Patents by Inventor Sang Bae Kim
Sang Bae Kim 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: 6817208Abstract: The present invention relates to an auxiliary storage system for a refrigerator.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2003Date of Patent: November 16, 2004Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Young-Seok Choi, Byeong-Gyu Kang, Sang-Bae Kim
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Publication number: 20040107726Abstract: In a refrigerator including a variable temperature storage formed in the chilling chamber so as to have a certain space; a heating room formed on a side of the variable temperature storage; a heating means installed in the heating room in order to generate heat in power supply; a first local circulating path in which cool air in the freezing chamber flows into a rear path through the variable temperature storage; an adjusting means for adjusting a quantity of cool air flowing into/out of the variable temperature storage through the first local circulating path; a second local circulating path in which heated air in the heating room passes the variable temperature storage and flows into the heating room again; and a temperature sensor for sensing a temperature in the variable temperature storage, because various ranges of temperature can be maintained in the refrigerator, it is possible to perform optimum-temperature storing according to kinds of foods, and accordingly various foods can be stored more freshlyType: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sang-Bae Kim, Sang-Ho Park, Byeong-Gyu Kang, Youn-Chul Choi
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Publication number: 20040107724Abstract: A cool air supplying apparatus of a refrigerator comprises a guide passage formed at a rear wall of a refrigerating chamber and provided with a plurality of discharge ports towards the refrigerating chamber for guiding cool air to a rear side of the refrigerating chamber, and a direction control unit installed at the guide passage for selectively opening and closing the discharge ports in order to control a discharge direction of cool air discharged into the refrigerating chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2003Publication date: June 10, 2004Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sang-Bae Kim, Sang-Ho Park, Byeong-Gyu Kang, Youn-Chul Choi
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Publication number: 20040050078Abstract: The present invention relates to an auxiliary storage system for a refrigerator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2003Publication date: March 18, 2004Inventors: Young-Seok Choi, Byeong-Gyu Kang, Sang-Bae Kim
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Patent number: 6634181Abstract: A cooling air supply apparatus includes: a blowing fan attached at a rear wall face of a freezing chamber and forcefully circulating air cooled while passing an evaporator of a freezing cycle; a supply passage formed at a barrier partitioning the freezing chamber and a cooling chamber and supplying cooling air ventilated from the blowing fan to the cooling chamber; a rear guide passage branched from the cooling air passage and guiding cooling air backwardly of the cooling chamber; a right guide passage branched from the cooling air supply passage and guiding cooling air rightwardly of the cooling chamber; and a left guide passage branched from the cooling air supply passage, having the same diameter as that of the right guide passage and guiding cooling air leftwardly of the cooling chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2002Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Young Seok Choi, Byung Gyu Kang
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Patent number: 6625998Abstract: In a refrigerator, in order to provide a device for controlling a cooling air supply of a refrigerator which is capable of regularly maintaining a temperature distribution inside a chilling chamber in a short time by intensively discharging cooling air to a part having a relatively high temperature when a temperature of the part inside the chilling chamber rises due to lots of preserved foods, etc.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2002Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Young Seok Choi, Byung Gyu Kang
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Patent number: 6564566Abstract: A cooling air circulating device of a refrigerator is provided. According to the cooling air circulating device, it is possible to impartially cool a chilling chamber and to make the spread of temperature of the chilling chamber uniform by letting cooling air sucked up into the respective cells divided by shelves of the chilling chamber. Also, it is possible to rapidly cool the chilling chamber and to reduce time for cooling the chilling chamber by minimizing time, for which the cooling air whose temperature has risen above a predetermined temperature stays in the chilling chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2002Date of Patent: May 20, 2003Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Young Seok Choi, Byung Gyu Kang
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Publication number: 20030073783Abstract: Disclosed are a chemically modified polyolefin elastomer composition that is highly compatible with thermoplastics and useful in improving the low temperature impact strength of thermoplastics, and a method for preparing the chemically modified polyolefin elastomer composition. The elastomer composition includes a polyolefin resin and a chemically modified ethylene-&agr;-olefin elastomer mixed with the polyolefin resin. The chemically modified ethylene-&agr;-olefin elastomer includes an ethylene-&agr;-olefin elastomer backbone and grafted branches from the backbone. The branches includes polymers of one or more monomers comprising an unsaturated organic compound containing at least one carbonyl group. The method of producing the composition includes mixing an ethylene-&agr;-olefin elastomer and a polyolefin resin to provide a mixture thereof to which added is one or more monomers having an unsaturated organic compound containing at least one carbonyl group.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2002Publication date: April 17, 2003Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Sung Su Na, Yeon Won Jeyong
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Patent number: 6543249Abstract: A cooling air supplying device of a refrigerator is provided. According to the cooling air supplying device, it is possible to supply cooling air to the respective cells divided by shelves of a chilling chamber, to thus impartially supply the cooling air to the chilling chamber. Accordingly, it is possible to uniformly maintain the spread of temperature of the chilling chamber.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2002Date of Patent: April 8, 2003Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Young Seok Choi, Byung Gyu Kang
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Publication number: 20030041616Abstract: A cooling air circulating device of a refrigerator is provided. According to the cooling air circulating device, it is possible to impartially cool a chilling chamber and to make the spread of temperature of the chilling chamber uniform by letting cooling air sucked up into the respective cells divided by shelves of the chilling chamber. Also, it is possible to rapidly cool the chilling chamber and to reduce time for cooling the chilling chamber by minimizing time, for which the cooling air whose temperature has risen above a predetermined temperature stays in the chilling chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Young Seok Choi, Byung Gyu Kang
