Patents by Inventor Myeong Yeol Kang

Myeong Yeol 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: 9127849
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking appliance. Steam generated in a steam generation part is selectively supplied into a cooktop part or an oven chamber. The steam supplied into the cooktop part is used for soaking foreign materials attached to a top surface of the top plate to remove the foreign materials. Thus, the steam generated in one steam generation part may be used in a lot of uses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Myeong Yeol Kang, Eun Hyae Han
  • Patent number: 8919243
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance includes a cooktop part on which a grill module for grill cooking is detachably disposed, a collection device for sucking an exhaust gas generated in the grill module, an exhaust device forcibly sucking the exhaust gas collected into the collection device to exhaust the exhaust gas to the outside, and a guide device for guiding the exhaust gas collected into the collection device to the exhaust device. The cooking appliance enables different types of food to be simultaneously cooked according to different cooking methods, and thus cooking time for food may be reduced and various demands of users may be met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Myeong-Yeol Kang, Eun Hyae Han
  • Publication number: 20120031283
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking appliance. Steam generated in a steam generation part is selectively supplied into a cooktop part or an oven chamber. The steam supplied into the cooktop part is used for soaking foreign materials attached to a top surface of the top plate to remove the foreign materials. Thus, the steam generated in one steam generation part may be used in a lot of uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Myeong Yeol Kang, Eun Hyae Han
  • Publication number: 20120024167
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking appliance. The cooking appliance includes a cooktop part on which a grill module for grill cooking is detachably disposed, a collection device for sucking an exhaust gas generated in the grill module, an exhaust device forcibly sucking the exhaust gas collected into the collection device to exhaust the exhaust gas to the outside, and a guide device for guiding the exhaust gas collected into the collection device to the exhaust device. The cooking appliance enables different types of food to be simultaneously cooked according to different cooking methods, and thus cooking time for food may be reduced and various demands of users may be met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Myeong-Yeol Kang, Eun Hyae Han
  • Patent number: 7642488
    Abstract: An electric oven includes a cooking cavity surrounded by an inner case and being openable by a door; a first heater for heating the cooking cavity; at least one supplemental heater for heating the cooking cavity; and a controller operating the first heater to generate heat when starting cooking and selectively operating the at least one supplemental heater during cooking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hag Sin Kim, Myeong Yeol Kang
  • Patent number: 6930284
    Abstract: A safety device of an electric oven is disclosed, which is provided to prevent a door from being open when a temperature inside an oven cavity is high. The safety device includes a hole provided in a front part of an oven cavity forming a cooking room therein; a latch protruding from an inner side of a door opening/closing the oven cavity, for being inserted into the hole when the door is closed; a rotation motor provided in an upper part of the oven cavity; a lever rotatably coupled with an axis of the rotation motor; and a temperature sensor measuring a temperature inside the oven cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Myeong Yeol Kang
  • Publication number: 20040169031
    Abstract: A safety device of an electric oven is disclosed, which is provided to prevent a door from being open when a temperature inside an oven cavity is high. The safety device includes a hole provided in a front part of an oven cavity forming a cooking room therein; a latch protruding from an inner side of a door opening/closing the oven cavity, for being inserted into the hole when the door is closed; a rotation motor provided in an upper part of the oven cavity; a lever rotatably coupled with an axis of the rotation motor; and a temperature sensor measuring a temperature inside the oven cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventor: Myeong Yeol Kang
  • Publication number: 20040129692
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric oven with an improved structure for uniform transmission of heat from a heater to food in a cooking cavity. The electric oven includes an outer case, an inner case, a heater cover, at least one heater, a fan housing, and a fan. The outer case has a door mounted in a front part thereof, the inner case in the outer case, and the inner case has a plurality of holes in an upper part thereof. The heater cover in the upper part of the inner case over the holes, and the heater is under the heater cover. The fan housing is attached to an inside wall of the inner case, and has a plurality of apertures. The fan is between the fan housing and an inside wall of the inner case, for drawing air from the cooking cavity and blowing a portion, or all of the air toward the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: Hag Sin Kim, Myeong Yeol Kang