Patents by Inventor Seong Min Oak
Seong Min Oak 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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Publication number: 20220018057Abstract: The clothes care apparatus includes a main body having a clothes care compartment, a blowing device configured such that an airflow is formed inside the clothes care compartment, a hanger configured to hang clothes in the clothes care compartment and allow the airflow generated by the blowing device to flow through the inside of the hanger, a hanger plate on which the hanger is detachably provided, and a tilting device configured to tilt the hanger plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2019Publication date: January 20, 2022Inventors: Dong-Pil SEO, Eui Young CHANG, Seong-Min OAK
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Publication number: 20210324566Abstract: Disclosed is a clothing care system having an enhanced flow path structure. The clothing care system includes a main body including a clothing care room with an open front, a heat exchange device equipped in the main body and arranged to exchange heat with air in the clothing care room, and a door arranged to open or close the opening of the main body, wherein the door includes at least one dehumidification path allowing the clothing care room to be linked to outside, and wherein the dehumidification path comprises an inflow path arranged at the door to bring outside air into the clothing care room, and a discharge path arranged at the door to discharge air in the clothing care room to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Seong-Min OAK, Chul Kie PARK
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Patent number: 10941514Abstract: A drying apparatus according to the present invention and a laundry drying machine including the same circulate only some of humid air introduced from a drum and discharge the remaining humid air through a discharge port, and then introduce mixed air, in which external air introduced through an introduction port and circulated humid air are mixed, into the drying duct to supply the air to the drum. Accordingly, since air in which there is little moisture may be circulated, drying performance of the drying apparatus may be improved. Further, by disposing an introduction fan or a discharge fan adjacent to the discharge port and mixing the humid air with the external air, since the air of which the moisture amount is little may be discharged to the outside of a cabinet, or the air discharged through the discharge port may be quickly discharged to the outside of the cabinet by the discharge fan, occurrence of dew condensation in the cabinet may be prevented.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seong-Min Oak, Jung Sang Choi
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Patent number: 10731289Abstract: A clothes dryer includes a drum configured to accommodate an object to be dried; a first sensor configured to sense a dry state of the object to be dried accommodated in the drum; a heating unit configured to heat air supplied into the drum; a blower including a fan configured to generate a flow of the air passing through the inside of the drum; a second sensor configured to sense a temperature of the air discharged from the drum; and a processor configured to control a rotation speed of the drum, a temperature of the air discharged from the drum, and a rotation speed of the fan.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Do-haeng Kim, Hye-joon Seok, Sang-oh Yoo, Young-min Choi, Ju-dai Kim, Yong-joon Jang, Seong-min Oak, Hyung-woo Lee
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Publication number: 20190127905Abstract: A clothes dryer includes a drum configured to accommodate an object to be dried; a first sensor configured to sense a dry state of the object to be dried accommodated in the drum; a heating unit configured to heat air supplied into the drum; a blower including a fan configured to generate a flow of the air passing through the inside of the drum; a second sensor configured to sense a temperature of the air discharged from the drum; and a processor configured to control a rotation speed of the drum, a temperature of the air discharged from the drum, and a rotation speed of the fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Do-haeng Kim, Hye-joon Seok, Sang-oh Yoo, Young-min Choi, Ju-dai Kim, Yong-joon Jang, Seong-min Oak, Hyung-woo Lee
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Patent number: 10266985Abstract: A drying apparatus for use with a laundry dryer includes a first section and a second section. Each section has a plurality of walls defining a cavity, the cavity comprising a portion of a channel for air flow. A first wall among the plurality of walls has a substantially flat exterior surface and a plurality of openings extending through the first wall from the exterior surface to the portion of the channel. The first section and the second section are configured to be disposed substantially adjacent to each other to form the channel. The first section comprises an air outlet cover at a first end, the air outlet cover configured to substantially cover an air outlet of the laundry dryer.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, Viktor Kopyrin, Seong Min Oak
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Patent number: 10184200Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine having an improved structure of enabling laundry to be put into the washing machine without restraint, the washing machine including a cabinet forming an external appearance of the washing machine, and provided at a front side thereof with an inlet port, a tub provided in the cabinet and accommodating wash water, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, and a door installed at the cabinet to open and close the inlet port, wherein the door is provided with a subsidiary door that is freely open and closed independent of the door during a washing cycle.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Adam Andrew Wishney, Seong-Min Oak, Se Gi Chon
