Patents by Inventor Seung Phyo Ahn
Seung Phyo Ahn 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: 20110185511Abstract: A washing-drying system and a water supply controlling method, the system comprising: a first main body configured to perform washing; a second main body installed at one side of the fist main body and configured to perform drying; water supply lines formed both in the first and second main bodies; and a water supply controlling unit configured to control an open or closed state or a connected or disconnected state of the water supply lines, wherein warm water and cold water respectively supplied from warm water source and cold water source both existing outside the system flow through the second main body to thusly be supplied into the first main body, whereby wastewater having high temperature generated after drying or dehumidifying laundry can be used for warm water washing, so as to save water required for the warm washing, and also to reduce energy consumed to generate warm water.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2008Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sung-Ho Song, Yang-Hwan Kim, Dong-Hyun Kim, Yang-Ho Kim, Yoon-Seob Eom, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Jeong-Yun Kim, Sang-Ik Lee
-
Patent number: 7908766Abstract: A clothes dryer is provided. In the dryer, air flowing into a drying container is provided with heat from heat pump. The clothes dryer comprises a cabinet, a drying container rotationally mounted in the cabinet, a motor providing the container with rotational force, a first air path connected to a side of the container, a second air path connected to another side of the container and to the outside of the cabinet, and a first heat exchanging member and a second heat exchanging member in the first air path. A damper may be additionally included in the second air path.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2004Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Seung-Myun Baek, Jung-Wook Moon, Dae-Woong Kim, Byeong-Jo Ryoo
-
Publication number: 20100319213Abstract: The present invention relates to a hot air generating apparatus and a dryer having the same. The hot air generating apparatus comprises a temperature sensing unit, and a gas supply unit controlling a flowing amount of gas to be supplied according to a temperature of hot air sensed by the temperature sensing unit, wherein when the temperature of the hot air sensed by the temperature sensing unit approaches a pre-set threshold value, the flowing amount of gas to be supplied is gradually reduced, thereby being capable of continuously supplying hot air without being frequently turned on/off.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2008Publication date: December 23, 2010Inventors: Yang-Ho Kim, Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sang-Ik Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Han-Yong Jung, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Yoon-Seob Eom
-
Publication number: 20100199511Abstract: Disclosed is the dehumidifying apparatus for a dryer comprising: a case; a drum disposed inside the case and for receiving objects to be dried therein; and a hot air supplying unit for supplying hot air into the drum and drying the objects to be dried, the dehumidifying apparatus, comprising: a plurality of dehumidifying units, thereby capable of controlling humidity of exhausted air to a required level of humidity by removing moisture contained in air exhausted from the plurality of dehumidifying units in multiple steps.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2008Publication date: August 12, 2010Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sang-Ik Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Jeong-Yun Kim, Yang-Hwan Kim, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Yoon-Seob Eom, Yang-Ho Kim
-
Publication number: 20100192398Abstract: Disclosed is the dehumidifying apparatus for a dryer comprising: a case; a drum disposed inside the case and for receiving objects to be dried therein; and a hot air supplying unit for supplying hot air into the drum and drying the objects to be dried, the dehumidifying apparatus, comprising: a heat exchanger for heat exchange with air flowing from the drum; and an injection nozzle portion disposed between the hot air supplying unit and the heat exchanger so as to inject a certain jet. According to the dehumidifying apparatus for a dryer, when gas introduced into the dehumidifying apparatus from the drum through a jet passes through the jet, foreign substances such as lint, etc. contained in the gas may be separated, thereby preventing accumulation of the foreign substances on the dehumidifying apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2008Publication date: August 5, 2010Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sang-Ik Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Jeong-Yun Kim, Yang-Hwan Kim, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Yoon-Seob Eom, Yang-Ho Kim
-
Publication number: 20100162584Abstract: Disclosed is the dehumidifying apparatus for a dryer comprising: a case; a drum disposed inside the case and for receiving objects to be dried therein; and a hot air supplying unit for supplying hot air into the drum and drying the objects to be dried, the dehumidifying apparatus, comprising: a dehumidifying unit having a heat exchanger for cooling hot air flowing from the drum; and a water tank for containing a fluid supplied to the heat exchanger, wherein the fluid circulates between the heat exchanger and the water tank. The dehumidifying apparatus for a dryer may reduce an amount of water used for operating the dryer, prevent the waste of water, and stably supply recycled cool water to the heat exchanger from the water tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sang-Ik Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Jeong-Yun Kim, Yang-Hwan Kim, Jac-Hyuk Wee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Yoon-Seob Eom, Yang-Ho Kim
