Patents by Inventor Soo Beom Lee
Soo Beom Lee 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: 8047988Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator for providing a user with a variety of information using an avatar. The present invention comprises a storage device for storing avatar data including a figure and/or a motion of the avatar, a display device provided on an outer surface of the refrigerator to display the avatar, a control device for selecting the avatar to be displayed on the display device among the avatar data stored in the storage device and causing the display device to display the avatar, and an input device for receiving a command or information input from the outside. According to the present invention so configured, there is an advantage in that the display device can display a variety of avatars stored in the storage device in conformance with a condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Ik-Kyu Lee, Soo-Beom Lee, Seung-Jin Oh, Sung-Ae Lee, Hee-Soo Son, Ki-Cheol Woo
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Patent number: 7967404Abstract: A display unit installing structure for a refrigerator includes an accommodating unit which is formed by depressing a portion on a front surface of a door and in which a display unit for displaying a variety of information thereon and inputting operating signals are retractably installed; a link mechanism for guiding accommodation and withdrawal of the display unit and tiltably supporting the display unit withdrawn from the accommodating unit at a predetermined angle; and a locking arrangement for preventing the display unit from being inadvertently escaping from the accommodating unit. The display unit can be retractably installed on the front surface of the refrigerator door.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2005Date of Patent: June 28, 2011Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Seung-jin Oh, Soo-beom Lee, Ki-cheol Woo, Ik-kyu Lee, Jin-hyun Kim
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Publication number: 20080195944Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator for providing a user with a variety of information using an avatar. The present invention comprises a storage device for storing avatar data including a figure and/or a motion of the avatar, a display device provided on an outer surface of the refrigerator to display the avatar, a control device for selecting the avatar to be displayed on the display device among the avatar data stored in the storage device and causing the display device to display the avatar, and an input device for receiving a command or information input from the outside. According to the present invention so configured, there is an advantage in that the display device can display a variety of avatars stored in the storage device in conformance with a condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2006Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventors: Ik-Kyu Lee, Soo-Beom Lee, Seung-Jin Oh, Sung-Ae Lee, Hee-Son Son, Ki-Cheol Woo
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Patent number: 7360278Abstract: A home-bar door opening/closing device for a refrigerator. Guide slots 72 are provided in both side surfaces of an opening 59 provided in a refrigerator door 55 and connected to one ends of links 75 which rotate and vertically move. Then, a home-bar door 63 is installed in the opening 59 so that an upper end of the home-bar door 63 vertically rotates about a hinge 65. The other ends of the links 75 are pivotably connected to both side surfaces of the home-bar door 63, respectively. An upward elastic force from coil springs 77 is provided to the one ends of the links 75, while an elastic force from torsion springs 79 is provided to the other ends of the links 75. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the impact due to the rapid opening of the home-bar door.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2004Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Chan-Kyoo Jang, Byong-Yeul Kim, Soo-Beom Lee
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Publication number: 20070290588Abstract: The present invention relates to a display unit installing structure for a refrigerator. The present invention comprises an accommodating unit which is formed by depressing a portion on a front surface of a door and in which a display unit for displaying a variety of information thereon and inputting operating signals are retractably installed; a link mechanism for guiding accommodation and withdrawal of the display unit and tiltably supporting the display unit withdrawn from the accommodating unit at a predetermined angle; and a locking means for preventing the display unit from being inadvertently escaping from the accommodating unit. According to the present invention, there is an advantage in that the display unit can be retractably installed on the front surface of the refrigerator door.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2005Publication date: December 20, 2007Inventors: Seung-jin Oh, Soo-beom Lee, Ki-cheol Woo, Ik-kyu Lee, Jin-hyun Kim
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Patent number: 7266963Abstract: A switching device for an integrated product, such as a display, installed on a front surface of a door of a refrigerator is provided. The switching device includes a hinge assembly which rotatably couples the door to the refrigerator. The hinge assembly includes a power switch that applies power to the display, and a connector that connects the display to an external signaling/communication source. The switch may be provided on a lateral surface of a hinge plate portion of the assembly, and the connector may be provided on a rear surface of the hinge plate. The power switch and the connector may be connected to the display by lead wires.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: September 11, 2007Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Soo-Beom Lee
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Patent number: 7260954Abstract: A drainage structure for a refrigerator equipped with an integrated product is provided. A mounting space is provided on a front surface of a door of the refrigerator to receive an integrated product such as a TV. A plurality of recesses are formed in an inner surface of the mounting space. The recesses prevent water drops from flowing downward along the inner surface. A plurality of valleys may also be formed on the inner surface on which the recesses are formed. The valleys may have an irregular shape, and serve to reduce the size of water drops. Thus, moisture formed in a space into which the integrated product is mounted can be evaporated and discharged to the outside due to heat generated by the integrated product when it is operated.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2004Date of Patent: August 28, 2007Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Chan-Kyoo Jang, Soo-Beom Lee
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Publication number: 20050138948Abstract: The present invention relates to a switching device for a display unit installed to a door for a refrigerator. In the present invention, the display unit 29 is installed on a front surface of the refrigerator door 25. A power switch 37 for applying power to the display unit 29 is provided on a lateral surface of a hinge plate 38 of a hinge assembly 35 by which the door 25 can be pivotally installed to a main body 21 of the refrigerator, and a connector 39 is also provided on a rear surface of the hinge plate 38. The power switch 37 and the connector 39 are connected to the display unit 29 by means of lead wires W1 and W2.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2004Publication date: June 30, 2005Inventor: Soo-Beom Lee