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Publication number: 20180371677Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dryer having a cabinet, a drum provided inside the cabinet so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis, a rear support plate coupled to the rear of the drum to support the drum and the rear support plate having a hot air supplier configured to supply hot air toward an inner surface of the drum along a circumference of the drum, and a hot air duct configured to introduce air in a region adjacent to the rotation axis of the drum and to guide air to the hot air supplier through a heater disposed therein. With this structure, drying efficiency and stability can be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2018Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong-Min OAK, Ki Sun PARK, Jin Young CHOI, Sung Jin PARK, Yong Jong PARK, Boo Keun YOON, Hee Tae LIM, Jung Sang CHOI
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Publication number: 20180355548Abstract: A drying apparatus according to the present invention and a laundry drying machine including the same circulate only some of humid air introduced from a drum and discharge the remaining humid air through a discharge port, and then introduce mixed air, in which external air introduced through an introduction port and circulated humid air are mixed, into the drying duct to supply the air to the drum. Accordingly, since air in which there is little moisture may be circulated, drying performance of the drying apparatus may be improved. Further, by disposing an introduction fan or a discharge fan adjacent to the discharge port and mixing the humid air with the external air, since the air of which the moisture amount is little may be discharged to the outside of a cabinet, or the air discharged through the discharge port may be quickly discharged to the outside of the cabinet by the discharge fan, occurrence of dew condensation in the cabinet may be prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seong-Min OAK, Jung Sang CHOI
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Publication number: 20180073178Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine having an improved structure of enabling laundry to be put into the washing machine without restraint, the washing machine including a cabinet forming an external appearance of the washing machine, and provided at a front side thereof with an inlet port, a tub provided in the cabinet and accommodating wash water, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, and a door installed at the cabinet to open and close the inlet port, wherein the door is provided with a subsidiary door that is freely open and closed independent of the door during a washing cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Adam Andrew Wishney, Seong-Min Oak, Se Gi Chon
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Patent number: 9856593Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine having an improved structure of enabling laundry to be put into the washing machine without restraint, the washing machine including a cabinet forming an external appearance of the washing machine, and provided at a front side thereof with an inlet port, a tub provided in the cabinet and accommodating wash water, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, and a door installed at the cabinet to open and close the inlet port, wherein the door is provided with a subsidiary door that is freely open and closed independent of the door during a washing cycle.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2015Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Adam Andrew Wishney, Seong-Min Oak, Se Gi Chon
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Publication number: 20170350062Abstract: A drying apparatus for use with a laundry dryer includes a first section and a second section. Each section has a plurality of walls defining a cavity, the cavity comprising a portion of a channel for air flow. A first wall among the plurality of walls has a substantially flat exterior surface and a plurality of openings extending through the first wall from the exterior surface to the portion of the channel. The first section and the second section are configured to be disposed substantially adjacent to each other to form the channel. The first section comprises an air outlet cover at a first end, the air outlet cover configured to substantially cover an air outlet of the laundry dryer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2016Publication date: December 7, 2017Inventors: Raveendran Vaidhyanathan, Viktor Kopyrin, Seong Min Oak
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Patent number: 9702080Abstract: A clothing dryer having an improved structure of a drainage unit thereof, including: a body; a drum; a base that is disposed at a lower portion of the drum; a first water tub that is mounted on the base to collect condensate water generated when a drying operation is performed; and a plurality of drainage pipes that are combined with one side of the first water tub and cause the condensate water to move, wherein, in order to change a position at which the plurality of drainage pipes and the first water tub are combined with each other, the first water tub is combined with edges of the base so that at least a part of the first water tub is able to be exposed to an outside.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Hyun Lee, Seong Min Oak, Do Haeng Kim, Yong Joon Jang, Ju Young Lee
