Patents by Inventor Jei Min Choi

Jei Min Choi 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: 11566794
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an air conditioner includes a housing having an outlet, and a blade configured to open and close the outlet and having a plurality of holes. The blade includes a first side extending in a first direction, a second side extending in a second direction, and a block area in which none of the plurality of holes are formed, at least a number of the plurality of holes are disposed on a first line extending in the first direction, and a second line spaced in the second direction from the first line, respectively, where the second line extends in the first direction, and the block area comprises an area formed in the first direction between the first line and the second line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jang Jung Lee, Hyun-Ho Kim, Hong Yeol Moon, Chul Byung Park, Hyeon U Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Jei Min Choi
  • Patent number: 11480349
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a compressor that compresses a first refrigerant introduced from an indoor unit of the air conditioner and a condenser that condenses the first refrigerant compressed by the compressor. A first driving circuit drives the compressor and a second driving circuit regulates a voltage of the first driving circuit. A cooling unit includes: a heat dissipation member that comes into thermal contact with the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit, and a refrigerant pipe that is provided in the heat dissipation member, and has a path along which a second refrigerant moves through the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit. As a result, it is possible to efficiently cool the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wan-soo Yang, Tae-woo Kang, Sung-tae Kim, Seong-hwan Jang, Wang-byung Chae, Jei-min Choi
  • Patent number: 11274835
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner. The air conditioner include a housing having a discharge port, a blade located in the discharge port where the blade is rotatable with respect to the housing, a blade driving member configured to rotate the blade, and an elastic member located between the blade and the blade driving member and the elastic member including a stopper coupleable to the blade driving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Yeol Moon, Hyun-Ho Kim, Chul Byung Park, Hyeon U Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Jang Jung Lee, Jei Min Choi
  • Patent number: 11226131
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a discharge port, a blade rotatably provided in the discharge port, a blade drive unit configured to rotate the blade, a first support member configured to rotatably support the blade and comprising a first blade coupling portion, a second support member configured to rotatably support the blade, located to be closer to the blade drive unit than the first support member, and comprising a second blade coupling portion having a size different from that of the first blade coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Yeol Moon, Hyun-Ho Kim, Chul Byung Park, Hyeon U Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Jang Jung Lee, Jei Min Choi
  • Patent number: 11226120
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a housing including an outlet, a fan disposed inside the housing, and a guide guiding air flowing by the fan, wherein the guide includes an inflow portion provided to guide air introduced into the housing to the fan and a diffuser extending from the inflow portion to guide air passing through the fan to the outlet. The inflow portion includes a duct connected to the diffuser, a bell mouth disposed on an upstream side further than the duct and configured such that a width of an inlet end of the bell mouth is wider than a width of an outlet end of the bell mouth, and a guide vane formed on the bell mouth and configured to guide air introduced into the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keun Jeong Jang, Wan Soo Yang, Eun Sung Jo, Hyun Wuk Kang, Hyeon U Park, Jei Min Choi, Bu Youn Lee, Wang Byung Chae
  • Patent number: 11002451
    Abstract: An air conditioner according to an aspect of the present invention includes a housing arranged to be mounted on or embedded in a ceiling, a cover panel coupled to a lower portion of the housing, the cover panel including an inlet and an outlet, a blower fan configured to draw in air into the housing through the inlet and discharge air out of the housing through the outlet and a blade configured to open and close the outlet, the blade including a plurality of through holes to control the air discharged out of the housing through the outlet while the blade closes the outlet. With this structure, the air conditioner can discharge air in various ways by varying the wind direction, the wind speed, and the air amount of the discharged air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Ghun Kim, Hyun-Ho Kim, Hyeonu Park, Woo Seog Song, Jang Jung Lee, Jei Min Choi, Jong Moon Kim, Hong Yeol Moon, Chul Byung Park, Hyeong Joon Seo, Seung-Jun Yoon, Jun Hwa Lee, Hyeong Kyu Cho, Jun Hwang
  • Publication number: 20210041116
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a compressor that compresses a first refrigerant introduced from an indoor unit of the air conditioner and a condenser that condenses the first refrigerant compressed by the compressor. A first driving circuit drives the compressor and a second driving circuit regulates a voltage of the first driving circuit. A cooling unit includes: a heat dissipation member that comes into thermal contact with the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit, and a refrigerant pipe that is provided in the heat dissipation member, and has a path along which a second refrigerant moves through the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit. As a result, it is possible to efficiently cool the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wan-soo YANG, Tae-woo KANG, Sung-tae KIM, Seong-hwan JANG, Wang-byung CHAE, Jei-min CHOI
  • Patent number: 10718534