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Publication number: 20050138949Abstract: The present invention relates to a drainage structure for a refrigerator equipped with an integrated product. In the present invention, a mounting space 31 is provided on a portion on a front surface of a refrigerator door 23 to mount a TV 40 into the mounting space. Further, a plurality of recesses 32 are depressed into a part of an inner surface 31i of the mounting space 31. The recesses 32 serve to prevent water drops from flowing downward along the inner surface 31i. A plurality of valleys 33 are further formed on the inner surface 31i on which the recesses 32 are formed. The valleys 33 are formed to have an irregular shape, and serve to reduce the size of water drops. According to the present invention so configured, moisture formed in a space into which the integrated product is mounted can be evaporated and discharged to the outside due to heat generated from the integrated product when it is operated.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2004Publication date: June 30, 2005Inventors: Chan-Kyoo Jang, Soo-Beom Lee
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Publication number: 20050132535Abstract: The present invention relates to a home-bar door opening/closing device for a refrigerator. According to the present invention, guide slots 72 are provided in both side surfaces of an opening 59 provided in a refrigerator door 55 and connected to one ends of links 75 which rotate and vertically move. Then, a home-bar door 63 is installed in the opening 59 so that an upper end of the home-bar door 63 vertically rotates about a hinge 65. The other ends of the links 75 are pivotably connected to both side surfaces of the home-bar door 63, respectively. An upward elastic force from coil springs 77 is provided to the one ends of the links 75, while an elastic force from torsion springs 79 is provided to the other ends of the links 75. According to the present invention so constructed, it is possible to reduce the impact due to the rapid opening of the home-bar door.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2004Publication date: June 23, 2005Inventors: Chan-Kyoo Jang, Byong-Yeul Kim, Soo-Beom Lee
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Patent number: 6236039Abstract: The present invention relates to a rotation detecting device for a recording and reproducing apparatus and a method therefor which can easily precisely detect a reel rotation speed by a detecting sensor during a high or low speed rotation, by forming in a series equational division method a wing unit and a space unit of a sensor detecting member.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 1999Date of Patent: May 22, 2001Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Soo Beom Lee
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Patent number: 6128157Abstract: A structure for pressing a cassette in a magnetic record and playback machine which includes a cassette holder having guide posts containing fixing slots on both lateral sides of the cassette holder, a driving arm having concave slots in which the guide posts are inserted, and an elastic supporting member surrounding the upper side and both lateral sides of the cassette holder. The upper part of the elastic supporting member has one or more folds which extend downward and both ends of the elastic supporting member are placed in the fixing slots of the guide posts, and both ends of the elastic supporting member are inserted into the concave slots of the driving arm along with the guide posts.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1998Date of Patent: October 3, 2000Assignee: LG Electronics, IncInventors: Sung Hun Choi, Myung Cheol Baek, You Seok Chae, Sung Pyo Hong, Jong Dae Park, Soo Beom Lee, Joon Bong Bang, Eui Jung Yeon
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Patent number: 5621585Abstract: A reel brake device in a recording and reproducing apparatus is operated by a tape loading mechanism. A cam portion is formed on any one side of at least one of a pair of loading gears employed for driving a pair of tape guide units which draw a tape from the cassette. The reel brake for braking the reels includes a friction member for braking the supply reel table and an operating portion which comes into contact with a cam surface and a cam protrusion surface of the cam portion selectively so that it may be driven. Under a tape unloading condition, the reel brake performs braking or releasing operation of the reels as the loading gear rotates in a predetermined direction. Driving of the reel brake by the existing loading gear without using any separate driving element, makes it possible to maintain the brake stroke, enhance the accuracy in operation, and reduce the number of elements constituting the supply reel brake device.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 1995Date of Patent: April 15, 1997Assignee: Goldstar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong-Sik Kang, Sung-Hoon Choi, Myung-Cheol Baek, Sung-Pyo Hong, Ji Y. Lee, Lee H. Ryu, Soo-Beom Lee, Hee Y. Park, Yoon-Sig Lee
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Patent number: 5521775Abstract: A fast running mode conversion device for magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus. This device has a shaft supporter provided on the bottom surface of a base plate. An idler lifting lever for lifting or lowering an idler arm is pivotally mounted on the shaft supporter. A drive arm for driving the idler lifting lever is rotatably mounted on a shaft of the base plate. A biasing member coupled to the drive arm has a biasing lever for driving the idler lifting lever. The biasing lever extends toward the idler lifting lever. A function plate rectilinearly reciprocates by the rotating force of a cam gear, thus to turn the drive arm. The drive arm has an operating pin and the function plate has a pair of cam projections for cooperating with the operating pin when turning the drive arm.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 1994Date of Patent: May 28, 1996Assignee: Goldstar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong-Sik Kang, Sung-Hoon Choi, Myung-Cheol Baek, Sung-Pyo Hong, Ji Y. Lee, Lee H. Ryu, Soo-Beom Lee, Hee Y. Park, Yoon-Sig Lee
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Patent number: 5501408Abstract: A jog device for magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus. The jog device temporarily rotates a clutch gear of the tape supply reel clutch during a mode conversion from a normal-direction reproducing mode into a reverse-direction reproducing mode. The jog device includes a clutch gear rotating unit, a rotating unit drive member, and a returning unit. The rotating unit includes a jog lever and a gear lever cooperating with the jog lever and selectively rotating the clutch gear. The drive member is a cam gear having a pinion gear gearing into and cooperating with a rack gear of a mode conversion function plate. The cam gear has a cam slot cooperating with a cam pin of the rotating unit. The returning unit includes a coiled torsion spring fitted over a shaft of the rotating unit and a pair of spring arm stoppers.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 1994Date of Patent: March 26, 1996Assignee: Goldstar Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong-Sik Kang, Sung-Hoon Choi, Myung-Cheol Baek, Sung-Pyo Hong, Ji Y. Lee, Lee H. Ryu, Soo-Beom Lee, Hee Y. Park, Yoon-Sig Lee