Patents by Inventor Hyo Sik Kang

Hyo Sik Kang 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: 10247470
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a body having a storage compartment, a door that opens and closes the storage compartment, and a display unit separably provided on a front side of the door. If one side of the display unit is inserted into an inner side of the front side of the door due to rotation, the other side of the display unit is provided to protrude toward a front of the door. With this configuration, the display unit can be easily separated from the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Sun Park, Byoung Jae Cho, Hyo Sik Kang
  • Patent number: 9448005
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Youl Lee, Byoung Mok Kim, Hyo Sik Kang, Dae Young Kim, Jong Sun Park
  • Patent number: 9091476
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Mok Kim, hyo Sik Kang, Hyun Sang Yoo, Young Jae Song, Seung Yong Yang
  • Publication number: 20150192353
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Youl LEE, Byoung Mok KIM, Hyo Sik KANG, Dae Young KIM, Jong Sun PARK
  • Patent number: 9074809
    Abstract: A refrigerator capable of adjusting the height of a body independent of the height of a door, in which a lower portion hinge connecting the body to the door includes a fixed bracket having one portion fixed to a bottom surface of the body while having the remaining portion protruded to a front side of the refrigerator, a mobile bracket coupled to the fixed bracket so as to enable a sliding movement and allowing the door to placed thereon, in which a body supporting leg and a door supporting leg are screwed to a lower portion of the fixed bracket and a lower portion of the mobile bracket, respectively, to adjust the respective heights of the fixed bracket and the mobile bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gang U Lee, Jong Hoon Oh, Hyo Sik Kang
  • Patent number: 9009969
    Abstract: A refrigerator which increases convenience in assembly of a handle and reduces generation of scratches on doors and drawers in assembly of the handle, and a handle assembly method thereof, is provided. The refrigerator includes doors rotatably combined with a main body, a handle combined with each door to open and close each door, a first handle fixing unit assembled with each door to fix the handle to each door and provided with an inclined part fixed to the handle by a fastening unit, a second handle fixing unit assembled with each door to fix the handle to each door and combined with the handle in a sliding manner, a first connector assembled with the handle and fastened to the first handle fixing unit by the fastening unit, and a second connector assembled with the handle and combined with the second handle fixing unit in the sliding manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Gu Choi, Dong Gyun Kim, Hyo Sik Kang, Young Gwi Park, Jong Sun Park, Yong Man Seo
  • Publication number: 20150052920
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a body having a storage compartment; a door that opens and closes the storage compartment; and a display unit separably provided on a front side of the door, if one side of the display unit is inserted into an inner side of the front side of the door due to rotation, the other side of the display unit being provided to protrude toward a front of the door. With this configuration, the display unit can be easily separated from the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Sun PARK, Byoung Jae CHO, Hyo Sik KANG
  • Publication number: 20140132146
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Mok Kim, hyo Sik Kang, Hyun Sang Yoo, Young Jae Song, Seung Yong Yang
  • Publication number: 20130285527
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a refrigerator which increases convenience in assembly of a handle and reduces generation of scratches on doors and drawers in assembly of the handle, and a handle assembly method thereof. The refrigerator includes doors rotatably combined with a main body, a handle combined with each door to open and close each door, a first handle fixing unit assembled with each door to fix the handle to each door and provided with an inclined part fixed to the handle by a fastening unit, a second handle fixing unit assembled with each door to fix the handle to each door and combined with the handle in a sliding manner, a first connector assembled with the handle and fastened to the first handle fixing unit by the fastening unit, and a second connector assembled with the handle and combined with the second handle fixing unit in the sliding manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nam Gu CHOI, Dong Gyun Kim, Hyo Sik Kang, Young Gwi Park, Jong Sun Park, Yong Man Seo
  • Publication number: 20110089790
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a method of manufacturing the same include a door that opens and closes a storage chamber. The door includes a frame, and a panel fixed to the frame. An end of the panel is supported by the frame on one or two sides thereof. Accordingly, manufacturing processes are simplified while the design of the refrigerator is optimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoung Suk Lee, Hyo Sik Kang, Sang Chul Ryu, Young Gwi Park
  • Publication number: 20090178428
    Abstract: An ice making unit taking the form of a kit separably installed in a freezing compartment of a refrigerator. The ice making unit includes a water supply tank to supply water, an ice making case defining an external appearance of the ice making unit, the ice making case being formed, at an upper portion of a front surface thereof, with a water supply tank installation hole to allow the water supply tank to be slidably installed therethrough, at least one ice making tray installed in the ice making case to receive the water supplied from the water supply tank, and an ice separating device to separate ice from the ice making tray, and the water supply tank is coupled to or separated from the ice making case via forward and rearward sliding movement thereof. Supply of water into the ice making unit can be accomplished via simple coupling or separation of the water supply tank, resulting in convenient use of the ice making unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jin Cho, Seak Haeng Park, Jae Seung Lee, Eui Young Chang, Hyo Sik Kang, Bu Kil Jeong
  • Patent number: 5825983
    Abstract: An improved tactile feedback device for a remote control robot using a repulsive force of a magnet, which is capable of achieving a more accurate operation and productive work of the robot by transmitting the tactile information of a work object positioned between grippers of robot hands to a robot operator in a central control room, which includes a computer for receiving a tactile information and for outputting a tactile feedback signal in accordance with the tactile information; a driving circuit unit for converting a tactile feedback signal outputted from the computer into a current; and a tactile feedback device for transferring a predetermined pressure to an operator in cooperation with a repulsive force between an electromagnet and a permanent magnet when the electromagnet is driven in accordance with a current applied thereto from the tactile feedback device driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1998
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jong-Oh Park, Chong Won Lee, In Seok Ahn, Hyo Sik Kang