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a heat exchanger including a refrigerant tube, a fin assembly, and a fan assembly located at an upper portion of the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a first heat exchanger adjacent to the fan assembly and a second heat exchanger under the first heat exchanger. A density of a fin assembly at the first heat exchanger is larger than that of a fin assembly at the second heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may include a plurality of layers with a refrigerant introduced into each of inlet pipes of the heat exchanger flowing evenly at each of the layers. The refrigerant to be discharged to each of outlet pipes is discharged at the same temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon Kim, Sung Goo Kim, Tae Il Kim, Dong-Il Jung, Seung Kwan Choi, Jei-Min Choi
  • Publication number: 20200088421
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a housing including an outlet, a fan disposed inside the housing, and a guide guiding air flowing by the fan, wherein the guide includes an inflow portion provided to guide air introduced into the housing to the fan and a diffuser extending from the inflow portion to guide air passing through the fan to the outlet. The inflow portion includes a duct connected to the diffuser, a bell mouth disposed on an upstream side further than the duct and configured such that a width of an inlet end of the bell mouth is wider than a width of an outlet end of the bell mouth, and a guide vane formed on the bell mouth and configured to guide air introduced into the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Keun Jeong JANG, Wan Soo YANG, Eun Sung JO, Hyun Wuk KANG, Hyeon U PARK, Jei Min CHOI, Bu Youn LEE, Wang Byung CHAE
  • Patent number: 10386079
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing provided with a suction port and a discharge port elongated in one direction on the lateral side of the suction port, a main flow path configured to connect the suction port to the discharge port, a main fan provided in the main flow path to suck air via the suction port and to discharge the air via the discharge port, an auxiliary fan configured to suck the air around the discharge port to regulate the direction of the air which is discharged via the discharge port and an auxiliary flow path configured to guide the air sucked by the auxiliary fan. According to the air conditioner, it is possible to control the direction of the discharge airflow without a blade structure, increase the discharge amount, reduce the flow noise, and differentiate the design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Ghun Kim, Woo Seog Song, Hyun-Ho Kim, Hong Yeol Moon, Chul Byung Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Eun Sung Jo, Jei Min Choi, Hyeong Joon Seo, Jun Hwa Lee
  • Publication number: 20180313569
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing having a discharge port, a blade rotatably provided in the discharge port, a blade drive unit configured to rotate the blade, a first support member configured to rotatably support the blade and comprising a first blade coupling portion, a second support member configured to rotatably support the blade, located to be closer to the blade drive unit than the first support member, and comprising a second blade coupling portion having a size different from that of the first blade coupling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Yeol Moon, Hyun-Ho Kim, Chul Byung Park, Hyeon U Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Jang Jung Lee, Jei Min Choi
  • Publication number: 20180313551
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air conditioner. The air conditioner include a housing having a discharge port, a blade located in the discharge port where the blade is rotatable with respect to the housing, a blade driving member configured to rotate the blade, and an elastic member located between the blade and the blade driving member and the elastic member including a stopper coupleable to the blade driving member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Yeol MOON, Hyun-Ho KIM, Chul Byung PARK, Hyeon U PARK, Seung-Jun YOON, Jang Jung LEE, Jei Min CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180313552
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an air conditioner includes a housing having an outlet, and a blade configured to open and close the outlet and having a plurality of holes. The blade includes a first side extending in a first direction, a second side extending in a second direction, and a block area in which none of the plurality of holes are formed, at least a number of the plurality of holes are disposed on a first line extending in the first direction, and a second line spaced in the second direction from the first line, respectively, where the second line extends in the first direction, and the block area comprises an area formed in the first direction between the first line and the second line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jang Jung LEE, Hyun-Ho KIM, Hong Yeol MOON, Chul Byung PARK, Hyeon U PARK, Seung-Jun YOON, Jei Min CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180172288
    Abstract: An air conditioner according to an aspect of the present invention includes a housing arranged to be mounted on or embedded in a ceiling, a cover panel coupled to a lower portion of the housing, the cover panel including an inlet and an outlet, a blower fan configured to draw in air into the housing through the inlet and discharge air out of the housing through the outlet and a blade configured to open and close the outlet, the blade including a plurality of through holes to control the air discharged out of the housing through the outlet while the blade closes the outlet. With this structure, the air conditioner can discharge air in various ways by varying the wind direction, the wind speed, and the air amount of the discharged air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Ghun KIM, Hyun-Ho KIM, Hyeonu PARK, Woo Seog SONG, Jang Jung LEE, Jei Min CHOI, Jong Moon KIM, Hong Yeol MOON, Chul Byung PARK, Hyeong Joon SEO, Seung-Jun YOON, Jun Hwa LEE, Hyeong Kyu CHO, Jun HWANG
  • Publication number: 20180135871
