Patents by Inventor Seong-wook Kim

Seong-wook 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).

  • Publication number: 20100175420
    Abstract: Provided is an auxiliary member on a refrigerator shelf to receive bottle-type containers, which allows free space defined between the shelf and another shelf to be used as a container storage space through a user's selective manipulation of a container storage portion. The container storage portion can be adjusted in width through manipulation by a user, and through adjusting its width, a storage space is defined between the shelf and the container storage portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Seong Wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20100175417
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator. A dispenser is provided inside the refrigerator. A water discharge port can be withdrawably disposed to conveniently utilize the refrigerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Seong Wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20100176702
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a main body defining a storage compartment, a refrigerator door for opening or closing the storage compartment, and a basket height-adjustably provided on the refrigerator door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Seong Wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20100175783
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator with a dispenser assembly capable of sensing the height of a vessel and water level using a remote sensor by employing changes in electrostatic capacitance, in order to enable a user to automatically dispense water to a desired level regardless of the material or size of a vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Seong Wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20100175412
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a mixing box detachably provided on a refrigerator door. Due to the mixing box, a user can conveniently utilize a beverage having a slushy shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Seong Wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20100175419
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a plurality of drawers that partitions a space of a storage chamber and can be selectively withdrawn. In this refrigerator, a user can efficiently utilize the storage space of the storage chamber, and a desired drawer can be opened to easily store and dispense foods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Seong Wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20100175404
    Abstract: Provided is a door basket of a refrigerator including a lighting device capable of emitting light. According to above-described configuration, illumination can be improved at the door basket, and an outer appearance thereof can be elegant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Seong Wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20100175414
    Abstract: Provided is a container mounted on a refrigerator door to be capable of being elevated, where the container can be raised or lowered through a user's manipulation when mounted on the rear of a door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Seong Wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20100175415
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator and a control method thereof. In the refrigerator and control method thereof, when hot water is dispensed from a dispenser, a safety tap is withdrawn to prevent splashing of water and enable hot water to be safely dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Inventor: Seong Wook KIM
  • Publication number: 20090241582
    Abstract: Provided is an ice bank joint. The ice bank joint swiftly delivers rotational force from a motor to a transferring shaft installed inside an ice bank performing a function of transferring ice received inside the ice bank. The ice bank joint includes a plate portion and a reinforcing member. The plate portion has a driving part bent on at least one position, and the reinforcing member has a support part protruding from a position corresponding to the driving part to contact the driving part, thereby reinforcing the plate portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Seong-Wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20090077994
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator having an ice bank. The refrigerator having an ice bank comprises: a rotation shaft to which a transfer unit for transferring ice pieces in the ice bank is connected, and having a coupling groove on an outer circumferential surface of the end thereof; a joint penetrated by the rotation shaft; a driving shaft connected to the joint, and transmitting a driving force of a motor to the joint; and a coupling ring coupled to the coupling groove of the rotation shaft penetrating the joint. Since the coupling ring is locked by the joint, the rotation shaft is prevented from being arbitrarily separated from the joint. The rotation shaft can be rotated in forward and backward directions. Furthermore, since the rotation shaft has a length shorter than a rotation shaft having screw threads and nuts, the motor can have a compact configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seong-Wook KIM, Si-Yeon An, Il-Wook Joung
  • Publication number: 20070220909
    Abstract: An ice making system for a refrigerator comprises: an ice maker body; an ejector rotatably coupled to the ice maker body, for dropping ice pieces made by the ice maker body; an ice bank drawably disposed below the ice maker body, for storing the ice pieces dropped by the ejector; an ice sensing lever for sensing an amount of the ice pieces stored in the ice bank; a lever holding unit for elastically supporting and coupling the ice sensing lever so that the ice sensing lever may move within a predetermined range when an external force is applied to the ice sensing lever; and a driving force transmitting unit for transmitting a rotation force received from the ejector to the lever holding unit thereby rotating the lever holding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Inventors: Si-Yeon An, Seong-Wook Kim, Hyung-Kyu Park, Young-Sin Park, Wook-Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 6939757
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a merged logic device is disclosed which simplifies the process by forming a deep junction of a double diffused drain (DDD) structure by a retrograded well ion implantation process. The method includes forming a high voltage p-type well region on a semiconductor substrate; simultaneously conducting an ion implantation for forming a logic p-type well region on a logic region and a high voltage n-type well region on the high voltage p-type well region; forming a high voltage gate oxide film on the entire surface and conducting a threshold voltage ion implantation process; forming a logic gate oxide film on the logic region and simultaneously forming a logic gate electrode and a high voltage gate electrode; forming a logic DDD region on the logic region and forming spacers on the sides of the gate electrodes; and forming logic source/drain regions, high voltage source/drain regions and a bulk bias control region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Seong-wook Kim
  • Publication number: 20040152273
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a merged logic device is disclosed which simplifies the process by forming a deep junction of a double diffused drain (DDD) structure by a retrograded well ion implantation process. The method includes forming a high voltage p-type well region on a semiconductor substrate; simultaneously conducting an ion implantation for forming a logic p-type well region on a logic region and a high voltage n-type well region on the high voltage p-type well region; forming a high voltage gate oxide film on the entire surface and conducting a threshold voltage ion implantation process; forming a logic gate oxide film on the logic region and simultaneously forming a logic gate electrode and a high voltage gate electrode; forming a logic DDD region on the logic region and forming spacers on the sides of the gate electrodes; and forming logic source/drain regions, high voltage source/drain regions and a bulk bias control region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Seong-wook Kim
  • Patent number: 6705091
    Abstract: A system for controlling ice size of an ice maker comprises: an ice size controlling means for controlling a size of ice which will be frozen in an ice maker; an ice size displaying means for displaying ice size controlled by the ice size controlling means so that a user can identify it; and a controlling means for controlling the ice size displaying means according to a signal applied from the ice size controlling means and controlling an amount of water supplied to an ice making vessel, and therefore, the ice size can be controlled easily to be the size desired by a user and the size can be identified visually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ill-Shin Kim, Seong-Wook Kim