Patents by Inventor Jin Oh Seok
Jin Oh Seok 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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Patent number: 11598570Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator with improved productivity and quality by using a planar heater. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, a door rotatably coupled to the body to open and close the storage compartment, and a planar heater installed on the door to prevent dew condensation from being generated on the door, wherein the planar heater is formed in a film form to be attached to the door.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung Il Kim, Myeong Ju Kim, Jeong Man Nam, Hyung Hee Moon, Jin Oh Seok
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Publication number: 20210164719Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator with improved productivity and quality by using a planar heater. The refrigerator includes a main body having a storage compartment, a door rotatably coupled to the body to open and close the storage compartment, and a planar heater installed on the door to prevent dew condensation from being generated on the door, wherein the planar heater is formed in a film form to be attached to the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2018Publication date: June 3, 2021Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sung Il KIM, Myeong Ju KIM, Jeong Man NAM, Hyung Hee MOON, Jin Oh SEOK
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Publication number: 20090090123Abstract: A refrigerator which supplies water by driving a water valve installed on a flow path connected between a water supply source and a dispenser and a control method thereof are disclosed. A driving voltage is applied to the water valve in a start-up operation and the phase of the driving voltage applied to the water valve is controlled after the start-up operation to reduce an average voltage, thereby preventing a malfunction due to overheat of the water valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2008Publication date: April 9, 2009Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seok Jun Son, Seong Ki Jeong, Young Woon Kwon, Jin Oh Seok
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Publication number: 20070256444Abstract: A water supplying apparatus which includes a cold water pipe supplying a cold water, a hot water pipe supplying a hot water, and a dispenser connected with the cold water pipe and the hot water pipe. The dispenser includes a housing comprising a cold water inlet through which cold water supplied from the cold water pipe flows in, a hot water inlet through which hot water supplied from the hot water pipe flows in, and a single outlet through which the hot water or the cold water flows out, an inlet regulating part reciprocating in the housing to selectively open the cold water inlet and the hot water inlet, and an outlet regulating part opening and closing the outlet. Thus, the present invention provides a water supplying apparatus and a refrigerator having the same selectively supplying a hot water and a cold water by using a single lever.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2007Publication date: November 8, 2007Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seon-ho Kim, Jin-oh Seok, Seok-jun Son, Eun-hee Jung
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Publication number: 20070251261Abstract: A hot water supplying refrigerator which includes a main body having a storage compartment, a door opening and closing the storage compartment, and a dispenser provided to the door. The refrigerator includes a hot water tank storing water supplied from an outside, a heater heating water stored in the hot water tank, a hot water pipe connecting the hot water tank and the dispenser, a circulating part circulating water remained in the hot water pipe to the hot water tank, and a control part controlling the heater. Thus, the present invention provides a hot water supplying refrigerator and a control method thereof supplying hot water with a constant temperature, and preventing water remained in a hot water pipe from being wasted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2007Publication date: November 1, 2007Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok-jun Son, Seong-ki Jeong, Jin-oh Seok, Seon-ho Kim, Eun-hee Jung
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Operation control method for a refrigerator in case of a power-supply comeback after a power-failure
Patent number: 6131400Abstract: An operation control method for a refrigerator after a power-supply comeback due to a power-failure that performs a re-operation according to operation information stored before the power-failure.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 1999Date of Patent: October 17, 2000Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin-Oh Seok, Yun-Seog Kang -
Patent number: 6119468Abstract: A uniform cooling apparatus for a refrigerator and a control method thereof install a plurality of temperature sensors into a refrigerating compartment, mount an air circulation fan in addition to a prior refrigerating compartment fan into the refrigerating compartment, and thus obtain a uniform cooling effect by minimizing a refrigerating compartment temperature deviation. The uniform cooling apparatus includes: a plurality of temperature sensors which are mounted to at least two positions inside of the refrigerating compartment; and an air circulation fan which is additionally mounted to the refrigerating compartment, is turned on or off according to a deviation among temperatures sensed by the plurality of temperature sensors, and makes a uniform cool air in the refrigerating compartment.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 1999Date of Patent: September 19, 2000Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jin-Oh Seok
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Patent number: 5909950Abstract: A refrigerator door handle carries a contact sensor which, when touched by user, causes an interior lamp of the refrigerator to be illuminated. Thereafter, the illumination of the lamp is controlled by a conventional switch which senses when the door is open or closed, whereby the lamp remains on until the door is sensed to be closed.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 1997Date of Patent: June 8, 1999Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin-oh Seok, Bong-cheon Jung
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Patent number: 5903105Abstract: A fluorescent lamp lighting control apparatus and method for use in a refrigerator is provided. Here, power is supplied according to opening of a refrigerator door and a fluorescent lamp is preheated for a predetermined time and is turned on by a counter-electromotive force supplied from a stabilizer after being preheated. The fluorescent lamp lighting control apparatus detects whether or not said fluorescent lamp is lit up, and repeats the lighting operation until said fluorescent lamp is lit up when it is detected that said fluorescent lamp is not lit up. Accordingly, the lighting operation of a fluorescent lamp installed in a refrigerator is secured.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 1997Date of Patent: May 11, 1999Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jang Hee Lee, Jin Oh Seok
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Patent number: 5779347Abstract: A fluorescent lamp light-up control apparatus for use in a refrigerator having a plurality of fluorescent lamps which are installed in a plurality of cooling compartments, for illuminating a corresponding cooling compartment is provided, which includes a preheating starter which is commonly connected to the plurality of fluorescent lamps, a switch for selectively connecting the starter to one of the plurality of fluorescent lamps, and a light-up controller for controlling the switching means so that the starter is connected to the fluorescent lamp in an opened cooling compartment when a door of one of the plurality of cooling compartments is opened, thereby performing a preheating operation necessary for lighting up each fluorescent lamp installed in a fresh food compartment and a freezing compartment by using a single starter, which provides an economic product.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 1997Date of Patent: July 14, 1998Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jin Oh Seok
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Patent number: 5768898Abstract: In a refrigerator having a fluorescent lamp for illuminating a fresh food compartment in which the fluorescent lamp is installed in the fresh food compartment, and is turned on and off according to the opening and closing of a door for opening and closing the fresh food compartment, the refrigerator includes a heater which is installed adjacent to the fluorescent lamp to heat the peripheral portion of the fluorescent lamp. The refrigerator maintains a peripheral temperature of a fluorescent lamp at an appropriate temperature for lighting up the fluorescent lamp, to thereby prevent failure in the light-up of the fluorescent lamp and the reduction of illumination after lighting up the fluorescent lamp.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1996Date of Patent: June 23, 1998Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin Oh Seok, Jong Ki Kim, Jong Hyun Lee, Kwang Ho Kim, Jin Ho Choi