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Patent number: 9657432Abstract: A drying apparatus having a structure capable of improving condensation efficiency, and a washing machine having the same. The washing machine including a cabinet, a tub installed inside the cabinet, a drum rotatably installed inside the tub, a condenser duct configured to condense moisture in air introduced from the inside the drum, a drying duct configured to heat the air introduced from the condenser duct and supply the heated air to the inside the drum, and a condensation water storage unit formed at a circumference of the condenser duct to store condensation water that is used to condense the moisture in the air moving inside the condenser duct.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2012Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seok Keun Bae, Seong Min Oak, Phil Soo Chang, Min Hee Kang, Hye Joon Seok
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Patent number: 9388520Abstract: A washing control method that is capable of controlling laundry to be effectively washed with bubbles depending upon load of a washing machine. The washing control method includes supplying wash water containing detergent into a space between a lower portion of a rotary drum and a lower inner surface of a water tub; heating the wash water containing detergent; generating and supplying bubbles into the rotary drum; and washing laundry with the supplied bubbles.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Sook Kim, Seong Min Oak, Sang Yeon Pyo, Sung Hoon Kim, Bo Ram Lee
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Patent number: 9334603Abstract: A clothing dryer and control method thereof is provided. A conventional dryness sensor may be used, without installation of a separate component, to detect breakage of a belt. Upon detection of belt breakage, the motor is stopped together with report of abnormality of the to reduce cost. A conventional temperature sensor may be used to maintain a proper surface temperature of a door of the clothing dryer, without installation of a separate component. Thereby, harm to a user due to rise in the surface temperature of the door may be prevented, and degradation of drying quality may be prevented. Furthermore, the pipe temperature of a compressor may be used to detect incorrect or broken wiring of the compressor. When incorrect or broken wiring of the compressor is detected, the compress is stopped together with report of to protect the product.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2014Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seong Min Oak, Do Haeng Kim, Ju Dai Kim
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Publication number: 20150292135Abstract: Disclosed is a washing machine having an improved structure of enabling laundry to be put into the washing machine without restraint, the washing machine including a cabinet forming an external appearance of the washing machine, and provided at a front side thereof with an inlet port, a tub provided in the cabinet and accommodating wash water, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, and a door installed at the cabinet to open and close the inlet port, wherein the door is provided with a subsidiary door that is freely open and closed independent of the door during a washing cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Adam Andrew WISHNEY, Seong-Min OAK, Se Gi CHON
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Patent number: 9045852Abstract: A washing machine and a washing control method of the same capable of controlling a degree of application of the machine force at every temperature step according to the selected washing course based on information, such as the amount of load detected in the beginning of washing and the amount of wash water detected by the rise change of the wash water temperature during washing, thereby reducing damage to laundry during washing and accomplishing optimal washing efficiency. The washing control method includes detecting wash water temperature and controlling a motor operation rate or a washing time based on the detected wash water temperature.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2007Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyun Sook Kim, Sung Hoon Kim, Seong Min Oak
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Publication number: 20140298671Abstract: A clothing dryer having an improved structure of a drainage unit thereof, including: a body; a drum; a base that is disposed at a lower portion of the drum; a first water tub that is mounted on the base to collect condensate water generated when a drying operation is performed; and a plurality of drainage pipes that are combined with one side of the first water tub and cause the condensate water to move, wherein, in order to change a position at which the plurality of drainage pipes and the first water tub are combined with each other, the first water tub is combined with edges of the base so that at least a part of the first water tub is able to be exposed to an outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Hyun LEE, Seong Min OAK, Do Haeng KIM, Yong Joon JANG, Ju Young LEE
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Publication number: 20140298676Abstract: A clothing dryer and control method thereof is provided. A conventional dryness sensor may be used, without installation of a separate component, to detect breakage of a belt. Upon detection of belt breakage, the motor is stopped together with report of abnormality of the to reduce cost. A conventional temperature sensor may be used to maintain a proper surface temperature of a door of the clothing dryer, without installation of a separate component. Thereby, harm to a user due to rise in the surface temperature of the door may be prevented, and degradation of drying quality may be prevented. Furthermore, the pipe temperature of a compressor may be used to detect incorrect or broken wiring of the compressor. When incorrect or broken wiring of the compressor is detected, the compress is stopped together with report of to protect the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: October 9, 2014Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong Min OAK, Do Haeng KIM, Ju Dai KIM