tilting a door for a refrigerator. The apparatus includes: the door selectively opening and closing a storage chamber; a basket frame provided on a rear surface of the door and having a basket detachably installed on the basket frame; a tilting hinge connecting the door to the basket frame so that the door is tilted by a desired angle; and a tilting prevention pin having one end extending through a side of the tilting hinge and the other end supported by a side of the basket frame, for restricting and allowing the tilting of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Inventors: Chang Lee, Young Kim, Gi-Yong Moon