-
Publication number: 20100154241Abstract: The embodiment relates to a dryer and a foreign material removing apparatus thereof. The foreign material removing apparatus according to one embodiment includes a case; a first filter that is housed in the case; and a second filter that is disposed downstream from the first filter based on a flowing direction of air that flows in the case, wherein the first filter and the second filter performs a relative motion to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Seung Phyo Ahn, Jeong Yun Kim, Sang Ik Lee
-
Publication number: 20100146803Abstract: The embodiment relates to a dryer and a foreign material removing apparatus thereof. With the dryer and the foreign material removing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, it can clearly remove the foreign materials adhered to the filter only by the simple operation without the user effort.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Inventors: Seung Phyo AHN, Jeong Yun KIM, Sang Ik LEE
-
Publication number: 20100146812Abstract: Provided is a dryer. In the dryer, foreign substances contained in circulation air passing through the inside of a drum is filtered by a filter unit, and the foreign substances attached to the filter unit are separated by air flowing in a direction opposite to a flow direction of the circulation air. The separated foreign substances are collected in a separate lint case.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Inventors: Seung Phyo AHN, Jeong Yun Kim, Sang Ik Lee
-
Publication number: 20100146804Abstract: The embodiment relates to a dryer and a foreign material removing apparatus thereof. With the dryer and the foreign material removing apparatus thereof, the convenience of user can be maximized by separating and cleaning only a case when the foreign materials are stored in the case above a predetermined amount without the user needing to clean the filter each time the dryer is used.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Inventors: Seung Phyo AHN, Jeong Yun KIM, Sang Ik LEE
-
Publication number: 20100126032Abstract: A ductless dryer is disclosed. The ductless dryer according to the present invention includes a hot air supply unit providing hot air into a drum and controlling heat for heating the air according to air volume, and a heat exchange unit dehumidifying humid air exhausted from the drum and controlling the amount of water used for dehumidifying according to a dew point temperature of the humid air.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2008Publication date: May 27, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yang-Ho Kim, Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sang-Ik Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Han-Yong Jung, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Yoon-Seob Eom
-
Publication number: 20100095548Abstract: Disclosed is a ductless dryer having a heat exchanger module in accordance with the present invention. The heat exchanger module is configured to have a water-supplying inlet disposed at an outlet for air and to be provided with a sealing unit, a drain recess and a leakage preventing protrusion. Thus, a dehumidifying performance for humid air is enhanced. Accordingly, it is capable of preventing mold from being gathered on a wall of an installation space caused by exhausting the air in which moisture is not removed. Also, it is capable of preventing a user in the installation space from feeling unpleasant caused by exhausting the air in which the moisture is not removed to the installation space.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2008Publication date: April 22, 2010Applicant: LG Electrics IncInventors: Yang-Ho Kim, Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sang-Ik Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Han-Yong Jung, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Yoon-Seob Eom
-
Publication number: 20100005680Abstract: A ductless dryer includes a sealing unit for preventing a leakage of lint through a gap of a filter installation portion. The sealing unit includes a sealing protrusion formed at the filter, a sealing recess disposed at a filter installation duct of the circulation duct for inserting the sealing protrusion thereinto, and a sealing member inserted into the sealing recess and contacting the sealing protrusion. Accordingly, the ductless dryer according to the present invention can prevent the leakage of lint through a gap of a filter installation portion and the malfunction of the ductless dryer by leaked lint, thereby enhancing reliability of the dryer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yang-Ho Kim, Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sang-Ik Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Han-Yong Jung, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Yoon-Seob Eom
-
Publication number: 20090071033Abstract: A ductless type clothes drier comprises: a heat pump system including a condenser configured to supply hot air into the drum, and an evaporator configured to remove moisture inside air exhausted from the drum; and a lint removing unit configured to inject water to the evaporator so that lint on the evaporator can be removed. Accordingly, without using water, moisture included in exhausted air can be removed as a heat exchange process is performed at the evaporator. Water for removing moisture included in air does not have to be supplied to the ductless type clothes drier, thereby solving cost increase due to increase of a water consumption amount. Furthermore, since clean water remained after being used for heat exchange is not discarded, waste of water resources is prevented. Also, the conventional problem that the ductless type clothes drier has a difficulty in being commercialized due to increase of a water consumption amount is solved.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Inventors: Seung-Phyo AHN, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Yang-Hwan Kim, Yoon-Seob Eom, Yang-Ho Kim, Jae-Hyuk Wee
