Patents by Inventor Yongwon DONG

Yongwon DONG 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: 20240167754
    Abstract: A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a cabinet which has a storage space; a hinge bracket which is coupled to the cabinet; a door which is rotatably coupled to a shaft provided in the hinge bracket and opens/closes the storage space; and an automatic closing device which is provided in the door at a position spaced apart from the rotational center line of the door, and during closing of the door, is operated to automatically close the door in cooperation with the hinge bracket, wherein the automatic closing device comprises: a lever which rotates about a rotational center line spaced apart from the rotational center line of the door; an elastic member which is connected to the lever; a body which is provided in the door to rotatably support the lever; and a locking member which, during opening of the door, restricts the rotation of the lever with respect to the body while the elastic member accumulates an elastic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Sanggyun LEE, Younseok LEE, Yongwon DONG
  • Publication number: 20240068737
    Abstract: A refrigerator of the present embodiment comprises: a cabinet having a storage space; a refrigerator door which is rotatably connected to the cabinet by a hinge apparatus and opens and closes the storage space; an extension member which is drawn out from the cabinet and connected to the inside of the refrigerator door through a door opening spaced apart from the rotational center of the refrigerator door, the extension member including at least one of a wire or a tube through which a liquid flows; and a guide housing for guiding the extension member positioned outside the cabinet and the refrigerator door, wherein the guide housing includes a plurality of individual housings rotatably connected to each other, and at least one of the plurality of individual housings may partially or entirely extend in a straight line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Sanggyun LEE, Younseok LEE, Yongwon DONG
  • Publication number: 20240060707
    Abstract: A refrigerator of the present embodiment comprises: a cabinet having a storage space; a refrigerator door which is rotatably connected to the cabinet by a hinge apparatus and opens and closes the storage space; an extension member which is drawn out from the cabinet and connected to the inside of the refrigerator door through a door opening spaced apart from the rotational center of the refrigerator door, the extension member including at least one of a wire or a tube through which a liquid flows; a guide housing for guiding the extension member positioned outside the cabinet and the refrigerator door; and a cabinet guide which is fixed to the cabinet and guides linear and rotational movements of the guide housing during the opening and closing of the refrigerator door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Sanggyun LEE, Younseok LEE, Yongwon DONG
  • Publication number: 20240060708
    Abstract: A refrigerator of the present embodiment is characterized by comprising: a cabinet having a storage space; a refrigerator door which is rotatably connected to the cabinet by a hinge apparatus and opens and closes the storage space; an extension member which is drawn out from the cabinet and connected to the inside of the refrigerator door through a door opening spaced apart from the rotation center of the refrigerator door, the extension member including at least one of a wire and a pipe through which a liquid flows; and a guide housing for guiding the extension member positioned outside the refrigerator door and the cabinet, wherein the guide housing includes a plurality of individual housings which are rotatably connected to each other, and in the process in which the refrigerator door is opened, one or more individual housings among the plurality of individual housings moves linearly and then obliquely or rotationally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Sanggyun LEE, Younseok LEE, Yongwon DONG
  • Publication number: 20240053089
    Abstract: A refrigerator of the present embodiment comprises: a cabinet having a storage space; a refrigerator door that is rotatably connected to the cabinet by means of a hinge device and opens and closes the storage space; an extension member that is drawn out from the cabinet and connected to the inside of the refrigerator door through a door opening spaced apart from the rotation center of the refrigerator door and includes at least one of a wire and a tube through which a liquid flows; a guide housing that guides the extension member positioned on the outside of the cabinet and the refrigerator door and includes a plurality of individual housings rotatably connected to each other; and a door fixing unit that rotatably connects a first housing among the plurality of individual housings to the refrigerator door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Sanggyun LEE, Younseok LEE, Yongwon DONG
  • Publication number: 20240044569
    Abstract: A refrigerator according to an embodiment comprises: a cabinet having a storage space; a main door that can rotate relative to the cabinet and opens and closes the storage space; a sub door that rotates relative to the main door; and a hinge mechanism which is connected to the main door and the sub door and provides the axis of rotation of the main door and the axis of rotation of the sub door. The axis of rotation of the main door and the axis of rotation of the sub door may be positioned on the sub door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yongwon DONG, Younseok LEE, Sanggyun LEE, IV
  • Publication number: 20240044570
    Abstract: A refrigerator according to the present embodiment comprises: a cabinet having storage spaces; a main door, which can rotate with respect to the cabinet and opens/closes the storage spaces; a sub door rotating with respect to the main door; and a hinge device, which is fixed to the front surface of the cabinet, supports the lower sides of the main door and the sub door and provides the center of rotation of the main door and the center of rotation of the sub door, wherein the center of rotation of the main door and the center of rotation of the sub door can be positioned on the sub door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yongwon DONG, Younseok LEE, Sanggyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20240035730
