Patents Represented by Attorney McKenna Long & Aldridge LLC
  • Patent number: 7418838
    Abstract: A washer includes an outer cabinet, a washtub disposed in the cabinet, a rotating tub rotating by a driving motor and being disposed in the washtub, a top cover disposed on top of the cabinet, the top cover being provided with an opening for loading and unloading clothes, a control box-receiving portion formed on a portion of the top cover, a control box having a circuit board for controlling the washer, the control box removably received in the control box-receiving portion, and a protecting cover for covering the portion of the top cover where the control box is received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seong Eun Heo, Dong Yoon Kim, Jae Chul Lyu
  • Patent number: 6955460
    Abstract: A backlight unit includes a light emission part having a lamp for emitting light beams and a lamp housing for mounting the lamp therein and for reflecting the light beams from the lamp; a light guide panel for guiding the light beams from the light emission part; a reflecting plate under the light guide panel for reflecting the light beams that progress to a lower surface and a side surface of the light guide panel; a diffusion sheet having a thickness of about 113 ?m for diffusing the light beams that have passed through the light guide panel; and a prism sheet having a thickness of about 165 ?m and having a half-power angle of at least about 40° for controlling progress directions of the light beams that have passed through the diffusion sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Bum Kim