-
Publication number: 20090056161Abstract: A ductless type clothes drier comprises a dew condensation preventing cover configured to remove moisture included in finally exhausted air discharged to a wall surface behind a body via the heat exchanger. Accordingly, finally exhausted air including moisture is prevented from directly contacting a wall surface, thereby preventing dew condensation phenomenon occurring as moisture included therein is condensed on the wall surface. As a result, can be solved the conventional problem that stains or fungi are reproduced on the wall surface thus to cause appearance degradation and sanitary problems.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2008Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventors: Seung-Phyo AHN, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Yang-Hwan Kim, Yoon-Seob Eom, Yang-Ho Kim, Jae-Hyuk Wee
-
Publication number: 20090038173Abstract: A clothes drier comprises: a body; a drum rotatably installed at the body; a hot air supply unit configured to supply hot air into the drum; a heat exchanger configured to dehumidify air exhausted from the drum; a pipe unit configured to supply water to the heat exchanger and collect water from the heat exchanger; and a freeze damage preventing unit installed on the pipe unit. The clothes drier is provided with the freeze damage preventing unit configured to partially or completely discharge out water remaining in the heat exchanger after the clothes drier is stopped. Accordingly, freeze damage of the heat exchanger during winter time is prevented.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Seung-Phyo AHN, Sang-Ik Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Jeong-Yun Kim, Yang-Hwan Kim, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Yoon-Seob Eom, Yang-Ho Kim
-
Publication number: 20090038178Abstract: A clothes drier comprises a dehumidifying unit configured to dehumidify air exhausted from the drum, and to control an amount of water to be supplied thereto according to a drying level of clothes. As an amount of water supplied to the dehumidifying unit is controlled according to a drying level of clothes, a water consumption amount is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Seung-Phyo AHN, Sang-Ik LEE, Byeong-Jo RYOO, Sung-Ho SONG, Jeong-Yun KIM, Yang-Hwan KIM, Jae-Hyuk WEE, Dong-Hyun KIM, Yoon-Seob EOM, Yang-Ho KIM
-
Publication number: 20080289212Abstract: A clothes dryer includes a cabinet, a drum rotatably installed within the cabinet and a heating unit that heats the drum. Because the heating unit heats the drum itself, heat generated from the heating unit is transferred to the outer surface of the drum, passes through the interior of the drum according to thermal conduction and then heats the clothes, target items to be dried, so that temperature of the entire clothes are uniformly increased to accelerate evaporation of moisture of the target items to be dried.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2006Publication date: November 27, 2008Inventors: Jung-Wook Moon, Hyun-Uk Lee, Seung-Phyo Ahn, Chang-Woo Son, Dong-Joo Han, Byeong-Jo Ryoo
-
Publication number: 20080289209Abstract: A housing for modularizing a heat pump system of a clothes dryer and a clothes dryer having the same are disclosed. The heat pump system modularized housing of the clothes collectively modularizes a condenser, a compressor, an evaporator and an expansion valve that constitute the heat pump system of the clothes dryer. Not only does the heat pump system is stably mounted in the clothes dryer but also components of the heat pump system can be effectively protected. In addition, the fastening procedures of each component can be unified to simplify an assembling process of the clothes dryer, and thus, the productivity can be improved. Moreover, a structure of an internal flow path of the clothes dryer can be simplified to thus improve efficiency of the heat pump system.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2006Publication date: November 27, 2008Inventors: Dong-Joo Han, Jung-Wook Moon, Seung-Phyo Ahn, Hyun-Uk Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Chang-Woo Son
-
Publication number: 20080196266Abstract: A ductless dryer includes a main body, a drum rotatably installed at the main body, a heat exchanger for removing moisture from air exhausted from the drum, a circulation duct to flow the air exhausted from the drum into the heat exchanger, an exhaust duct to flow the air exhausted from the heat exchanger outside the dryer; and a noise reduction portion to attenuate noise propagation through the exhaust duct. As the ductless dryer is provided with the noise reduction portion, the noise propagation through the exhaust duct exposed into the room and the noise of the entire ductless dryer can be attenuated at the same time, whereby a quieter room environment can be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2008Publication date: August 21, 2008Inventors: Han-Yong Jung, Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sang-Ik Lee, Kyung-Mun Jung, Yoon-Seob Eom, Yang-Ho Kim, Jea-Hyuk Wee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song