    Abstract: A refrigerator according to the embodiment comprises: a cabinet having a storage space; a main door for opening and closing the storage space; a sub door capable of rotating relative to the main door; a hinge mechanism, which provides the rotation center of the main door and the rotation center of the sub door and in which the rotation center of the main door is positioned on the sub door; and a wire guide which guides, toward the sub door, a wire electrically connected to a component of the main door, the wire guide having an inlet, through which the wire drawn out from the main door enters, and an outlet, through which the wire is drawn out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yongwon DONG, Younseok LEE, Sanggyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20230304726
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet having a storage space; a hinge bracket coupled to the cabinet; a door which is rotatably coupled to a shaft provided at the hinge bracket, and which open/close the storage space; and an automatic closing device which is provided at the door at a position spaced from the rotational center line of the door, and which operates together with the hinge bracket during closing of the door, so that the door automatically closes, where the automatic closing device includes: a lever that rotates around a rotational center line spaced from the rotational center line of the door; an elastic member connected to the lever; and a body which is provided at the door and which rotatably supports the lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sanggyun LEE, Younseok LEE, Yongwon DONG, Yong Noke HAW
  • Publication number: 20230288129
    Abstract: A refrigerator comprises: a cabinet including a storage space; a hinge bracket coupled to the cabinet; a door which is rotatably coupled to a shaft included in the hinge bracket and opens/closes the storage space; and an auto-closing device installed at the door in a position spaced apart from the center line of rotation of the door, the auto-closing device operating such that same acts with the hinge bracket while the door is being closed, thereby causing the door to automatically be closed. The auto-closing device may include a lever and an elastic member for elastically supporting the lever. The hinge bracket may include a contact surface which is brought into contact with the lever while the door is being closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Sanggyun LEE, Younseok LEE, Yongwon DONG
  • Publication number: 20230280085
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet having a storage space; a hinge bracket coupled to the cabinet; a door which is rotatably coupled to the shaft provided at the hinge bracket and which open/close the storage space; and an automatic closing device which is provided on the door at a position spaced away from the rotational center line of the door, and which is operated together with the hinge bracket when the door is being closed to automatically close the door. The automatic closing device includes a lever and an elastic member for elastically supporting the lever, and the hinge bracket includes: a bracket body including the shaft; and a cam member which is separably coupled to the bracket body and which has a contact surface that comes in contact with the lever when the door is being closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Sanggyun LEE, Younseok LEE, Yongwon DONG
  • Patent number: 11624543
    Abstract: A under counter refrigerator includes a main body defining at least one of a first and second storage compartments, an evaporator to generate cool air to be supplied to the at least one of the first and second storage compartments, and a machine room provided at a lower portion of the main body to define an installation space in which a compressor and a condenser are provided. The machine room includes a suction portion provided in front of the main body to suction outside air into the machine room, a discharge portion provided in front of the main body to discharge the suctioned air in the machine room, a guide wall to separate the installation space into a first space in which the condenser is installed, and a second space in which the compressor is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Sanggyun Lee, Younseok Lee, Dongseok Kim, Yongwon Dong, Chungseob Lee
  • Publication number: 20210063072
    Abstract: An under counter type refrigerator may include one or more evaporators to control a temperature in one or more storage compartments, where a machine room is lowered in height to increase a storage capacity of the storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Sanggyun LEE, Younseok LEE, Dongseok KIM, Yongwon DONG, Chungseob LEE
  • Patent number: 10935303
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a first inner case, a second inner case, a third inner case having a larger size than the first and second inner cases, a first evaporator and a first cooling fan disposed inside the first inner case, a second evaporator and a second cooling fan disposed inside the second inner case, a duct in which a first inlet portion communicating with an inside of the first inner case, a second inlet portion communicating with an inside of the second inner case, an outlet portion communicating with the third inner case, a first conduit for guiding, to the outlet portion, cold air blown from the first cooling fan from the first inlet portion, and a second conduit for guiding, to the outlet portion, cold air blown from the second cooling fan from the second inlet portion are formed, and a damper communicating with the outlet portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sanggyun Lee, Dongseok Kim, Yongwon Dong, Younseok Lee
  • Publication number: 20190301786
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a first inner case, a second inner case, a third inner case having a larger size than the first and second inner cases, a first evaporator and a first cooling fan disposed inside the first inner case, a second evaporator and a second cooling fan disposed inside the second inner case, a duct in which a first inlet portion communicating with an inside of the first inner case, a second inlet portion communicating with an inside of the second inner case, an outlet portion communicating with the third inner case, a first conduit for guiding, to the outlet portion, cold air blown from the first cooling fan from the first inlet portion, and a second conduit for guiding, to the outlet portion, cold air blown from the second cooling fan from the second inlet portion are formed, and a damper communicating with the outlet portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Sanggyun LEE, Dongseok KIM, Yongwon DONG, Younseok LEE