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Publication number: 20030041606Abstract: In a refrigerator, in order to provide a device for controlling a cooling air supply of a refrigerator which is capable of regularly maintaining a temperature distribution inside a chilling chamber in a short time by intensively discharging cooling air to a part having a relatively high temperature when a temperature of the part inside the chilling chamber rises due to lots of preserved foods, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Young Seok Choi, Byung Gyu Kang
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Publication number: 20030041615Abstract: A cooling air supply apparatus includes: a blowing fan attached at a rear wall face of a freezing chamber and forcefully circulating air cooled while passing an evaporator of a freezing cycle; a supply passage formed at a barrier partitioning the freezing chamber and a cooling chamber and supplying cooling air ventilated from the blowing fan to the cooling chamber; a rear guide passage branched from the cooling air passage and guiding cooling air backwardly of the cooling chamber; a right guide passage branched from the cooling air supply passage and guiding cooling air rightwardly of the cooling chamber; and a left guide passage branched from the cooling air supply passage, having the same diameter as that of the right guide passage and guiding cooling air leftwardly of the cooling chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2002Publication date: March 6, 2003Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Young Seok Choi, Byung Gyu Kang
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Publication number: 20030037565Abstract: A cooling air supplying device of a refrigerator is provided. According to the cooling air supplying device, it is possible to supply cooling air to the respective cells divided by shelves of a chilling chamber, to thus impartially supply the cooling air to the chilling chamber. Accordingly, it is possible to uniformly maintain the spread of temperature of the chilling chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2002Publication date: February 27, 2003Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Sang Bae Kim, Young Seok Choi, Byung Gyu Kang
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Patent number: 6401482Abstract: A door cooling supply apparatus of a refrigerator with a double-acting door includes: a first cooling air separating duct and a second cooling air separating duct separated from a main cooling air duct; a door cooling air duct installed at the cooling compartment door to discharge cooling air from the cooling compartment door to the cooling compartment and connected to the first and the cooling air separating duct; a plurality of door opening sensing units for detecting an opening direction of the cooling compartment door; a controller for determining the opening direction of the cooling compartment door according to signals of the plurality of the door opening sensing units; and a cooling air switching unit installed at an area where the main cooling air duct is separated into the first cooling air separating duct and the second cooling air separating duct and selectively opening one of the first and the second cooling air separating duct controlled by the controller.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2001Date of Patent: June 11, 2002Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jae Hee Lee, Sang Bae Kim
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Publication number: 20020033028Abstract: A door cooling supply apparatus of a refrigerator with a double-acting door includes: a first cooling air separating duct and a second cooling air separating duct separated from a main cooling air duct; a door cooling air duct installed at the cooling compartment door to discharge cooling air from the cooling compartment door to the cooling compartment and connected to the first and the cooling air separating duct; a plurality of door opening sensing units for detecting an opening direction of the cooling compartment door; a controller for determining the opening direction of the cooling compartment door according to signals of the plurality of the door opening sensing units; and a cooling air switching unit installed at an area where the main cooling air duct is separated into the first cooling air separating duct and the second cooling air separating duct and selectively opening one of the first and the second cooling air separating duct controlled by the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2001Publication date: March 21, 2002Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jae Hee Lee, Sang Bae Kim
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Patent number: 6176097Abstract: Side by side type refrigerator and method for controlling a temperature in a vegetable box therein, the method including the steps of (1) sensing the temperature in the vegetable box in a lower portion of a refrigerating chamber, and comparing the temperature in the vegetable box to a preset temperature of the vegetable box, under a state operation of the refrigerator is stopped, and (2) opening a damper in an upper portion of the refrigerating chamber when the temperature in the vegetable box is higher than the preset temperature in the vegetable box as a result of the comparison, and closing the damper when the temperature in the vegetable box is lower than the preset temperature in the vegetable box as the result of the comparison, thereby supplying the cold air in the freezing chamber to the vegetable box in the refrigerating chamber by means of natural circulation when the damper is opened, whereby supplying appropriate cold air to the vegetable box without separate cold air duct.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 1999Date of Patent: January 23, 2001Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Sang Bae Kim
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Patent number: 5960641Abstract: A cold air circulation device and method for a refrigerator, the refrigerator including a refrigerating compartment, a first door for providing access to the refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, a second door for providing access to the freezing compartment, and a cold air supply unit for supplying a cold air to the refrigerating and freezing compartments. The air circulation device and method include a first door duct formed within the first door, the first door duct including at least one inlet formed at a lower portion of the first door for receiving a circulated air from the refrigerating compartment, and an outlet formed at an upper portion of the first door for outputting the air from the inlet to the cold air supply unit.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 1997Date of Patent: October 5, 1999Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seok Ro Kim, Sang Bae Kim, Kyung Seok Yoon
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Patent number: 5926308Abstract: A high-speed optical modulator module which includes: a lead frame having an outer lead frame and an inner lead frame, the outer lead frame for receiving a high-speed signal; a substrate, in which a metal base having a matching impedance device, and a submount having a laser diode thereon, are formed; a first multi-bonding wire for electrically connecting the inner lead frame of the lead frame to one end of the matching impedance device; a second multi-bonding wire for electrically connecting the other end of the matching impedance device to one end of the metal base; and a dual-bonding wire for electrically connecting the other end of the metal base to the laser diode. The matching impedance device includes a matching resistor and a compensation capacitor connected in parallel. The module is formed by packaging and sealing the components other than the outer lead frame.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 1997Date of Patent: July 20, 1999Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hae-Young Lee, Sang-Bae Kim, Soung-Il Kim, Ki-Soo Park