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a housing provided with a suction port and a discharge port elongated in one direction on the lateral side of the suction port, a main flow path configured to connect the suction port to the discharge port, a main fan provided in the main flow path to suck air via the suction port and to discharge the air via the discharge port, an auxiliary fan configured to suck the air around the discharge port to regulate the direction of the air which is discharged via the discharge port and an auxiliary flow path configured to guide the air sucked by the auxiliary fan. According to the air conditioner, it is possible to control the direction of the discharge airflow without a blade structure, increase the discharge amount, reduce the flow noise, and differentiate the design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co,, Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Ghun Kim, Woo Seog Song, Hyun-Ho Kim, Hong Yeol Moon, Chul Byung Park, Seung-Jun Yoon, Eun Sung Jo, Jei Min Choi, Hyeong Joon Seo, Jun Hwa Lee
  • Publication number: 20170115011
    Abstract: An air conditioner is provided that includes a heat exchanger including a refrigerant tube, a fin assembly, and a fan assembly located at an upper portion of the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a first heat exchanger adjacent to the fan assembly and a second heat exchanger under the first heat exchanger. A density of a fin assembly at the first heat exchanger is larger than that of a fin assembly at the second heat exchanger. Performance of the air conditioner may be enhanced using different types of heat exchangers. The heat exchanger may include a plurality of layers with a refrigerant introduced into each of inlet pipes of the heat exchanger flowing evenly at each of the layers. The refrigerant to be discharged to each of outlet pipes is discharged at the same temperature. Thus, cooling and warming performance of the air conditioner may be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon KIM, Sung Goo KIM, Tae IL KIM, Dong-IL JUNG, Seung Kwan CHOI, Jei-Min CHOI
  • Patent number: 8272229
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner having a control box assembly, which enhances the serviceability of a circuit board and reduces production costs. In the air conditioner, which has a casing unit forming an external appearance of the air conditioner, a heat exchanger, a blowing device, and a control box assembly provided in the casing, the control box assembly includes a mounting unit mounting a circuit board; a control box housing the circuit board and the mounting unit; and guide units provided in the control box to guide a rectilinear reciprocating motion of the mounting unit to allow the mounting unit to come into and out of the control box and guide a rotating motion of the mounting unit in the case that the mounting unit is located at a designated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jei Min Choi, Jai Kwon Lee, Do Yeon Kim, Dae Sung Lee, Jong Ki Jeon, Jong Won Lee, Kang Min Lee
  • Patent number: 8047016
    Abstract: Disclosed is an indoor unit of an air conditioner, in which discharge units respectively provided on upper and lower portions of the indoor unit have an improved discharge structure such that the discharge units are interchangeable, to increase cooling efficiency regardless of installation position of the indoor unit. The indoor unit includes a cabinet; a first discharge unit being detachably provided on the cabinet and configured to discharge air in a forward direction; and a second discharge unit separated from the first discharge unit, being detachably provided on the cabinet and configured to discharge air in the oblique direction, the first discharge unit and the second discharge unit being interchangeable according to a height of a position at which the cabinet is installed. The indoor unit of the air conditioner sets the optimum direction of discharged air, thus increasing the cooling efficiency of an indoor space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Ki Jeon, Jai Kwon Lee, Do Yeon Kim, Dae Sung Lee, Jei Min Choi, Jong Won Lee, Kang Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20090205352
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air conditioner having a control box assembly, which enhances the serviceability of a circuit board and reduces production costs. In the air conditioner, which has a casing unit forming an external appearance of the air conditioner, a heat exchanger, a blowing device, and a control box assembly provided in the casing, the control box assembly includes a mounting unit mounting a circuit board; a control box housing the circuit board and the mounting unit; and guide units provided in the control box to guide a rectilinear reciprocating motion of the mounting unit to allow the mounting unit to come into and out of the control box and guide a rotating motion of the mounting unit in the case that the mounting unit is located at a designated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jei Min Choi, Jai Kwon Lee, Do Yeon Kim, Dae Sung Lee, Jong Kj Jeon, Jong Won Lee, Kang Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20090199583
    Abstract: Disclosed is an indoor unit of an air conditioner, in which discharge units respectively provided on upper and lower portions of the indoor unit have an improved discharge structure such that the discharge units are interchangeable, to increase cooling efficiency regardless of installation position of the indoor unit. The indoor unit includes a cabinet; a first discharge unit being detachably provided on the cabinet and configured to discharge air in a forward direction; and a second discharge unit separated from the first discharge unit, being detachably provided on the cabinet and configured to discharge air in the oblique direction, the first discharge unit and the second discharge unit being interchangeable according to a height of a position at which the cabinet is installed. The indoor unit of the air conditioner sets the optimum direction of discharged air, thus increasing the cooling efficiency of an indoor space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Ki Jeon, Jai Kwon Lee, Do Yeon Kim, Dae Sung Lee, Jei Min Choi, Jong Won Lee, Kang Min Lee